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Ginny Favers

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Dec 11, 2009, 11:26:13 AM12/11/09
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I am going to cheat and say the entire Tomorrowland Loop circa 1994,
which is still playing at the Magic Kingdom. At least, it was last time
we were there.

Close second is the entrance/Tree of Life suite at Animal Kingdom.

What's yours?

~Amanda

Rudeney

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Dec 11, 2009, 12:01:30 PM12/11/09
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I really like the music at AK. I bought CD and listen to it quite
often. I know this isn't in a park, but I really like the music they
play around AKL, like at the bus stop.

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Dec 11, 2009, 12:11:52 PM12/11/09
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"Promise" from after Illuminations. There's just something about the
World Showcase at night :)

Good topic!!

Caren

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Dec 11, 2009, 12:25:17 PM12/11/09
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The whole Illuminations track rates pretty high with me. That's such a
perfectly paced and coreographed show. I hear there's a Christmas
version now, but I have trouble imagining anything they could do that
would be an improvement.
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Disney Pix

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Dec 11, 2009, 12:46:42 PM12/11/09
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Either the Main Street Electrical Parade or Makin' Memories from the Kodak
3D Preshow.

Rob

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Patricia Barber

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Dec 11, 2009, 1:40:36 PM12/11/09
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> What's yours?

In this order:

1. Fantasmic!
2. Main St. Electrical Parade
3. Golden Dreams (American Adventure)

BigBob

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Dec 11, 2009, 1:43:50 PM12/11/09
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The original EPCOT Center "entrance and Communicore area" soundtrack
(ran about 30-minutes) was pure gold.
It highlighted themes from the entire park.

Also, the individual original-sponsor Future World pavilions had
excellent area soundtracks.
One of the great musical accomplishments, in the original EPCOT
Center, was the seamless transitions as you moved from area to area.

Last time I checked, The Land is still playing its original area
soundtrack (the last one doing so as far as I know).

Lisa Cubbon

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Dec 11, 2009, 6:54:59 PM12/11/09
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The close to ROE. Brings tears to my eyes.

Lisa

Lisa Cubbon

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Dec 11, 2009, 6:55:45 PM12/11/09
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Disney Pix wrote:
> Either the Main Street Electrical Parade or Makin' Memories from the
> Kodak 3D Preshow.
'
I forgot about the MSEP. I love that!!!

Lisa

DiscoMinnie

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Dec 11, 2009, 9:15:05 PM12/11/09
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On Dec 11, 6:55 pm, Lisa Cubbon <cub...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Disney Pix wrote:
> > Either the Main Street Electrical Parade or Makin' Memories from the
> > Kodak 3D Preshow.
>
> '
> I forgot about the MSEP. I love that!!!
>
> Lisa
>
>
>
> > Rob
>
> > "Ginny Favers" <ginnyfav...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> >news:hftrr7$7e5$1...@news.eternal-september.org...
> >> I am going to cheat and say the entire Tomorrowland Loop circa 1994,
> >> which is still playing at the Magic Kingdom.  At least, it was last
> >> time we were there.
>
> >> Close second is the entrance/Tree of Life suite at Animal Kingdom.
>
> >> What's yours?
>
> >> ~Amanda

Main Street Electrical Parade!!!
But there's so many great music, it's hard to stop at one.

DiscoMinnie

Jeffrey Gordon

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Dec 11, 2009, 9:17:39 PM12/11/09
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In article <hftrr7$7e5$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
Ginny Favers <ginny...@gmail.com> wrote:

This is a great topic!

Music is one of the best parts of being at Disney and I use it to bring
myself back there whenever I need a break... and I love listening to
park music when I'm getting ready for a trip.

1. The entrance music to Epcot. There's just something about it the
makes my pulse quicken.

2. Illuminations is good... but I agree with the person who wrote that
Promise closing the park is always nice to hear (especially when there
are fewer people around).

3. I dunno' why, but I've made up my own "lion sleeps tonight"
weem-a-way style lyrics to the Adventureland area music. I can't do it
for the full 40minute loop, but it's fun for a little while.

4. The DL Space Mountain soundtrack (which is, presumably, the WDW SM
soundtrack now, too), is awesome. Sounds a LOT like the updated theme
to Lost in Space... just great.

5. The ride soundtrack to Soarin'. The pre-show queue at DCA is good,
too.

~Jeff
TDC Experiment 626 and Guardian of Stitch Kingdom

Meerkat1

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Dec 11, 2009, 11:03:27 PM12/11/09
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In article <hftu1r$f3k$1...@rudeney.motzarella.org>,
Rudeney <rud...@mickeypics.com> wrote:

> Ginny Favers wrote:
> > I am going to cheat and say the entire Tomorrowland Loop circa 1994,
> > which is still playing at the Magic Kingdom. At least, it was last time
> > we were there.
> >
> > Close second is the entrance/Tree of Life suite at Animal Kingdom.
>
> I really like the music at AK. I bought CD and listen to it quite
> often. I know this isn't in a park, but I really like the music they
> play around AKL, like at the bus stop.

Have you heard the song "I Like Bananas"? It used to be played in the
Dino area. There is just something about that song...

Imagine "SWING" music

I don�t like your peaches
They are full of stones
I like bananas
Because they have no bones

Don�t give me tomatoes
Cant� stand ice cream cones
I like bananas
Because they have no bones

No matter where I go
With Susie, May or Anna
I want the world to know
I must have my banana

Cabbages and onions
Hurt my singing tones
I like bananas
Because they have no bones

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Meerkat1

jessica_smith_nyc

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Dec 11, 2009, 11:33:01 PM12/11/09
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Main Street.....

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Michelle in Atlanta

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Dec 12, 2009, 1:19:28 AM12/12/09
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Favorite WDW music is absolutely the Main St Electrical Parade. On our
honeymoon, we took a whole roll of film (way back when film still came in
rolls) of the floats! I also love the "tiki tiki" music in Adventureland
near the semi circles of tiki statues.

Michelle in Atlanta


Vully

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Dec 12, 2009, 1:44:00 AM12/12/09
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On Dec 11, 8:26 am, Ginny Favers <ginnyfav...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> What's yours?
>
> ~Amanda

1. Discoveryland (Paris DL) Zone music (original)

2. 20,000 LEAGUES SUITE - 20K Exhibit - Disneyland, 20K Adventure -
WDW, NAUTILUS walkthrough - Paris DL,DLAND Space Mtn Queue loop

3. IT'S HALLOWEEN - Disneyland Paris Halloween Parade

4. PHANTOM MANOR SUITE - DL Paris

6. MINE TRAIN SONG - Nature's Wonderland - Disneyland

7. ADVENTURELAND SUITE - Disneyland

8. GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW - Disneyland

9. NOW IS THE TIME - WDW

10. IT'S FUN TO BE FREE - World Motion - EPCOT

11. ONE LITTLE SPARK - Journey Into Your Imagination - EPCOT

12. SPACE MOUNTAIN PARIS - original ride score

13. COUNTRY BEAR JAMBOREE (All)

14. COUNTRY BEAR VACATION (All)

15. COUNTRY BEAR CHRISTMAS (All)

16. IN THE TIKI ROOM (original)

17. MONORAIL SONG - Dland Space Mtn Queue loop

18. PECOS BILL - Golden Horseshoe Revue - Dland - Wally Boag, Betty
Taylor, Fulton burley

and probably too many more to list....

Vully


Vully

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Dec 12, 2009, 1:54:51 AM12/12/09
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On Dec 11, 10:44 pm, Vully <khyber...@socal.rr.com> wrote:

> and probably too many more to list....
>
> Vully

Oh, yeah. Above all them other musical pieces, however, there is one
that stands out above all the rest....

THE ADVENTURERS ROLL CALL/ADVENTURERS MARCHING SONG

Kungaloosh!

Vully
TDC Jungle River Guide & Adventurer-at-Large

Vully

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Dec 12, 2009, 1:55:50 AM12/12/09
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On Dec 11, 8:03 pm, Meerkat1 <stud...@invalid.edu> wrote:

>
> Have you heard the song "I Like Bananas"? It used to be played in the
> Dino area. There is just something about that song...
>

> --
> Meerkat1

The Hoosier Hotshots made it famous.

Are you ready, Hezzie?

Vully

Disney Fun

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Dec 12, 2009, 9:11:59 AM12/12/09
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I'm late tot he discussion, but I -LOVE- "Golden Dream" from The
American Adventure at Epcot. I've been in two choirs that have
performed it, and it's very hard to perform without a tear in the eye.

D.F.

Sandi Femino

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Dec 12, 2009, 1:34:27 PM12/12/09
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Ginny Favers" <ginnyfav...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> I am going to cheat and say the entire Tomorrowland Loop circa 1994,


> which is still playing at the Magic Kingdom. �At least, it was last
> time we were there.

> Close second is the entrance/Tree of Life suite at Animal Kingdom.

> What's yours?

SpectroMagic! On this magic night....
I hear that music and I am instantly transported back to Main St. on the
night we saw it for the first time, with my daughter's eyes big as
saucers. And when she saw the dancing dragonflies with the lighted
wings, she tried to dance away with them.

24 days, 18 hours!

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Sandi
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Ginny Favers

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Dec 13, 2009, 10:50:33 AM12/13/09
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Rudeney wrote:
> Ginny Favers wrote:
>> I am going to cheat and say the entire Tomorrowland Loop circa 1994,
>> which is still playing at the Magic Kingdom. At least, it was last
>> time we were there.
>>
>> Close second is the entrance/Tree of Life suite at Animal Kingdom.
>
> I really like the music at AK. I bought CD and listen to it quite
> often. I know this isn't in a park, but I really like the music they
> play around AKL, like at the bus stop.
>

Rodney,

I've gone out and purchased several artists featured on that track. I'm
especially fond of Mory Kante. http://www.morykante.com/

~Amanda

Ginny Favers

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Dec 13, 2009, 11:02:54 AM12/13/09
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Rhapsody.com has several versions of that to stream! Wonder which one is
the one Disney used?

~Amanda

Ginny Favers

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Dec 13, 2009, 11:12:35 AM12/13/09
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Main Street Electrical Parade is "Baroque Hoedown".

This has been posted before here, and the site is still going strong:

http://www.jeanjacquesperrey.com/

~Amanda


Ginny Favers

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Dec 13, 2009, 11:51:24 AM12/13/09
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I got happily turned on to a whole world of New Age music from the
Wonders of Life pavilion loop.

The original score for Horizons is incredible original music.

I wish they'd put the time and money into the music again, in that
complete of a way. The new score for Spaceship Earth was kinda...
brief? Shallow? Anyone else feel that way?

~Amanda

jt august

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Dec 13, 2009, 12:40:48 PM12/13/09
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In article <hftrr7$7e5$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
Ginny Favers <ginny...@gmail.com> wrote:

For me, the list includes"

MSEP - have the Fantasmic CD with one of if not the most complete
edition of this sound track.

Grim Grinning Ghosts - love Thurgood's voice. Have multiple versions of
that one, but one I got off iTunes a couple months back with includes a
slower paced final verse is my favorite.

Tomorrow's Child from Spaceship Earth

Universe of Energy - the pre-ellen closing theme, and the only saving
grace of the original attraction.

One Little Spark - from the good edition of the Journey into
Imagination. Thank the Great Maker I have that entire attraction on
video tape.

Space from the long gone Horizons attraction, found on the CD "The Music
of Disneyland: Walt Disney World and Epcot Center" along with the
previous three. Shorter versions of the first two are there also.


What I have better recollections of, however, are how the music in the
parks wraps you in a continuous envelope, with the music level being
consistent without drowning you out, and the source not easily
distinguishable. I remember actually trying to hunt down speakers to
find they were well secluded in bushes and behind fabrics on buildings
that didn't look like fabric. The execution, even though figured out,
is still magical.

jt

jt august

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Dec 13, 2009, 2:00:01 PM12/13/09
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In article <hg33pm$uf7$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
Ginny Favers <ginny...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Main Street Electrical Parade is "Baroque Hoedown".
>
> This has been posted before here, and the site is still going strong:
>
> http://www.jeanjacquesperrey.com/

And if you hunt around, you can listen to the original at that site,
too. So familiar, and yet, there are differences. Fascinating listen.

jt

Michelle in Atlanta

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Dec 13, 2009, 9:16:10 PM12/13/09
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"jt august" <star...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> What I have better recollections of, however, are how the music in the
> parks wraps you in a continuous envelope, with the music level being
> consistent without drowning you out, and the source not easily
> distinguishable. I remember actually trying to hunt down speakers to
> find they were well secluded in bushes and behind fabrics on buildings
> that didn't look like fabric. The execution, even though figured out, is
> still magical.
>
> jt

I love how the music changes as you walk from land to land (MK, AK) or
pavilion to pavilion (World Showcase) but its so subtle that you don't
notice it. I have actually tried to find the "sweet spot" between countries
in WS where I can hear both, to no avail.
Michelle in Atlanta


Mike Tuchman

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Dec 13, 2009, 10:16:23 PM12/13/09
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It is a tossup between "Baroque Hoedown" (Main Street Electrical
Parade) and "One Little Spark" (Original Journey Into Imagination).

mike at tuchman dot org

Rudeney

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Dec 14, 2009, 1:18:32 PM12/14/09
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Yeah, I remember us talking about the AKL music years back and someone
posted a bunch of artist and title info. I remember Mory Kante being
one that I liked a lot.

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Dec 15, 2009, 11:29:38 AM12/15/09
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"Sandi Femino" <fem...@nospamcomcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> SpectroMagic! On this magic night....
> I hear that music and I am instantly transported back to Main St. on the
> night we saw it for the first time, with my daughter's eyes big as
> saucers. And when she saw the dancing dragonflies with the lighted
> wings, she tried to dance away with them.
>
> 24 days, 18 hours!
>


Me too! Love that music. I really didn't enjoy MSEP when it ran during
our one trip. I was VERY happy to see Spectro back in March. I get
goosebumps whenever I hear the start of it.

Michelle

Meerkat1

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Dec 15, 2009, 10:14:30 PM12/15/09
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In article <hg337f$osl$1...@news.eternal-september.org>,
Ginny Favers <ginny...@gmail.com> wrote:

I think it was the one Vully referenced; that begins with Are you ready
Hezzie?

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Meerkat1

Keane

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Dec 19, 2009, 8:28:06 AM12/19/09
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:25:17 -0800 (PST), Caren <dri...@sgi.net>
wrote:

>On Dec 11, 12:11�pm, badgerDB <aquarius2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> "Promise" from after Illuminations. �There's just something about the
>> World Showcase at night :)
>>
>> Good topic!!
>
>The whole Illuminations track rates pretty high with me. That's such a
>perfectly paced and coreographed show. I hear there's a Christmas
>version now, but I have trouble imagining anything they could do that
>would be an improvement.

There's a Christmas version? Or Reflections of Earth, then the
Christmas tag at the end? (Which really isn't part of RoE...)

I never made it to Illuminations this year...

Keane
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:26:13 -0500, Ginny Favers
<ginny...@gmail.com> wrote:

>I am going to cheat and say the entire Tomorrowland Loop circa 1994,
>which is still playing at the Magic Kingdom. At least, it was last time
>we were there.
>
>Close second is the entrance/Tree of Life suite at Animal Kingdom.
>

>What's yours?
>
>~Amanda

If I can only pick one, it's Reflections of Earth (which is actually 8
tracks, but I digress.) It's even better when the fireworks go with
it.

I'm not even counting We Go On...

Petrea Mitchell

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Dec 20, 2009, 2:43:13 PM12/20/09
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At Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:26:13 -0500,
Ginny Favers <ginny...@gmail.com> strode forth and proclaimed:

> What's yours?

Baroque Hoedown. I could listen to it all day and not get tired of it. It's
the music that says most of all to me, "I'm really at Disneyland!" (Even
though, technically, these days it means I'm at DCA.)

Runner-up: "A Pirate's Life for Me". I think they've been doing a great
job with the PotC movies, but it's a crime that they still haven't done a
proper rendition of that song yet. (No, the bit at the beginning of the
first movie does *not* count as a proper rendition.)

Honorable mentions: the Tiki Room theme and "Grim Grinning Ghosts".


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Dillon Pyron

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Dec 21, 2009, 11:06:22 AM12/21/09
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[Default] Thus spake Ginny Favers <ginny...@gmail.com>:

>I am going to cheat and say the entire Tomorrowland Loop circa 1994,
>which is still playing at the Magic Kingdom. At least, it was last time
>we were there.
>
>Close second is the entrance/Tree of Life suite at Animal Kingdom.
>
>What's yours?
>
>~Amanda

"This is the time, this is the very best time, this is the best time
of our lives"
--

- dillon I am not invalid

I love my country, It's my government I fear.

Hey, turnabout's fair play.

John

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Dec 21, 2009, 10:12:21 PM12/21/09
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Mine is the "Outer Space" loops that play in the queue for Space
Mountain. These are the ones you hear when you watch the windows near
the floor with the Space Mountain "space ships" going round and round.

I could stand there all day.

John

Ginny Favers

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Dec 22, 2009, 6:03:00 PM12/22/09
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One of our faves, too. Joe was terrified they'd change it over the
recent refurbishment, but reports are in that they left it alone. Thank
goodness!

~Amanda

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