Newsletter. Issue 36 January 2005 Inside The Newsletter Welcome to Issue 36 of the club newsletter. th Saturday 25 September 7:30pm Latest Australian Disney News Meeting Join us at this meeting as we look at the many aspects of the World of Disney from Animation, Theme Parks, and The Wonderful World of Disney now on Saturday collectibles. A special look at Disneyland and much more. evenings on Channel 7 at 7.30pm. Come and join us for this exciting meeting. Disney’s / Pixar The Incredibles – opens Boxing day in cinemas. Location: St. Marks Anglican Church Hall. Cnr. Auburn Rd and Hume Hwy Yagoona. (Near Bankstown.) Just 150m from the Yagoona Railway Station. Upcoming Club Events th The Down Under Disneyana Newsletter is a Saturday 26 February 7.00pm publication of the Down Under Disneyana Club. The newsletter is published quarterly and distributed Join us at this meeting and Disneyana Auction to raise to members. Contributions to our newsletter are money for Starlight Foundation. welcome. The club address is: Down Under Disneyana Club. St Marks Anglican Church hall PO Box 502 Cnr Auburn Rd and Hume Hwy Yagoona only 1km along Regents Park, NSW 2143. Auburn Rd from our old meeting location. Australia. Down Under Disneyana Club is the Australian In this newsletter read about the upcoming 50th birthday of Chapter of the National Fantasy Fan Club of the USA, Disneyland celebrations. Mission Space at Epcot and a and our club is not associated with The Walt Disney wonderful crossword challenge put together by Julie and Company in any way. Ph: (02) 9644-1034 Jim Curtis. Also advance notice of our special Disneyana Email: [email protected] Auction evening to be held in February 2005 to raise money for charity. On a sad note read about the passing of two Disney legends and a look at their legacy. Enjoy this issue of the newsletter. Wayne Coogee - 4 March to 24 Ticket Prices April All day passes: Sand Sculpting Australia, the largest sand sculpting event in Ticket type the Southern Hemisphere, is coming to Coogee in 2005. Adults The world renowned event that has wowed audiences in Children up to (4-15 years) Victoria and New South Wales in 2003 and 2004 is set to Children under 4 do the same in Coogee with more than 1,200 tonnes of sand Family (2 Adults, 2 Children) carved into scenes and characters from classic Disney and Family (2 Adults, 3 Children) Disney Pixar films. Concession The exhibition will feature the finest master sand sculptors Group bookings of 20 or more from Australia and around the world including a number of Event and Unlimited ride wristbands (suitable for children current and former world champions working on a variety only): of sculptures. Children 4 - 15yo: $17.50 As well as the amazing sculpture exhibition the event Children under 4: $12.00 includes a range of activities for the whole family such as screenings of Disney and Disney Pixar films, a how to build Public Transport Information a sand sculpture video presentation that shows how the You can get a bus to Coogee from Central Station. For bus experts create their masterpieces, Disney story-telling for and train information call: 131 500 or go to the following the kids, a Hidden Mickey competition, hands-on sand websites: workshops, Disney activity area and plenty of rides. • Transport Information & Timetables for Train Each display will feature scenes from new and classic • Transport Information for Buses and Ferries Disney and Disney Pixar films including Winnie the Pooh, Bambi, The Incredibles, Lion King and classic Disney characters such as Cinderella, Mickey Mouse and friends. For more information Call 03 5986 6684 (BH) or email Location [email protected] Foreshore at Coogee. Dates and Times Friday 4 March – Sunday 24 April 2005 The Henry Ford to Create Travelling Exhibit Open Sunday – Thursday 10am – 6pm and Friday and Celebrating 50 Years of Disneyland Saturday from 10am – 9pm The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, will research and Come and chat to the sculptors and see the work-in- develop a travelling exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary progress until 7 March 2005 or visit the completed of Disneyland. The exhibit will be created by The Henry exhibition from 8 March until 24 April 2005. Ford in association with Walt Disney Imagineering and The Walt Disney Company. Activities In an unprecedented agreement, Walt Disney Imagineering, the creative design organization behind Walt Disney Parks As well as the amazing sculpture exhibition the event will and Resorts, will loan The Henry Ford up to 500 pieces of include a range of activities. Information for some of the original artwork, models, construction drawings, ride activities (indicated with an * in the list below) will be vehicles and media materials relating to the architecture and available on an Information Board at the event. Activities design of Disneyland. will include: "During the celebration of Disneyland's 50th anniversary, • How to build a sand sculpture video presentation * this exhibit will offer a unique way to pay tribute to Walt's • Sand Sculpting Workshops – make your own original park, a concept so popular, that it launched an amazing creations at our hands-on display entirely different genre of family entertainment that now • Resident sculptor – see a sculptor at work spans the globe," said Marty Sklar, Vice-Chairman and throughout the entire event and ask questions Principal Creative Executive, Walt Disney Imagineering. about sand sculpting The exhibition will open in Henry Ford Museum, part of • Disney movie screenings * The Henry Ford, in September 2005 and will feature rarely • Disney story telling * seen original artwork, early footage, blueprints and • “Find the Hidden Mickey” competition photographs revealing one man's vision of a family-friendly • Disney animation classes * and fantasy-filled entertainment complex known today as • Disney activity area Disneyland®. Visitors will also view original character • Rides for the children sculpture; scenic elements of the park from the 1950s and sit in original ride cars such as those used for Dumbo the Flying Elephant® and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride®. After its debut at Henry Ford Museum, the exhibit will tour nationally beginning in early 2006. Now It's 'Magic Your Way' at The rarest opportunity in this exhibit will be the chance to Walt Disney World Resort: New view up-close the original Abraham Lincoln figure from the 1964 World's Fair in New York. This figure is the first Tickets Let Guests Customize original Audio-Animatronics® "human" to appear in a Walt Their Dream Vacation Disney show. It debuted in the Illinois pavilion of the World's Fair and has not been shown since. "The fact that we have been granted access to this amazing With new "Magic Your Way" tickets, Walt Disney World collection is incredible," said Scott Mallwitz, Experience guests will be able to create their own ticket for their Design Director for The Henry Ford. "The show that will customized dream vacation. result from this access will celebrate Disneyland as an American innovation -- historically, an entertainment media ORLANDO, FL USA 12/02/2004 that has had profound and enduring influence." The historical connection between Disneyland and The New Ticket Plan Rewards Longer Stays Henry Ford can be traced back to Walt Disney himself and his first visit to Greenfield Village, part of The Henry Ford, LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- in 1940. He was so taken with Henry Ford's vision of an Disney today announced an innovative new ticket plan -- idealized American village, he returned eight years later. "Magic Your Way" -- that allows Walt Disney World These trips and visits to other destinations and fairs, across guests to create their own tickets for a customized vacation. the country helped Walt frame the concept of a "Family Park" that would become Disneyland. Starting Jan. 2, guests at Walt Disney World Resort will Disney parks and resorts are among the most popular be able to purchase tickets to the various theme parks, attractions anywhere on earth, representing a timeless attractions and other entertainment offerings that are tradition that millions of families continue to pass from one tailored to the length of their vacation and the interests of generation to another. For the first time, all 10 Disney their group -- and allow them to save more per day based theme parks around the world will join together for The on Happiest Celebration on Earth to mark the 50th their length of stay. anniversary of Disneyland in Southern California. The impact of Disneyland on family entertainment is significant, "Whether ordering a computer, a car or a cup of coffee, and the park Walt Disney created 50 years ago became the people want things customized to fit their individual needs," foundation for the modern theme park industry. said Walt Disney World President Al Weiss. "And now The Henry Ford, located in Dearborn, Michigan was Walt Disney World guests will have that same ability to founded in 1929 by automotive pioneer Henry Ford. This customize their dream vacation, creating the ticket that is history destination includes Henry Ford Museum, just right for them." Greenfield Village, The Henry Ford IMAX Theatre, The Benson Ford Research Center and The Ford Rouge And because "Magic Your Way" tickets offer savings Factory Tour. The Henry Ford, America's Greatest History that increase with the length of stay, a weeklong Walt Attraction, is the history destination that brings the Disney World vacation becomes even more affordable. American Experience to life. For more information please visit our website http://www.thehenryford.org. "Recent research shows that longer vacations are high on Walt Disney Imagineering is the unique, creative force the wish list for families," Weiss said.