Welcome to the Weekend Update for October 4, 2008
Thanks for joining us again this weekend for our weekly trip around the world. This week we make a quick foray into Disneyland's New Orleans Square with Mark Gonzalez, then we're off to Paris with TDLFAN to visit Disneyland Paris. Next up is another chapter in Ian Parkinson's Adriatic Adventure and we finish up in Chicago at the zoo with sir clinksalot.
Disneyland
Anaheim, California
Mark Gonzales treats us to a quick trip around New Orleans Square.
Don't forget to check out Mark's flickr album HERE.
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TDLFAN goes back to Disneyland Resort Paris for one last summer 2008 visit.
Disneyland Resort Paris
Paris, France
The beautiful Disneyland Hotel at DLP.
Town Square.
At DLP's Town Square, the Horse-drawn carriages have a separate area from the regular street to board guests on and off. This is unique to DLP's design.
Main Street USA.
Center Street.
Character Greeting.
Lilo and Stitch.
Le Chateau de la Belle au Bois Dormant.
Discoveryland.
Space Mountain: Mission 2
Inside Toy Story's Pizza Planet Restaurant in Discoveryland.
Alice's Tea Party.
Fantasyland.
Auberge De Cendrillon.
La Fontaine de Cendrillon.
Les Voyages de Pinocchio.
Adventure Isle.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
Phantom Manor.
One last shot from the City of Lights...Paris. Here, la Tour Eiffel is lit up in the cool neon blue colors of the European Union Community, complete with 12 stars.
Au Revoir mes amis.
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Ian Parkinson took so many beautiful photographs of Venice, Italy during his Adriatic Adventure I'm breaking them up into two groups.
Venice, Italy
Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of the region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Bridges", and "The City of Light". It is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
The city stretches across 118 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers.*
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We return to Chicago with sir clinksalot for a trip to the zoo.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago, Illinois
Lincoln Park Zoo is a free zoo located in Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868, when the Lincoln Park Commissioners were given a gift of a pair of swans. In 1874, the swans were joined by a bear cub, the first animal purchased for the zoo. The bear became quite adept at escaping from its home and could frequently be found roaming Lincoln Park at night[citation needed]. The first bison ever born in captivity was born in Lincoln Park. Marlin Perkins, who later gained fame as the host of the television program Wild Kingdom, was director of the zoo from 1944 until 1962. Now, Lincoln Park Zoo is home to a wide variety of animals. The zoo includes polar bears, penguins, gorillas, reptiles, monkeys, and other species totalling nearly 1,250 animals. *
Lincoln Park Zoo is located in the midst of the hustle and bustle of Chicago
The Zoo's entrance (it's also FREE)
The Tiger Habitat, with a sleeping Tiger in the lower right corner
The Lion Habitat
PENGUINS!!!
Polar Bears
Some of the beautiful zoo grounds
You can see just how close the city is to the zoo. Lake Michigan is just on the other side.
Bear Sleeping in a Log
There was MUCH more of the zoo that we would have liked to see, but we had a wedding to get to!
Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
The Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool, formerly The Rookery, and also known as Lincoln Park Lily Pool, is an example of Prairie School landscape architecture designed by Alfred Caldwell at the north end of Lincoln Park Zoo (at Fullerton Parkway) in the Lincoln Park community area of Chicago, Illinois. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 6, 2002. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and as a National Historic Landmark on February 17, 2006. The lily pool had originally been built to cultivate tropical water lilies in 1889.*
Two Comparison shots
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And that brings us to the end of another week. Our photographers have just enough time to reload their cameras before we see you all again next weekend. Thank you to all of our wonderful readers, and as always, a huge thank you to our amazing team of global photographers, spies, and gossips:
Jack Hollywood 1939 Wixom
TDLFAN
Denise nbodyhome Preskitt
SummerInFl
PhotoMatt
sir clinksalot
MickeyMaxx
A very special thank you to our wonderful guest photographers Mark Gonzalez and Ian Parkinson for sharing their vision with us.
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That was quite a tour this week!
I'm always amazed by how beautiful Disneyland Paris is.Posted 10-04-2008 at 01:16 AM by Dustysage
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It's actually Lilo and Timon, but with such a great update we will forgive you :-) Hope you all enjoy my Adriatic Adventure photos.Posted 10-04-2008 at 03:23 AM by Ian P -
Disneyland Paris is very beautiful, and I love the Italy pictures! My mom would be whining on how much she wants to go there if she saw them.Posted 10-04-2008 at 03:25 AM by MonstersGoBoo! -
The Venice shots are beautiful. Thanks for bringing those up.
One correction from my photos: That would Lilo and Timon on the Character greeting Train photo. Not Stitch as mentioned. Sorry.Posted 10-04-2008 at 05:57 AM by TDLFAN -
The DLP castle is weird looking, like it's space age retro or something...
Posted 10-04-2008 at 08:56 PM by SouthHrbrBlvd -
Paris looks amazing. I would love to go to Disneyland Paris...and well Paris itself! Thanks for the update.Posted 10-05-2008 at 12:06 AM by Squirt_101 -
Great photos from around the world thx for sharing with us !Posted 10-05-2008 at 01:49 AM by Olivier - You know I live very close (<1 hour flight) to the Eiffel Tower, it is very close to the other Venice and on the other side of the street from New York, N.Y.Posted 10-05-2008 at 10:42 AM by toemblem
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I suppose it is in a way, since it's inspired by the very 1950s artwork of Eyvind Earle.Quote:The DLP castle is weird looking, like it's space age retro or something...
Posted 10-06-2008 at 04:58 AM by pussnboots - There is nothing weird about DLP's castle. It is hands down the best castle ever built for a DL park. Full of details, with great indoor and outdoor theming, and quite unique.Posted 10-06-2008 at 03:10 PM by TDLFAN
- (Oops — I was agreeing with the "space age retro" thing, not the "weird" part.)Posted 10-06-2008 at 03:38 PM by pussnboots
