Disney Trivia of the Day
Echo Lake
Min and Bills Dockside Diner, situated right on the lagoon, is more than just a relaxing spot for a quick snack, its also a tribute to the 1930 movie, Min and Bill, in which actress Marie Dressler plays dockside innkeeper Min Divot and Wallace Beery is Bill, her fisherman boyfriend. Dressler won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Min, who struggles tirelessly to spare her adoptive daughter the worst the world has to offer.
An inspection of the crates sitting on the dock to the front left of the dinner reveals Max Bialystock (from the movie The Producers) is eagerly awaiting a delivery from the Anita Doubleset Ledger Co., Charles Foster Cane (Citizen Kane) has place an order with the Rosebud Sled Co., and Ricks American Café (made famous in the movie Casablanca) will soon be restocking supplies compliments of Quartz Wine & Spirits LTD.
Gertie the Dinosaur is more than just a quick snack stop during your Hollywood Studios visit, she is also a tribute to Windsor Mackay, a vaudevillian actor who created Gertie as an addition to his show. She was the first projected cartoon (and an inspiration for Walt Disneys future works) in the days before multiplane cameras. It took over 14.400 drawings, done on rice paper, to create the desired effect and give the illusion Gertie was interacting with Mr. Mackay.
Eddie Valliant, Private Investigator advertises his service on the window above the Hollywood & Vine restaurant, to the right of Gertie and just across the pavement. Although he insists on No Toons, if you look closely you may notice Roger Rabbit isnt far away.
Take a quick peek at the Cosmetic Dentistry building just around the bend from Hollywood & Vine and across from the Dockside Diner. There is a directory on the right hand wall next to the door that advertises for C. Howie Pullum DDS, Ruth Canal DDS, and Les Payne DDS.
The building next to the Cosmetic Dentistry has a For Rent sign in the upper window, which isnt particularly compelling on its own, but as with all things Imagineering, it was placed there for a reason. When Walt and Roy Disney were just starting out, their initial base was in an uncles garage until they amassed enough money to rent their own studio space. They finally found a location they could afford, right above the Holly-Vermont Realty Company, whose logo you will see on the door below the For Rent sign. A nice tribute to a humble start.
Hey guys, still up here in NY!! A quick update, woke up did nothing, went shopping at some outlets up here, got some stuff for vacation (which you will find out about when I get home!), and then jumped on the disboards! I think the plans for the rest of the day is visit more family, go out to dinner (have no idea where!), and then have a drink while watching the beautiful sunset (or at least that's how I had it described to me!) Oh I have a travesty to tell all of you about! We were talking to my little cousin asking her what movies she has and she was telling us some disney movies and we were asking her if you this movie and that movie and can you guys what movie the poor deprived little girl does not have??? Cinderella!!!! Ugh it's horrible!! Well my family to the rescue, her birthday is in like 2 weeks so she will be getting Cinderella for her birthday from us!! The poor thing, not having Cinderella!! Well that will be remedied soon! Talk you you guys later!!
Rob and I kinda do that in terms of borrowing books from each other, but I don't think it counts.
I'm going to try and do a mini TR when I get home, I'm just too tired to load my pics up on photobucket and write a long post and I believe it's going to be like that all weekend so I'll try to do that next week when I get home! A little mini update, I ended up having to work until 10:30 today and we got on the road about 11 and got up here by 4. Stopped during the trip for some McDonalds. Just hung around for the rest of the afternoon!! Saw some family members, took some pics, drank some delicious drinks!! Not sure what tomorrow's plans will be, we're making it up as we go!! I promise my actual report will be much better!!
Oh and i love your pictures!! so cute
