Pictures from Pixar's 'UP' DVD release party @ Fentons

[OogieBoogie]

On Tuesday November 11th, Pixar released it's most recent film 'UP' on DVD / Blue Ray. To celebrate the release, Pixar took over Russel and Carl's favorite ice cream parlor, Fentons.


Fenton's has been advertising the event for about a week now by giving everyone who comes in this flyer.



Althought the event started at 5:00pm, I got there at 3:00pm anticipating that there would be a large crowd. Fortunatly there were only a few people there so I got to sit and have a late lunch of a French Dip Sandwich and some fries (very yummy). Then I settled down with my DS to wait.




This is Fenton's parking lot. Notice that there are only 12 spots in it. Parking for Fenton's is a bit of a nightmare.



Decorating the front of the building...



They even had a cardboard replica of Carl's house that you could take your picture with.



Close up of Carl, Russel, and Doug



More Balloons are put out...








And even more balloons



A shot of the front and back of some of the balloons


I wish there could have been more sun. This would have made a good shot had it have been a clear day.




To commerate the event, Fenton's had a special 'UP' sundae for the event.



To make the house go 'UP' they attached it to the awning. It also made it so that more people could get thier pictures taken in front of it.




Which I did.


This is the back room at Fentons where the Pixar animators were going to be. It was also the staging area for balloon blow up.




The interior of Fentons at around 4:30



Doug watches over the festivities










At 5:00, the lines started appearing...




Near the back of the restaurant was this piece of artwork..


and to the side of it was this plaque. Sorry it's so blurry.. my camera is buried in a box somewhere (thanks to our remodel), so I was using my wifes camera which I wasn't familiar with.




Pixar animator Ricky Nierva was the first animator to show up. The other one showed up a bit later. They did drawings of characters from 'UP' for anyone who wanted them.


I broke down and ordered the sundae. Along with the sundae you got a 'UP' release party button.



At about 6:30, the other Pixar animator, Albert Lozano showed up. A good thing too. By this time the line to have a drawing done by a Pixar animator stretched almost to the door.




The interior of Fentons at about 7:00



The line to get in.








I had Albert Lozano do a drawing of Carl for me. They also did Doug, Russel, Kevin, and Ellie. Doug and Russel were the favorites.




I was disappointed that there weren't more Pixar employees there, or at least a few more animators. But everyone still had a great time.

[sir clinksalot]

Looks like an awesome event. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

[Coheteboy]

Thanks for the report! I want some ice cream!

[Dr. Earkid]

Looks like it was a fun time. Thanks for the pictures!

[Wendygirl]

So glad you were able to go. Looks like so much fun. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[RedHandedJill]

I AM SO BUMMED! My brother incidentally found out about the event a day or two after it happened. I live like 25 minutes from there and I easily could've gone!
In case you couldn't tell... I'm very mad.

Oh and by the way, it's spelled "Dug"

[JADP]

That is so cool!

[M&M Daddy]

You're not kidding about parking. I got a ticket parked directly across the street over the summer. In my haste to grab the rare street parking spot, I failed to notice the (well-hidden) sign stating that it was metered using one of those new automatic machines (rather than a regular meter.) I'm still contesting it months later.

Looks like a fun event.

[OogieBoogie]

You're not kidding about parking. I got a ticket parked directly across the street over the summer. In my haste to grab the rare street parking spot, I failed to notice the (well-hidden) sign stating that it was metered using one of those new automatic machines (rather than a regular meter.) I'm still contesting it months later.

Looks like a fun event.

Good Luck with that. Oakland is now treating parking tickets like it's their only source of income.

[weeble]

Thank you, your trip report photos made me smile, ice cream and balloons, yay!

[disneytim]

What a fun event! Thanks for sharing.

[pirate_tim]

Wow! That looks like it was such a fun event! What a cool way to celebrate the release of the film! I would have loved to have attended, but since I live too far away, the photos are greatly appreciated. Thank you for sharing with those of us who could not make it. (And yeah, sounds like more animators would have been appreciated. Still, you have your very own Carl sketch! Wow!)