Tom Bricker Archive
Pirates of the Caribbean is one of my favorite Disney attractions. While I prefer the version of the attraction at Disneyland to the version at the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, the Magic Kingdom’s exterior is definitely better. Nothing against the New Orleans Square charm of Disneyland’s version, I just prefer the look of
I’m not exactly pleased with how this photo turned out compared to what I envisioned, but I do like the presence of the two Cast Members on the right. They really gives the Castle scale, I think. What do you think of today’s photo? Let us know by leaving a comment or giving it a
After the success of the previous night, we had pretty high expectations for our last morning. Of course, before we could do anything, we had to pack up our luggage and deliver it to bell services. This is never an easy task. Sarah always has a lot of crazy women-stuff, like a blow dryer, hair
When counting down our trips to Walt Disney World and Disneyland, Sarah and I love to create calendars to help make the countdown fun! For those curious, I use Adobe Photoshop CS6 to make these countdown calendars. I found a basic calendar template via Google Image Search, and layered in photos and text (free fonts
Continuing on “fireworks week,” here’s a photo from last summer’s fireworks show at Walt Disney World, called “Summer Nightastic Fireworks.” This show was a modified version of the display that ran a couple of years earlier at the now defunct Pirate and Princess Parties. As the show was originally created for a hard ticket event,
Disneyland and Walt Disney World show a number of fireworks shows on an almost nightly basis. At Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, Wishes! is the main show with HalloWishes and Holiday Wishes! shown seasonally. Epcot also gets in the fireworks act, with the beautiful Illuminations. Disneyland’s main show is called “Remember… Dreams Come True,” and
In Disneyland, this attraction is called “Astro Orbitor.” In Walt Disney World, it’s called “Astro Orbiter.” See the difference? Does California use a different corpus than Florida? Was this accidental? Was it completely intentional and the result of an intricate backstory written by WDI of which I’m unaware? These are the kind of things that
The “Rope Drop Dash” from Main Street to Peter Pan’s Flight is always fun, but adding a taking photos while moving to the equation makes things a little more interesting. On this day, even after grabbing a few photos at Partners and in Fantasyland, I was the second person on Peter Pan’s Flight! What do
When you leave your camera’s shutter open for thirty seconds, your camera picks up things that your eyes simply can’t see. Like clouds move. Or the deep blue hue of the dark night sky. I love capturing these “false” realities visible only to the camera in the nighttime sky. One thing the camera didn’t pick
Almost as soon as we stepped foot on the resort loop ramp, the monorail started pulling away. I stopped in my tracks and called an audible, telling Sarah, “let’s go to the Magic Kingdom.” I think she was a little perplexed at first, but then realized the Magic Kingdom monorail was still at the station,
Here’s a sneak peak at one of the many photos of Richard Sherman performing at D23’s Destination D at Walt Disney World Resort that will appear in today’s installment (part 17) of the Coast-to-Coast Disney trip report. I assume I don’t need to tell you who the bearded man and yellow-shirted fella standing in front