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Who else has a fondness for these two very minor attractions? I particularly like them as a way of getting up and down Main Street and yet avoiding the crowds, and the Liberty Arcade is part of a very useful cut through to Frontierland. But, even just as thoroughfares, they have beautiful...

I was doing a bit of background research into Dumbo and I found this on Youtube. What the heck! I couldn't even get through the first episode. A very strange bunch of circus animals (including a Koala!) and a lot of CSO/Chromakey work to put the actors on to model sets. And Dumbo talks! Was...

Lambert, the Sheepish Lion The fun thing about this marathon of Disney movies and attractions is that it has lead to me discovering all sorts of odd little pieces of ephemera I had no idea about - the Seven Wise Dwarves war cartoon; the Figaro spin-offs and now this, a 'spiritual sequel' to...

Hi, I'm quite active over on a Doctor Who forum where I am running what we call a 'marathon' thread - watching Doctor Who in order and posting reviews on the forum as I go. I am also marathoning Disney films and then looking at the wider world of each film - theme park attractions; spin-off...

Good point!

Erm...I did - right at the end of my post :)

Oops - sorry. Didn't mean to break forum rules. I wasn't sure what would be a good place to put my thoughts about the attractions - I realised after posting that this probably should have gone in the Disneyland section. It's a shame there isn't a general area for discussion of stuff from...

A Disney Tale: The Reluctant Dragon is an odd beast. The original film was a mix of live action and animation and apparently revolved around a man called Robert Benchley attempting to sell the rights to 'The Reluctant Dragon' to Disney, and in doing so taking a tour of the studios. Eventually...

Along with the Flying Elephant ride, Dumbo has also given rise to another attraction, the Casey Jnr Circus Train ride. The Casey Jnr attraction, however, only features at two Disney parks: California and Paris. Both attractions feature a colourful recreation of Casey Jnr travelling around a...

My continuing look at the different Disney theme park attractions continues with those based around Dumbo. Dumbo, the film, has given birth to possibly the most famous Disney theme park ride of them all - Dumbo, the Flying Elephant. It is a ride which is seen at all the Disney parks (and in...

That's a really good point which I had overlooked. It is a shame the racial element is how they are more often characterised by.

The next review in my marathon of Disney films. A Disney Tale: A baby elephant is delivered to a circus elephant. The baby, nicknamed Dumbo, has huge ears and is mocked by the other circus elephants and visitors to the circus. When his mother tries to defendhim, she is separated from Dumbo...

As mentioned in my review of Fantasia, one of Walt Disney's original ideas was to re-release the film on a regular basis with various new sequences swopped in. This never happened but I did find details about a bunch of sequences which had been planned. Here's a link to Disney wiki (rather...

Following on from my reviews for Snow White and Pinocchio, here's my thoughts on Fantasia - one of Disney's more esoteric entries into the canon. A Disney Tale: As you will probably know, Fantasia is not a film with a plot. It was designed to be a concert feature: a series of music pieces with...

I've got some other thoughts on other Pinocchio-themed attractions at my blog http://disneydad2.blogspot.co.uk/

Following on from my post about Snow White's Scary Adventures (which is still over in the Imagineer section - sorry - feel free to go and hunt it out in case the mods don't move it over here as other posters advised me). Also that post gives a bit more background on why I've started posting...

Hi all. I'm new here and have been posting a bunch of thoughts I've been having since our family's recent trip to Disneyland Paris - we'll be going to Florida in a few years time when the kids are older (and probably back to Paris once they've finished all the renovations). My wife and I went...

And here's the next review in my family's marathon... A Disney Tale: A poor woodcutter, Geppetto, wishes on a star that his wooden puppet boy could be alive. A blue fairy grants his wish and the puppet, Pinocchio, is given life. On a series of adventures, he learns about right and wrong on...

Oh, right, thanks :) I have a blog going over at http://disneydad2.blogspot.co.uk/ but thought it was more polite to actually post the words rather than just a link.

Hi englanddg. What should attract the right people?