Disney's Aulani resort in Hawaii

a regular hotel room 

A plan of how the resort might look 

Have you ever wanted to spend a few weeks relaxing in Hawaii, but at the same time wanted to visit downtown disney, now you can. Disney's Aulani resort is a new disney resort built for relaxation. Beaches, tropicals gardens, lagoons, and waterfalls are a few highlights of Disney's new resort. Some facts about the resort is that it will be 21 acres large and will have a total of 439 villas , 21 Grand villas, 359 hotel rooms, 4 restaurants. And the resort is not all about Disney. Disney's Imagineers are working hand in hand with Hawaiian locals to create a place celebrating Hawaiian culture and history. Phase 1 of the new resort is scheduled to open Fall of 2011.






http://resorts.disney.go.com/aulani-hawaii-resort/about-aulani/story/
http://resorts.disney.go.com/aulani-hawaii-resort/

Cool Shows at Disneyland!

Pixar Play Parade
The first new addition to the list of disney attractions is the Pixar Play Parade. The Pixar play parade has floats from Monsters,Inc., The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Finding Nemo, and Toy Story. These movies come to life in the 20 min parade. The characters, acrobats, puppeteers and dancers create a series of delightful parties celebrating the movies.

Movie room with aquarium window

Turtle Talk with Crush
If you ever wanted to talk to a turtle now is your chance. At disneyland you get to have a real in-depth chat with Crush, the sea turtle from Disney-Pixar's "Finding Nemo". This interactive attraction first opened on November 16, 2004 at Epcot. The attraction is in a movie theater-like room which has a large aquarium window,with a host/puppeteer, but in reality the aquarium window is a large rear-projection screen. How did disney make Crush be able to talk back? Disney uses digital puppetry which allows the puppeteer who is infront of the window control the turtle without moving. If you have ever played the Wii it is like a similar concept except the controller is in the cuffs of the puppeteer and slight movements  allow the turtle to move.

citations:
http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneys-california-adventure/turtle-talk-with-crush/
http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneys-california-adventure/pixar-play-parade/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_Talk_with_Crush

Disney's Epcot

Spaceship Earth, The icon of Epcot

Today i will be talking about Epcot. Epcot is a theme park located at Walt Disney World Resort. Epcot is dedicated to international culture and technological innovation. It opened on October 1st, 1982. Epcot was constructed for an estimated $800 million to $1.4 billion and took three years to build. It was the largest project in the world at that time.  It covers an area of 300 acres, its parking lot is about 140 acres which can hold up to 11,211 vehicles.






Epcot is an acronym for Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Disney's original vision of EPCOT was for a model community, home to 20,000 residents, which would be a test bed for city planning and organization. Disney's vision was not realized as funding and permission to start work on his Florida property was unable to be obtained until he agreed to build the Magic Kingdom first. Disney died before the Magic Kingdom opened and the Walt Disney Company decided that it did not want to be in the business of running a city.

Part of the Japanese Pavilion a large Pagoda 

In Epcot there are world showcases which contain pavilions representing eleven countries. There are pavilions for Mexico, Norway, Germany, Italy, The American Adventure, Japan, Morocco, France, United Kingdom, and Canada. The World Showcase usually opens two hours after the park opens and remains open later then the rest of the park. Unlike the Magic Kingdom, which does not serve alcohol, many stores and restaurants in the World Showcase sell alcoholic beverages from their respective countries.