Candlelight Processional 2006

Laurie and I had a chance to go to the Candlelight processional this year.  We went last Sunday.  Because of my performance schedule, we're not able to get to church as often as we had in the past.  Also, I'm getting a little tired of the rock and roll Christmas carols.  I like the classics but I don't like contemporizing the classics.

 

I wanted to get an early start on the afternoon, but that didn't pan out.  The shows were at 5:30 pm and 8:00 pm.  We arrived at 4:00 pm and the park was packed.  It took about 30 minutes to park and the park esplenade was full.

 

We got into the park and went directly to the Ranch for their holiday festivities.  Laurie bought a cookie and decorated.  I watched the performers singing songs with children.  We when went to meet Mrs Claus for a picture.  The wait for Santa was quite long.

 

We headed over to New Orleans to ride pirates.  HINT: When you see a Disney tour guide escorting a family, there are usually celebrities near by.  This is in fact what happened.  I saw a tour guide, young woman and stroller near Big Thunder Mountain.  The woman did not look familiar to me.  So I looked around and low and behold a celebrity.  It was Eva LaRue from CSI: Miami and All My Children.  She was getting on the ride through the exit.

 

Since Laurie's in her wheelchair.  We follow her right in.  There's a couple between us and Eva.  They start talking about CSI.  Eva gets on the right and Laurie says "we're big fans!" and I wave.

 

We're meeting friends at 6:00 at the Pizza Port.  My friend bail, so Laurie and I have dinner.  Very nice.

 

It's 7:00 and the first showing of the Processional is exiting.  Disney allows everyone from the show to exist on the street portion of Main Street and they direct everyone else to the sidewalks.  We asks several employees where the line was and where the wheelchair line was.  No one knew.  We start heading down the sidewalk and we see that in fact there are two lines roped off.  We get in line and once everyone is cleared out, they let us in.  We are lead to the wheelchair section and they let us move right to the ropes.  We have a great view.

 

Now we just have to wait for an hour.  We got a little frustrated.  The person standing next to us was not diabled in anyway and he was in our section.  Also, after 30 minutes, they let the general public stand right behind us.  And many families allowed their children to push their way through between wheelchairs. For 10 minutes we were fuming and then Disney employees did the right thing and created a rope barrier to better mark the disabled section.

 

So finally the show starts.  I won't go through the actual show, because you have to see it.  Andy Garcia from the Untouchables and Ocean's Eleven. He took a very casual approach to the reading.  He did a lot of banter with the audience.  Overall, it was an amazing performance. It's the most Christian thing that Disney does.  I would high suggest seeing a performance if you ever get a chance.  I can be cynical at times when it comes to religious things, but I was moved.

 

Just a few notes.

• Don't sing along.  People come to see the pros do it, not the audience.
• Don't yell things out.  This is not a rock concert.  Look, I love Jesus.  Let's not ruin the night to satiate your religious zealousness.
• Not too many churches participating this year.  I was a little upset by this.  Then I realized that churches don't have choirs any more.  And those that do, are not at the level needed for this performance.

I can't wait until next year.  Maybe we'll work on the dinner package.  If you each at any of the moderate to high priced restaurants, you can get reserved seating for the show.  The problem is that you have to a limited menu that you have to order from, so now the price is set and you have to hope you're going to like the food.  My wife is incredibly finicky when it comes to food.  This is a big gamble on our part.

 

Alan Ng

 

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Celebrity Sighting

We just ran into Eva LaRue from CSI Miami. We were behind her in line at Big Thunder. Sorry no picture. I always feel nervous around celebs.

EPCOT Future World

Today, we decide that we're only going to do EPCOT Future World today.  I wake up at 10:00 am and Laurie wakes up at noon.  We really needed the extra sleep to recover the Halloween the night before. My back and legs were killing me so we didn't want to do anything too strenuous.

 

12:30 pm - we arrive at EPCOT. I pay the parking attendant $10 for parking.  He hands me a parking receipt and $10 back.  I mention that I already gave him $10 so I don't need any change.  He takes my $10.  I could really use the $10 but honesty being a virtue and all.  Oh well, you're welcome Walt Disney Corporation. The parking attendant is really nice and he tells me that EPCOT

 

12:40 pm - we enter the gates of EPCOT and get our picture taken at the golf ball.  At this point I just found out I forgot the battery to my camera.  It's back in the room getting recharged.  All of my pictures are now coming from the video camera.  Our plan it to start with the Universe of Energy.

 

12:50 pm - we're looking for some Minnie Ears for Laurie.  She wants a specific kind, it's sequined and is a head band.  We're directed to Mouse Gears, the main souvenir shop at EPCOT.  No luck.  It's very cold in this store.  The air conditioning is way to high.

 

1:10 pm - We arrive at Ellen's Energy Adventure.  This is a really great place to cool down if you're hot. I'm a little tired still trying to wake up from the night before, so I sleep through about half this ride.  The weather in Florida is half nice.  It's humid as hell, but there is a breeze.  Half the time I'm dying from humidity and then other half is really nice.

 

2:00 pm - That's a long ride.  We pass by the Wonders of Life and it's still close.  Now we're off to Mission Space.  We see some Photopass photographers and we find out that they are actually in training.  Their supervisor tells them the best way to frame their shots at each location and then then do some test shots.  It's pretty cool that the WDW photographers are actually trained.

 

2:20 pm - We just got off Mission Space.  How can you not love a ride that features Gary Sinise. I'm not as sick getting off the ride and I did the first time I rode is two years ago.  I think they slowed it down so it doesn't kill people anymore.  By the way, there's a non-spinning version.  Go with the Orange team.

 

2:30 pm - We're now riding Test Track.  No lines.  Sweet.  This is a great ride and as we get off we see the Coke station.  Laurie and I get coke Icees.  Now we have to find shade to drink our slushies.  I go back to Mouse Gears, but it's too cold, so we go to Innoventions.

 

2:40 pm - I tour Innoventions East, not much to look at and I meet up with Laurie again.  As we leave, we see that there is a character pavilion. We pull out our Photopass and get our pictures taken with Goofy, Mickey, Minnie and Pluto.  I wish Donald was there.  We move toward the exit and see that there is a wine seminar going on.  We get some information about the Food and Wine festival.  Now we can plan tomorrow.

 

3:00 pm - Journey Into Imagination.  Lame ride, great playground at the end of the ride.

 

3:30 pm - The Land.  We're pretty hungry at this point.  Here's a great thing to do.  Get a Fastpass for Soarin' then go eat.  Ride Living with the Land and then Ride Soarin'.

 

The Land Pavilion is a great place to eat, until today.  Apparently when they redesigned the Land, the food options immediately went down.  We used to order chili, salad and sub sandwiches.  Now it's all fru fru foods.  Ciabatta this, panini that.  I just want a normal meal.  I pay $9 for Salmon and Mashed potatoes, Laurie spends the same on beef and flat bread. What a waste of time and money.

 

Living with the Land is a ride that I like to do.  It's just interesting to me the different ways you can grow crops.  The boat ride is pretty much the same, but instead of having a live person give narration, we have a recording.  I'm not missing the live person.

 

My only problem with this ride and Ellen's Energy Adventure is that they always try to make you feel back because you're a evil human trying to destroy the earth.

 

Soarin' is a great ride.  Just as great as Disneyland. (It's the exact same ride).

 

4:30 pm - Nemo and Friends.  We went on this ride on Sunday.  What a great ride.  I starting to see how this is going to be incorporated at Disneyland's submarine ride.

 

4:50 pm - Laurie wants a button.  She found out that if you go to Guest relations, you can get a button to commemorate your time at EPCOT.  We go to the counter and this nice person from Japan helps us.  He asks if this is our first time...No.  Then if we were having an anniversary...no.  He looks puzzled.  Then says I have one for you and gives us a Magical Gatherings button.  Cool.  Now when is my Million Dreams going to be fulfilled.

 

5:10 pm - We leave to go back to the resort.  That night I go to Pleasure Island for some improv fund.  Don't forget you can see me live at the National Comedy Theater - www.nationalcomedy.com.

 

Alan Ng

 

www.mypalal.com

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Halloween at WDW

It's going to be a late dat today.

12:00 pm - arrive at Disney Quest. Laurie likes the interactive stuff like building a roller coaster, jungle cruise and alien encounter. I like the video game. I played a lot of the old stuff, Dragon's Lair, Tron, missle command.

3:00 pm - return to resort to prepare for the Halloween party.

5:00 pm - we leave to the Magic Kingdom and we arrive about 2 hours before the event begin. I'm not feeling well. My nose is running like water. Since we're early we decide to make use of the photo pass they gave us for the event. There's about 5 photographers stationed around the castle for the event. We get our pictures taken at each one.

Laurie is dressed as Cinderella. She's really playing her role. She being nice to children and telling them they look cute in their costumes. She meeting a lot of parent. I'm taking pictures. I'm just not that sociable.

We decide to take afew attractions while we wait and while I feel miserable. We do Philharmagic. What a great 3D movie. I wish this was at Disneyland. It's a way to debute Disney Characters in their computer animated form.

Next it's off to the carousel. I take pictures while Laurie looks cute. I shoot and video.

7:00 pm - an announce is made by a creepy Spirit letting us know the party has begun. Our priorities for this party is to get pictures, get candy, see shows.

As we walk toward the haunted mansion, we spot Cinderella's carriage. Picture moment. These photopass photographers are very good. They know how to pose.

It takes about 15 minutes but we get our picture. We arrive at the Haunted mansion and there's no line. There I also a picture moment at the mansion in front of the hearse. Pretty cool shot.

We get on the ride and now we're about 25 minutes from the parade. We then take our spot in Frontierland. Laurie then goes off to get some candy. Leaving me to wallow in my runny nose.

8:10 pm - the headless horseman gallops down the parade route. Super awesome. The horseman was one our tourguides from our horseback ride.

8:15 pm - the not-so-scary-Halloween parade begins. All of the characters were out and all of the villians. We are very impressed with parades at WDW.

9:15pm - we waiting in front of the castle for the fireworks show. We meet a family with a small girl also dressed as Cinderella. Laurie and the little girl hit it off even though she was shy to start.

Again WDW has a really good fireworks show. We were treated to Hallowishes.

I start to think that this is a school night. Can all of these kids be on vacation?

I also notice that for a sold out event this one is a lot of fun, not too crowded and well organized. I'll leave this blog here and let you see the rest of our fun in the photo gallery. I can't put anything up right now because I have a really bad internet connection at the resort.

1:00 am - I'm sick and tired and I'm getting some sleep.

Resort Day-10/30

8:00 am - It's too darn early, but we have a time share thing this morning.

8:35 am - getting Laurie up. Very difficult. Anyways it's worth free breakfast at Celebration and $80.

9:05 am - we arrive at the sales center.

11:15 am - finished presentation. Not too bad. We got a cheap breakfast. Pretty interesting. Be sure to read my article on time share presentations before ever going into one of these.

11:55 pm - rest.

2:00 pm - horseback riding. We were checking online and found out that they offer horseback riding at Fort Wilderness. It's about $40 each. Looks like our timeshare presentation is paying off.

We show up at the Fort Wilderness kennels to pay for our adventure.

2:30 pm - last trail ride of the day. We're all over it and we're joined by a mother and son. Just four of us. Super awesome. My horse is named Jumbo and Laurie us riding Romeo. We learn a lot about the life of horse riders and trail lines. Laurie, the outgoing one is talking with the mother. One of our guides dressed her horse as Peter Pan. The guides are going to be in the Beginning of the Halloween parade tomorrow.

3:30 pm - back in the car. What an awesome time. Definitely a hidden treasure of WDW so far. Off to Animal Kingdom. We want to ride Everest today.

4:00 pm - arrive at the security gate. They inform us that the park closes at 5 today. We have only 60 minutes for fun.

first we get our picture taken using the photopass. Take a look. We arrive at Expedition Everest. I'm woozy cuz I haven't had any food. We both get a frozen banana. Just what the doctor ordered.

We hop on Everest. Laurie and I ride it 3 times. There is no line. The second time I video tape the ride. The third time I video tape us. I hope I can publish this when we get back. I'm conerned about bandwidth.

4:25 pm - we head over to Dinosaur. The elevator broke so we can't go on it becaue of Laurie's knees. Oh well Indy is better. We ride the spinny ride at Dinoland. I'm feeling sick at the moment.

5:00 pm - I take a nap and Laurie is sleeps.

7:45 pm - I head over to Pleasure Island on my own. Laurie's not getting up. Pleasure Island is going through a lot of changes. The clubs on the left are boarded up. The stores are longer there. the west end stage is gone and the Bridge to the West Side shop has taken it's place.

8:15 pm - I'm sitting at the Comedy Warehouse. I love improv, especially by people who are better than me. Anyways you can see me most Saturday nights on www.nationalcomedy.com.

8:30 pm - Laurie pages me during the show telling me to pick her up. I tell her I'm going to see the 9:00 show.

10:15 pm - pick up Laurie at the resort.

10:45 pm - we arrive at the Adventurer's Club. Our 2nd favorite club. We notice a lot of return guests. Because they feel they have the right to be part of the show. The actors just ignore them. Good job.

11:00 pm - Samantha's cabaret. Fun show. They pick on married folks in this one.

11:45 pm - last comedy warehouse show. It has all of our favorites are in this show. We laughed a lot.

12:30 am - return to resort.

Animal Kingdom Trip Report 10/29

i'm on my own for this one. Laurie's super tired. I'm manning the digital camera and video camera.

12:30 pm - l'm on the road and enter the park. My plan is to use the video camera mostly. First stop Expedition Everest.

12:50 pm - enter line. All fastpasses have been distributed for the day. My wait is quoted at 60 minutes. I'll video and shoot pictures. I can't wait but I have to wait. I have my iPod running tune.

1:10 pm - bored. I'll watch last week's Office, the Initiation. Ha Ha.

1:30 pm - I pack every thing safely. Cause I'm getting on this ride.

1:40 pm - what an awesome ride. It's a great Disney coaster with steep banks. The yeti effect was cool and disappointing because I couldn't see it clearly.

1:45 pm - back in line. I just found the single rider's line. doh!

2:10 pm - I'm here to see animals. I go on the Jungle Trek. I got nice video of a tiger 'marking' her territory.

2:30 pm - in line for Kilamanjaro safari. 50 minute wait. IPod comes back on and I have a woman constantly running into me with her stroller. I'm such a patient person.

3:00 pm - I'm on the ride. Let me warn you. Visit Animal Kingdom in the morning. There are no animals out in the afternoon. The best time to arrive is as the parks open. The animals are frisky.

The safari ride was a bust. No animals except some sleeping lion and a lost giraffe.

I'm done. Back to the resort.

4:45 pm - we head out to EPCOT.

5:05 pm - we discover that Future World closes at 7:00. That doesn't give us much time.

We go to Nemo and Friends. Absolutely no lines. We get on the Clamulators. What a fantastic ride! They say that Disneyland submarine ride is going to be better than this. I don't know how this is possible. You've got to ride this ride. The rest of the Nemo & Friends is a little sparse but there are some good spots.

6:20 pm - we ride the Communicore. This is one of favs.

6:35 pm - we leave EPCOT. We are going to Cape Cos Cafe for their Clambake. I love shell fish.

6:55 pm - we arrive at the beach club. We're told that the wait is 1 hour. NO PROBLEM!

8:00 pm - DINNER!!! I head immediately for the clams and mussels. And there's no stopping me.

8:50 pm - back to the resort for Desparate Housewives.

Magic Kingdom Travel Report 10/27

It's a Friday afternoon and we're heading over the Magic Kingdom.  We've got about 3 hours because the park is closing early for Mickey's Not-So-Scary-Halloween, which we'll be attending on Halloween.

 

We show up and park in the disabled area.  I'm used to this but it is a long walk to get to the Monorail.  We see the ferry pulling in and we decide to take the fairy to the Magic Kingdom.

 

If you're not in a rush, this is a great way to go if you love boats and lakes like we do.  Very relaxing.

 

We enter the gate with our tickets and they have a new biometric system.  You just place one finger on the sensor and you're in.  The park is tricked out in autumn and Halloween overlay.  The tones are orange, red and yellows.

 

We know we're not going to be here long, so we hit some attractions that we normallly wouldn't do.

 

First, Stitch's Great Escape, which took over for Alien Encounter.  Let me say that I was a huge fan of Alien Encounter and was sad to see it go.  Yes, it was not kid friendly, but it was scary.  Stitch's great escape uses many of the same effects and concepts and tries to make it fun and kid friendly.  Quite frankly I was bored.  There were cute moments, but the story dragged on and there was no drama or stakes in the story.  The best part was seeing a lifesize animatronic Stitch.  2 out of 5 stars.

 

Next, we go on the Indy Speedway.  Laurie drove and I video taped.  Definitely not Disneyland's Autopia.  The car was difficult to control.  It would not go straight.  I trust that it was a fluke with our car, but very disappointing.  2 out of 5 stars.

 

Now we go on Peter Pan.  The entry system is better than Disneyland's because they use the conveyor belt system. The basics of the ride are the same as Disneyland, but again Disneyland is better.  There are more minature elements from the story, but when you fly over London and Neverland, your looking at a cartoon representation of these locations.  3 out of 5 stars.

 

It's a Small World. Not as good as Disneyland.  Each continent is a little small, also at Disneyland the path takes a lot of turns.  WDW is very straight. 3 out of 5 stars.

 

Haunted Mansion again not as good as Disneyland. The sound system is so outdated. 3 out of 5 stars.

 

Disneyland is so much better than this place.

 

Alan Ng

 

www.mypalal.com

www.themeparkshopper.com

 

 

Disney/MGM Studios 10/28

We just checked out of our first resort. So we have to kill a few hour before we can go to our new resort.

12:00 pm - Mgm is where we're going. First thing I do is mosey down the street to get Fastpass for Rock N Roller coaster. I get them for 2:30. Perfect we can watch the stunt show at 2:00. Now we have to kill two hours.

We're trying to kill time before the stunt show. There's a lot of streetmosphere shows going on. Some sketch and some improv. We head over to the stunt show.

We still have about 40 minutes to kill. We goto the Honey I Shrunk the Kids play area. It definitely for kids. I get to shoot only one segment. I almost twist my ankle in the process.

1:30 pm - enter the line for the stunt show. We are the first wheel chair and we get a really nice spot. You'll have to see the photos I post later.

3:00Pm - what an awesome show. It's a must see. Great stunt driving. We are now fighting crowds to get to Rockin Roller Coaster. We decide to skip it. We go to the tram ride and the wait is just too long. Alright, let to Rockin.

3:10 pm -we first get Fastpasses for Tower of Terror. We have to wait an hour for this one. So now we go on Rockin' We enter the final waiting room before the movie area. Then we are told the ride is experiencing technical difficulties. I'm burning up from the Florida humidity so I don't care. Plus we're going to have to wait for Tower of Terror afterwards. Let's wait indoors. That's what I say.

3:40 pm - we just finished the ride. It was awesome as always. We're straving, so I get a cheeseburger and Laurie gets a soup.

4:00 pm - we're on Tower of Terror. This a so much better than California Adventure. why? the car moves forward down a hallway. And the drops are unpredictable.

4:15 pm- we're ready to go. We walk down Hollywood Boulevard and the Streetmosphere characters are performing. They are doing the 99 game, which is exactly like our game 185. I'm so much better than them.

5:00 pm - arrive at Resort. So much nicer than the Celebrity. Now we're off to Sam's Club for food and other essentials.

Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D

It's been a while since I last saw this film. Also Laurie never really saw it before. She, in fact, never really cared to see it. Then I rented the Corpse Bride and she became hooked. She was now willing to see Nightmare. She last Friday we made the trek to Hollywood to see it in 3D.

What a wonderful experience! I was amazed that this film could be so seamlessly converted into 3D. There was no indication that this movie wasn't shot in 3D. The best part was that this movie does not employ cheesy 3D effects such as items coming at you or cute characters floating in front of you.

Laurie really liked the story. A person who must ultimately accept who they are. The whole point is that the movie is not about the evil of Halloween but Burton creates a world based on these themes and about a town that lives to scare.

See this movie if you've never had chance. We had the privilege of seeing it at the El Capitan. The VIP option is almost worth it. We got reserved seats, tub of popcorn and bottled soda. Because arrived at the last moment the reserved seats came in handy.

Warning: if you're in a wheelchair there is no access to the upper Balcony. What a shame.

Precious Moments Event

Laurie and I were at the Precious Moments event yesterday at the Paradise Pier Hotel.  We had a pretty descent time.  I was a little disappointed in the event but not enough to feel my money was wasted.  The key to this event was the merchandise.  I was able to get a hold of the latest line of Disney Precious Moments figurines signed by Precious Moments Creator Sam Butcher.

 

We showed up and we were pretty much the last people in line.  Laurie has to use her wheelchair because of her surgery and all of the disabled spaces were taken.  We had to park on the second floor of the parking structure and lo and behold there is no elevator.

 

We then got in the ticket line and received our packets and picked up our merchandise.  I dropped off my merchandise in the car.

 

We got back in the meet and greet line and were greeted by the Disney hostesses.  They were very friendly letting us know what was up.

 

Once we got to meet Sam Butcher, we got our photos taken very quickly.  The lady before us had a flat Sammy.  We received our photos and we went right to breakfast.  The best part of this event was that the seats were reserved.  We found our table and immediately got Laurie's picture with Princess Aurora.

 

We had breakfast which was quiche, not Laurie's favorite.  Sam's assistant said a few words and we were done.  The event was scheduled to be 2 hours, and wound up being 1 hour.

 

As I was loading up the wheelchair in the car, Sam's assistant walked by and thanked us for coming to the event.  Some of those items will soon be up on our ebay site.  You can see it there soon - http://stores.ebay.com/The-Humble-Folks-Themepark-Shopper_W0QQsspagenameZMEQ3aFQ3aSTQQtZkm

Eating at Disneyland during the Week

Have you ever thought about visiting Disneyland during the week for dinner?  Before you do, you'll want to read this blog.

 

Our last three trips to Disneyland we were there pretty late on business and decided to get dinner at various locations.

 

The first time, we went to the Plaza Inn on Main Street.  I ordered the Fried Chicken and Laurie wanted the Pot Roast.  We waited in line for about 20 minutes because they ran out of Pot Roast.  No exaggeration, but it did take 20 minutes for a new batch of pot roast.  When the pot roast finally arrived, guess what...now they're out of friend chicken.  So we both had to order pot roast.

 

The second time, we went to the French Market at New Orleans Square.  I just wanted Fried Chicken.  We'll guess what, they were out of bread bowls for the stew and clam chowder.  You ask, but you're ordering Fried Chicken.  You're right.  But the queue is built in such a way that no one gets served until the person in the front of the line is served.  So I've got 4 parties in front of me and each party has to be told (1) that there are no bread bowls, (2) change your order, (3) apologize for not having bread bowls.

 

The third time, we're at Pizza Port and we want to order our favorite Chicken Fusilli.  Guess what they're out of pasta.  We leave and eat burgers at Tomorrowland Terrace.

 

If you're at the park during the week, Disneyland is going to run out of food.  They do not plan for overages and they are too cheap to ever think of having leftovers that can be donated to local homeless shelters.

 

Other than that, we had a great time.

It's Halloween Time at Disneyland

Laurie and I made a special trip to Disneyland this weekend to see all the goings on for Halloween. I have some photos on my website - http://www.mypalal.com/Halloween2006/index.cfm

Here's a few things that we got to experience:

• Tower of Terror - The lobby is decked out with Halloween decorations from a party that took place long ago. The ghosts from the ride are wondering the Hollywood back lot and they has a story session in front of the Hotel.
• California Screams - We have not been able to get in yet, but these is a show there in the afternoon.
• Haunted Mansion - The Nightmare Before Christmas overlay is in place and the ride is as fun as ever. We think there are a few changes. For example, there's Gingerbread house on the Banquet Table that's being eaten from the inside.
• Main Street USA - The entire street and stores is ready for Halloween. There is a giant Mickey pumpkin in the Town Square and carved pumpkins and decorations line all of the stores. Central Plaza has carved pumpkins representing each land.

Let me know if you see other things.

Olszewski Signing Event - September 23

What a tiring day, but a good one no less.  Laurie and I went to Disneyland this morning to the Robert Olszewski signing event for his new pieces in the Disneyland Main Street USA series.  Here's what we have:

• Crystal Arts - China Closet - Main Street Photo - East Plaza St - Disneyland Minature (http://www.themeparkshopper.com/servlet/the-409/Olszewski-Main-Street-USA/Detail)
• Disney Clothiers - Castle Bros. - East Center St - Disneyland Minature (http://www.themeparkshopper.com/servlet/the-408/Olszewski-Main-Street-USA/Detail)

I have about 2 each signed by Robert Olszewski himself.  We also got to look at the soon to be release Main Street base.  It's huge and I wish I had a picture, but I didn't bring my camera that day.  Darn.  It's great.  It feature all of Main Street and the Central Plaza hub.

 

We got a sneak peek and the new Frontierland and Adventureland entrance.  More to come.

Olszewski Signing This Saturday

We'll be at the upcoming Olszewski signing this weekend at Disneyana. He's been working on all of the store on Main Street USA and the last two buildings are available.

If it goes like the Haunted Mansion, these signed pieces should go for a lot of money on ebay.

We're hoping to pick up 4.