Hi Ricky,
My name is Chelsea Moore and I'm a long time listener.
I recently came back from a trip to Hollywood, CA where I was an intern for a Broadway producer who was running a professional training workshop for aspiring young people.
(At his workshop in NY in June where I also worked for him, I met Arnold Mungioli, who was the Casting Director for Disney for several years!)
Anyway, I took some photos of all of the Disney stuff popping around Hollywood. I can't tell you how excited and comforted I was to see all of the familiar Disney stuff showing up. I from TN and I just left home for the first time. To see the friendly and familiar sites of Disney was something that I wasn't expecting. If there is one thing that my family loves to talk about together, its DISNEY! So in a way, even in this strange, new town, I felt at home.
I was also able to take a short video of the organ player at the El Captian Theater. He plays classic disney songs on this beautiful organ before every show. It is the original organ that has been there ever since the theater opened, I believe. They also have a live stage performance before each show. They were playing WALL-e while I was there. Unfortunately, I was not able to catch a showing.
However, I was able to grab Mickey waffles for breakfast one morning and a specialty WALL-e ice cream sundae for dessert. The sundae is made up of 2 brownies which form the treads of WALL-e. There is one scoop of ice cream for his body with a hard chocolate cap. Then the coolest item is a chocolate mold of WALL-e's eyes. It was so cute and yummy! :)
As far as a review for the theater, EVERY Disney fan that is able, should make a trip out to the El Capitan Theater. It is such a majestic place, full of Disney history. Currently, on account of the success of WALL-e, they have a space theme exhibit inside the theater. Outside the theater is where the Disney celebrities have their stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Inside the Soda Shop, on the walls, are tons of pictures of famous Disney fans and stars who have eaten at the soda shop, including the ever-popular Miley Cyrus and The Jonas Brothers. I did also see stars like Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas with their kids. Their is also a small Disney store with several Soda Fountain exclusives, such as: pins and ice cream glasses. The soda fountain specialty is a giant Sorcerer Mickey hat bowl filled with 8 scoops of ice cream and every topping available. It ran, I believe, at $30. Plus, you get to keep the Mickey bowl as a souvenir. The WALL-e sundae that I had was $8.95, I believe.
I have attached pictures of billboards for Toy Story Mania, the El Capitan Theater, the Disney Soda Fountain, my Mickey waffle and WALL-e ice cream sundae and Walt Disney's star on the walk of fame.
Here is the link to my youtube video for the organ clip. Its short, but should let you and the viewers have a glimpse into the theater.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBy8yzSP3A4
Hope you and the other listeners will enjoy them.
Have a magical day
Chelsea
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rHey,
Just catching up on all of your blog/comments up to this point. Glad you made it back from Cali before the earthquake.
I am surprised Savannah didn't have a scathing rebuttal to the comment about her grammar, punctuation, and spelling. I suppose she was exercising diplomacy. !oo!
Universal Studios, when I was there in California, was decent. It wasn't comparable to Disney but I didn't try to compare. It was a long time ago, but it seems they had different stages and rides for different movies and genres. That may be why it seemed a little incohesive. Sea World was more fun, oddly.
Will try to keep up as I can. Blame your Mom that I found your site! Stay safe (be aware of your surroundings).
Sleep well and wake.
SM
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