Princess Tiana; Red Bull Art Show; Dinosaur World; Classic Cars in the Desert

I'm sure everyone is getting ready for the big Halloween Saturday night! How many of you procrastinators will be rushing out to buy your Halloween costumes, candy and decorations later today? This country's leading retailers claim that people start shopping for Halloween accessories as early as June! Now what fun is that? Isn't it more fun to rush out at the last minute and make a costume out of a witch's hat, a multi-colored clown wig and a Spiderman suit? (Not that I would know. )

Our Weekend Update this week is just the right size to get your busy day started. First up, we have a report on the busy life of Denise nbodyhome Preskitt. Can you believe a week that includes Princess Tiana, a Red Bull art show, a Halloween tour of Fort Wilderness and a KISS concert?

Then dinosaurs rise out of the Florida swamps and populate Dinosaur World in Plant City, Florida. SummerInFL reports on this unique Florida roadside attraction. (Did you know that dinosaur bones have never been found in Florida?)

sir clinksalot stirs up double trouble this week for the Weekend Update. Check out his video from Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights, then travel with him to Laughlin, Nevada for a tour of Don Laughlin's car collection.

We finish up our report this week with some more vintage Halloween postcard images to put you in a Halloween mood.

Thanks for visiting the Weekend Update!




A Week in the Busy Life of Denise nbodyhome Preskitt


This past week, Disney unveiled the new Tiana's Showboat Jubilee! It is quite a fun show, though I understand that Disneyland will have live singing instead of recorded. I have photos and video from it on my site, and here are some photos that include the new meet and greet as well:


And one of five videos I shot, this is the first half of the show itself:


You can link to the other videos through my website at mousesteps.com.


The meet and greet:




Just over a week ago I was up north for my high school reunion and a memorial service in Washington DC. Union Station had an interesting Red Bull exhibit, where artists took cans of Red Bull and made sculptures out of them:



While in DC, I was able to go to one of my favorite places (I have some family who are members):



At Fort Wilderness, guests have decorated their campsites for Halloween:




A car testing at Space Mountain at WDW, which is set to re-open on November 21:




The sign for it, when going in on the People Mover:




Outside:




And I went to a Kiss concert a week ago as well, and took photos and video:





As always, you can view more photos and videos at Denise's website: mousesteps.com.





Dinosaur World
Plant City, Florida

I was excited when I heard that SummerInFL was planning a report on Dinosaur World in Plant City, Florida. The signs and entrance for this unique park can be seen from the I-4 on the trip from Orlando and Tampa, and we were intrigued as we passed by it on our way to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. It looks like this little park is quite nice!



Florida has many roadside attractions and there is one that we have always passed on the way to Walt Disney World and I decided to give it a try this weekend. So my daughter and I headed over to Dinosaur World, its a great attraction that contains life size replicas of all the dinosaurs, a playground, a fossil dig site, a bone collection and more!

Below are some of my favorites from the day. Enjoy!



Picnic Area

One of the interesting things I discovered is that there have been no dinosaur bones every discovered in the state of Florida as it was believed that the entire state was under water during the time dinosaurs roamed the Earth.


The Playground for the kids.

The giant puzzle the kids can put together.

Feed Me

The Boneyard where you can dig up your own dinosaur.

Every child admission received a ticket to dig for 3 fossils that they get to keep.

We had a great time and my daughter enjoyed herself very much. I recommend visiting it at least once and if you have extra time on your hands. Overall I think if they maintain the attractions and keep moving forward with it, it has great staying power in the long run.



Halloween Horror Nights
Universal Studios Hollywood


sir clinksalot spent an evening at Universal Studio's Halloween Horror Nights and put together this clever video:



Beautiful Baltic will return next week.





Don Laughlin Classic Cars Museum
Laughlin, Nevada


Looks like sir clinksalot found something to do in Laughlin besides play Hot Hot Penny!


Welcome to the Don Laughlin Classic Cars Museum located in Don Laughlin's Riverside Resort in Laughlin, NV.


The first "car" on display is the "Marriage Trap". This is the Marriage Trap that was used in the 1952 film "The Quiet Man" starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.

1954 Corvette

1963 Corvette


1937 Cord Speedster

1963 Studebaker Amanti R-3


1933 Austin Roadster

1930 Studebaker 4-door

1915 Ford Speedster

I think this was one of my favorites, 1971 Soap Box Derby Car

1929 Model A Ford

1934 Buick Touring Sedan ... or "Mafia Staff Car"

The engine of the Mafia Car


1934 Ford

Some of the cars in the museum were actually for sale, like this 1936 Ford Street Rod ... it can be yours for a mere $50k

A view of the Colorado River from the museum

1914 REO Touring Car


1907 REO Runabout

1934 Ford Tow Truck

And it's kiddie-car companion

We'll leave you this week with a look at the classic Woody



Next week, the rest of the classic car collection in Laughlin, this was only about 1/2 of the collection.





I have a few more of those vintage Halloween postcard images to share. Next week DisneylandPostcards.net will be back with a great look back at Disneyland's Jungle Cruise.

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