Blown glass

[mousermerf]

Hi from disney! The shop down center street opened. It will have live glass blowing come january. Well themed and it has two giant stoves. Also Epcot was parking wonders lot. Pics when i get home. Traffic bad. Gridlock on world drive. No im not driving and posting!

 

[WaltsApprentice]

Hi from disney! The shop down center street opened. It will have live glass blowing come january. Well themed and it has two giant stoves. Also Epcot was parking wonders lot. Pics when i get home. Traffic bad. Gridlock on world drive. No im not driving and posting!

The blown glass idea sounds good...but...I wonder how that will be on those lovely boiling HOT days at Disney?? Are they only saving this for when its cold... because I've seen them do this at fairs and the heat that comes off them are intense... they may do shows on how glass is made which is cool.. because from the pictures it looked like a big area to do small deminstrations.

 

[mousermerf]

Photos!

Off to MK and the glass blowing place thingy..

And some nice themed stuff with the tools a time clock and such..

More tools and such.

Easy bake ovens..

And from outside.. (you use broken glass bits to made swirly colors)

A glass display...

Random theming..

And a really nice bit of artwork.

 

[mousermerf]

A sign of the times, pointing out that Epcot is using all of its lots.

Since my car was in the last lot they drop off on the tram, i got the scenic tour:

A quick shot of SSE's line, which used the full queue and went back to near the Project Tomorrow entrance..

It's not open ya know :zipit:

Also, getting out of Epcot was a pain, as seen by these lines at the tram station:

And that shoul be it for tonight!

 

[mousermerf]

Since this is sorta now my "Everything that happened today" thread..

At Epcot at 6:30ish the waits for Soarin and Test Track were about 2 hours, no FP, M:S at 70 and 30, no FP, and the only thing that had FP was Living with the Land.

The central tipboard had switched to only advertising the World Showcase attractions, just sort of listing them one at a time to get you to go there, the other two tipboards were telling Future World times.

 

[DMC-12]

And a really nice bit of artwork.

Like the vase. HATE the creepy clowns!! *shudders*

 

[jmuboy]

WOW - the new Crystal Arts Shop looks great. This and the Art of Disney in the Cinema gives me a tiny bit of hope for the return of themed shopping on Main Street. If only the Emporium could get a rehab to address the Paul Pressler era "Gap Outlet" feeling it still has.

 

[sknydave]

$2290... sweet merciful crap

 

[a2grafix]

Wow, it seems that Disney took a trip to Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford in Metro Detroit and decided to re-create the glass blowing kiln and shop.

I like it, and it brings back memories of the long-ago partnership and friendship Walt and his clan had with Henry and the Ford clan. So many similarities and all.

So, this is in frontierland or in liberty square?

 

[a2grafix]

And Merf -- those are kilns, not "easy bake ovens."

love it ... :ROFLOL:

 

[michaelcostella]

That is going to be so cool to see. What a good addition!

 

[mousermerf]

So, this is in frontierland or in liberty square?

Actually, on Main Street USA further back on the side street. It's now the rear of the glass shop between the Bakery and Watch/Jewelry Shop.

 

[jt04]

Very cool! It's amazing how they sneak these things in with nobody seeming to find out in advance. Great addition to MK. Now if only they could allow the teams in charge of this and the HM rehab to have some input into the descent at SSE...........:zipit:.............uh sorry I'm off topic.

Excellent find Merf!

 

[EPCOT Explorer]

Cool...That shop looks nice.

EPCOT looks like fun,no?:dazzle:

 

[mousermerf]

Cool...That shop looks nice.

EPCOT looks like fun,no?:dazzle:

When it's hard to walk through Club Cool, you just sorta "give up" and get moved by the masses.

 

[TravisMT81]

I wish they had themed the kilns a little better. I think it is a great addition to the MK. Reminds me Silver Dollar City.

 

[unkadug]

I wish they had themed the kilns a little better. I think it is a great addition to the MK. Reminds me Silver Dollar City.

The old Silver Dollar City, that later became Dollywood, or the Silver Dollar City in Branson?

 

[TravisMT81]

The one in Branson, I have never been to Dollywood but would love to go.

 

[unkadug]

The one in Branson, I have never been to Dollywood but would love to go.

I haven't been since it became Dollywood, however I did go along time ago when it was called Silver Dollar City. There wasn't really a whole lot to it, and from what I understand there is very little resemblance between the two. Dolly really pumped some money into her park.

I have always been very intrigued with glass artisans, you know the type that makes the little intricate figurines...I can't wait to see them blowing full size glass objects d'art.

 

[TravisMT81]

The one in Branson had a lot of money pumped into it, they have multiple roller coasters. Though I think Dollywood has surpassed them with all the attractions she has put in over the years.