Our Vintage Style Opening Day Experience

[BroadSword]

Great report!

That Cast member that handed your son the newspapers is actually an Imagineer who worked on the decorations for Buena Vista Street.

Brandon was his name I believe. I was kind of suprised they didn't have CMs in more "Newsie" type costumes. He was great though..he didn't skip a beat. As soon as my son asked for a paper he shoved the whole stack in his hands...it was great!!

Wonderful! I think, once I get my own DLR annual passport again, I'll try and see if I can wear vintage clothing to the remodeled DCA soon! Also, I love your clothing and I'm not the only one asking, but where do you get your clothes?

I didn't get the clothes from any one spot and didn't buy them specifically for the event. My wife and I collect vintage clothes and go to events in vintage whenever we can. BVS was a no brainer for us as AP holders too.

Sources include
-Ebay
-Etsy
-Other vintage enthusiasts.

A great source for knowledge on the whole Golden Era (to include clothes, movies, lifestyle..etc) is www.fedoralounge.com . I've found many pieces in the for sale section.

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Probably one of the coolest things we did in vintage (uniform is WWII era Marine Corps) was meeting a Hollywood legend, Mickey Rooney:


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[JJKit]

I'm looking at that picture and my brain keeps snapping between "holy mouse, that's Mickey Rooney" and admiring that gorgeous dress!

Thank you for sharing your pictures - you all look fabulous and (as many have attested), add so much to the experience for others! I know that, as a CM, seeing a guest so into the experience that they deliberately dress to be a part of it all just makes my day. It's the adult version of the kids wearing a princess or pirate costume to the park. I hope more people discover the joy of dressing up for the occasion! You all look fabulous and I'm so impressed with each detail you captured. Thank you again for sharing!

[BroadSword]

Thanks JJ.

---------- Post added 06-28-2012 at 02:51 PM ----------

Part 4
It's been a busy couple weeks. I wanted to finish up our trip report.
After walking through Buena Vista St, we hit the new Carsland. As expected it was slammed with people so we just walked around a bit and looked at everything. If you like the Cars movies, you'll love the amount of detail they put into Carsland. It's not a likeness of Radiator Springs...it IS Radiator Springs.





Since everything was a 1-4 hour wait, we decided to move on and head back over to Buena Vista St to meet up with the others for a group photo.

Eventually the others came and we took another group shot:

After that, we hung out in Carthay Circle and just talked about how great everything looked and did some people watching.




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We finally managed to get on the Trolley. We didn't get to ride it all the way due to a street show, but it was fun anyways.




Eventually we went to the Carthay Theater Restaurant for dinner which was very nice.
This was in the downstairs lounge:


I didn't get to many photos up in the restaurant itself...I was too busy looking at everything.

..and after a long day of excitement...I had myself a drink. There is actually a sphere of ice in the glass...had never seen that before:

[Koutesu]

Reading through so many reports on Cars Land and Buena Vista Street, I don't remember who said it, but that sphere of ice is supposed to help chill the drink more effectively without quickly watering down the drink like regular ice cubes do.

[ccinsf]

I love the vintage clothing. Well done!