The view from the top of the castle

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The view from the top of the castle

Post by delsdad » Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:18 pm

I just found this site, which along with some gorgeous castle photos, has several taken from Tinkerbells launching area at the top of the castle. What a view!
http://www.bigfloridacountry.com/castlecelebration.htm


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Re: The view from the top of the castle

Post by kurtisnelson » Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:33 pm

Ha, I know the source of those pictures :) A guy who used to work in fireworks/parade tech took those, he transferred to california.


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Post by darph nader » Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:16 pm

Pretty neat photos.


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Re: The view from the top of the castle

Post by Main Streeter » Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:26 am

kurtisnelson wrote:A guy who used to work in fireworks/parade tech took those, he transferred to california.
CM transferred to Ca. Is this a good thing for us @ DL? Looking at the round wrought iron on the street I "think" there is a pole within. In other shots I see a grassy area enclosed with wrought iron. Which of these, if either, is the flag pole?. Ya, only I'd ask this.



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Re: The view from the top of the castle

Post by kurtisnelson » Fri Mar 12, 2010 2:32 pm

Main Streeter wrote:CM transferred to Ca. Is this a good thing for us @ DL?
Yep, he knows what he is doing. He got tired of having to drive around from park to park to do random tasks.


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Re: The view from the top of the castle

Post by Honda Enoch » Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:06 pm

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I thought the cable for tink ended at the train station? :confused:


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Re: The view from the top of the castle

Post by Shorty82 » Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:22 pm

Honda Enoch wrote:I thought the cable for tink ended at the train station? :confused:
The train station?! Have you ever seen Tinkerbell fly?

The cable goes from the Castle, over the Tomorrowland Noodle Station and ends at a backstage tower where Tink lands. I don't know if it would be possible for a cable to stretch as far as the train station and still be able to carry the weight or have the necessary angle to keep her moving. There's also nowhere around the train station she could land without being seen by thousands of guests.


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Re: The view from the top of the castle

Post by darph nader » Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:13 pm

Would kinda ruin the illusion if Tink did a face-plant into the side of the building. :eek:


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Re: The view from the top of the castle

Post by techie-13 » Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:18 pm

darph nader wrote:Would kinda ruin the illusion if Tink did a face-plant into the side of the building. :eek:
Great! Now I keep picturing Tink doing the Daffy Duck "Yoiks and away! Splat! Yoiks and away! Splat!"

Kind of like George of the Jungle. :rolleyes:


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Re: The view from the top of the castle

Post by goofyjoe » Fri Mar 12, 2010 11:28 pm

Shorty82 wrote:The train station?! Have you ever seen Tinkerbell fly?

The cable goes from the Castle, over the Tomorrowland Noodle Station and ends at a backstage tower where Tink lands. I don't know if it would be possible for a cable to stretch as far as the train station and still be able to carry the weight or have the necessary angle to keep her moving. There's also nowhere around the train station she could land without being seen by thousands of guests.
I understand (based on the KTTK tour) that some of those Tinkerbells can curse up a storm if they don't make it all the way to the end and have to pull themselves in. Of course, this would be mostly out of earshot of the Guests, but it's almost within Tinkerbell's slightly hot-tempered character :p:


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