Need Movie/Attraction references

[UberPlannerMom]

OK, so my beloved husband is letting me turn my living room into a Disney themed area. (I asked him one day how old I have to be to become a quirky old woman who decorates based on what I love rather than just what is considered appropriate and he told me I should just do it now! He has since admitted he is encouraging this because my health is failing and he just wants me to have the things that make me the most happy around me as much as possible!) I don't want it to look like a kids bedroom but I also want to represent to majority of the movies or attractions or parks in the room. Some references I would prefer to be rather vague so it isn't overwhelming to people and some will just be blatant. We are going kind of vintageish. We are using this ( http://www.fabric.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=f3abd3d0-4cba-4888-a07c-dd29ac60c82e ) and this ( http://www.ebay.com/itm/130842186254?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 ) for pillows. We are using this (http://www.ebay.com/itm/56-DISNEY-E...321078525851?pt=US_Fabric&hash=item4ac1c57f9b ) for a curtain valance and perhaps a pillow. I also have a quote placcard from Mary Poppins, a little statue and quote from Jiminy Cricket, and a quote thing about family from Walt (with little metal letters that spell Family attached to the top), a framed movie poster for Snow White and one for Bambi along with a framed Picture from Beauty and the Beast, a tin bank from the Jungle Book, a tin lunch box from The Muppets, little tins with pictures of Pinocchio, Peter Pan and Mickey on them and a Cinderella coach frame. There is also a picture of my daughter in her first ever halloween costume that will be out (Tinkerbell) and an Alice in Wonderland frame with her dressed as Alice as the picture in the frame. My husband, oldest son and I went as characters from the Sword in the Stone a few years back so that picture will be out as well. Otherwise I have a bunch of stuffed characters and little play figures that will be sort of on display. I need help figuring out ways to represent the other movies and attractions without it being overly tacky or expensive. I have been thinking I could make an applique of the sun from Tangled for the inside of my lamp shade so you would only see it when the lamp is on and maybe some sillouette candle lanterns for my candles (I found Winnie the Pooh, Bambi and Lady and the tramp patterns I could adapt.) So help me out here... What things remind you of specific Disney movies, rides or just parks? The only movies we won't go out of our way to represent are Dinosaur, Home on the Range and Brother Bear. All attractions/ rides are game. We would rather mostly stick to WDW than DL since poor hubby has only been to WDW. Sorry this is so long!

 

[Disvillain63]

The Hallmark stores have a great Disney section with movie quotes and silhouettes.

 

[UberPlannerMom]

The Hallmark stores have a great Disney section with movie quotes and silhouettes.

That is where I got the Mary Poppins, Walt and Jiminy Cricket quotes. I am really just trying to find little things that other people might not even realized spoke to a ride or movie. (Eg. The flower from Mulan's hair- I would know but to others it would just be a pretty flower.)

 

[bethymouse]

Jim Shore has quite a few Disney figurines. They're quite nice actually!

 

[aRiv]

Do you have any trip memorabilia such as ticket stubs, vacation pictures, itineraries or anything of that nature? You could always make a DIY collage in a photo frame to add a more personal touch. I suggest checking out pinterest.com for some DIY ideas that aren't very costly. I love all the fabric! The pillow and curtain ideas are great. I'm not really good with interior designing but when I think of Disney I think of is magic so you could try to get some soft lighting in the room, give it that little Tinker Bell twinkle. I also thought of possibly displaying (if you have) your Disney movies in a nice display case along with other little trinkets. Not sure if it's a more fancy living room or an actual family room with a TV and all! I hope you post pictures when it's all done!

 

[PUSH]

You could make a shadowbox with various pictures. If you have any old FPs you could put those in there, same for pins. I've seen coffee tables that have a shadowbox element to them. There were drawers that slid out and you could place things in it. Maybe get some Disney throw blankets to drape over a chair or sofa. They have some on disneystore.com if you're interested.

 

[UberPlannerMom]

I love, love, love the Jim Shore stuff. I have been dropping not so subtle hints to my husband for years but still have yet to receive one!

I have one collage of a trip that will probably go up and when Wallgreens does another free 8x10 week I will make another. And the baby announcement I made for our last baby was Mickey themed and that will be up.

I have been thinking that I might get a basket that looks like Briar Rose's basket and fill it with the flowers that other characters are associated with (a daisy for Daisy, asiatic lily for Mulan, etc.) The only problem is that I suddenly can't remember what flowers go with each character. Go figure, as the pain level goes up so does the brain fuzziness. *shrug*

 

[Lightning McQueen]

OMG this is an amazing idea!

 

[UberPlannerMom]

OMG this is an amazing idea!

Thanks! I am rather excited!

 

[UberPlannerMom]

So... I just rewatched Meet the Robinsons and I have a few possibilities.
1. a fruit basket
2. a frog (though I worry people would think thar was princess and the frog)
3. an empty dome stand that has a DOR-15 nameplate on it
4. A little picture of Tom Selleck somewhere

What do you think?

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Lenox has some very nice Disney things. I collect ornaments, but there are many pretty porcelain options that are for year round display. Sometimes they even have non-holiday ornament trees themed to a specific movie. Example-

 

[UberPlannerMom]

Lenox has some very nice Disney things. I collect ornaments, but there are many pretty porcelain options that are for year round display. Sometimes they even have non-holiday ornament trees themed to a specific movie. Example-

That is incredibly cute!

Oh and did anyone else see the post about the new Haunted Mansion things? I think I may have found my new coasters!

 

[UberPlannerMom]

Just watched the Incredibles again and the only thing I could really think of there was to use the i for our last name. I have been looking over the movie covers to try to find identifiable letters for the rest of our last name. Then I could make 3D representations for each letter to display. Currently watching Bedknobs and Broomsticks... haven't made up a list of possibilities there yet. My husband is loving this "research"!

 

[Lightning McQueen]

Just watched the Incredibles again and the only thing I could really think of there was to use the i for our last name. I have been looking over the movie covers to try to find identifiable letters for the rest of our last name. Then I could make 3D representations for each letter to display. Currently watching Bedknobs and Broomsticks... haven't made up a list of possibilities there yet. My husband is loving this "research"!

Research is very important!

 

[Cosmic Commando]

Just a few ideas:
- I (and lots of other people) have a giant cork board to display all of their pins on. Mine is somewhere around 12" x 24". If you don't want something big or you don't collect pins, you could buy or create a set and then you'd be able to display it in a small picture-sized shadowbox on the wall, sticking the pins into foam with a nice fabric over it. I think there would be tons of neat ideas for "sets": one for each park, a couple for WDW and a couple for DLR, one for each resort around the world, one pin for each family member's favorite attraction, opening day attractions, monorail pins, all of the resorts you've stayed at, A-E ticket pins, etc. There really are pins for just about anything you can think of, so you can be creative here.

- I think framed vintage tickets would look nice. There are more Disneyland ride tickets out there because they used them for almost 30 years versus 10ish at WDW, but the differences are pretty slight. You could also look for the paper park tickets from after they did away with ride tickets. I think it'd be pretty neat to have a ticket framed that matches the ones you would've used on your first trip and/or kids' first trips if they were before the KTTW era.

-picture of Gene Kelly from "Singing in the Rain" as a reference to The Great Movie Ride

-picture of the moon landing as a reference to Spaceship Earth

-picture of Mount Kilimanjaro for Kilimanjaro Safaris

-some Asian-looking folk-artsy thing like this would represent the whole Asia section of DAK very well

-a prism for Imagination

-there is one section of the Everest queue where they have a bunch of yeti books in a display case in the "museum". I'm assuming that they're all real books; I know at least one is, because I picked it up at a thrift store a couple of years before Everest opened! My Quest for the Yeti by Reinhold Messner Maybe turned on the bookshelf with the cover facing forward and a small yeti or Kali or tiger figurine in front of it?

-a zoomed-in, black-and-white picture of the HOLLYWOOD TOWER Hotel sign on ToT (I think) would only be obvious to Disney fans.

-For Soarin': the Golden Gate Bridge, clouds, an aircraft carrier, downtown San Diego or LA

-Mars picture/poster/globe for Mission: Space. Or, the popular Hugg-a-Mars

-something with all of the flags from World Showcase

-a quote from Lincoln's speech from the World's Fair/Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. The World's Fair is (sorta kinda) the first chapter for the WDW story. It has been said that it gave Walt confidence that his brand of rides and shows would work with an East Coast audience. It's actually all Lincoln's words, compiled from several different speeches:

The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the samewordwe do not all mean the same thing.[8]
What constitutes the bulwark of our liberty and independence? It is not our frowning embattlements, our bristling sea coasts. These are not our reliance against tyranny. Our reliance is in the love of liberty, which God has planted in our bosoms. Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands everywhere. Destroy this spirit, and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.[9]
At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it? Shall we expect some trans-Atlantic military giant to step the ocean and crush us at a blow? Never! All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined could not, by force, take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years. At what point, then, is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, [that] if it ever reach us, it must spring [from] amongst us; it cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we [ourselves must] be [the] author and finisher. As a nation of free men, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.[10]
Let reverence for the [law] be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap; let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, [in] spelling-books, and almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay of all sexes and tongues and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly [at] its altars.[10]
[And] let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued care of Divine Providence, trusting that, in future national emergencies, He will not fail to provide us the instruments of safety and security.[11]
Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by [the] menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.[12]
—Abraham Lincoln

I think I just talked myself into a few of these.

 

[UberPlannerMom]

Just a few ideas:
- I (and lots of other people) have a giant cork board to display all of their pins on. Mine is somewhere around 12" x 24". If you don't want something big or you don't collect pins, you could buy or create a set and then you'd be able to display it in a small picture-sized shadowbox on the wall, sticking the pins into foam with a nice fabric over it. I think there would be tons of neat ideas for "sets": one for each park, a couple for WDW and a couple for DLR, one for each resort around the world, one pin for each family member's favorite attraction, opening day attractions, monorail pins, all of the resorts you've stayed at, A-E ticket pins, etc. There really are pins for just about anything you can think of, so you can be creative here.

- I think framed vintage tickets would look nice. There are more Disneyland ride tickets out there because they used them for almost 30 years versus 10ish at WDW, but the differences are pretty slight. You could also look for the paper park tickets from after they did away with ride tickets. I think it'd be pretty neat to have a ticket framed that matches the ones you would've used on your first trip and/or kids' first trips if they were before the KTTW era.

-picture of Gene Kelly from "Singing in the Rain" as a reference to The Great Movie Ride

-picture of the moon landing as a reference to Spaceship Earth

-picture of Mount Kilimanjaro for Kilimanjaro Safaris

-some Asian-looking folk-artsy thing like this would represent the whole Asia section of DAK very well

-a prism for Imagination

-there is one section of the Everest queue where they have a bunch of yeti books in a display case in the "museum". I'm assuming that they're all real books; I know at least one is, because I picked it up at a thrift store a couple of years before Everest opened! My Quest for the Yeti by Reinhold Messner Maybe turned on the bookshelf with the cover facing forward and a small yeti or Kali or tiger figurine in front of it?

-a zoomed-in, black-and-white picture of the HOLLYWOOD TOWER Hotel sign on ToT (I think) would only be obvious to Disney fans.

-For Soarin': the Golden Gate Bridge, clouds, an aircraft carrier, downtown San Diego or LA

-Mars picture/poster/globe for Mission: Space. Or, the popular Hugg-a-Mars

-something with all of the flags from World Showcase

-a quote from Lincoln's speech from the World's Fair/Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. The World's Fair is (sorta kinda) the first chapter for the WDW story. It has been said that it gave Walt confidence that his brand of rides and shows would work with an East Coast audience. It's actually all Lincoln's words, compiled from several different speeches:


I think I just talked myself into a few of these.

I love so many of these! I had sort of thought of the pin thing for the half bath (that is being Mickeyfied) but sticking to all DHS pins might be a way to nod toward there. I have had a real issue figuring out how to make it fit!
The yeti book idea is amazing! I love that idea the best of all!

 

[Cosmic Commando]

I love so many of these! I had sort of thought of the pin thing for the half bath (that is being Mickeyfied) but sticking to all DHS pins might be a way to nod toward there. I have had a real issue figuring out how to make it fit!
The yeti book idea is amazing! I love that idea the best of all!

I'm really glad I could help!

Also, pictures (especially B&W) of specific facades or features in World Showcase (as opposed to the grand shot of the whole pavilion) would fool nearly everybody... the viking statue, the Temple of Heaven, some of the fake carvings in Mexico, window displays or the tea cottage in the UK, totem pole in Canada, etc.

 

[UberPlannerMom]

We have a candelabra that I got from Target on clearance after Halloween a few years back with these cheap red beads on it. The thought is to remove those beads and replace them with little shells (for the Little Mermaid).

Also, we decided we like the whole using letter monograms and such from different things for our last name. I think we are going to use the R's from Meet the Robinsons and Robots and the I from the Incredibles. That leaves the O, S and M. I looked over all of my DVDs and Blu-Rays and I think I have some options. (Please throw in others if you think of any!)
O= The Princess and the Frog (the o has a crown in the middle), Bolt (lightening bolt in the middle), Finding Nemo (o has a fish for the middle)
S= Hercules (Just angular), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (the S looks like a dragon), A Bug's Life (the S indentions look like antennae)
M= Monster's Inc., Epic Mickey
Anyone have any opinions there?

 

[Cosmic Commando]

S, M or O:

M:

This page may help you out

 

[FigmentJedi]

The Hallmark stores have a great Disney section with movie quotes and silhouettes.

And yet their Disney quote book had stuff from Land Before Time in it. What the hell?