'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by Amy » Aug Wed 07, 2013 2:28 pm

boilerbabe wrote:
L3PCT wrote:Todays visual: walking into space mountain hearing that music and looking at all those silver balls on the ground as you make your way to toward the center part of the waiting que, building the excitement, and getting cooled off from the hot summer sun!!! :mrgreen:
I always wondered...what was with those silver balls as you enter SM?!?!
I've never noticed the silver balls...are they part of the pavement?

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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by boilerbabe » Aug Wed 07, 2013 5:06 pm

Amy wrote:
boilerbabe wrote:
L3PCT wrote:Todays visual: walking into space mountain hearing that music and looking at all those silver balls on the ground as you make your way to toward the center part of the waiting que, building the excitement, and getting cooled off from the hot summer sun!!! :mrgreen:
I always wondered...what was with those silver balls as you enter SM?!?!
I've never noticed the silver balls...are they part of the pavement?
They are when you first walk in to SM, if you look down on the ground, there are silver balls! I remember these from my childhood, I never knew what the heck they were though?! Are they just meant to give the attraction an outer space feel!? I will take a pic for you in Dec. Amy! :D
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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by Amy » Aug Wed 07, 2013 7:46 pm

boilerbabe wrote:They are when you first walk in to SM, if you look down on the ground, there are silver balls! I remember these from my childhood, I never knew what the heck they were though?! Are they just meant to give the attraction an outer space feel!? I will take a pic for you in Dec. Amy! :D
Thanks ~ I just can't picture them in my mind...

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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by theBIGyowski » Aug Thu 08, 2013 8:45 am

yeah...I have searched all over the internet trying to find a picture of the Space Mountain entrance...but found nothing

I even looked through all of my own pictures...and nothing

I couldn't even find a video on YouTube of someone walking into Space Mountain
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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by Polynesian Princess » Aug Thu 08, 2013 1:16 pm

I remember asking my parents as a kid how I could get down there to play in them. I thought it was like the ball pit at a fast food restaurant or Chuckie Cheese. :lol:
Can't wait to take my twin boys on their first trip to Walt Disney World! Planning on heading there sometime Feb-May 2014!

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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by boilerbabe » Aug Thu 08, 2013 1:24 pm

Polynesian Princess wrote:I remember asking my parents as a kid how I could get down there to play in them. I thought it was like the ball pit at a fast food restaurant or Chuckie Cheese. :lol:
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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by theBIGyowski » Aug Thu 08, 2013 2:17 pm

I found them!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCOUQtx7koI

At the 0:50 mark you can see the silver balls under the stairs/walkway. :goofy_bounce:
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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by boilerbabe » Aug Thu 08, 2013 2:55 pm

Yay BIG!!! :D
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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by Amy » Aug Thu 08, 2013 8:54 pm

theBIGyowski wrote:I found them!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCOUQtx7koI

At the 0:50 mark you can see the silver balls under the stairs/walkway. :goofy_bounce:
Oh...inside. I thought y'all were talking about little silver balls in the pavement outside the entrance. Hmmm, don't know if I've noticed those before. I imagine I took them in visually, but didn't think too much of them. Maybe they are supposed to be like the planets' surface in space?

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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by Chernabog » Aug Mon 12, 2013 2:57 pm

theBIGyowski wrote:My visual snapshot is looking at El Rio del Tiempo from a water-side table at San Angel Inn. I have a jalapeno margarita, chips, and salsa on the table in front of me and I couldn't be happier. Watching the volcano "peacefully" erupt in the background is so calming.
This is a great one

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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by Sharonofwindham » Aug Mon 12, 2013 9:29 pm

L3PCT wrote:And here's one for the day ... A vision of sitting at pecos bills looking around at the decor that makes you feel like you are sitting outside when you are not... so cute!!
Are you talking about my favorite room?! The one with all the tile, staircase and faux water fountain?! I just found a photo of it on line, and it has always been one of those "visuals" that pops into my head :D

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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by Sharonofwindham » Aug Mon 12, 2013 9:34 pm

kfpg51 wrote:Mine currently is sitting in the rocking chairs at Fort Wilderness Resort waiting for the Hoop-Dee-Doo to open.
This certainly brings back a memory or two :mickey3:

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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by Sharonofwindham » Aug Mon 12, 2013 9:42 pm

Passing through the tunnel on the left side, under the train station, and into the MK for the first time during my visit :mickey:
Chills...I get chills :D

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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by boilerbabe » Aug Mon 12, 2013 10:49 pm

Sharonofwindham wrote:Passing through the tunnel on the left side, under the train station, and into the MK for the first time during my visit :mickey:
Chills...I get chills :D
I'm with you Sharonofwindham! I get chills and all choked up!!! Getting choked up right now just thinking about it!!!!
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Re: 'Visual' Snapshot of WDW

Post by cy1229 » Aug Tue 13, 2013 7:55 am

boilerbabe wrote:
Sharonofwindham wrote:Passing through the tunnel on the left side, under the train station, and into the MK for the first time during my visit :mickey:
Chills...I get chills :D
I'm with you Sharonofwindham! I get chills and all choked up!!! Getting choked up right now just thinking about it!!!!
I envisioned this scene and just relaxed. Love it.
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