[photo-3d] Disney's California Adventure

["Joel Agron" <jsagron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My partner and I went to the opening week of Disneyland's California
Adventure -- the new theme park right across the plaza from Disneyland.  Two
things were of interest to the three-dee community.

The first was "Muppetvision 3-D," which I think is already in one of the
Florida parks, and already covered in this group.  The best part was
Kermit's promise that there would be no "cheap three-dee tricks."  Fozzie
the Bear hears this and immediately throws things at the audience.

More noteworthy was "It's Hard to Be a Bug," a multimedia, 3-D based show
using the characters and computer animation from the film "A Bug's Life."
Lots of coming-at-you three-dee tricks, but the computer-generated images
were so sharp that I found they focused and resolved themselves very well,
even when baby butterflies were "flying" in your face.  Another bonus was
the polarized glasses -- the frames have little bug mandibles above each
eye, so you can be an "honorary bug."  (Wish they sold these at the gift
shop.  I want bug-glasses for family and friends when I finally buy a TDC
projector.)  I won't give away the ending, but the bug show certainly pokes
fun at our relations with the insect kingdom.

Brought my Realist to the park but left it in the locker the whole time.
The park's biggest attractions are the thrill rides, including the roller
coaster which accelerates from 0 to 55 mph in less than 5 seconds.  Luckily
the park was empty, so we rode it four times.  My plan is to take my Realist
along next time and get some shots of the park from the top of the coaster.
My Realist was loaded with AGFA Scala anyway, so B&W pics of an amusement
park might not be the best use of the film.  And who wants to carry a
Realist (mine is nicknamed The Brick) on a coaster?!

I know people on this list have mixed feelings about amusement park three
dee, and the Muppet and Bug shows were very gimmicky.  They were also very
well done, with a lot of style.  It was also a pleasure to see such clean
glasses and prints.

Greetings from Desert Hot Springs, CA

Joel Agron




 

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