The Silent "I"

Disney World of Color Road Show: SF, Sacramento, San Diego & LA Play Host to Disney Marvel

Last week, some local mombloggers and I were treated to a very special Disney show in San Francisco.  For a few hours that night, the historic Legion of Honor was transformed from it's normal ornate facade into everything from a Mayan temple to a Chinese Pagoda to a techno-marvel that looked like a giant motherboard.  How? Through some lights, cameras and a little Disney magic.

The World of Color Road Show is traveling to four cities in California (San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento and Los Angeles) to promote the wonderful World of Color light and water show at Disney California Adventure.  The Road Show doesn't have the fire and water, but it does transform a landmark building into a marvel of light and color.  The show runs 12 minutes, and has a different theme for each city.  San Francisco's theme was "Love".

July 15-18, SACRAMENTO:  The theme is "Nature" with forest and garden scenes from such films as “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Pocahontas,” “Bambi” and “Alice in Wonderland.”  The show will be presented in historic Old Sacramento, and webcast live from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. each evening.

July 22-25, SAN DIEGO: “Water” is the theme, with scenes from “The Little Mermaid,” “Finding Nemo” and others projected onto the U.S.S. Midway Museum at Navy Pier.

July 31-August 1, LOS ANGELES:  Check out "Sky", featuring scenes from such classic Disney films as "Alladin" and "Fantasia", projected onto the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles.

Each show features a live online presentation that is repeated continuously from 9 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Check out these fine Bay Area blogs for more information on the World of Color Road Show and the World of Color show at Disney California Adventure:

• Xiaolinmama
• Tippytoes & Tantrums
• Who's the Boss? (excellent tips on how to get a good spot at the Disney California Adventure World of Color show)
• Techmamas
  

Disney's World of Color Premiere: Lights! Cameras!...Water!

I had the great privilege of being invited to Disney's World of Color premiere at Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim, California on Thursday, June 10.  Disney sponsored myself and other family travel and mombloggers to be part of the media contingent who were allowed in for the opening night festivities.  Along with viewing the show, we also got to hang out on the red blue carpet with celebrities, meet Disney executives and Imagineers, and hear about what's next for the Disney Parks, Resorts, and Cruises.  It was a hectic but fun two day adventure, and I was honored to take part in it.

The show itself is a visual and auditory extravaganza, a stunning display of animation, waterworks, fireworks, and lights.  I had seen preview clips of the show, but none of them did justice to what we witnessed.  The show was introduced by none other than the Mouse Himself, and a series of spectacular fireworks.

Go See The Host

We recently went to see The Host (Gwoemul) by Korean director Bong Joon-ho.  If you haven't heard about it, it's a monster movie from South Korea that has gotten fairly wide distribution in the US.  I was delighted and a bit surprised to see a movie in Korean at our local multiplex.  Although the actors in the trailer are speaking English, the movie is mostly in Korean with subtitles.

When I first heard about it, I thought it would be like those awful Godzilla movies that Frank and Alex love to torture me with on Saturday nights. Is it just me, or do other people have children who like to sing "mo-su-ra, mo-su-ra" in an attempt to summon a giant moth to save Tokyo? 

Anyway, the premise of The Host is based on a real-life incident in which a US Army official forced an underling to dump toxic chemicals into a drain leading to the Han River.  In the movie version, the chemicals lead to a mutant creature that grows to epic proportions, and surfaces one sunny day to terrorize people hanging out in the park beside the river.  This leads to a campaign of government "misinformation" to try to downplay the monster's existence and threat.