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Video: Making the Magic Kingdom look miniature

Here’s a very cool video from Disney’s official blog. The process used to create the video is called tilt-shift, or selective focus photography. This technique makes everything look miniaturized, as if they are miniature models instead of real objects. For the video, a series of photographs, taken one per second, were run together. First up…

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Magic Kingdom photo update – Holidays, TTA, Stitch and parties

Here’s a quick photo update from a recent evening trip to the Magic Kingdom. As you can see above and below, they have most of their Halloween decorations up already. The first of Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Parties starts next Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. Although you can’t see it here, there’s also been a…

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Photo Update: Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal’s Islands of Adventure seems to be moving along well. It’s set to open in 2010, although Universal officials haven’t said if that means spring, summer or fall. I walked all around the park today checking out the progress. The top photo shows the entrance to the land….

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Fans meet Survivor reality TV contestants in Celebration

Fans were able to meet former contestants from the reality TV shows “Survivor”, “Big Brother” and “The Amazing Race” yesterday (July 25, 2009) in downtown Celebration. It was $10 to get in to meet the stars. The money benefited Give Kids The World Village. Here’s a video of the fans getting pictures and autographs followed…

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Epcot Photo Update

Some friends were in town this week so we made a full day trip to Epcot. Here are some things that caught my eye. We start at the front of the park where the line for Spaceship Earth was very long early in the day. A tip for those who don’t know: wait and ride…

New SeaWorld tour offers photo ops with the animal stars

SeaWorld is offering an new exclusive opportunity to come face-to-face with the stars of SeaWorld’s most popular shows. During the four and a half to five hour “Animal Shows and Photo Tour”, guests will sit in priority reserved seats for the “Believe” Shamu show, Blue Horizons whale and dolphin show, and Clyde & Seamore Take Pirate Island sea lion and otter show.  Immediately following…

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Earn a Free On-ride Photo and Front-of-the-line pass for Manta at SeaWorld

SeaWorld is just over three weeks away from officially opening its newest roller coaster, Manta, and they’re giving Web visitors a chance to receive free digital on-ride photos and front-of-the-line passes by simply spreading the word about the attraction. Visit ridetheflyingray.com to take part in a variety of online activities including following @RealShamu on Twitter,…

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Photo Update: Harry Potter & Islands of Adventure

Let’s start our update with what’s most interesting to most people, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. You can compare the above photo with a part of the concept art below. It looks to be the entrance to the new “world”. I took this picture by the old entrance to Dueling Dragons. Just past that…