The Disney Dream

     The DisneyParks Blog has posted some new videos of The Disney Dream cruise ship so I decided to make a small post about it. The cruise ship will start it's voyages on January 26, 2011. Also The Disney Dream is 40% larger than it's two older sister ships, the Disney Magic and Disney Wonder, with a design gross tonnage of 128,000 tons, a length of 330 meters and a width of 37 meters. Also the Disney Dream will have wi-fi throughout the ship, and every one of it's 1,250 staterooms will have flat screened TVs. The ship will also feature the first water coaster at sea, called "The Aquaduck". The Disney Dream is 45,000 tons larger, 5 decks higher (3 passenger decks), 151 feet longer, it's beam is 15 ft wider, it will hold up to 4,000 passengers (over 1,600 more than its sister ships), and has 555 more crew members than the Disney Magic, and Disney Wonder.

Here is a video of The AquaDuck

Snow White Grotto

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     Snow White's Grotto is located on the west side of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland. The grotto is comprised of statues of Snow White, the seven dwarves, and a few woodland creatures. Snow White is standing at the top of a cascading waterfall. There is a bridge and walkway in front of the waterfall as well as a wishing well (the proceeds of which go to local children's charities).The statues were donated anonymously to Walt Disney, and he was determined to incorporate them into the park. The only problem was that whoever made the statues made Snow White the same size as the dwarves (which she is not). Walt Disney Imagineer John Hench used the optical trick of forced perspective to make the statues work. He put Snow White at the top of the waterfall with a Disney-made small deer and put the dwarves close to ground-level, making Snow appear to be further away, and thus smaller.One rumor as to the origin of the statues is that they were "a gift from an Italian sculptor that had never seen the film, but owned a set of soaps in the form of the princess and the dwarfs. Unfortunately, Snow White was the same size as the dwarfs in the soap set, so the sculptor made her that way." Singing was added to the grotto inside the wishing well on 1984 with the opening of new Fantasyland, and it is the voice of Adriana Castelotti the original voice of Snow White.

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World of Color

The new World of Color water show in Disney California Adventure has opened on June 11, 2010, and let be tell you it is extremely amazing. It was designed by the Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, and the show has more than 1200 fountains which includes lasers, lights, and fire. Also there are high-definition projections on mist screens similar to the ones used in Fantasmic! at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios. The music for the show was arranged by Mark Hammond and Dave Hamilton. The show is around 27 minutes long and you may get wet while you are watching it. The show was named after Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color TV show and the water show has scenes from different Disney movies and shows. Also there was a new viewing area made called Paradise Park and it is stunningly beautiful. The pictures below are courtesy of Disneygeek.

Below is a video of the World of Color.