Last month, we live streamed our Carousel of Progress panel from Destination D: Attraction Rewind. If you couldn’t tune in and watch, here’s the full panel for you to watch from home. Enjoy this look back at 50 years of “a great big beautiful tomorrow.”
The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents All Aboard: A Celebration of Walt’s Trains
The Lilly Belle, as seen in the main galleries at The Walt Disney Family Museum.
The Walt Disney Family Museum is pleased to present All Aboard: A Celebration of Walt’s Trains, on view from November 13, 2014 through February 9, 2015. This comprehensive exhibition explores the influence that railroading had on Walt Disney’s life and work. It also tells the story of how his railroading legacy lives on to this day in Disney films and theme parks around the world. Including more than 200 artifacts, firsthand accounts, archival videos, images of Walt and his trains, and actual model trains running throughout the show, All Aboard highlights how Walt’s passion for trains developed long before manifesting itself in Disney short cartoons, feature films, and in Walt’s personal life at home.
Guest curator Michael Campbell, president of the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society, constructed the exhibition to reflect Walt’s railroad journey as told through multiple chapters: Lighting the Fire, Building Steam, Gaining Speed, Full Throttle, Switching Tracks, Branching Out, A Grand Circle Tour Around The World, and Coming Full Circle. The exhibition’s conclusion reminds us that, even over a century later, Walt’s railroading influence remains as a vibrant and relevant force.
In the early 1900s, trains weren’t just a means of transportation; they were a lifeline and critical to the development of the United States. Walt’s father Elias, along with his Uncle Mike, worked on the railroad. This instigated Walt’s fascination of railroading. One of Walt’s earliest jobs was as a news butcher for a few months in 1916, selling magazines and snacks on the Missouri Pacific, Kansas City Southern, and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroads. About this experience, Walt said: “My railroad career was brief, exciting, and unprofitable.” Little did he know that a number of his later successes would involve railroading, in both his personal and professional lives.
During a cross-country rail trip to New York in early 1928, Walt not only lost his cartoon star Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, but also half of his animation staff to his film distributor. Before boarding the return train to California, Walt sent his brother Roy a telegram: “Don’t worry, everything OK.” On the train home, Walt contemplated a new character—a mouse, which he named Mortimer. His wife Lillian had a different idea, and, with their collaboration on a name, Mickey Mouse was born.
After Mickey’s debut in Steamboat Willie on November 18, 1928, he would star with a train in the 1929 short Mickey’s Choo-Choo. Trains would also make appearances in future Disney shorts and films, either as plot devices or as characters of their own—with The Brave Engineer (1950) and Casey Jr. from the 1941 classic Dumbo. In the move to live-action films, it was inevitable that the Studios began featuring more trains, including the ones seen in So Dear to My Heart and The Great Locomotive Chase. Around this time, Walt also fulfilled a long-time desire: He bought and built a tabletop model train layout in his office suite, running it whenever he had a spare moment. He enjoyed showing it off to visitors, including some of his own animators who were train buffs themselves.
In July of 1948, Walt boarded a train to attend the Chicago Railroad Fair. In addition to being invited to participate in the “Wheels-a-Rolling” pageant—where classic trains paraded by—Walt was deeply moved by the recreation of the funeral train for the president he most admired: Abraham Lincoln. Also, after visiting the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan on his way back to California, Walt was impressed and inspired by the attractions of this park, which included a 4-4-0 locomotive that pulled guests around the estate. When he returned home, Walt constructed his own steam engine—a 1/8th scale model, that he named the Lilly Belle in honor of his wife Lillian. This train circled on a half-mile track, looping around his home in Holmby Hills. Also at this time, he began documenting ideas for a “Mickey Mouse Park,” a family park he would build that would include a railroad station.
Walt was undeniably a great storyteller. So it came as no surprise when he used railroading as a tool to fully immerse his audience in stories planted throughout his Magic Kingdom: Disneyland. In all of the Park’s lands, locomotives served a greater purpose than just transportation. They were also essential elements to the story, responsible for helping guests imagine themselves part of an American train voyage at the turn of the 20th Century.
The journey of this exhibition doesn’t start and end with just Walt, though. All Aboard also explores the interest and passion for railroading of Walt’s friends and staff, including two of Walt’s “Nine Old Men,” animators Ward Kimball and Ollie Johnston. Notably, Kimball was the first private owner of a full-sized steam locomotive, and Johnston’s railroading hobby was latent until he stumbled upon the miniature train Walt was building in his office. Showcased alongside the animators are WED Enterprises’ Imagineers—”Imagination Engineers”—Roger Broggie and Bob Gurr, whose creative locomotives helped Walt transport his guests throughout Disneyland, and later, the Magic Kingdom Park in the Walt Disney World Resort.
Finally, All Aboard will reveal how Walt’s railroad legacy continues today. Guests will learn how Disney theme parks and films continue to honor trains and railroading, from recent creations to those that have yet to be imagined.
Five Celebrity Moments That Made D23 Fanniversary Celebration 2014 Extra Special
For the third year in a row, D23 will hit the road with D23 Disney Fanniversary Celebration presented by Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection, visiting cities across the U.S. to commemorate dozens of magical Disney milestones celebrating landmark anniversaries this year. We’ve pulled together five of our favorite celebrity moments from this year’s show. Enjoy!
The 1964-65 New York World’s Fair attraction “it’s a small world” brought together the artistry of Disney’s most talented designers at the time. Mary Blair added a simple elegance to the attraction’s overall look and details, and Alice Davis created the ornate costumes for the dolls. Collaborating with Mary Blair, Alice researched, designed, and supervised the creation of more than 150 highly detailed costumes for the Audio-Animatronics children of the world.
Walt Disney Television Animation, which celebrates its 30th anniversary in November 2014, had its first big success with the Disney Afternoon. To tell you how it all came about we tracked down one of the first writers assigned to Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears and The Wuzzles—the start of what would soon become Disney Afternoon television programming.
The year 2014 marks the 35th anniversary of The Muppet Movie. This was the first Muppet feature film and audiences learned how the Muppet family came together and moved to Hollywood. Here to tell you more about this storied life in Hollywood is none other than Kermit the Frog.
Disneyland’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. The inspiration for Big Thunder Mountain and the specific canyon that is based on has a pretty interesting back-story. To tell you all about it, we went to the home of a famous Disney Imagineering Legend to hear more.
We all know Marvel for its blockbuster movies like The Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, and many others, but those characters have a deep history that started 75 years ago, when their business was comic books. And to take a look at the entire Marvel Universe, we talked to a man whose name has become synonymous with some of the most iconic superheroes that leapt off of comic book pages and onto the silver screens of Hollywood.
A Celebration of Disney Trains
This rarely seen photo shows Disney animator Ollie Johnston’s Marie E. steam train as it arrives at the New Orleans Station of the Disneyland Railroad to surprise the Disney Legend.
On May 10, 2005 at 7 a.m., a ceremony took place before Disneyland opened for the day. On the occasion of Disneyland’s 50th anniversary, about 100 people gathered at the New Orleans Station of the Disneyland Railroad to honor animator and Disney Legend Ollie Johnston, one of Walt’s Nine Old Men, for how he inspired Walt Disney with his love of trains. Ollie inspired Walt to build his backyard railroad, the Carolwood Pacific Railroad. Walt’s love of giving people rides on this little steam train in his backyard eventually led to the building of Disneyland.
After the speeches that early May morning, Ollie was presented with a plaque from the Carolwood Pacific Historical Society. Then everyone heard a toot of a steam whistle and up pulled a gleaming steam train. Ollie at first thought it was a Disneyland engine, then his son Ken leaned down and said, “Dad, that is your engine.” Ollie then realized it was his beloved Marie E. and he started to cry. And then so did everyone else.
I then told Ollie that the Marie E. needed a real engineer to drive it around Disneyland and asked if he would like to do it. “Boy, would I!!” was his answer. He climbed up into the cab of the Marie E. with the help of the amazing Disneyland Railroad crew and they strapped him in with seatbelts borrowed from one of the old Matterhorn bobsleds.
At 94 years old, Ollie expertly engineered his Marie E.—the only outside train ever run on the rails of Disneyland—three times around Disneyland to the cheers of everyone there.
It was said that of all of the yearlong events celebrating Disneyland’s 50th anniversary, the morning of May 10 was by far the most special.
—John Lasseter
This memory told by John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, recalls a very special moment in Disney train history. It’s one of many train tales being celebrated in All Aboard: A Celebration of Walt’s Trains, a new exhibit at The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, California. On view through February 9, 2015, this comprehensive exhibition explores the influence that railroading had on Walt Disney’s life and work. It also tells the story of how his railroading legacy lives on to this day in Disney films and theme parks around the world.
The arc of this exhibition doesn’t start and end with just Walt, though. All Aboard explores the interest and passion for railroading of Walt’s friends and staff, including Ollie Johnston. The Disney Legend was able to make his Disney railroad dreams come true at Disneyland before he passed away in 2008.
A New Cinderella Trailer, Inside Out, and Much More
Have a Ball Watching a New Trailer for Cinderella
We’re officially counting the hours, waiting for the clock to strike 12. But we’re not waiting for our coach to turn back into a pumpkin, we’re eagerly awaiting the release of Cinderella, which opens in theaters on March 13, 2015.
A new trailer debuted this morning on ABC’s Good Morning America, and we have it for you to watch, above. There’s a Fairy Godmother (Helena Bonham Carter)! A handsome and charming prince (Richard Madden)! And, of course, Cinderella herself (played by Lily James) in a beautiful blue gown that will no doubt inspire countless Halloween costumes next fall. Best of all, the trailer answers the question that has nagged at folks for as long as there has been a Cinderella: Yes, glass slippers can be comfortable.
Save the Date!
Be sure to mark these upcoming Disney events on your calendar:
| D23 and Walt Disney Archives November 22-23 Destination D: Attraction Rewind at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Walt Disney World Fall 2014-2015 D23 Member Nights at Newsies—On Tour Through January 4, 2015 Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives, presented by D23: The Official Disney Fan Club at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago August 14-16, 2015 D23 Expo 2015 returns to Anaheim, California Television December 1–25 ABC Family’s “25 Days of Christmas” December 2 Toy Story That Time Forgot premieres on ABC at 8 p.m. ET January 6 Marvel’sAgent Carter premieres on ABC at 9 p.m. ET |
Parks November 7, 10, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, and 30; and December 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 19 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Parties at Magic Kingdom Park Studios December 25 Into the Woods opens in theaters. February 20, 2015 MacFarland, USA opens in theaters. March 13, 2015 Cinderella opens in theaters. May 1, 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron opens in theaters. May 22, 2015 Tomorrowland opens in theaters. June 19, 2015 Inside Out opens in theaters (along with the short Lava). |
Turn Yourself Inside Out—One Emotion at a Time
Each day this week, Disney•Pixar is releasing a new character video from Inside Out, the upcoming animated film that chronicles the lives of the emotions that live in Headquarters, the control center inside an 11-year-old girl’s head. On Monday, we met Sadness (voiced by Phyllis Smith):
Monday brought us Sadness (Phyllis Smith):
Tuesday brought us Disgust (Mindy Kaling):
And today we’ve seen Anger (Lewis Black) in action:
“Excitement” isn’t a character in Inside Out, but it’s for sure the emotion that’s taking over the Headquarters in our minds here at D23! Inside Out opens in theaters June 19, 2015 and in the meantime, we’re going to do everything we can to keep our Excitement, Impatience, and Enthusiasm in balance from now until then.
Enjoy Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy on Blu-ray Soon—It’s Educational!
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is now available on 3D Digital and Digital HD—and it’s coming to 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray, DVD, and On-Demand on December 9. Yes, you can watch the movie again and again. Sure, you’ll laugh at the gag clip and you’ll love watching the deleted scene. But believe it or not, you will learn something you didn’t know before: how to speak “I am Groot” in 15 different languages. Check out the video above for a sneak peek!
Into the Woods Soundtrack Will Be Released Before the Film Opens
Into the Woods—the film—opens in theaters December 25, 2014. The film’s soundtrack is set for release December 16, 2014. That gives you nine days—nine—to try to master the songs from the film, which is based on the musical stage production by legendary eight-time Tony®, Grammy®, and Oscar®-winning composter and lyricist Stephen Sondheim and Tony Award winner James Lapine. The two-disc Into the Woods Deluxe Edition also includes the film’s score.
New Merchandise and Collectibles from a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars fans can get excited about a number of new items that are available for purchase. The Disney Style blog featured a collection of Darth Vader jewelry for those who lean toward the dark side, as well as an R2-D2 collection for Rebel Alliance supporters. The collections are from Her Universe.
For Star Wars fans who would rather show their allegiance to the force via play rather than via accessorizing, this holiday season Disney Store is featuring Star Wars merchandise for the first time. This month, Disney Store launched a series of exclusively-designed die cast vehicles inspired by the original Star Wars saga. The collection includes the Darth Vader TIE fighter, X-Wing Fighter, and Speeder Bike. Each perfect replica of the iconic films’ vehicles boasts movable parts (like wheels that roll and landing gear that drops). Deluxe die cast—including the Millennium Falcon—are also available.
And there’s one more Star Wars item that was unveiled this week that can only be found at one location: the finish line of a race taking place during the inaugural Star Wars Half Marathon weekend, January 15–18 at the Disneyland Resort. Finisher medals feature many of your favorite Star Wars characters, and half marathon finishers might think their medallion reminds them of the Medal of Bravery awarded to Luke Skywalker and Han Solo at the end of Episode IV. Runners, may the force be with you!
MagicBands Get Infinite-ly More Magical
Have you dreamed of bringing the Disney Parks to your Disney Infinity Toy Box? Walt Disney Parks and Resorts announced last week at The Walt Disney Company’s Mobile Product Showcase that plans are underway to incorporate the MagicBand into the Disney Infinity experience. Guests will be able to place a MagicBand over the Disney Infinity base, which then unlocks the it’s a small world download. Visit D23.com to learn more about this and the other announcements from the event. ►
See Concept Art for Shanghai Disney Resort Hotels and Disneytown
We’re always super excited to get an early look at anything new that’s on its way to Disney Parks and Resorts, and the concept art released last week for two hotels at Shanghai Disney Resort didn’t disappoint. To see all of the art and also learn about Disneytown, visit D23.com. ►
Disney Announces Disney Infinity and MagicBand Team Up, Plus Imagicademy And Disney Technology Updates At Mobile Product Showcase
Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger and leaders from across The Walt Disney Company revealed new updates on interactive technology from Disney Consumer Products, ABC, Walt Disney Studios, ESPN, Disney Parks, Maker Studios and Disney Interactive in a mobile showcase event at the Walt Disney Studios on Friday, November 14.
Here’s a recap on some of the biggest announcements:
Walt Disney Parks And Resorts
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts announced plans to incorporate the MagicBand into the gaming experience of Disney Infinity. MagicBands will unlock an it’s a small world experience. Worn on the wrist, the MagicBand is the key to unlocking the magic of a Walt Disney World vacation, connecting guests to all the choices they make online at MyDisneyExperience.com.
The MagicBand serves as park admission, access to FastPass+ experiences and Disney PhotoPass photo association—all rolled into one. For Walt Disney Resort hotel guests, it also serves as a room key and optional payment method. One touch of the MagicBand and the colorful Mickey-shaped readers deliver guests’ selected experiences.
Guests unlock the download of it’s a small world for their Toy Box by placing a MagicBand over the Disney Infinity Base. The Base will detect the presence of a MagicBand, and then will instantly unlock the “it’s a small world” download with no online connectivity required. Additionally, you’ll be able to enchant other players with the iconic music from the it’s a small world attraction in the background. Once you’ve created a saved game, you will always have access to the new content.
Disney Interactive
Jimmy Pitaro, president, Disney Interactive, discussed Disney Interactive’s role in rebuilding Disney.com with its responsive design for mobile, which has resulted in significant traffic increases across mobile and web. Disney Interactive is also the No. 6 mobile games publisher worldwide.
A mobile version of Disney Infinity 2.0 for iOS was announced. The app is built using Metal, which offers significantly higher performance and console-quality graphics. The app includes multi-player functionality and will be available on iPhone for the first time this year.
ESPN
John Kosner, executive vice president, Digital and Print Media, ESPN, and Ryan Spoon, senior vice president, Digital Product Management, ESPN, outlined how the ESPN Digital team has utilized mobile to turn the tremendous value of live sports into outstanding growth and category leadership.
In 2015, ESPN’s industry leading SportsCenter app will change its name to ESPN, so that the company’s No. 1 website, No. 1 mobile website and No. 1 mobile app will all have the same name. In time for the Super Bowl, ESPN will combine its native application and web development into one personalized experience.
On April 1, 2015—the 20th anniversary of ESPN.com—ESPN will officially launch the new ESPN.com in the U.S. and U.K.
Disney/ABC Television Group
Albert Cheng, executive vice president and chief product officer, Digital Media, Disney/ABC Television Group (DATG), shared data and key learnings from their recently relaunched WATCH services.
Across DATG’s five networks (ABC, ABC Family, Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD), the WATCH apps have been downloaded more than 50,000,000 times, on 40 different devices and, on average, viewers watch 20,000,000 hours of content a month on WATCH.
For the new Social Lens feature on WATCH ABC, the most activity is currently taking place on Scandal, Once Upon a Time, How To Get Away with Murder, Black-ish and Modern Family. The new FastShare feature on WATCH ABC is currently enabled on Scandal, Modern Family, Black-ish, The Goldbergs, The Middle and Nashville. So far, the most shared clips are from Scandal and Black-ish.
DATG also announced that it will deliver another slate of Disney Junior Appisodes next year, including the first ever appisode for Sheriff Callie’s Wild West and the network’s new show Miles from Tomorrowland.
The Walt Disney Studios
Jamie Voris, chief technology officer, The Walt Disney Studios, gave an overview of Disney Movies Anywhere (DMA), and announced that it has now partnered with Walmart’s VUDU digital video service as a participating retailer.
DMA will be available through VUDU beginning November 18. You can now access their Disney digital movie collections on all VUDU-enabled devices including set-top boxes, gaming systems and smart TVs; on iOS devices via iTunes and on Android devices through the recently announced partnership with Google Play, as well as through the Disney Movies Anywhere website.
Maker Studios
Maker Studios discussed its Maker Axis platform, which allows for custom video hub creation across a vast network of creators. Ryan Lissack, chief technology officer, Maker Studios, spoke about the more than 10 video hubs launched both with responsive web destinations and native mobile apps on iPhone, iPad and Android.
The Maker Axis platform allows for growing scale through efficiencies in hub creative and streamlined end-to-end process automation. Now independent creators can create their own video hub apps and mobile-friendly websites in a matter of minutes.
Disney Consumer Products
Disney Consumer Products (DCP) discussed its focus on meeting the needs of consumers on mobile devices through the convergence of play, storytelling and learning. Andrew Sugerman, executive vice president, Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW), announced its position as the No. 1 publisher of Kids Apps in 2014.
DPW unveiled its plan to launch an entirely new learning brand, Disney Imagicademy, which is designed to meet the needs of parents and address an existing gap in the marketplace. More details will come at an event in New York on December 4, 2014.
Two New Hotels And Disneytown Announced For Shanghai Disney Resort
This may be the closest thing to a park map that has been released so far from the Shanghai Disney Resort.
This concept art—a birdseye view of the new resort—plus a first look at two themed hotels, and what’s planned for an area called Disneytown—a spectacular shopping, dining, and entertainment district—were recently released.
See Concept Art From Shanghai Disneyland’s Treasure Cove ►
The signature hotel of Shanghai Disney Resort will be the Shanghai Disneyland Hotel, an elegant Art Nouveau-inspired hotel with a touch of Disney magic and imagination.
Also, the recently announced Toy Story Hotel will transport guests to a world inspired by the toys from the Disney•Pixar series of “Toy Story” animated films.
Also announced, Disneytown will be located near the two resorts and Shanghai Disneyland and feature world-class entertainment in China at the Walt Disney Grand Theatre—along with distinctive dining and unique shops. This Art Deco theatre in Broadway Plaza will host the global premiere of the Mandarin version of The Lion King, the highest-grossing Broadway show ever.
At the heart of Disneytown will be the Marketplace—a location filled with specialty shops with Disney merchandise, musicians, and entertainers. Next to the Marketplace will be an area called Spice Alley, offering a variety of popular Asian cuisines in a casual, yet romantic environment. The al fresco dining spots are perfect for lunch with friends or a more formal date. And the intimate streets and festive lights encourage leisurely after dinner strolling. Broadway Boulevard at Disneytown will have stylish boutiques that create an upscale atmosphere. Guests will discover an exciting array of popular labels and trendsetting products. Also near Disneytown will be the resort’s central lake area, offering guests from Shanghai and around the world an opportunity to commune with nature, surrounded by peaceful greenery and a beautiful lake. The area includes a walking path and various beautiful gardens, which present guests with awe-inspiring natural views and beautiful sunsets.
Herman J. Schultheis and His Lost (And Found) Notebook
Animation scholar John Canemaker’s The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis and the Secrets of Walt Disney’s Movie Magic is both a reproduction of Schultheis’ private notebook and the utterly fascinating story of the most enigmatic men in Disney history.
The facts are these.
Herman J. Schultheis, a talented engineer, musician, and photographer, emigrated to New York City from his native Germany in 1927 with the intent of establishing himself in the movie business. He spent the next decade bouncing around sound-recording jobs—this was in the days when movies were moving from silent to sound—before heading to Los Angeles in 1937 to make it big. In 1938, after months of unemployment, he finally landed a job in the Special Effects department with the Walt Disney Studio.
Though talented, Schultheis was in many ways an eccentric man—or at the very least, misunderstood. To some of his co-workers, he seemed to be a shameless self-promoter, always carrying a camera and prone to taking credit for the technical achievements Walt’s production team achieved in pulling off miraculous scenes in Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi. Schultheis stayed in the Disney fold for a little more than two years, but throughout his nearly thousand-day tenure with Disney, he documented everything he did at the studio in a notebook he titled “Special Effects.” The notebook was lost to history until 1990, when Disney historian Howard Lowery discovered the notebook in a chest of drawers at Schultheis’ former Los Angeles residence. John Canemaker’s recently released book, The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis and the Secrets of Walt Disney’s Movie Magic is both a splendid reproduction of this important notebook and an incredible look into the spectacular life of an otherwise forgotten man. The notebook, Canemaker says, is nothing less than the “the Rosetta Stone of Disney animation.”
Those are the facts behind Herman Schultheis and his work at the Disney Studio.
But to read the full story of how Schultheis’ spy novel-like fascinating life turned out, you’ll have to read the winter issue of Disney twenty-three—or pick up a copy of The Lost Notebook.
A Dream Come True—Disney twenty-three Magazine Takes You Behind the Scenes with Disney Cruise Line
On each of its sailings—more than 100 in any given year—the Disney Dream serves as home away from home to approximately 4,000 guests and 1,400 crew members, who hail from more than 60 nations around the world.
Travel along with Disney twenty-three for an exclusive “behind-the-seas” look at how the award-winning Disney Cruise Line (DCL) makes magic on the high seas—providing luxe accommodations, gourmet cuisine, unforgettable at-sea entertainment and, of course, the unparalleled service guests have come to expect from Disney.
Read the full story of Disney twenty-three‘s visit with the “Happiest Crews that Ever Sailed” in the Winter 2014 issue of our magazine.
Meet the Disneyland Resort Enhancement Team—AKA Santa’s Helpers
A closer look at one of the sections of the Main Street, U.S.A., Christmas tree. Notice the size and variety of the ornaments.
In the winter 2014 issue of Disney twenty-three, we gave readers an inside look at how Disneyland and Disney California Adventure dresses up for the holidays. One of the groups we spoke to was the Resort Enhancement team, who tirelessly work every day—and sometimes night!—to deck each hall, alley, tree, lamp post and more.
In touring their warehouse, D23 was able to capture up-close details of some of the team’s decorations and trimmings. One of our favorite shots was the Main Street, U.S.A., Christmas tree, shown in sections. We thought we’d never get that close to the tree top!
Take a look at the photos below, where you can also put faces to some of the Disneyland “elves” featured in the “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” story, which appears in the winter 2014 issue of Disney twenty-three.
