Post Your Disneyland Photo and Video Updates

[bassett1976]

Frogberto, very cool, I use an XT also. What lens do you use for the low light shots (like the HM)? I use a 50 mm f/1.8 but cannot get the pictures to come out for many of the HM sceens.

[DisneyDustin22]

Hey everyone...check out some of my photos.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8072285@N05/sets/72157600170726659/

[Frogberto]

Frogberto, very cool, I use an XT also. What lens do you use for the low light shots (like the HM)? I use a 50 mm f/1.8 but cannot get the pictures to come out for many of the HM sceens.

Thanks for the reply! I have used a variety of lenses in past photos, but for the Haunted Mansion and Pirates shots you see in last month's album, almost all were taken with a 50mm f/1.8 lens. I had to play around with shutter speeds (from 1/30 to 1/60 is what I usually use), and I bump up the ISO to get better on ride shots.

The more I experiment, the luckier I get - photography seems to work that way! Good luck...

[thmar]

All I can say is WOW! DisneyDustin22 and Frogberto, I think you should send your photos into Disney itself. They'd make great promotional photos!! Great job you two!!

[chrisaustx]

I attended the Fullerton Railroad Days event today and shot some photos of the C.K. Holliday from Disneyland and some of the other engines on display. Disney was promoting its transition to bio disel to power the steam trains:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/150171253-M.jpg

The rest of the photos:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/gallery/2811464

[Frogberto]

I've updated my photos for May so far, and will continue to update 2-3 times weekly. You can find photos from Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure taken in May, 2007, at the following link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertmiller/sets/72157600173881565/

Enjoy,
Froggy

[thmar]

Frogberto...the food in your pictures looks wonderful...where did you eat?

[Darkbeer]

Photos from Monday, May 7th

http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/2814495

The Albertsons Free POTC3 Ticket Flyer

This is a heck of a deal, since the vouchers are good on opening day, even if the window says "No passes or coupons".

Photos from Sunday, May 6th

http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/2811366

A ride on the Railroad, which is now closed for refurb until early June.

A trip on the Canoes for the latest on TSI. Restroom doors have been added to the east side of fort, along with a second wheelchair lift to allow access to the restrooms. The fort itself will not be open to guests, just direct access to the restrooms.

The Rafts to TSI have had some new additions, looks like they are being renamed with names like Anne Bonney and Blackbeard, and will fly a Pirates Flag on a extended mast.

Food and Wine events, including Junior Chef.

PUSH trying to get a date with another trashcan.

Photos from Saturday, May 5th

http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/2817199

The Nemo Dream Mobile is in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Ted Topping was kind enough to send some photos of the event.

Photos from Friday, May 4th

http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/2802187

The Stroller/Wheelchair Rental Tents have been removed and once again you rent them inside the turnstiles at both parks.

One of the Sub Lagoon refurb walls have been removed, giving a good look at the exit tunnel area. Also new landscaping for the exit of the FN:SV attraction.

"Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader" kids visiting the park, and riding Space Mountain.

Some of the Splash Mountain Refurb Walls have been taken down (next to the large drop).

The Fantasmic! stage area is basically finished, to allow for the setup of the Movie screen for the Pirates Premiere.

Toy Story Mania! update from Screamin'

A look at the Disneyland Hotel area, including maintenance on the waterfalls.

The new drink menu at the Lost Bar, which caused increased prices of about $1 a drink.

http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/2804718

A separate album featuring the Food and Wine events, mainly of Christian from Sauza Tequila.

http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/2806969

Another album, this time looking at Block Party Bash from Friday.

Photos from Wednesday, May 2nd

http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/2793488

California Screamin' now opens at 1 PM Monday thru Friday on most days due to the Toy Story Mania! construction. But in reality, it tends to open up between 12:30 and 1 PM. Also on some days, it will open at 10 AM, if there is no need for the construction crews to have access to the area.

A look at the Anaheim Garden Walk and World Mark construction.

Photos from Sunday, April 29th

http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/2778486

TSI progress

La Brea Bakery is closed until May 10th (The Express section has reopened).

Photos from Friday, April 27th

http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/2770987

The return of the Traditional version of Space Mountain and California Screamin', so ads have been changed around the resort.

A look at the Sub progress from Autopia.

http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/2774220

A separate album looking at the Food and Wine events

http://darkbeer.smugmug.com/gallery/2774715

A separate album featuring the Parade of Dreams

[Frogberto]

Frogberto...the food in your pictures looks wonderful...where did you eat?

Those photos are from a dinner at Catal. And it was as delicious as it looks!

[UsBurchs]

Frogberto - those photos are fabulous!!! I love the vivid color and the depth of field (or lack there of!!) It really helps you concentrate on the subject. I'm VERY impressed! Loved the opening Goofy shot - FUN! BTW - my DS realy wants to be a Jedi now . . . he enjoyed the photos too. :)

[Pat-n-Eil]

Last year I went to Disneyland at the beginning of March with a good friend of mine who hadn't been there in nearly 30 years. We had a very fun time. We stayed at the Disneyland Hotel and the lady at the desk upgraded our room from a standard/standard view to a top floor suite!! It was awesome.

Anyhow, I made what I call a Picto-Movie which is a moving video with pictures set to music. If you are interested, you can click Clicky Here (http://www.thompent.com/familyvideo/dlrmuvee2.wmv) to view the file. It is in WMV format. It is about 78Mb big and runs about 3:12.

If you are running a Windows Machine with software older than Windows XP, you might consider right clicking the link and saving it to your computer first. Playing it directly from the server might give you herky-jerky results.

I'd like to hear yoru comments about this kind of video.. waste of time or do you like it?

[DaDuckFan1955]

http://community.webshots.com/user/gbcarter1955

WEW! Just about finished uploading most of these.
I shot a couple thousand pics (digital camera), so these albums will take you a while to go through.
I have not labeled or described them, that will be ongoing.

Still have more Pirate pics and some taken with my old Pentax 35mm to upload.

enjoy them. I sure enjoyed taking them and posting them.

[MermaidHair]

Cool picto-movie. We enjoyed watching it! Thanks

[Eighty8Keys]

I loved it! Thanks so much for sharing. For 3:12 I was transported 1000 miles away to my favorite place. Great pictures of the fireworks. The soundtrack to Soarin' is my all time favorite Disney music.

[Pat-n-Eil]

Thanks. The pictures of the fireworks were taken from the balcony of our room at the Disneyland hotel. My little Nikon Coolpix P2 has a "fireworks" setting, so I used that and a tripod - and I was amazed at how they came out.. you can see how the components of the fireworks are moving and the colors came out great.

[Another Dimension]

"The Goat Trick"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu093jW6ACg

[mariezp]

WOW DisneyDustin22! Your shots are amazing. You may have inspired me to go back to read my camera manual so I can learn something more than point and shoot. Of course, everyone else's photos are fantastic too.

[Another Dimension]

I'd like to hear yoru comments about this kind of video.. waste of time or do you like it?

Nice musical slide show. Beautiful shots, awesome song!
I liked it! :)


Definitely not a waste of time, it's magical trip memories expanded.
:cool:

[chrisaustx]

New photos from Disneyland today:
The construction walls around the Sub lagoon have come down and cast member training commenced all afternoon today:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152748435-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152748108-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152747864-M.jpg

The set up for the Pirate movie screening continued today, three large cargo containers were airlifted into the park and placed down next to the bleachers, they are really going all out this year:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152750424-M.jpg

More shots of the water props, the first two photos are my favorites:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152750111-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152750616-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152750799-O-1.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152750559-M.jpg

The ride wait time board from today:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152747445-M.jpg

The walls are back up in front of the Main Street Train Station:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152747150-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152751489-M.jpg

The main A/C chiller plant is being replaced backstage behind Tomorrowland:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152748838-M.jpg

This mechanical fish is from the extinct Mine Train ride which was torn down in the late 1970's, this relic is located in the pond next to Big Thunder Mountain:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152749575-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152749624-M.jpg

I noticed today that the Disneyland Food's department has changed the logo in the computer to now print out the Disney Parks logo instead of Disneyland. I for one don't like the idea of using generic logos for each park to save money:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/152751537-M.jpg

The rest of the photos from today
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/gallery/2849350/1/152750799

[nojarama]

Cool update! Thanx for sharing your great piccies!

Regardsarama,

Jon

[LSK]

Visited the park for a couple hours after work tonight, and took some very quick photos of the construction so far for the 'Pirates' premiere while muching on a churro and convincing my friend that riding Splash Mountain at night would be a great idea.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/232/501706333_405b6901e9.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/230/501667236_bf47be24bc.jpg

If you were going towards New Orleans Square by way of Big Thunder Mountain, it was one way traffic to the Pirates ride only. If you needed to visit the rest of the area and Critter County, you had to be coming from Adventureland or exiting the Pirates ride.


**Leslie**

[SeansMom]

Thanks. The pictures of the fireworks were taken from the balcony of our room at the Disneyland hotel. My little Nikon Coolpix P2 has a "fireworks" setting, so I used that and a tripod - and I was amazed at how they came out.. you can see how the components of the fireworks are moving and the colors came out great.


Loved it! Thanks for sharing...it was a great mini-trip in my mind.

BTW, who was who??? Cute "moosestash", as my son used to say :p .

[Pat-n-Eil]

I'm the bigger guy who wears the Sacramento KINGS shirt. Dave is my friend who is shorter with the bigger "moosestache" and wears the grumpy hat.

[chrisaustx]

New photos from Disneyland today:
The Pirates show set appeared to be completely assembled Friday afternoon, with workers putting the finishing touches on the set effects:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153973080-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153973125-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153973302-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153972913-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153973375-M.jpg

Lots of Scuba Divers were working on Finding Nemo this evening, they drove out the Nautilus and were using it as a base for the divers. The divers appeared to be adding more coral effects at the bottom of the lagoon:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153975191-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153974693-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153975045-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153973751-M.jpg

All of the scaffolding is down at the submarine loading dock, and it appears clean up work is commencing:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153974014-M.jpg

The Finding Nemo ride wait time board is now up, I laughed when I saw that it read 120 min. A new countdown calendar to the opening of the ride as also has been installed:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153974206-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153974182-M.jpg

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride was down, it appears some type of rehab work was happening:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153973658-M.jpg

Here are a few of my favorite shots from today:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153974147-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153974775-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153973815-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153973638-M.jpg
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153973530-M.jpg

The ride wait time board from this afternoon:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/photos/153972770-M.jpg

The rest of the photos:
http://chrisaustx.smugmug.com/gallery/2869068/1/153972675

[nojarama]

Bautiful shots! The Pirates premiere looks fabulous. Guess I'll have to watch the show on TV... :crying: Wish I could swim in the lagoon with submarines & Nemo! ;) Thanks for sharing!

Regardsarama,

Jon