Photos & Videos of ASD's 2009 Visits |
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December 30, 2008 to January 9, 2009and April 25-29, 2009
Disney's BoardWalk Villas
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New Year's Trip 2008-9
All of ASD's 2008-9 PhotoBlog photosVisit the PhotoBlog archives: December 2008 & January 2009
| December 30, 2008 - "Fantasy in the Sky Fireworks" | New Year's Fireworks 2009 |
| On the night before New Year's Eve, the Magic Kingdom presented the same fireworks show as on New Year's Eve, but with a somewhat smaller crowd. The show includes fireworks shot off at Cinderella Castle, the launch site to the north of the park and in the Seven Seas Lagoon to the south. During some parts of the show, from the perspective of the hub, there are fireworks encircling the crowd. On New Year's Eve, Epcot showed Illuminations twice -- once fairly early for the "little ones" and again at 11:40 p.m., with a tag that leads up to the huge display leading up to and after Midnight. Fireworks were shot from behind many of the country pavilions in the order the countries had already celebrated the start of the New Year. As shown in the photo below, there was quite a crowd to welcome the New Year at Epcot. |
April 2009: Birthday Celebration
All of ASD's April 2009 PhotoBlog photosVisit the PhotoBlog archives: April 2009
| Since Disney so heavily promoted "Celebrate your birthday at Walt Disney World," who was I to say no? As an annual pass holder, the gift card for merchandise equal to a one-day, one-park pass was a very nice touch. The photo below is of me and The Hat Lady, Carol Stein at The Rose & Crown Pub, U.K. Pavilion, World Showcase at Epcot. Below that is brief video sample of The Hat Lady's show. |
 The video on this trip was shot with a new Sony HDR-XR520V HD Camcorder. The video clips, hosted on YouTube, were all edited in iMovie '09. |
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Illuminations: Reflections of Earth - April 25, 2009
Expedition Everest - April 27, 2009
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror - April 28, 2009 |