Grumptastic Distractions: The Grump Was There

Hey Lou, Jeff, George and Eric, I hear there was some speculation as to whether or not I was at a certain location in Disneyland's Toontown.

I was indeed there

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Print Sale at The Magic in Pixels

Being the Padawan Learner affords me a lot of benefits as a rookie photographer.  As a form of payment to Tim, I'd like to inform all the wonderful patrons of Grumpy's Hollow that The Magic in Pixels is running a sale on all 16x20 prints.

For a limited time, all 16x20 mounted prints are on sale. 

You'll find the 16x20 prints reduced by 20% of their everyday prices.  These prints are all mounted on a hard backing and shipped to you flat and ready to be framed and displayed.

If you don't see a 16x20 print you like in his store, go over to the gallery of 8x10 prints.  Almost all of the 8x10 prints can be printed and delivered as a 16x20.  So just e-mail Tim at sales(at)themagicinpixels(dot)com if one of the 8x10 prints interests you.

So head on over to THE MAGIC IN PIXELS WEBSTORE, and see if anything strikes your fancy.

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Musical Treasures You May Have Missed: Bob Jackson

I'm sure you are aware that there are things that go on at the parks that you may always miss or skip by because you think they wouldn't interest you.  But, did you know that there is a extravaganza only Disney could host contained within the borders of the Port Orleans Resort?  Yes, a moderate resort!

Yes folks, it's another post about music at "The Hollow".  I have decided that I'd like to start a series of posts about musical entertainment in the parks that may be overlooked, walked past, or just not known about.

My inaugural post is about Bob Jackson (aka Yehaa Bob). 

Yehaa Bob is a more than an entertaining pianist.  He is a one-man show of the vaudeville variety.  But, in the name of full disclosure, I have still managed to not see his show in person.

So, what makes me feel comfortable writing about a musical presentation that I have never participated in?

That's easy:  Window to the Magic!

This is the podcast put out by Paul Barrie and Patrick Hurd (Don't forget to vote for Patrick as CMO).

Paul introduced me to Bob Jackson during his recap episodes of MouseFest 2006 through the use of his fantastic Binaural Recordings.

He re-introduced me to Bob with this week's show:  WindowToTheMagic Show #138.

I could just imagine the amount of fun I'll one day have sitting in Bob's audience.  It has got to be the only place, besides The Adventurer's Club (Hoopla) where you can be amongst a roomful of adults hopped up on too much Pixie Dust acting like the kids that they were forced to ignore in order to be responsible members of society.

Paul's recording lets you get the full flavor of this Musical Treasure because it's not the same as a CD recording of Bob's show.  You are getting all the sounds, heckling, pixie-dust induced comments and what-not that his binaural microphones pick up. 

If you are looking for a really entertaining podcast that will introduce you to Yehaa Bob then check out WTTM #138.  If you want to have a weekly taste of theme park audioscaping gold, then subscribe to the WTTM podcast.  Paul just recently recorded his 1 millionth download!  Help him get to 2 million.

I'm hoping that I'll get to finally hear Bob Jackson, in person, during my trip this June.  If I do, you know that there will be a great write up in my wordy tomes known as my trip reports.

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Grumptastic Links: WDW Disney Fun for your iPhone

I was pointed to this cool applet for the iPhone via the chat stream in Twitter.  TiggerRay brought this to DizPodDir's attention and thereby my attention.

Granted, I don't have an iPhone, but I know several people in the Disney Community that do and may not know about this.

Here is the link:

Walt Disney World Theme Park Maps

Speaking of Twitter, for those of you on Twitter, my screename is Grumpwurst (in case you want to follow me).  Also, for a pretty good listing of other Disney Twitterers you can go to Josh's Disney Frontier Blog.

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Devine Inspiration #9: MagicMeets 2008 Auction Submission Unveiled

Tim has just unveiled the picture he is going to send to Pat Whitson for the Dream Team Auction at MagicMeets 2008.

Tim wanted me to let everyone know that this will picture will be presented as a 16x20 printed on canvas.  Yes, you read that correctly, this will be on canvas which means it'll be perfect for that special place on the wall you like to display your Disney Pride!

*** NOTE *** The watermark will not be in the item being auctioned off.

Now it's time for my views on the subject at hand.

I get to see a lot of Tim's work.  In some rare cases, I get to be there when the actual picture is taken.

Those of you who have ever perused Tim's store will know that he has quite an array of pictures with Cinderella's Castle as the subject.  They are all of high quality and beautiful.  In fact, I showcased his Dream Lights photo in my last installment of the Devine Inspiration series.

But, out of all his Cinderella Castle shots, I have to say that this is my favorite.  It may be because it has a striking resemblance to the Thomas Kinkaide giclee print we purchased.  I am also partial to a high quality daytime shot of the castle.

This photo has a non-traditional Point-of-View.  Typically you see photos taken from straight on or from the vicinity of the Rose Garden.  I haven't seen too many photos taken from this angle and that makes it different.  It really reminds you that there is a water element to the castle and with the exception of the "Year of a Million Dreams" flags on the draw bridge, you can almost feel like this wasn't even taken in a Theme Park.

As I was telling Tim on the phone this evening.  I love fireworks just as much as the next guy, and the photo he submitted last year was awesome, but this one just beats last year's submission by a mile.

I would be surprised if this item doesn't need several pages of paper to hold all the bids that are submitted.  Whoever puts in the winning bid for this photo will, in my humble opinion, walk away with something that they'll want to show off with pride.

To Recap:

• A 16x20 Print
• On Canvas!
• Will look grumptastic hanging on your wall

Need I say more?

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In case you live under a rock....

I called it.......

Magic Meets 2008 sold all 550 tickets in 38 hours.  That is almost 14.5 tickets per hour! 

The MouseFest crew may need to be prepared for another feeding frenzy once their tickets go on sale.......

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Get them while you can

Magic Meets tickets are now on sale!  There are over 2x the number of registered parties who are interested in going than are tickets to sell to them.

So, rush over to the MagicMeets website and get your tickets.  They sold out in less than 10 days last year, but many of us in the comm unity are predicting they'll sell out quicker. 

I'm predicting a sell-out between 24-48 hours.

BTW, Enchanted Rose and myself have our tickets printed already.

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