Picture of the Day Thread - April 16, 2008 - CLOSED!

[tx2tn]

POTD

Where'd all the people go

 

[TigerKat]

This thread is my escape each day! Our house officially goes on the market on the 25th and the "stager" comes tomorrow to tell us what else we need to do and of course, spend $$$ on. Everyday it's painting, scrubbing and cleaning.....Looking at the pictures on this thread is like a quick escape for a few moments!

And your pics along with everyone else's are my escape too. Good luck with the house Kathy.

 

[iluvuwdw]

Wow, great pic. How did you get so low for this shot? Did you only have to go to your knees, or did you pull an on-your-stomach shot?

Thank You

I actually had a small little hand held tripod. But my DH would get down on his knees at times or lay down on his stomach to try and get that perfect shot.

 

[tinkerbell87512]

Joining in on the new thread! I posted on the old one before it closed so I hope you don't mind another picture today...

Now going back to look at the amazing picture that were already posted!

 

[Disney8704]

 

[Disney8704]

Very cool shot! Makes me feel like Im in the boat with ya!

POTD

Where'd all the people go

 

[DisneyMom5]

DD14's DHS POTD:

 

[bigbrian-nc.com]

In the recently closed Picture of a day thread We-Luv-Disney posted a Beautiful photo of the General Joe Potter ferry boat that makes the run from the Ticket and Transportation Center to the Magic Kingdom. I love Disney watercraft photos and have taken quite a few myself, additionally I think that the renaming of the three ferries in honor of some of the folks who played a part in bringing WDW from dream to reality was a fantastic idea, So I shared one of my own ferry photos of the Admiral Joe Fowler and gave a brief description of the careers of both of these men, but that leave one more ferry named in honor of one more Disney legend the Richard F Irvine





There is now a portrait of each of these men on their ferries, and near the bottom of each is a small plaque, the plaque on Irvine's portrait reads as follows:


Richard F. Irvine first joined Disney as an art director in 1943. A decade later, he became one of the original members of WED Enterprises (now Walt Disney Imagineering), the organization of designers, artists, architects, and engineers responsible for the planning and development of Disneyland. As head of WED Enterprises, he directed the design of Walt Disney World until his retirement in 1973. this boat is named in his honor.


from his Disney ledgends page:
http://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Richard+irvine


Senior vice president of Walt Disney Imagineering John Hench recalled, "Because Dick had worked with movie set designs, creating structures and settings, he understood our needs more than standard architects, such as "forced" perspective, making things smaller to give the illusion of being farther away and other optical values."...

Dick was convinced that the motion-picture artists, art directors and technicians, with their imaginative know-how and theatrical experience, could produce an outstanding theme park. ...

Until his retirement in 1973, Dick headed design and planning for all Disneyland attractions, ranging from the Haunted Mansion to Pirates of the Caribbean. He also guided creation of attractions featured at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, including It's A Small World. Dick went on to help shape the master plan and attractions at Walt Disney World and in 1967, was appointed executive vice president and chief operations officer of WED Enterprises (Walt Disney Imagineering).

 

[dredick]

 

[Disney8704]

Thought I would give everyone the heads up. But the other thread Pic of the Day Part 7 is now closed. ALL POTD pics will be posted on this thread.

 

[KingdomHearts]

Tiggerwannaba, everytime we walk through the gates of MK and I see that sign I always cry... ahh my happy place!!

 

[KingdomHearts]

Ahh I can not wait to be there in 3 days!!

 

[EasyGoing*]

subscribing!!!!!

 

[Lluianae]

A castle pic from our recent trip

 

[racheljessicasara]

I love seeing all the pictures!

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Magic Kingdom in general gets me every trip Kingdomhearts...

here's one from a walk down Main Street~

 

[NostalgicDad]

One for your Friday evening......

 

[minidreamin]

I'll get to see this view next Saturday afternoon.

 

[loribeth]

 

[WeatherbySwann]

senecabeach - Excellent empty MK pic . . . and now I have Main Street music stuck in my head (which is good!)


We-Luv-Disney - Another awesome fireworks shot!


iluvuwdw - Kinda creepy yet very cool empty Epcot pic!


tx2tn - I'm loving your Splash Mountain pics!


NostalgicDad - Beautiful night shot! Is that at DL?


minidreamin - Neat shot and HAVE A GREAT TRIP!!!

A rainy day at WDW is better than any day anywhere else...

Isn't that the truth!