A few pictures from Disneyland

Here are a few photos from our trip to Disneyland. Full story and lots more photos coming soon. Check my Flickr account to see more in the meantime.

I'm going to Disneyland!

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Originally uploaded by Scoops Mangum

Lisa, Her brother, his wife and I are going to Disneyland at the end of October. We'll actually be there on Halloween! Crowds will be crazy I'm sure. I took this photo last year of the Tea Cups. I love the fact that the girl with Mickey ears stayed mostly in focus. The picture has not been photoshopped. Sometimes good photos happens in the camera and not the computer, even if you are using a trash can instead of a tripod. I think it's the magic of Disney.

You can see more of my photos from that trip here.

New Disneyland Castle Snow Show

A Pirate's (After) life for me!

I had no idea that pouring the cremated ashes of your loved one in Disneyland was a big problem, but I guess it is. From miceage.com

"While the rate of "HEPA Cleanups" has been increasing lately at the Haunted Mansion, the recent Pirates of the Caribbean movie craze (with its supernatural plot themes) means that ride isn't immune either. Just this past Friday a Cast Member watching the security cameras noticed a woman in the back of a boat throwing a powdery substance into the lavishly decorated sets in the cavern scenes near the beginning of the ride. Even though Pirates is a 15 minute long ride, by the time the lady spreading the substance returned to the loading area Security had yet to arrive.

The college age Cast Members operating the attraction knew that legally they were not supposed to detain anyone, and when they confronted her about what she was doing in the cameras she told them she was only throwing baby powder around. The woman quickly disappeared out the exit, never to be seen again, but she'd actually left more than baby powder all over the Pirates of the Caribbean.

Security and the police finally arrived, and the ride was shut down on a busy afternoon of a holiday weekend. The ash was identified by the Anaheim Police as cremated remains, and the custodial department found most of it all over the "Captain's Quarters" scene in the caverns. The woman had done a very thorough job of spreading the ash everywhere though, and after an hour of cleaning with the HEPA vacuums there was still work to be done.

While custodial did a thorough job of cleaning the ash from the rockwork and the areas closest to the passing boats, much of the cremated remains would have to stay there until the set could be dismantled and cleaned completely after the park closed for the night. So after a lengthy downtime, Pirates of the Caribbean was reopened by management with the remains of a very devoted fan still spread through much of the Captains Quarters."

You can read the rest of the article by clicking here

Disney Pirates Loot Stanley Cup

When an NHL Hockey team wins the Stanley Cup, each player on the team gets to take the cup anywhere they want. Chris Kunitz of the Anaheim Ducks took the trophy to Disneyland, (The Ducks were once owned by Disney) and wrode the "Finding Nemo Submarines" and then placed the cup in the treasure room in "Pirates of the Carribean" for a while. Can you imagine riding in a boat and suddenly thinking..."Boy, that treasure sure looks like the Stanley Cup. It must be new, I don't remember seeing that before." I am not a hockey fan at all, but I thought this was really cool.

http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=851

Photography from Disneyland

Lisa and I were in California last week and spent a few days at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure with some of my family. Here are a few of the photos I took while we were there.

Bad Pluto!

Weird video of Pluto at Disneyland chasing a child.