Awaited Disney Parks Attraction Posters Book to be Released at the end of May !

Great news for all Disney fans as the new and highly awaited “Poster Art of the Disney Parks” book - by Danny Handke and Vanessa Hunt - which will celebrate the beloved attraction posters of Disney parks all around the world will be released at the end of May after four years of development!

As you can see on the picture below this 144 pages book will not only include the known version of each posters but also the others (and unknown) designs proposals. Actually, according to Vanessa Hunt they even found during their research for the book "a box containing several poster concepts that had never been published until now". “We made an extra effort to ensure the posters in the book were printed as color accurate as possible” continued Vanessa. “The most challenge part was identifying artists. While many unidentified posters artists were later identified during our interviews, there are some that remain credited to ‘Unknown Artist”. The book also have an introduction by legendary WDI Imagineer Tony Baxter.



The book will be on sale at Disney Parks in the U.S at the end of May and is currently also available for pre-order on Amazon.com for all of you who don't plan to go to the U.S parks later this year. Actually the Amazon price - $26.13 or 20€ - is probably even cheaper than it will be at Disney Parks and, good news, you can even order it while you are on Disney and more, just by jumping to the Disney and more Amazon page HERE. And not only you'll buy it at the best price but you will also do your "good action" of the day as Amazon will give back a small percentage of each book order through the D&M Amazon page to Disney and more. Go ahead, and order this great book HERE!

Note: When you will order the book on the D&M Amazon page, in fact you order it directly to Amazon and the book will be sent directly to you by Amazon, not by me, as you'll see on the screen capture below of the D&M Amazon page where you'll find also more details about the book.



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DCA Blue Sky Cellar reopens with Buena Vista Street exhibit

The Blue Sky Cellar opened again yesterday with new sneak peeks and behind-the-scenes looks at the transformation of Disney California Adventure. As usual guests will be able to view new videos, models and renderings and this time the display is all about Buena Vista Street, the Carthay Theater and the Red Car Trolley.

Three new attraction posters are now display, the first one is for the Red Car Trolley - picture above - and the two others are for the Tower of Terror and Soarin' over California. All three are to die for and i hope they will be released and available in the park next year! In the meantime click on each to get them in bigger size and then jump on Mint Crocodile web site where you'll see a full report of the new Blue Sky Cellar exhibit.





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New DCA Attractions Posters !

Disney parks unveiled three new attraction poster swhicg will appear soon at DCA Blue Sky Cellar. From the top: posters of the Little Mermaid, grizzly River Run Rapids and Goofy's sky School. Click on each to see them in bigger size.





Also released, the visual of a Larry Nicolai painting created in tribute to the ride. Larry said: "I really wanted to do a commemorative painting of Ariel that was both a portrait of her and also summed up the attraction in an allegorical way. I couldn’t cram every fish from “Under the Sea” into the composition, but her friends Flounder and Sebastian are there, along with some specific props that reference back to the attraction". Prints of this artwork will be available at a Disney's The Little Mermaid Product Debut & Signing event Saturday, June 11, 2011 between 10am to 1pm at Treasures in Paradise at Disney California Adventure. Larry also said that "a print of the concept painting that I did a couple of years ago for the attraction’s 86-foot-long load area mural" will also be available.



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Tokyo Disney Sea Attraction Posters - Part Two

In this part two of Tokyo Disney Sea's Attraction Posters we will have a closer look to the visuals related to TDS Tower of Terror and above is the TOT attraction poster - sorry for the inevitable reflection in the glass. Also, part one of this TDS attraction posters article is HERE.

As you know, the TDS TOT version, located on the American Waterfront, has a different storyline not inspired by the Twilight Zone series as the TV series are not known or as popular in Japan as they are in the U.S and Europe. Instead, WDI Imagineers imagined a fictitious character named Harrison Hightower, adventurer, explorer, who bring back hundred of antiques from all around the world - and owner of the Hightower hotel. In the storyline Hightower disappeared a fateful night victim of the curse from the African statue Shiriki Utundu, stolen by him in Africa. By the way, you're probably aware of this already but i remind you that the face of Harrison Hightower is inspired by the one of WDI Imagineer Joe Rhode.

To help TDS guests to believe this amazing story many visuals elements are displayed by the "NYC Preservation Society" both inside and outside of the Tower of Terror. Outside, guests cas see fake old newspaper articles talking about Hightower expeditions, like this one below. Enlarge the picture to have a closer look at it.

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Another different one, shot at sunset.



Less known are these great fictitious pictures that guests can see inside the Hightower Hotel, always related to his "adventures". The one below refers to how Hightower learned the art of charming snakes in Bombay, in 1884!

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But my favorites are probably the visuals telated to the "Rajah's Pool", supposedly built inside the Hightower Hotel. The Rajah's Pool poster, below, looks great, doesn't it?



Same for this "old" 1895 Rajah's Pool picture which has a lot of charm.



Hope you enjoyed these Tokyo Disney Sea attraction posters articles, next week we'll be back to Tokyo Disney Resort on a different angle.

All pictures by Daniel Rous. Attraction Posters: copyright Disney Enterprises - Oriental Land Co.

Tokyo Disney Sea Attractions Posters - Part One

Today's article will be all about Tokyo Disney Sea's attraction posters thanks to TDS pictures that my friend Daniel bring back from Japan. The attraction posters are always difficult to shoot as most of them are displayed behind a window glass and it's sometime difficult to avoid reflection but as usual i did my best to enhance the pictures and, most of all, all of them are in high-res!

Let's begin with Mysterious Island. Above is the 20000 Leagues attraction poster and below the one for Journey to the Center of the Earth.



Next one is the one for the Molly Brown, one of the boats from TDS Cape Cod.



The attraction poster below is the one for the Sindbad attraction in Arabian Coast.



Always at Arabian Coast, here is the poster for the Magic Lamp attraction.

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In Lost River Delta, the attraction poster of Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Crystal Skull.



In Port Discovery, the attraction poster for the Storm Rider attraction (sorry for the big reflection).



Inside the S.S Columbia TDS guests can now experience a "Turtle Talk with Crush" at the "Undersea Observatory".



There is more, as in the next part which is now online HERE you'll find great visuals from Tokyo Disney Sea's Tower of Terror!

All pictures by Daniel Rous. Attraction Posters: copyright Disney Enterprises - Oriental Land Co.

New Paradise Pier Attraction Posters

Just in case you've missed these new Paradise Pier attraction posters... I wish i could have find them in higher-res...but Disney released them only in very low-res. They're going to sell them in the park anytime soon and, hey, the Mouse just want to make sure you'll buy them!



Thanks to nonob88 from Mice Chat for the Silly Symphony Swings picture!

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