Inside The Walt Disney Archives - Movie Props & Theme Park History at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana
A visit to the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana California for the Inside The Walt Disney Archives 50th anniversary exhibit.
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welcome everyone adam the woo here
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today's adventure will take us over to
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santa ana to the
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bowers museum which just recently
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reopened its doors and there is a new
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exhibit
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and i've been very very much looking
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forward to checking out
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i'm inviting you to join me
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shall you just grabbing these couple
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items and heading out
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yep i agree big the foot it is kind of a
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coincidence we're headed to main street
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city limit sign right there santa ana
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i have arrived this parking lot is an
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additional
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six dollar fee not included with the 23
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dollar
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admission there's a little stand for the
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gentleman take sure
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right there and i purchased my ticket
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online
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makes things very convenient and they
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give you a qr code
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for admission the museum normally is
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thirteen dollars
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but for the special exhibit on top of it
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it's another ten dollars so twenty three
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dollars before that you get the the new
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plus the rest of the museum all included
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and then i guess you could factor in the
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six dollar parking which is
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a separate charge there may be street
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parking close by but once i pulled in
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it just made sense to just go ahead and
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park here located at the corner
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of main street
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and bowers museum doesn't have a street
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or a way
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or a boulevard but that states
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bowers museum well i just noticed
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there's a a red hand
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i was caught red-handed almost crossing
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here
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better wait a moment a rather large
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banner hanging there
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inside the walt disney archives 50 years
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of preserving the magic discover the
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magic behind the mouse
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this is gonna be good classic car alert
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also lining side of the sidewalk
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up top states the dates
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march 7 2020 is when it began
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little bit of a curve ball however over
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recent months
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and it has just reopened and will
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continue through august 30th
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of 2020. it's back
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2002 the physical address
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2002 main street santa ana there's also
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a restaurant here
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as well i'm seeing some signage
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with some information up top
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the welcome sign and then down here
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some of the regulations on what to wear
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maintaining a little space and
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cleaning of the hands there is products
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available that are provided
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you might be able to also purchase
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tickets at the desk
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if you're just checking me in but i did
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pre-order but i think you can get them
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here at the desk as well
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i followed up on a little bit more
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information about that you can
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purchase tickets at the front counter
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however there is no re-entry even though
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i'm in the museum
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going into the exhibit there is no
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re-entry so if you need to use
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the facilities get a drink do that
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before heading in because once you're in
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and out
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you have to pay again to go back in
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along the ground they have these one-way
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stickers and these stanchions guiding
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the way in and then up top
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pretty dang cool oh my goodness
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gotta love this elephant flying through
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the air and up top there's
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walt himself they're doing a
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presentation of a little slide show of
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walt and a few other gentlemen and
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groups of people
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and straight ahead there he is himself
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right there
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the tale began in 1923 when walt arrived
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in hollywood over the next four decades
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this one-of-a-kind storyteller
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induced the world introduced the world
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to unforgettable characters
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the archives officially began on june
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22nd 1970.
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so yeah 50 years a recreation of his
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office
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not the one that was in burbank in the
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studios
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but the one that was used in the film
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saving mr banks with tom hanks nearly
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everything has a description along the
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site either the wall or
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in front of the items itself and here's
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a
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kind of a side view and there's walt
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looking over his
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recreated desk area looks as if some
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there's some disneyland
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artwork in here these are surveying
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items back when the park was being
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constructed in the early
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50s as well as some analyst books brass
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survey markers you can see
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you can see the inscription there on
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each and every one of them artwork
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representing an aerial overview from 53
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states most of this has never
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left the archives but for now the first
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time they're bringing it to us
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now up in there there's the man himself
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fantasia poster also used in saving mr
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banks an original
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animation desk used at the studios back
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in the
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40s and some visual development artwork
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here along
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this side of the wall an assortment of
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concept features up there on that cork
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board also
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now this has changed a little bit during
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the current times there are no books you
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can handle but they do have these
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these these versions of cloth script
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story pages from steamboat willy back in
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1928
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and then 10 years later the brave little
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taylor from 38 and there he is down
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there selling selling some hot dogs at
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the carnival
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the carnival kid also keep the doors
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closed while the company
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is doing their filming hair styling and
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makeup department and the makeup
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department
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there's a little suitcase there as well
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a menu from the commissary
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monstrose morsel there's only 55 cents i
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see what they did there 55 cents and the
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visitor pass here
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studio visitor pass effects facsimile
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back in 1940 you get a
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chef's plate special for 45 cents
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it's a good deal i really like how
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descriptive everything is with all the
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information next to
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all the items snow globe from mary
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poppins oh my goodness this is the
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this is the snow globe from mary poppins
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what the heck one of the earliest film
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props incorporated into the archives
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it's amazing
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looks like he's overlooking epcot
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yeah that's epcot i see spaceship earth
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some other landmarks and speaking of
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mary poppins
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look at this case
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the carpet bag used by julie andrews
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and the congo queen it's a
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attraction model vehicle from the jungle
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cruise
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obviously 1955
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using a couple tv specials a trip
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through adventureland
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and something called water birds which
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came out the next year
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also screen use are these blocks and
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from
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the shaggy dog the magic ring
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and one of my favorites starring angela
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lansbury bed knobs and broomsticks
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wow that's the bed knob right there
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that's incredible
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okay i'm kind of nerding out just a
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little bit
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the sword from zorro
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and this cap is from davy crockett
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worn by fess parker himself in the
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sunday night special
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it was a cereal that aired from 1954 up
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until 55.
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merchandise has certainly changed over
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the years
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used to be able to get these oversized
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dolls you still can if you go to antique
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stores and vintage
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places look at that goofy down there
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goofy is shorter than mickey and minnie
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that's different this carrying case here
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never seen that one before
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and a bambi plush right there in the
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middle
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an assortment of books and a stencil
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of oswald yeah see the stencil down
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there
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this dates back to 1930.
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cute little guy when it comes to the
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anaheim theme parks there is a lot of
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a lot of history and quite a bit of it
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is here
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in this glass case as well including
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old school theme park tickets
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name tags 10-year service award
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notice the price on that from from 55
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one
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one dollar you really don't see too many
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mementos from laughagram studios in
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kansas city it's the king of hearts from
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alice in wonderland
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that the model that was used for doing
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the animation right there
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contract for the alice comedies way back
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in
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1923.
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good old days way before my time and if
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you remember
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a lot of the early animated films they
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would they would have
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a a real book that they would open for
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the intros
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these are some of those books
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right here these three items the first
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snow white the second prop story book
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from cinderella and the third the
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largest
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of the three is from sleeping beauty
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these are seen
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in each of the beginning of those
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animated classics
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doesn't get much more awesome than that
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wasn't expecting to see anything from
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return to oz in here
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but there is this very large painting
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it's not wanting to focus there it goes
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it's in focus now
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return to oz when i was young it kind of
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scared me a little bit especially those
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creatures that rolled around
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also i believe it was for roosa box
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first movie also some other artifacts i
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was not expecting
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in here would be these edward
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scissorhand
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pieces you see there's edward down there
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played by johnny depp that's kind of how
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we know him
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but this shows the progression as it
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went along
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it wasn't expecting to see anything
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edward scissorhands
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related in here production artwork from
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herbie the love bug from 20 000
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leagues under the sea and
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darby gil and the little people
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whoa was that the evil queen yep that's
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the evil
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queen right there from snow white
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she's like staring attentively at me a
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little nod
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to walt disney world this was in the
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emporium
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on main street not disneyland but the
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florida counterpart look out for this
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fantastic piece from the jungle
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the jungle overlook swiss family
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robinson
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tree house and this to me needs no
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introduction as designated and proven
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right there on this little
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this little plaque i'm pretty sure this
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is the one that would come out of the
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wall
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not from the ceiling this is the one
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that'll come out of the wall towards the
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ride vehicle and from the mexico
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pavilion at epcot and
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that's rex from disneyland there on the
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left star tours 1987 as much as i love
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c-3po i definitely miss
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rex and just to reconfirm all this is
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documented here
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audio animatronic oh man i was hoping
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there'd be haunted mansion stuff and i
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am not disappointed
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including the master gracie tombstone
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back from 71 at magic kingdom
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in fact all three of these headstones
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used to reside there as well as this set
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of hitchhiking ghosts
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oh that's the rocketeer over there too i
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see the rockets here jet pack and suit
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worn by billy campbell in all honesty
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there's a heck of a lot going on in here
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dick tracy right there too
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next to emilio estevez's jacket four or
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five foot tall
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roger rabbit reference model next to
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wilson from castaway that's that's
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from castaway and clearly i'm not the
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only one overly excited roger is pretty
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stoked on
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his new friend as well props from the
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beauty and the beast live action
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from 2017 pirates of the caribbean
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as well is accounted for okay winnie the
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pooh i expected but the puppets from
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what about bob one of my favorite bill
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murray
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movies that's for sure dr leo marvin's a
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gene
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yes could it oh could this be from honey
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i shrunk the kids i think i think it is
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yep that's the shrinking right technical
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term shrinking machine
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the one that rick moranis used as the
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inventor back in 89 this is the screen
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used one that they recently
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refurbed i do believe herbie from the
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fully
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loaded version and this bicycle piano
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wonderful world of disney and let's not
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forget that fred mcmurray drove this
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actual vehicle in the absent-minded
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professor
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this is the one i can just see this 1915
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model t
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flying through the air
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wow chimney sweet broom head there from
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and glasses worn in 1982's tron
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and christopher lloyd wore this and
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roger rabbit another look at those two
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pieces from honey i shrunk
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and i can never physically fit in that
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outfit but i could probably fit into
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that right in the middle there the
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outfit worn by angelina
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jolie from the lion king this
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this model of pride rock see roger over
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there way over there kind of looking at
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me
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such an expansive array of
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such an expansive museum there's a
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there's a lot to see here next to herbie
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is
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dick van dyke right there and look
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there's there's lillian
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with a recreation of the courtyard
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that's that's located up at the studios
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in burbank whoops i didn't get a look at
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that plane up there from the ceiling
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don't know how i missed this it's also
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from the rocketeer as i exit out of this
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of course there is walt who needs no
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introduction
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but here is the current archive staff
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right here
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i thank them as well also on the way out
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there is a gift shop and i was reading
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online that this
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just now reopened this might be the
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first day where the gift shop is now
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reopened
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the exhibit's been open about a week
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reopened but the gift shop is the first
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day
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some pretty good t-shirts here they
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might have more inside but these are
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these are pretty nice
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this might be the first time i have seen
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disney merchandise
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in months that i've seen it with my own
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eyes these are some vinyl
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records just oh man this uh old school
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record player
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it's pretty good a day at disneyland
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narrated by gemini cricket and walt
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disney
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got some tiki stuff here and also the
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same shirt design comes in a
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in a little carry bag as well a good
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assortment of books oh this one right
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here is one of my favorites
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yeah that's a good one right there by
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chris nichols tauschen
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yeah that's a go and highly recommend
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getting that he's giving the whole state
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a big hug
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i have other items as well that are not
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related to the
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disney exhibit but there's quite a bit
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the incan pink
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the ink and paint book which is there
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not seeing a price tag anywhere visible
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i don't want to go rooting around
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looking for it but this is a box set of
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flip books from the nine old men
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there they are listed there so each book
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is detailed
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to each of the fellows prices are on the
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shirts are as follows the t-shirts here
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are
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22.99 i believe that is a
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long-sleeved long-sleeve sweater style
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shirt
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39.99 and the other ones are 44
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for the full on hoodie there quite a few
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rare
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books along in here for 350 you can pick
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this one up
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the illusion of life and for nearly
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eight hundred dollars the snow white
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the art is in the making 795 dollars
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also some bambi pinocchio and peter pan
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i kind of wish they had this in a
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t-shirt design
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i don't really have a use for another
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bag but if this was on a t-shirt i would
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totally sport it
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also i have been wearing an appropriate
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t-shirt that was worth it
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totally worth it especially for anyone
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who is really into
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disney history the archive history
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theme parks movies a lot of props and
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screen used
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items worth checking out for the for the
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price was pretty good
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for the time being the only entrance is
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the one i just
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entered and exited from but it's a very
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expansive
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piece of property all this belongs
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to them it's been a few years since i've
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been here
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and this was the entrance that i i
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utilized
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but for now the main entrance they're
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considering the side entrance
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everything went well
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limited capacity they
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request that you buy tickets in advance
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but they do sell them at the door
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everything was spaced out
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all the appropriate stickers along the
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ground and
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everything kind of stationed off
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it's a good experience that's gonna do
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you feel like diving into a little bit
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of history some amazing
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seeing some amazing things one of the
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few
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when it comes to anaheim santa ana
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garden grove orange county area even
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though disneyland does not have a set
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day to open the parks
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downtown disney does but this is about
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as close as you can get
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to seeing and being around
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good old classic disney i'll see you in
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