Photoshop Fun: Clear Skies into Tomorrow

A beautiful clear day in Tomorrowland.

Disney Dining at Home: Avocado Citrus Salad from the Wave

Avocado Citrus Salad

From The Wave at Contemporary Resort

Ingredients:

4 Cups of your favorite Lettuce Greens

½ cup of frisee or salad green of your choice, hand torn

1 Cup of Diced Haas Avocado

1 Cup of Orange Segments

1 Cup of Grapefruit Segments

1 pinch of salt

1 pinch of pepper

¼ cup of Citrus Vinaigrette

Method of Preparation:

1. Mix all Vegetables and Fruit in a bowl.

2. Season with Salt and Pepper.

3. Pour dressing over salad and toss gently.

Citrus Vinaigrette

Ingredients:

2/3 cup Canola oil

1/3 cup White Balsamic Vinegar

1/4 cup Fresh squeezed Orange Juice

¼ teaspoon chopped shallots

¼ teaspoon chopped parsley

¼ teaspoon chopped chives

1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice

1 pinch salt

1 pinch black pepper

Method of Preparation:

1. Combine vinegar, shallots, chives, lemon juice, orange juice and

parsley and add to a blender or food processor. Blend for 3-4 minutes

until well incorporated.

2. Slowly add in oil while the blender is running

3. Continue to blend, an additional 3-4 minutes, adding salt and pepper.

On Canvas: A Walk on the West Side

A Walk on the West Side

Making Memories: Pacific Wharf

An older view from the Pacific Wharf looking at the now-extinct Tower of Terror.


From the Wharf looking out at the also extinct Paradise Pier.


The catch of the day down at the Wharf.

Flashback Fridays: Disney Character Mural

The Disney character mural found outside the Walt Disney Story Theater at the Magic Kingdom. That's me at the podium. If anyone has photos of themselves in front of the mural feel free to share them with me at manifestingthemagic@gmail.com. If I get a few I'll share them in a future post.

Disney After Dark: Tropical Evenings

Along the shores of the Polynesian Village.

Photoshop Fun: Contemporary Walls

A background I designed with the Contemporary Logo. Feel free to download and use it yourself. Just click to enlarge the image. Then right-click and save. Enjoy!

Ye Old Sign Shop: Eastern Airlines Ads Part 2

Today we look at a few more ad's from Eastern Airlines. Included are a few from the '80s featuring Epcot Center. The first one below shows Eastern's partnership with international airlines to bring in the entertainers for the opening of Epcot in 82.

Shopping and Such: Disney's Jungle Cruise Adventure Game

 

The newest board game from Ravensburger Games is Disney's Jungle Cruise Adventure Game A Voyage of Mystery and Misfortune. A 2 to 4 player games for ages 8 and up. below is a description of the game from Board Game Geek.

Attention Skippers! Family seeks experienced skipper for safe, speedy voyage along perilous jungle river to Jungle Navigation Company Headquarters. Esteemed Company owner Alberta Falls will announce one of four families as temporary Company caretakers before going on sabbatical, and we’re in the running! Since we might be your future bosses, if you keep us on board, we’ll do the same for you. Payment dependent on arrival of cargo and passengers… preferably in one piece.

Disney Jungle Cruise Adventure Game is a mystery and deduction game based on the world-famous Disney Parks attraction. Players are intrepid skippers transporting valuable cargo and families of passengers through the jungle to Jungle Cruise Navigation Company Headquarters. Along the way, they’ll collect clues to see which family might be appointed Company caretakers—these passengers are worth more points at the end of the game! They’ll also collect lost passengers and cargo and navigate dangers that cause passengers and cargo to get lost in the jungle. The skipper to transport the most valuable cargo at the end of the game wins!

On a player’s turn, they will roll a movement die and move their boat forward that many spaces. They’ll draw four Navigation cards, each of which has a danger rating and targeted boat section as well as a dangerous encounter (including hippos, giant butterflies, and ducks). As is appropriate, each Navigation card also includes a pun.

Players only encounter as many cards as they move (ex: two cards for two spaces). They will roll encounter dice equal to the danger rating (0-3), then remove one passenger or cargo for each ! symbol they roll from the indicated boat section. If a player doesn’t like their roll, they can use their Warning Shot to reroll.

On future turns, if there are empty spaces on their boat, players will be able to collect a “Lost & Found” token when they land on a river space. Lost and Found tokens allow players to collect lost passengers or cargo. Players will also stop at Outposts (which allow them to reload Warning Shots and collect cargo or passengers). Depending on their chosen route, players may also encounter Clue spaces (which show one of the families NOT chosen by Alberta).

When the first player reaches Headquarters, they may collect a tip token. Once all players have arrived, the new caretakers are revealed, and players add up their scores. Passengers belonging to the caretaker family are worth more. The player with the most points (most valuable cargo) wins!

A look at all the components of the game.

The dice and miniature boats that are the player's tokens.

The game in action. It looks like red is about to experience the backside of water.

Ravensburger makes some great licensed games and Jungle Cruise is no exception.

The game has already found it's home in my collection of games next to the Universal Studios titled games from Ravensburger.

A few other Disney games on the shelf that I intend to feature in later posts see if you can spot them.

Ye Old Sign Shop: Eastern Airlines Ads Part 1

For nearly 15 years Eastern Airlines was the official airline of Walt Disney World. Back in the days of brand loyalty and travel agents being officially linked to the Walt Disney World Resort was a very smart business strategy. Today we look at some of the ads for Eastern during this partnership.