If you’ve read my posts before you know that I’m really crazy about the amount of details that the Walt Disney Imagineers throw into their attractions. Well, with that in mind, the One Man’s Dream attraction is a veritable gold mine of small details that are just waiting to be found. The one part of that attraction I really like is the view of Walt’s Office. There are plenty of little things in here that point back to Walt’s life and work. Earlier in this blog, I discussed the seemingly innocent pictures on the bottom of the Map on the wall and look what we found.
One Man's Dream Jet Plane
With everything in this office scene, there must be something else we can take away from it. There are a number of statues on the desk and the table behind it. There are a number of pictures and magazines and paperwork on his desk. Over on the table to the right and behind his desk there are a number of scripts. I have often wondered what those scripts are, if there even of real projects. Our last trip down I was able to get some pictures which I was able to enlarge and here’s what I found out.
First off, they are real scripts. I was happy to see that I could read the titles of three out of the four scripts on the table. They are Westward Ho!, Monkey’s Go Home, and The Happiest Millionaire.
Westward Ho's full title is Westward Ho the Wagons Ambush at Wagon Gap! Which was shortened to Westward Ho the Wagons! which was released in 1956. The lead in this live action movie was Fess Parker playing Doc Grayson, a settler with medical know-how. Other names of note in this movie were George Reeves as the Wagon Master. George is better known as the Man of Steel as he played Superman on TV. Another name that stuck out was Cubby Obrien of the Mickey Mouse Club.
Monkey's Go Home! was released in 1967. This live action movie had Dean Jones as an american, running an olive farm in souther France. And to pick the olives? You guessed it, a group of ex-air force astronaut monkeys. At first glance you hve to wonder how this one got approved. Seems a little far-fetched as to the location. But I guess Monkeys were in and Europe needed a film also.
The Happiest Millionaire stars Fred McMurray a long time actor with the Disney Studios. It also stars Tommy Steele. And not to be left out, Lesley Ann Warren in her first movie role. This movie was released in 1967 and was about an ecentric millionaire and his daughter's search for her freedom. This is a musical that was written by the Sherman brothers and it was actually up for an Oscar for Costume and a Golden Globe for Best New Actor in Tommy Steele.
Each of these movies have a couple things in common that might point out as to why they are displayed on the table. Again, i'm going with the premise that with Disney Imagineers, nothing is left to chance. There is a reason that these four movie scripts are displayed. The first they all had in common was Walt was a un-credited co-producer on each of them. Not Westward Ho!, but the other two where the last movies Walt worked on. The Happiest Millionaire was released after Walt's death, but shooting had finished before Walt passed away. I'll check in once I find out what the fourth script is and if I find any more information.
For our 16th show we once again spin the wheel of
Attractions. The wheel on this episode
stopped on Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor.
We all agree that this was a great attraction. The kids spill that I was once “That Guy!”
and we throw out some ideas about freshening up the show down the road with the
release of Monsters Inc. 2. 
We then take a nice leisurely ride on the Liberty Belle in
the 
On this weeks show we spent some more time talking about our recent trip to WDW. We discuss the really fun time we had playing the new game Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom. This is the new Kim Possible like game that is over in the Magic Kingdom. We then talk about some of the time we spent at Innoventions, the exhibit/attraction area that is located right past Spaceship Earth at Epcot. I then ask thekids a surprise question that they did not have time to prep for. "What do you think of the new Tiki Room?" We then close up with a new contest. The end date for this one will be March 20th, at 11:59 pm, WDW time. "What is the name of Huey, Lewie, and Dewey's mother?" Email the answer to WGTWDW@Gmail.com. We will pick randomly for all correct answers. And sadly we give a tribute to Robert Sherman, one half of the Sherman Brothers duo, who passed away the other day. All of our music on this show, including our opening was written by the Sherman Brothers. The quote I used on the show was totally appropriate:
We had a great vacation down at WDW and have only gotten back a week ago tomorrow. We were actually in the Magic Kingdom getting ready to experience one of the biggest coincidences of our Disney lifetime. Let's backtrack a little bit. The first time we knew we were going to WDW was in early January. So we had about 4 weeks to plan out our 5 night trip. Pretty quick for us. One of the first things we looked at was what days for what parks. We decided,early on to go Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Disney's Hollywood Studios and then MK for the last day of the trip. At this point the NY Giants were in the play-offs after barely making it in and were predicted to lose in the first round of the play-offs.
The next day early on we started hearing rumors for a 1:20 parade for Eli starting at the firehouse and going towards the castle. Okay, we'll modify plans. Next CM rumor was still at 1:20 but now starting by Splash mountain and going towards Main Street. Okay, modify where we'll be around then. Just as we started across the bridge to Liberty Square to get down to where the parade would begin I asked another, more official looking CM about the parade start. Well happy to say this CM said it would start right where we were standing. We backed off the bridge to the hub and stood right as the road from Liberty Square comes out to the Hub. We would be the first people that Eli would see to his left as the Vette he was in began it's drive. We stood in Parade like MK crowds for about 35 minutes. Eli came from the Crystal Palace area and walked across the lawn to where the car and parade people were set up. He was miked up and got up in the car with Football Mickey. They shared a few words which was funny to see, but when you see the official park video, you'll see what was said and how it was appropriate and scripted. Disney Parks Blog Eli Link The parade started and that was the best 2 minute parade we had ever seen. Once he passed us it was impossible to follow due to the gi-normous crowds so we went back to the park with that little glow of seeing one of those few people when given an opportunity took advantage of it. We all agreed he was there for the parade and would soon be on a plane to NY for the next days real celebration parade. 
Whenever we plan a trip to WDW we are always looking for ways to stretch the budget. This time around we were able to save cash on Tickets. We are a family of four and all over the age of 10. I still question how a 10 year old can be called an adult, but that's another blog post. So for 4 tickets, it is one of our largest cost for a trip. It's more expensive than our air or hotel.
The difference in price total by using UT was $52 dollars. We were looking for a four day base ticket. UT had a 3-day with the fourth day added free. Their total cost with tax and the discount from the Mousesavers newsletter was $980. Disney's cost for 4-day tickets for four was $1,035. We saved $55 and change. Now when your paying into the $1000's for a trip to WDW $50 does not sound like a lot, but when you consider that'll cover the cost of a Counter-Service meal for our family, you see the value. We also saved another $1.99 because UT was promoting a new smartphone App.
In the show this week we talk about the Year of a Million Dreams and how we were the Family of the Hour at Test Track, here were some of the bad pictures I managed to get after getting over the shock of going behind the house at Test Track. And just because I said Scat a couple times, here is the CM that was telling us all about it. You can also see Quinn wearing the YOAMD Fast Pass we had just gotten. 
Westward Ho's full title is Westward Ho the Wagons Ambush at Wagon Gap! Which was shortened to Westward Ho the Wagons! which was released in 1956. The lead in this live action movie was Fess Parker playing Doc Grayson, a settler with medical know-how. Other names of note in this movie were George Reeves as the Wagon Master. George is better known as the Man of Steel as he played Superman on TV. Another name that stuck out was Cubby Obrien of the Mickey Mouse Club. 
