Sunday, September 30, 2007

#0219


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Where would you find this?

Answer:
This is inside the Emporium on Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A.


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The responses I received were:

Richard Blythe
Inside the Emporium in DL.

John and Heather
Somewhere on Main Street in Disneyland???

Jeff Toro
You have me stumped on this, but I do have a question. Is the lamp in the back supposed to have only two working lights?

If I had a guess, I believe these two are inside one of the windows on Main Street, but I don't know which one.
-- Good question about the lamp. I don't know. I took that photo first thing in the morning, so it's doubtful the dark one had just burned out that day. More likely, it's probably something maintenance just overlooked during the night.

Tim & Malinda
The Emporium on Main Street.

Friday, September 28, 2007

#0218


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Where would you see this?

Answer:
This is Tortilla Jo's Taqueria in Downtown Disney.


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The responses I received were:

Tim & Malinda
The taqueria at Tortilla Jo's.

John and Heather
Our guess is Tortilla Jo's in Downtown Disney.

Jeff Toro
Downtown Disney. Looks like Tortilla Jo's.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

#0217


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Where would you find this?

Answer:
You would find these rivets on the Golden Gate Bridge replica in California Adventure.


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The responses I received were:

Jayson Weingarten
On the floor where buses and trams drop people off next to the Esplenade?
-- I wasn't expecting this, but it's actually a pretty good guess. But, if I'm remembering correctly, the ground there is painted yellow, not red. And there isn't so much empty space between the rivet-like bumps.

Tim & Malinda
A closeup of the Golden Gate Bridge at the entrance of California Adventure.

John and Heather
We are just guessing, but a rivet pattern somewhere on the Golden Gate Bridge in DCA?

Jeff Toro
Total guess here, but are these rivets on the Golden Gate Bridge?

Monday, September 24, 2007

#0216


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Where would you find this?

Answer:
This is Disneyland's Frontierland Shootin' Exposition.


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The responses I received were:

Jeff Toro
The Frontierland Shootin' Exposition.
-- Funny how the official name is spelled that way, but there's a "g" on the sign at the end of the word "Shooting", huh?

Tim & Malinda
The Frontierland Shootin' Exposition.

Richard Blythe
This is the cemetery in the shooting gallery.
How many cemeteries can you name in DL?
-- I can name all seven of them, though one no longer exists (the one that used to be behind the fort on Tom Sawyer Island). I actually already answered that question way back with Mystery Photo #2.

John and Heather
These tombstones are part of the Frontierland Shootin' Exposition. John noticed the targets on the tombstones.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

#0215


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Where would you see this?

Answer:
This is inside the Silhouette Studio on Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A.


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The responses I received were:

BBlast
The Silhouette Shop on Main Street?

Jeff Toro
I have never been in this place, but I can see the carriage tracks of Main Street in the window, so I will say Disneyland. There are pictures on the wall, and the very bottoms look like the small black profile pictures I can see from the window while walking down Main Street, but what is the name of the store? Give me a minute... After a quick trip to my photo collection, my guess will be inside the Silhouette Studio on Main Street inside Disneyland.
-- Nice deduction.

Richard Blythe
Silhouette Shop on Main Street.

Jayson Weingarten
One of the shops on Main Street USA?

Tim & Malinda
The Silhouette Studio on Main Street.

My mom got a silhouette done here in the 50s during her first visit to Disneyland.
-- My mother has a silhouette on her wall of my brother and me. It doesn't date back quite as far as your mother's, though. I think ours was made in 1978.

John and Heather
This looks like the Silhouette Studio on Main Street in Disneyland.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

#0214


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Where would you find this?

Answer:
This is one of the murals on the wall inside the Rushin' River Outfitters in California Adventure.


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The responses I received were:

Jayson Weingarten
I think that it is the gift shop next to GRR in DCA. Of course, knowing me, it is somewhere in Disneyland.

Tim & Malinda
Inside Rushin' River Outfitters at California Adventure.

Jeff Toro
Inside the gift shop next to Grizzly Rapids?

John and Heather
This is inside the gift shop at the Grizzly Run Rapids.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

#0213


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Where would you see this?

Answer:
This is the exit from Disneyland's Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters ride. You can use these video kiosks to find the picture taken of you while on the ride, select it, and enter your email address to have the photo emailed to you. And it's free!


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My highest score so far:

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The responses I received were:

Tim & Malinda
The ride photos area on Buzz Lightyear.

Jeff Toro
The exit to Space Mountain?? or is that Buzz??

Jayson Weingarten
Those are the email consoles at the exit of Buzz. Of course, the gift shop is after the email consoles.
-- The hallway splits in two directions after the consoles. One goes into the gift shop and the other doesn't.

Kirby
Even though it didn't exist during my only trip to Disneyland, this is obviously the area at the exit of Buzz Lightyear where you find your on-ride picture and are able to email it.

(During my 2002 trip, the old CircleVision building was still the boarded up Rocket Rods queue with a small NASA exhibit carved out at the eastern side.)
-- I remember that.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

#0212


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Where would you find this?

Answer:
This statue is part of the fountain near the Monster's Inc. Mike & Sully to the Rescue! ride in California Adventure's Hollywood Pictures Backlot.


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The responses I received were:

John and Heather
Downtown Disney????

Tim & Malinda
The area in front of the Monsters, Inc. ride at California Adventure.

Friday, September 14, 2007

#0211


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Where would you find this?

Answer:
This is the ceiling of the Sideshow Shirts shop on California Adventure's Paradise Pier.


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The responses I received were:

John and Heather
Just a guess, but the Paradise Pier shops area in DCA.

Tim & Malinda
The ceiling of Sideshow Shirts on Paradise Pier.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

#0210


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Where would you find this?

Answer:
This drinking fountain is in New Orleans Square by the Jewel of Orleans shop.


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The responses I received were:

Tim & Malinda
Along the streets of New Orleans Square.

Monday, September 10, 2007

#0209


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Where would you find this?

Answer:
This vent is just below the stage in Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe. Did anyone besides BBlast notice the hidden Mickey?


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The responses I received were:

BBlast
I have NO idea.. But I DID see the "hidden" Mickey!

Tim & Malinda
The front of the Golden Horseshoe stage.

Jeff Toro
No idea, but looking forward to the answer.

Saturday, September 8, 2007

#0208


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Where would you find this?

Answer:
This is the fruit stand at Bountiful Valley Farmers Market in California Adventure. As far as I've been able to determine, the fruit stand has no official name. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.


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The responses I received were:

Jayson Weingarten
That is a fresh fruit stand. Where exactly? I am going to guess on Main Street USA.
-- Good guess, but the one on Main Street is quite a bit smaller.

Jeff Toro
There are many fruit stands in DL, I don't see pickles, so it's not the one on Main Street. I'll guess it's in Critter Country.
-- I forgot about that one. The Critter Country fruit stand is also smaller and portable, where this one isn't.

John and Heather
I think that this is the fruit stand next to the PT Flea shop in DCA.

Tim & Malinda
The Farmer's Market in California Adventure.

Shannon
That is a truck by the market outside of Indiana Jones.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

#0207


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Where would you see this?

Answer:
This is on a shelf behind the counter inside Disneyland's Main Street Magic Shop.


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The responses I received were:

Tim & Malinda
The Magic Shop on Main Street.

John and Heather
It's the Sorting Hat from Harry Potter???
--

John and Heather
Since it's a top hat and a rabbit, we're guessing it's in the Main Street Magic Shop.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

#0206


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Where would you see this?

Answer:
This is inside the Mission Tortilla Factory in California Adventure's Pacific Wharf section.


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The responses I received were:

Jeff Toro
You know, if you tell them (and it better be...hehe) it's your birthday, they will give you an entire pack of Mission Tortillas.

DisneyDede
I forget the name of it, but it is at California Adventure and they give you free samples.

Jayson Weingarten
That is in the Boudin Bakery Walk Through in DCA. A good lunch, when paired with the Tortilla Factory.
-- I expected more people to go with the bakery tour, since they look so similar.

Tim & Malinda
The Mission Tortilla Factory at California Adventure.

John and Heather
This is the Mission Tortilla Factory in the Pacific Wharf area in DCA.

Kirby
Mission Tortilla Factory in DCA. Need a quick (and free) snack? Yum!

Sunday, September 2, 2007

#0205


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Where would you find this?

Answer:
This old style phone can be found inside the Market House shop on Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A.


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The responses I received were:

Jeff Toro
It's the Market House on Main Street.

Jayson Weingarten
That is one of the Party Line Telephones found in the shops of Main Street USA.

John and Heather
This phone is in the Market House shop on Main Street.

Tim & Malinda
In the Market House on Main Street.

Kirby
The Party Line phone is in the Market House on Main Street U.S.A.

I had a melancholy few minutes on my last evening in Disneyland in 2002 by stopping by and listening to the Party Line while watching the park emptying.
-- That sounds like a nice way to end the day.


Here is the transcript of the party line conversation, provided by Jeff Toro, in the email he sent with his answer: (Note: This is possibly only one of many random conversations.)

SFX: (sound of hand-crank phone ringing "1 long 3 short" and numerous clicks on line)

Mama: All right, now, the rest of you on this party line, you can all hang up now. I'm only callin' Dinglinger's Store and there won't be anything you can gossip about at all.

SFX: (sound of numerous hangup clicks on line)

Mama: Hello, Mr. Dinglinger?

Mr. Dinglinger: Yep.

Mama: This is me. Is my daughter Annie got to your place yet? If she has put her on, will ya? And tell her to hurry, because my preserves is about to cook over.
Hello, Annie?

Annie: Yes, this is me, Mama.

Mama: Will you ask Mr. Dinglinger if...uh, wait a minute. Just hold the wire.
Miss Flump? Auralee Flump? Will you please get offa this line? Now, I know you're there 'cause I can hear your clock tickin', and it sounds like it's slow, too.

SFX: (sound of hangup click on line)

Mama: Hello. Annie?

Annie: Yes, I'm here. What did you want?

Mama: Ask Mr. Dinglinger what his steak is worth today.

Annie: I already asked him, Mama. Eleven cents a pound.

Mama: Eleven cents!!? Who does he think he is, Jesse James? Jing, this family's going to break us yet. Your father payin' three dollars for a hundred cigars! There goes a whole week's pay up in smoke! And what did he do last year? Went out and paid seven dollars and eighty cents for a suit of clothes, and now he wants steak at eleven cents a pound. I think he's lost his mind!

Annie: But, Mama, I asked about the ham, and it's nine cents a pound.

Mama: Nine cents a p-...!!? I don't know how he expects me to make ends meet on our budget with things so high. Annie girl, you mark my words: Don't you ever get yourself married unless you find a man who's got three hundred dollars saved and makes a steady eight dollars a week.

Annie: I promise, Mama.

Mama: Say, uh, ask Mr. Dinglinger is he's got them fancy, new...uh...wait a minute.
Miss Flump? Hoo-hoo! Miss Flump, would you please hang up your phone again? I know you're on the line 'cause I can hear you breathin'. Still got that chest cold, ain't ya? If you'da put on a fried onion poultice like I told you, you wouldn't be wheezin' that way. Now go on, hang up, like I asked ya.

SFX: (sound of hangup click on line)

Mama: Okay, Annie?

Annie: Yes, Mama. I'm here.

Mama: Will you uh, ask...uh, ahem... (lowering her voice) will you ask Mr. Dinglinger if he's got any of them new-fangled ladies' union suits like I read about in The Saturday Blade?

Annie: He's got them, Mama. Eighty-nine cents a pair. Shall I get the...

Mama: SHHH! No, no. Just tell him to put away a size forty-two for me and keep his mouth shut. I don't want this all over town. But Jing, getting' up at 4:00 am, cookin' six hours a day, cuttin' wood, carrin' out ashes, churnin' butter, haulin' in water, a woman's got to have somethin' substantial on her back.

Annie: Anything else, Mama?

Mama: Nooo, I guess not, but you mind what I told you, Annie. Marry somebody who's makin' a steady eight dollars a week! And you'll have to pretty up to catch one doin' that good. Do like I did: Put them cucumber slices on your face to bloom up your complexion. Rub a little kerosene on your hair to make it shine. A girl's gotta pretty up to grab a man these days. Now, hurry on home. And uh, better bring a ham, even if it is nine cents a pound, or your father'll hit the ceiling. Good-bye.

Annie: 'Bye, Mama. Be right home.

SFX: (sound of hangup clicks on line)

Announcer: The conversation you just heard was not exaggerated, but was typical of the 1890s. Most of us take our present-day conveniences for granted, but next time you shop, think of the miracle of the modern food store.