3D is alive and well in Florida...

[P3D Shelley, Dan <dshelley@xxxxxxxx>]

On my recent trip around Florida, I was amazed how many times I found 
3D items. Thought you might like to know about a few of them: (I have 
some pics and might make a web page of them if anyone is interested...)

1. Orlando Airport - In the Discovery Store (like the channel) there 
was a nice, modern Stereopticon with about 8 or 10 color stereo cards. 
I believe it was priced at about $35.00. In the Warner Brothers Store 
there is a play area for kids in the back that is something like a 
rocket ship. In the two windows were about 2' x2' lenticular pictures 
of Marvin the Martian and his Dog. Very neat effect! In the Sea World 
Store, I saw two different ViewMaster reel sets, and the new packaging 
for the Sea world Parks that includes a viewer. Very nice as well! In 
the Universal Studios Store there was information about the new T2-3D 
movie along with a 5' x3' lenticular in the display window of Arnold's 
head changing from normal face to metalic face. They also several sets 
of ViewMasters. 

2. Walgreen's Drug Store - Found 3 Image tech disposable cameras with 
flash for about $15 each.

3. Billboards - There were several multi-dimensional billboards 
everywhere, but the best one was a billboard for T2-3D where Arnold is 
holding a giant metallic head out in front of the billboard. complete 
with lights, etc. (no picture as I was always driving when I saw this 
one...

4. Epcot - Lenticulars in the Innoventions West area by Kodak Imaging. 
WOW! Honey I shrunk the Audience: Saw this when it was about 3 weeks 
old, and the print was gorgeous, thus the 3D was really spectacular. 
Now it is about 2 years old, and it looks like they have been showing 
the same print  since I was there the first time... So fuzzy, that you 
actually lost some of the intended 3D effect. really sorry actually!

5. Disney World - Carousel of Progress has been updated/changed. In the 
first stage, on the room to the right, the 10-14 year old son in the 
turn of the century family is sitting in the parlor viewing the family 
Stereopticon saying something like" Wow, it's like you are really 
there!" Then, in the 4th stage, the teen  age son and his Grandmother 
are wearing VR helmets to play a new 3D video game. Also, in the Kodak 
shop on main street, they have a display case of old cameras, and lo 
and behold, there is an antique stereopticon and some cards. Right 
behind that, there are 13 different Disney related ViewMasters, and 
projectors and viewers, etc... I couldn't resist asking why there were 
no packs about the parks and the people very seriously told me that 
they wish there could be but the ViewMaster company was out of 
business... I couldn't believe that!

6. Cypress Gardens - There used to be a camera/photographer set of 
bleachers here for people who wanted pics of the water-skiers to be a 
bit closer for good shots. they had a picture of this thing packed with 
people and their cameras and sure enough in the group of 20 or 30 
people there, two had realists up to their foreheads! =)

7. In the plane - I did see (and have) the add for the "revolutionary" 
3D glasses system that will make "anything" on TV look more 3D. What a 
scam!! I laughed out loud. I had read about it here, but how sad when 
you actually see it!

Let me know if anyone is interested in having me put a web page up of 
the images I have. 

Dan Shelley
Colorado Springs, CO 
dshelley@xxxxxxxx 


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