A special birthday, a diamond anniversary and a west coast adventure TRIP REPORT COMPLETED IN THIS FORUM - Page 30 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
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Your past few posts have me missing San Francisco! Love all you pictures of the bridge.
As for your GPS trying to lead you away from the Walt Disney Family Museum, well there must be something about the place that makes it hard to get to! I tried to get there using public transportation, and I have only one word for that. DON'T! It's near impossible. I made it into the city via the BART then got advice on how to get there via the city transit system. It looks like it should be simple, but it's not at all! I gave up on that after a long bus ride and then not quite knowing which bus to take next. I hailed a cab, and the driver didn't know how to get there either. I pulled up directions on my phone and he followed that. But it was well worth the trouble, such an incredible place! Your pictures are great, and I can't wait to see some more of them.
Oh my life, what a nightmare getting there! I'm glad you made it in the end though.
We went with a group from our community. We spent hours there and was so glad that they did give us plenty of time to explore.
I think we could've spent the day there, it was just a limit as to how long we could stand and walk, as we didn't find there were that many places to sit sadly.
Sunday 30 August – part eight: is this the last bit?
The next section looks at the studios that the Disney brothers moved into, again using the profits from Snow White. They obviously invested well.
From here, we move into the section looking at the production of Bambi and Pinocchio. I loved the various models they had here – all so expressive.
Then it was on to Fantasia, something I’ve never watched in full, I’m ashamed to say but I had a new appreciation for it after seeing this exhibition, as it explained a lot about what Walt was thinking of when he put this together. Maybe we will have to watch it…
Next you move into the tougher parts of Walt’s life, and here I have to be honest, I did learn something. There was a whole section about the strike that hit the studios, and it was lovely to learn something new, as a lot of it, I’d read and thought “yep, I know that” and I don’t mean that in an offhand way, it’s probably like any other Disney fan, you’ve seen and read a lot over the years, and know most of the stories.
From here, you see the Latin American tour that Walt undertook… and again, I knew nothing about this…
Then it’s into the war years, and you learn about how the studios supported the war effort.
When I entered this next section, which looked at some more of Walt’s famous and perhaps not-so-famous animation films, I honestly thought this was the last bit. My goodness, how wrong you can be!
The next room was a very small one, concentrating again on Walt as a family man, and also his love of creating miniatures, which I’d read about before in one of my Jim Korkis books, so I was fascinated to see some of the actual bits close up.
A filet mignon was only $1.25!! That menu cracks me up.
I didn't know about the Latin America tour he took either!
I'm really loving all the pictures as it's helping me remember my time there!!
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Cool to see all this memorabilia. I have to say I must have read different bios of Walt because none of this is new to me. The strike, the long-term resentment from a lot of his animators, and the South America trip were in both the Bob Thompson and Neil Gabler bios, which are the only ones I've read. I've also got a wonderful DVD about that trip, called "Walt and El Grupo". People often criticize the Disney family and the company for trying to hide or gloss over the unpleasant aspects of Walt's personality, but I don't see that at all, and as you've shown, it's all right there in the family museum, so it's not exactly a deep, dark secret!
Cool to see all this memorabilia. I have to say I must have read different bios of Walt because none of this is new to me. The strike, the long-term resentment from a lot of his animators, and the South America trip were in both the Bob Thompson and Neil Gabler bios, which are the only ones I've read.
That would explain it, as I haven't read either of those.
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I've also got a wonderful DVD about that trip, called "Walt and El Grupo". People often criticize the Disney family and the company for trying to hide or gloss over the unpleasant aspects of Walt's personality, but I don't see that at all, and as you've shown, it's all right there in the family museum, so it's not exactly a deep, dark secret!
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Cheryl, you MUST watch Fantasia!!!
Laurie, we saw Walt & El Grupo - a fantastic film!
I loved seeing that the movies Disney made for the war effort were at cost, rather than profiting off a terrible time.
Those menu prices - and the items themselves - are funny to see!
The documentary on Walt's life for PBS that Luke and I watched recently covered the strike and the Latin American trip. But I keep thinking I read or saw something about the Latin American trip when Three Caballeros was re-released. I am still impressed with how well done and extensive this museum is.
The documentary on Walt's life for PBS that Luke and I watched recently covered the strike and the Latin American trip. But I keep thinking I read or saw something about the Latin American trip when Three Caballeros was re-released. I am still impressed with how well done and extensive this museum is.
Yes, I was going to say that as well! We are just getting into watching that documentary now. Very interesting!
Wow! The Disney family museum is really chock full of memorabilia!
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I'm glad you made it in the end though. 
but I had a new appreciation for it after seeing this exhibition, as it explained a lot about what Walt was thinking of when he put this together. Maybe we will have to watch it… 
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