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New Disney Transport Look

Posted on by Jack Spence
Yesterday while driving around Disney World, I glimpsed a bus design that I wasn’t familiar with. Through the corner of my eye, I thought I saw the word “Disney” as the bus turned into Port Orleans. I made a quick U-turn and followed the bus into the resort. Eventually, I found it parked at a … Continue reading "New Disney Transport Look"
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Travel Photography at Walt Disney World

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Really, Scott? Isn’t the title redundant? We all take travel photos at Walt Disney World, don’t we? Well, yes and no. While photos taken at any Disney property can be considered travel photographs, do they tell a story? Do they give someone looking at the photo a sense of place? Travel photography should do both. … Continue reading "Travel Photography at Walt Disney World"
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Looking Down into the Grand Canyon Concourse

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Monorail Gold moving through the Grand Canyon Concourse in Disney’s Contemporary Resort.Nikon D70/18-200VR, 1/60s, f/3.5, ISO 200, EV +0.3, 18mm focal length. I took this from the 12th floor of Disney’s Contemporary Resort back in 2008. I remember watching when Walt Disney World first opened in 1971 and saw monorails going in and out of … Continue reading "Looking Down into the Grand Canyon Concourse"
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Lighting up a Monorail in Epcot

Posted on by Scott Thomas
I have seen other photographers sharing photos of Walt Disney World Monorails at night in Epcot using a single flash unit to illuminate the moving vehicle. Without a flash, one could only get a blurred monorail late at night. You know me by now, I had to see if I could light up a monorail … Continue reading "Lighting up a Monorail in Epcot"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Monorails

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Monorails at Walt Disney World are not ride vehicles. They are an example of what public transportation could be. I remember growing up and reading the city I lived near was considering monorails and how excited I got. Sadly, the cost of a monorail system for even a small city is very high. That is … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Monorails"
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Zooming In and Out at Bay Lake Tower

Posted on by Scott Thomas
It is a something you have heard before: There are two photos for each scene. This normally refers to the orientation of the camera in either Landscape (horizontal) or Portrait (vertical). There is another method to getting two photos from most scenes as it does not always work depending on your distance to what you … Continue reading "Zooming In and Out at Bay Lake Tower"
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Disney Pic of the Week: Buses

Posted on by Scott Thomas
I am a long time user of the Disney Bus system. Even before Disney started Magical Express whisking guests who stay at a Disney World resort from and to the Orlando airport, I rarely drove anywhere on property. I have waited for long periods for a bus to get from a resort to a park … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week: Buses"
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Vertical Monorails at Walt Disney World

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Many people when photographing the monorail will keep their camera level or in the landscape orientation. I, too, mostly photograph monorails this way. When I was spending some time at the Ticket and Transportation Center at Walt Disney World last fall, I was watching the monorails enter and leave the station. I took photos in … Continue reading "Vertical Monorails at Walt Disney World"
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Monorail Black

Posted on by Scott Thomas
Monorail Black entering the Magic Kingdom station.Nikon D700/28-300VR, f/3.5, ISO 720, EV -0.7, 28mm focal length, HDR image. An HDR image of Monorail Black entering the Magic Kingdom station in late afternoon is my Disney Pic of the Week on Monorails.
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Disney Pic of the Week – Monorail

Posted on by Barrie Brewer
The Monorail is such a favorite mode of transportation that some would even call it an attraction! In fact, I’d go as far to say that it’s a symbol for the Disney Parks in the U.S. Its “elevated” status has led us to declare it the topic for this week’s Pic of the Week. Come … Continue reading "Disney Pic of the Week – Monorail"
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