Walt Disney World
GENEALOGY
LINE
FAMILY
NAMES
LOFTIN:
Beatty
Corzine
Cranford
Fisher
Givens
Harwell
Kaiser
Lanier
Lomax
McCorkle
Rudisill
Sherrill
Upright
Washington
Work
SETZER:
Aderholdt
Barringer
Bovey
Bushart
Deal
Heavner
Herman
Ikert
Miller
Motz
Rankin
Witherspoon
GOBLE:
Babst/Bobst
Douglas
Faber
Fink
Fulbright
Hefner
Meinhert
Miller
Muller
Pabst/Bobst
Robinson
JOHNSON:
Corzine
Fink
Hamilton
Kaiser
Leslie
Lewis
Moore
Sherrill
Upright
Wilkinson
Additional
Family
SURNAMES
Disney / MGM Studios 1996, 1997 & 2000
DISNEY/ MGM STUDIOS is one of the four theme parks at Disney World in Bay Lake, FL, near Orlando. The park opened in 1989 as the Disney-MGM Studios Park and was the third of the four them parks at Disney World. Spanning 135 acres, the park is dedicated to the imagined worlds from film, television, music, and theatre, drawing inspiration from the Golden Age of Hollywood. In 2008, the name of the park was changed to DISNEY'S HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS. HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD
HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, inspired by the real street of the same name, serves as the park's main entrance and operates in the same vein as Main Street, U.S.A. at Magic Kingdom. It is lined with themed streetscape facades and venues selling Disney merchandise and park services. Live street entertainment and seasonal parades travel down the main street throughout the day. There are lots of locations where you can take great photos while you're there. (Left) Curtis, (Right) Philip & Beth with a new friend (Left) Curtis at Ellen's Bookstore, (Right) A young Walt Disney GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE
At the far end of Hollywood Boulevard stands an exact replica of Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The theatre hosted "The Great Movie Ride", a dark ride that employed the use of Audio-Animatronic figures, practical sets, live actors, special effects, and projections to recreate iconic scenes from twelve classic films throughout motion picture history. To accurately represent a broad spectrum of cinema, Disney incorporated films from outside of its own library, mainly through its licensing agreement with MGM. The attraction debuted with the park opening on 01 May 1989 and closed on 13 AUG 2017. You could take THE GREAT MOVIE RIDE at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. (Left) Philip on Hollywood Boulevard, (Right) Grauman's Chinese Theatre ECHO LAKE & DINOSAUR GERTIE'S ICE CREAM EXTINCTION
ECHO LAKE, inspired by the similarly-named neighborhood in Los Angeles, is designed to mimic the suburban form of architecture from Hollywood's Golden Age and is anchored around the area's namesake lat\ke. Echo Lake includes three major attractions based on characters and films created by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilms. "Star Tours - The Adventure Continues" is a 3-D motion simulator ride set in the Star Wars universe. "The Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple", A live-action stage show, invites children to become "padawan learners" and receive lightsaber training from a Jedi master. The live-action "Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!" reenacts various scenes from Steven Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark", while illustratlng how professional film stunts are performed.. THE HOLLYWOOD TOWER OF TERROR
The HOLLYWOOD TOWER OF TERROR is an accelerated drop tower dark ride located at Disney/MGM Studios. The attraction is inspired by Rod Serling's anthology television series, "The Twilight Zone", and takes place in the fictional Hollywood Tower Hotel in Hollywood, California. Guests/Riders are placed in a seemingly ordinary hotel elevator where they learn the fictional backstory in which people have mysteriously disappeared from the elevator under mysterious circumstances many years previously. The runaway elevator drops you 13 stories again and again and again ... Beth and Philip rode the Tower of Terror in 1996, but Carolyn and I were never brave enough, or is that never stupid enough INDIANA JONES EPIC STUNT SPECTACULAR
The INDIANA JONES EPIC STUNT SPECTACULAR! is a live amusement show at Disney/MGM Studios. Based on the popular and successful "Indiana Jones" franchise, it includes various stunts and live reenacted scenes from the series' first film, "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark". As part of the show, selected audience members, 18 or older, are invited to participate as extras in certain scenes. Photos fro 1996. Philip and Beth pose for a few more photos in 1996 INSIDE THE MAGIC: Special Effects and Production Tour
For INSIDE THE MAGIC: Special Effects and Production Tour, you tour a complete movie and TV production facility, where you can see actors, directors, writers, and producers at work. Photos from 1996. BACKSTAGE STUDIO TOUR
We had an opportunity to take the BACKSTAGE STUDIO TOUR. It was a 30-minute ride behine the scenes of a working motion picture and TV studio where we had a look at props, costuming and the backlot. The tour included a perilous excursion through CATASTROPHE CANYON. We had an opportunity to take a look IBEHIND THE SCENES of a Disney movie in 1996 when we visited SOUNDSTAGE 1, 2, 3 & 4. On STAGE # 1 we saw the sets where they were filming "Tarzan the Epic Adventure" starring Joe Lara. STAGE # 4 was a back stage demonstration with a Bette Midler film. In the movie, Bette plays a teacher who wins the NY lottery, but looses her ticket. Chasing it through the street, all the way to the subway, she finally looses it, only to have it returned by a friendly pigeon. SOUNDSTAGE 4: Bette Midler film During our 2000 trip, we saw the sets for the "Mortal Combat" TV series. CATASTROPHE CANYON
The tour included a perilous excursion through CATASTROPHE CANYON, where we learned how floods, fires and earthquakes are created. On this one, hope you're not sitting on the left side of the vehicle. It had a tanker truck that caught on fire and had thousands of gallons of water dumped on it and on us. Watch out for that water! THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE SHOWCASE
At THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE SHOWCASE, we saw sets such as a New York City Street, and house fronts from various movies and TV series - including the house "The Golden Girls" lived in for 8 years. We saw cars and costumes from the movie "Dick Tracy" and the airplane and costumes from "The Rocketeer". Campsite from "George of the Jungle" Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, Boats, Airplanes and Space Ships
(Left) Cars from "Dick Tracy"; (Right) Vehicles from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (Left) The boat from "Black Jack Savage"; (Right) Airplane from "The Rocketeer"
You can see one of the tourist trams in the backgroud of the photo on the left(Left) Cars from "Dick Tracy"; (Right) Vehicles from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" Max's spaceship from"Flight of the Navigator" COSTUMES
(Left) Costumes worn by Bill Campbell and Jennifer Connelly in "The Rocketeer"
(Right) Costumes worn by Warren Beatty and Madonna in "Dick Tracy"Costumes worn by Glenn Glose as Cruella De Viil in "101 Dalmations" The puppies from "101 Dalmations. Many of these were audio-animatronics. Wall painting of Ted Danson, Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Nancy Travis from Disney's "Three Men and a Baby" (Left) Ant from "Honey I Shrunk the Kids; (Right) Tin-Man from "Return to Oz" Curtis with one of the old cars STAR TOURS
STAR TOURS was a motion simulator attraction at Disney World, base on the "Star Wars" film series created by George Lucas. The attraction sent guest on an excursion trip to Endor, while being caught in an altercation between the New Republic and an Imperial Remnant. The attraction closed in 2010 to allow conversion for its successor attraction, STAR TOURS - THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES. I did ride this ride, once, but am not a big fan of motion sumulation. Can you see me/Curtis on the left and how small I am? The sci-fi geek was loving every single minute of it
The "life sized"ships were amazing to see
VOYAGE OF THE LITTLE MERMAID
VOYAGE OF THE LITTLE MERMAID is a live show attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Disney World. Along with a mix of live actors and puppets, the show features effects such as light and laser projections on the auditorium walls and light rain over the audience.. We enjoyed the show in 1996, 1997 and 2000 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: LIVE ON STAGE
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: LIVE ON STAGE is a Broadway-style musical at the Theater of the Stars, on Sunset Boulevard. It is based on the popular animated film "Beauty and the Beast", including many of the original songs and characters. While most of the soundtrack is prerecorded, the actors playing Belle and Gaston speak and sing live. We saw this show in 1996, 1997, 2000 and again in 2015 - It was a family favorite "Be our gues ..." "Kill the Beast ..." "Tale as old as time ..." "... Beauty and the Beast" PARADE: HERCULES "ZERO TO HERO"
HERCULES "ZERO TO HERO" was a 1997 fantasy film parade at Disney/MGM Studios. The film was loosely based on the legendary hero Hercules, the son of Zeus, in Greek mythology. PARADE: MULAN
MULAN was a parade on Hollywood Boulevard at Disney World from 1998 to 2001. It is based on the 198 Disney animated musical adventure film. It is based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan where Fa Mulan, daughter of an aged warrior, impersonates a man to take her father's place during a conscription to counter a Hun invasion. Mu'Shu the Dragon led the way in the Mulan Parade Potential Chinese Brides in their bright-colored dresses Beward of the Huns as they invade Chine - Only Mulan can help The Emperor is thankful that the Huns have been defeated (Right) Mulan and Chang are finally together FANTASIC!
FANTASMIC! was a nighttime show at Disney/MGM Studios in the Hollywood Hills Amphitheater.. It features fireworks, characters, live actors, water effects, pyrotechnics, lasers, music, audio-animatronics, searchlights, and decorated boat floats. Much of the story is told in film footage from various Disney films. The movie footage was displayed on a screen of water mist being sprayed in the lagoon. FANTASMIC! is seen through Mickey Mouse's imagination that culminated in a battle against Disney Villans. Nightly shows weather permitting. Seating begins 90 minutes prior to the show. The show begins Mickey battles the dragon while the lake is on fire Floats with Belle and the Beast ... ... Snow White and the Prince In the end Mickey fights the dragon and wins SOURCES Photos from Curtis Loftin from 1996, 1997 and 2000 vacations.
