Pictures (a lot) of Swan/Dolphin (sound also) [Archive] - The DIS Discussion Forums

Dan Murphy

10-17-2002, 12:54 PM

I posted these a couple of months ago on the Community Board and just thought it might be good to share them here also. Hope you enjoy. (A few more pictures after the S/D ones also)(There is music also, I usually have that in most of my picture threads)

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Well, we are moving along here with some more pictures.  This
morning, the day after the Busch Gardens, run-Dan-into-the-ground DIS
meet, with a five 20-something DIS'ers, plus one four or five year old (j/k,
ladies), I awakened with an unbelievably sore back.  I was supposed
to meet DIS'er, Wedway72, aka Bruce, along with his wife, Kris, at the Crystal
Palace for an early morning (before park opening) breakfast.  Bruce and
Kris were celebrating their anniversary.  I had seen some of the great
pictures Bruce had posted on the DIS <a href="http://64.41.109.164/index.htm">(check
out Bruce's Disney site)</a> and was looking forward to, among other talk,
to chat a bit about photography 'stuff'.  Well, with my back as it was,
barely able to move, I knew I was not going to be hustling on over to the MK for
a jaunt up Main Street, at least not this morning.  I called over to the CP
and talked to the podium manager to alert Bruce and Kris I would be a no-show
for breakfast.  I was really bummed, as I was looking forward to meeting
some DIS folks I had not yet had the opportunity to have yet met.  That
taken care of, I went back to bed to rest a bit.  Mid morning, I got up and
booted up my laptop to check in on the DIS a bit.  I was moving slow,
LOL.  I started to loosen up a bit by the afternoon and thought I would
make today just a leisurely day of taking pictures, first around the
Swan-Dolphin Resort area, and then later on, a short Friendship boat ride away
over to MGM.  Just pictures, no rides, no attractions, no other
DIS'ers.  Just me and my camera. 

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I had stopped by the club room to grab a bite to eat late morning. 
While there, I took several pictures from the high up vantage point.  Here,
the main ballroom of the Swan in the foreground, Tower of Terror off in the
distance.  Rock n' Roller Coaster to the right and the Earful Tower between
the two.
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A bit of a zoom brings the ToT right up close.
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As does it bring RnR and the Earful in close.
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A nice view of Luna Park pool and coaster water slide at the Boardwalk
Villas, just across the waterway from the Swan.
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And here is one of the many Friendships, ferrying its guests from MGM, on
to the Epcot resorts, and then off to Epcot, and then back.
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As I was getting ready to take a walk around the Swan-Dolphin grounds, I
took a few pictures of the lobby area.  A long view of the Swan lobby
fountain.
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A close-up of same.
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And of a few of the lobby chandeliers.
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I made my way down to the Grotto pool area, a 3 acre
pool/beach/waterfall/flowers/slides/hot tubs.  It is a most beautiful
area.  When I was there, the sky was quite cloudy, giving me a bit of a
hard time with lighting, but here are some pictures of the Grotto area, along
with shots of the resorts from there.  This is the Dolphin in the
background.
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The Swan off in the distance.
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This steel drum, reggae/calypso sounding band made some great Caribbean
sounding music.  The guy on the keyboard there yelled to me about my brand
of camera, and model (Nikon 995) and said he liked it, LOL.  I was
impressed.  They sounded great.
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Notice one of the many swan boats at the dock on the right, Dolphin in the
background.
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The Swan.
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Looks like the Poly, doesn't it??
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And one of the swan boats, here caught with the zoom lens.
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As I was walking on into the Dolphin, I shot across the waterway over to
the Swan.
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One of the many long hallways within the Dolphin. Love the subdued colors.
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This wall hanging gave me a moment of pause, and reflection.
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The 24 hour quick food Tubbi's Buffeteria is that-a-way!!!
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And this Elvis wall hanging gave me recall that 25 years, this year
(actually this week here in August) since Elvis passed away.  What a great
singer-entertainer!!
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The Dolphin Fountain is always a great respite for some ice cream or a
malt after a long day at the parks.  Here, it was just subject for my
camera.
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50's/60's music is always playing on the Fountain jukebox, a real classic.
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The Swan, as viewed from the Dolphin lobby.
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While on my walk back to the Swan to freshen up a bit, I took a few
pictures of the pretty Friendships, doing their dance in the waterways.
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A Disney classic.
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Swan
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Dolphin
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Walkway, albeit is bit dark now, to the Grotto Pool area.
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As I was going to my room, I noticed the housekeeper, Mary, had her
Chicago Mickey that I gave her a few days earlier, close at hand, right on her
clipboard.  She was very good.
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After a quick freshening up, I headed over, on the Friendship, to MGM for
a late afternoon and evening of photo ops.  Here, the new MGM icon, the
Sorcerer's Hat, looms majestically over the MGM hub.
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And directly behind it, The Great Movie Ride.
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I thought I would capture a few of the sights that are up a bit higher,
taking my own recommendation to heart.  We do miss so much as we rush here
and there at WDW.
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The Hat as seen through the archway looking from animation courtyard.
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Cute guy, isn't he???
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Walt, happy birthday!!!!!!!  And thank you.
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Still looking up......
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This picture took me about ten shots to get the lighting the way I wanted
it.  Inside on of the MGM shops, this one a bookstore if I recall. 
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Ever check out the window displays on the New York Street Scene, or do you
rush by?  (Who is that guy in the reflection?)
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The sun was setting and I tried to capture some of its beauty, along with
MGM as a foreground or backdrop.......
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Looking up
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The Muppet fountain gave a bit of a different look in the late evening
lighting.
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Up again
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Still looking up, note the bicycle and grill on the balcony above Mama
Melrose's.  This was near the Christmas Store.
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And here we are in the Christmas Store, still looking up, with a bit of a
zoom.
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The sun was setting fast and I tried to capture the beauty of it.
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MGM is a great park!!!!!!  I like it.
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It was getting dark as I was wending my way toward the entrance.  Glancing
back gave me a beautiful vista.
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Night settles on the Brown Derby and.....
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the mops with the buckets, here with flowers, not water, from Fantasia.
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They are very pretty, and at night, look very different indeed.
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Keystone Clothiers, aglow in the night.
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A long look back at the Sorcerer's hat.  It was here that I heard my
name called out, while I was resting my camera on a trash can for this time
exposure, by DIS moderator, Sue Ellen, (Collector's Board).  She was with
her husband and children, including baby Trevor.  Last time I was Sue
Ellen, last year, she was expecting with Trevor.  It was great to see her
and her family for a bit.
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The movie director was seriously telling me to go home and rest my back, a
lot of walking I had done and I was starting to feel it again.
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I really like these two pictures.  They are the window displays on
either side of one of the entrances to Keystone Clothiers on Hollywood
Blvd.  One side has Mickey looking at a shadow of Walt, the other window
the reverse, Walt, looking at a shadow of Mickey.  Cool!!!!
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Anyone for a Mickey necklace or two???
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The Celebrity 5 & 10, a fun store that is.
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As I neared the entrance/exit, I took a picture of Oscar's gas station
(never knew it had a name till I posted this some days back on a 'Where in the
World post).  I learn something on the DIS every day, LOL.
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A friendly smile from a CM tells me all is good.
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And, back home for a good night's rest.
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Here, one last look out the front door of the Swan, stretch white limo
waiting for its guests, and pretty fountain beyond.
I was beat.  Back was aching a bit again, and I was tired. 
Tomorrow will find me back at Epcot, meeting more folks from the DIS.  Hope
you enjoyed these as much as I did taking them.
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Epcot, Italy's Masquerade, Children's Playland</a></td>
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meet dinner at the Poly and an Epcot goodnight</a></td>
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DIS Meet in Tampa, a Day at Busch Gardens</a></td>
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Sore Back, a Day of Rest...Pictures of Swan/Dolphin and MGM</a></td>
<td width="20%"><a href="http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php??s=&threadid=251514">A
Day at Epcot with a DIS Family.  A Great Restaurant for Lunch</a></td>
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lorilori

10-17-2002, 03:40 PM

Dan Murphy! Thank you so much for posting these. I just got back from club level on Sunday (Mama T says hello to you!) and these pictures are WONDERFUL. The one you took looking through the back of the grotto waterfall says it all...thank you.

Muffy

10-17-2002, 04:28 PM

Thanks Dan! We will be at the Dolphin in Dec and I can't wait to show these pictures to DH and DD! Does the grotto pool have a steel band often? What a surprise that is! You made my day!

Muffy

tnkrbell

10-17-2002, 06:30 PM

Great pics as usual Dan!!!!:)

goofy4tink

10-17-2002, 06:47 PM

Aahhhh!!! How wonderful. Thank-you Dan. Made my day. I just wish my next visit wasn't so far off. (not until Aug.)

msmouse

10-18-2002, 06:43 PM

every time I see one of your posts with pictures, I get so excited. Your pictures are always so wonderful. What a treat it was when I was enjoying the pictures of the Swan to come across pictures of the love of my life, Elvis! Thanks Dan.

imbe@aol.com

10-18-2002, 07:29 PM

What great pics! Thanks for sharing them.

happytrails2u

10-18-2002, 08:22 PM

...wonderful photographs Dan. I was especially inspired by the sunset shots at MGM. You've got a great eye.

mamat34dulcimer

10-19-2002, 07:36 AM

Dear Dan and all our Disney KIDZ, How I was touched by this entry! The sights, the little stories, the incredibly inspiring music was simply a wonderful joy to my heart. Disney is such an awesome venue to visit. But I repeatedly say, it is ALL OF YOU that makes it so happy. Each of you that come to visit touches my heart here in so many ways. I am so incredibly blessed to "work" where "angels with mouse ears" fill my days. Thank you, Dan...you and your friends are the real stars!! Love, light, and blessings, Mama T of The WDW Swan Royal Beach Club

jgates

11-07-2002, 11:40 PM

OoH Dan, somehow I missed these photos the first time around! They are fabulous. Eventually my dial-up connection made it thru all of them!

Can't thank you enough. So many memories..................

gschmerl

11-08-2002, 06:46 AM

Thank you SOOOOO much for sharing. I'm sitting here with happy tears in my eyes. What a great way to start my day!

DisneyMim

11-08-2002, 07:00 AM

As always Dan your pictures are postcard-perfect!!!! What a great way to start my day. I always enjoy your wonderful pictures. Thanks so much for sharing the magic.

aahmom1

11-08-2002, 07:22 AM

Dan, your pictures always make me so excited to go to WDW, you really seem to 'catch' what it is that makes WDW so special to me. :D :D

NHMickey

11-08-2002, 07:22 AM

Fantastic photos Dan.. Thank you for sharing them.

Bimmy56

11-08-2002, 09:08 AM

Thanks! I immediately put one up as the wallpaper on my computer - The only problem was - it was so hard to choose just one!!

lovingthemouse

11-08-2002, 06:07 PM

Dan- thank you also. We love the Dolphin and you brought back some wonderful memories. We'll look at them often til we return in February. Caroline

Mickeyfaniam

11-08-2002, 06:25 PM

AHHHHH I enjoyed them before and I enjoyed them again. Makes me want to go back
Thank you so much Dan