Disney Picture of the Day Thread - October 16, 2010

[PrincessYessenia]

 

[johnsonmatt3]

Dang!!! a little more to the left and you would have had her crown on her.

 

[Kathy Jetson]

 

[Evad]

 

[sue_88]

 

[°O°Joe]

Monorail Monday - Classic Epcot Monorail and Living Seas by Express Monorail, on Flickr

 

[NWOhioDennis]

From today at Epcot

 

[loribeth]

AAAwww... adorable.. was this at this year's Flower and Garden show?

Yes. It's in Germany near the trains. I actually walked right past it because I never saw it. I had to go back to see it. It plays music and some of the windows open and close.


POTD-

Jiminy Cricket by disneylori, on Flickr

 

[ColleenG]

 

[ejud]

Jud -- What is in the tree at 9:42 in your video?

I returned to Harambe to uncover the facts about this mysterious tree that many have noted. The reason I took the picture in the first place was because our guide had stopped to speak about it, but I missed what she said.

It is a Kigelia Africanius, or African Sausage Tree. Hippos (I think it was hippos?) love the fruit, which is the hanging stuff. It is not agreeable to humans as food, but can be brewed into an 'adult beverage'.

I will also note that directly across the street from it is a 'baby' baobob' tree, a real one, for as some may know, the huge old ones out on the savanna are fakes, concrete replica's, as the real ones simply would not survive in Florida despite several attempts.

I also learned today on the regular safari (guess I wasn't paying attention before) that the purpose of the huge trunk on the baobob tree is to store all the water it will need for the year in the three months that it is available.

Also, how far apart are the largest spans (board to board) on those bridges? I have short legs and don't think I could get across some of those.

If you are tall enough to meet the minimum requirement, I am sure the spacing is workable- kids over 8 are allowed. I think it's 8... and there is a height requirement, though I think that is so kids aren't hanging from the safety line and having to be pushed across the bridge and doing the whole Peter Pan thing.

And there are nets that are quite secure- yes, I tested.



Jud

 

[PrincessYessenia]

 

[senecabeach]

Morning...

POTD....

 

[Uncle Greg]

^Awesome senecabeach!




Casablanca by Uncle_Greg, on Flickr

 

[lugnut33]

 

[pwdebbie]

Is this the 3D guy that does those amazing chalk pictures that look so real?

 

[SrisonS]

Disney's Human Element - There Goes My Hero II by Scott Smith (SRisonS), on Flickr

 

[ejud]

I did the Safari twice yesterday. The first trip was under overcast skies and all the animals were out and near. The second trip, on the same truck 20 minutes later, the sky had just cleared and the sun was bright in the sky, but not yet long enough for any temperature change; yet still, many of the animals were gone. On both trips, the white rhinos were out in force. I got so many exceptional pictures from these two trips of the animals and the environment, I am bit overwhelmed to make a choice.

 

[ejud]

I have been in Kiss for the last 5 days or so, with limited net access, so was not able to keep up (if you had any idea what I had to do to get my POTD posted each day...) Anyway, in running through the last several pages, just wanted to say that there are many pictures that I would have placed kudo's on! Well done all! And thanks for sharing!



Jud

 

[ejud]

Uncle Greg!

Thank you for the report on your post processing. I am backlogged at the moment, but have saved it in my "Tech- Photography" folder for later study and contemplation, and I appreciate it!



Jud

 

[PrincessYessenia]