Price Eric's Castle

For all you Ariel and Prince Eric fans, here is Prince Eric's Castle. Very nautical yet not that close to the sea out in Fantasyland here in sunny Orlando.

Everyone loves a parade.

One of my favourite things is to sit back and enjoy the parade. I also am pretty fond of buses too, so here I'm killing two birds with one stone, right outside the castle at WDW.

The Great Movie Ride Visits OZ.

Dorothy we are not in Kansas anymore.

Morocco during the Food and Wine Festival.

The food and wine festival is a great time to go. Lots of great foods to try. They make this courtyard look so colorful during the month. It's a great place to sit and eat all the exotic things you are going to try out.

I'm forever blowing bubbles.

The Fairy God Mother seems to have captured Cinderella and the Prince in a big soap bubble. I'm not quite sure why.

She's Mean, She's Moody, She's Maleficent.

Boo. Go on admit it you were scared!

A different perspective on the Tower of Terror.

I think the Tower of Terror is my favorite attraction at Walt Disney World. It's not so much the ride itself, though I love that, it's more the atmosphere of the environment and the wonderful story-telling. Just look at the effort they put into the design of the building itself. All Gothic and menacing. Just brilliant.

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In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle

The Lion sleeps tonight. This is taken on Kilimanjaro Safari's in Animal Kingdom, if you have never done this attraction you are missing a treat. Go early and the lion might actually be awake!

Oh look it's a fire breathing dragon.

Next time you go to the parade, why not take some sliced bread, hold it up high in the air on the end of a selfie stick and hey presto, Toast!!!!

There's a great big beautiful tomorrow.

This must be one of my favorite attractions at Disney World. It's so nostalgic of the Walt Era. He's on the screen in the pre-show with the Sherman Brothers which is cool. And I just love the guys voice. I think the 90's scene needs to be updated for this century but that's a minor criticism, more of a suggestion really. I love to go to Tomorrowland, ride TTA and do the Carousel of Progress. Then I can have that tune in my head all day, or at least until I go on "It's a Small World"

White Rabbit (Ish.)

Here is a lovely picture from Epcot of the White Rabbit meeting a little girl. Err Correction - It's not the white rabbit at all its a charactor from the Aristocats. Sorry to all kitties out there. I don't know call myself a Disney Expert!!!

Colorful Castle.

Here is another nice shot of the Castle during the firework show Wishes. Lots of great colors projected on Cinderella's Castle mirrored by the fireworks.

The Castle Looms Over Liberty Square.

I really like the angle of this shot of the Castle. It is towering over Liberty Square, it looks very real to me like we are looking at some German Schloss towering over the village bellow.

I've found Nemo Again!!!

I don't know one minute you can't find this fish and the next he pops up everywhere. This time I found

him in Paris at the Disney Studios in a parade.

I've found Nemo!

It wasn't easy but I have found Nemo, I'm not sure how I found him in someone's garden though. Actually he is in a lovely little garden with his friends at the Living Seas in Epcot here in Walt Disney World. Inside they have some tanks with clown-fish where you can watch Nemo all day long if you like, but I prefer to hang out with the Manatees.

New Head of Security appointed at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

There's a new Sheriff in town at the Disney's Hollywood Studios, A certain Mr D Vader. Rumor has it that it's a long time on a Detention Planet for anyone caught calling the theme park, MGM Studios!!!

I told you I shouldn't count chickens before they are hatched.

Sadly our trip to WDW has had to be postponed. Family illness has intervened and we need to be closer at hand at this time. In an attempt to cheer us all up, here is Mr. Potato Head.

The worst part of a Disney Vacation.

Yes, it's the worst sight of them all, you've had a wonderful time at Disney and it's the last day. You decided to get as much as you could from the day and you stayed to the bitter end. You have to leave, you wan't to get a hand stamp to remind yourself that you will be back again one day, but they don't do them anymore. Then the horror, you have to get into the tram to go back to your car, or the boat to the dock or even the motorcoach back to your resort for one last sleep before catching that early flight back to normality!!!!!

Wow Mickey, that's a big chicken you've got there.

One of the fantastic things about Tokyo Disneysea is that there is no expense not spared on the visual side of Disney entertainment. Just look at this chicken, I'm betting that's the biggest chicken boat in the world. Probably the only chicken boat in the world. But if there is another one, I'm betting it's smaller.

Mickey Airways Takes to the Skies.

Not many people know that Walt Disney World had an airport at one time. It was used in the 70s as a shuttle service to Orlando International Airport. (Though it's former name of McCoy Jetport is way cooler!) It is still there you can see it on Google Maps to the South West of the Polynesian, across from the WDW Speedway. However, look at this evidence of a new service being introduced with Mickey and Minnie as the pilots, sign up now for your flights on Mickey Airways at Mickeybyballoon.com OK if you tried to click on that, you know it's a joke right?

Miss Piggy.

Hey they gave Miss Piggy a Statue, I bet she wouldn't let them say NO!

Tomorrowland.

Tomorrowland is my favourite land in any park. I love all the Retro-Metro feel of the place, the sounds, the rides are great and I just love to hang out there. Just look at this cool vista taken from in front of the castle. The good news is I get to go to WDW in six days, yippee. I think I might take my laptop with me so I can post to the blog live. I probably won't have much time to fine tune the photos but it should be fun trying to do it live. I've not tried that before. On the other hand I might just use my Android Phone to do it. The thing is I'm not very good at photos on the phone. I don't hold it steady and get camera shake, maybe I need a tripod adapter.

Oh by the way. Do look out for fire breathing monsters.

Yes even in Disney you have to be careful where you step, there may be the odd fire breathing dragon etc around the door step. Fortunately it rains like crazy almost all the time at Walt Disney World.So if you are worried go on a wet day and you should be OK.

This might be my favorite photo I've ever taken of the Castle.

I really like the way that this shot came out. It's the castle during Wishes last Christmas. I like it because the fire works look different some how. I love the smoke and the firework trails crossing above the castle. Anyone who has tried will tell you that taking a good shot of the fireworks at the castle is quite tricky. I think I took about 50 that night of the castle and the fireworks and probably three are any good. So moral of the tale is, click away, you'll find some good ones in there!

End of the Show.

Well Mickey certainly arranged a great end to his show at the Castle. After all those Princes and Princesses there had to be fireworks. Well just nine days to our next trip. I'm trying to figure out the best way to make Photographing Disney Live during the 9 days we are there. So you guys can join us in the excitement of our trip. I'm planning to have fun first of all, but also to get some great shots for the next year of the blog. Time to think about, thinking about packing!

Peter and Wendy.

Hi for all you Peter Pan and Wendy fans, here is a great photo of them having fun in the parade at the Magic Kingdom. They seem to have stolen Captain Hooks ship. This parade is probably my most favorite since the Remember the Magic Parade around 15 years ago. That tune is still in my head. I loved that one, and I really like the most recent, especially the Steam Punk Dragon. Well I'm getting excited about the forthcoming trip. I'm planning on getting my cameras ready this week. Clean the lenses, charge the batteries. Sort out what I need and what I don't. I'm hoping to get lots of great up to date shots for this blog. Thanks for viewing it, I do appreciate you popping by. Cheers Larry.

Less than two weeks to the trip to WDW.

I've learnt not to count my chickens about Disney trips. We had to cancel a trip at short notice last year and postpone it for a couple of months. Hopefully we are good to go a week on Saturday. We are flying there via Las Vegas, where we are scheduled to be about twenty minutes. Las Vegas is of course in totally the wrong direction for Orlando but hey. I like flying so no problem. I'm going to take a quarter for a slot machine, maybe I will win the $1 million jackpot at the Airport. Which unlike any other airport is full of slot machines. Well it is Vegas after all. Then we fly onto Orlando and WDW. The thing I like about WDW is it's capacity to make you forget the real world. So for nine days, I'm going to forget my job, my problems and the fact I lost 25c on a wild gambling spree in Vegas. I might buy a Mickey Chocolate Apple. This is how they make them by the way.