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Disney Pic of the Week: Best of 2016

Posted on by Scott Thomas
As we begin 2017, Deb and I looked back and picked each other’s favorite Disney Pic of the Week photo from 2016. I really liked a lot of them but after a few years of not being at Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival, this photo of a monorail cruisng over the colorful flower beds in … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Best of 2016"
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Hidden Mickeys around Epcot

Posted on by Steve Barrett
I’d heard that the wire mesh Hidden Mickey (in the shrimp tube on Living with the Land) could be moved around at times. For the last few years, it sat in a tube along the right side of your boat, but recently I spotted the mesh Mickey on the left side. So, be sure and … Continue reading "Hidden Mickeys around Epcot"
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Bringing in the New Year with a BAM at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Christmas tree projection lingers on the Great Movie Ride as guests turn to leave after a showing of Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM holiday show in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.Nikon D750/16-35VR, 1/20s, f/4, ISO 6400, EV 0, 35mm Focal Length. Happy New Year! May 2017 be all we hope it to be. Scott will be returning next … Continue reading "Bringing in the New Year with a BAM at Disney’s Hollywood Studios"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Christmas at Disney

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I strongly recommend those coming to Walt Disney World for the first time during the holiday season to see a performance of the Candlelight Processional in Epcot. The Candlelight Processional is the telling of the Christmas story by a celebrity narrator with music sung by a mass choir and performed by a 50-piece live orchestra. … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Christmas at Disney"
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Christmas Wish 2016

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Cinderella Castle transformed by Queen Elsa into an Ice Castle.Nikon D750/16-35VR, 1/60s, f/4, ISO 6400, EV -1.0, 16mm Focal Length. Just because I cannot see it, doesn’t mean I can’t believe it! — Jack Skellington, The Nightmare Before Christmas Wishing you and yours a Very Merry Christmas. Scott will be taking next week off to … Continue reading "Christmas Wish 2016"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Favorite Holiday Entertainment

Posted on by Scott Thomas
When I was at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party earlier this month, I enjoyed a new a cappella group for the first time. Voiceplay performed on the Rockettower Plaza Stage in Tomorrowland and sang traditional and non-tradtional Christmas songs. To hear them perform a mashup of several Christmas favorites was both funny and totally awesome. … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Favorite Holiday Entertainment"
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Hidden Mickeys in Japan, Be Our Guest Restaurant, and Tren-D

Posted on by Steve Barrett
Stop by the Mitsukoshi Store in Epcot’s Japan Pavilion and look for Hidden Mickeys in the oyster-pearl display. Sometimes, you can find pearls arranged as a classic three-circle Mickey, and other times Cast Members arrange the oyster shells into a classic Mickey in the water. I arrived right after store opening and watched the CM … Continue reading "Hidden Mickeys in Japan, Be Our Guest Restaurant, and Tren-D"
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Holiday Wishes from Main Street USA

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Before the Once Upon A Christmastime Parade, I photographed Holiday Wishes from the same location. I used the Bulb Technique described in this post: Photographing Fireworks. This is a test shot to line up Cinderella Castle down Main Street USA. Cinderella Castle at the end of Main Street USA in Ice Lights.Nikon D750/16-35VR, 30s, f/11, … Continue reading "Holiday Wishes from Main Street USA"
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Photographing the Christmas Parade in the Magic Kingdom

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As I mentioned a few days ago in the Disney Pic of the Week on Holiday Parade Floats, I would be telling you about my experience photographing Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmastime Parade for the first time. Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmastime Parade. Seeing it might be a long time before I could see the … Continue reading "Photographing the Christmas Parade in the Magic Kingdom"
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