No, I'm not that full of myself.
Okay. Maybe I am.
The title is actually referring to this latest installment of photos. They are the All Star Resorts.
Some people refer to them as one large resort with three parts. Some of this is very true. One gate for the guests, often one bus to the resorts. As a cast member, you are trained on all three and scheduled at all three because the lobby buildings are cookie-cutters of one another. However, some consider the resorts different from one another.
Technically, they are different, but I certainly understand why they get lumped in together to the degree people do. Actually, I'm going to do the same thing.
Anyway, let's take a look at All Star Sports, All Star Music, and All Star Movies. Now, each one is basically the same basic design. There's a central building with check-in and such, then several seperate buildings with specific themes to the resorts overall theme.
Here we go with All Star Sports.
Now we look at the different themed spurs of the main theme. We have Surf's Up, a surfing themed resort with giant surf boards, lifeguard tower staircases, and huge shark fin decoration.
Moving on to the Hoops Hotel, basketball land. The middle is a basketball half court (oversized of course) with big referee whistles. We also have big basketballs, big basketball hoops, and cheerleader megaphone staircases.
Continuing our tour of the Tennis Complex. This has a tennis court where Donald Duck is playing tennis while Huey, Duey, and Lewy are playing baseball, much to Donald's shagrin. In addition, note the decorative and huge Judge's Chairs, rackets, and staircases in the shape of a can of balls.
Next is the Homerun Hotel. Baseball themed, so of course we have giant balls, bats, and decorative ribbons. The staircases are what we all think of when we think of baseball, Coca-Cola cups. There's a pool as well looking like an entire field. Goofy is pitching using a cannon for some reason. Note the Braves banner on display.
Touchdown! That's the next theme and final theme here at All Star Sports. We've got a huge field with X's and O's flanked on both sides by giant helmets complete with football staircases.
Now, let's move on the second resort, All Star Music.
The Calypso is first with it's xylophone and miraca decorations. This is of course complimented by the bongo stairs.
Moving to the Jazz Inn with giant drum sets and sweet jazz musical intrusment decorations. The stairs are hidden by a soulful sax player.
Rock on! The Rock 'n Roll area's next. This features guitars, a sweet Chevy and a giant jukeboxes. The stairs are amplifiers.
Country Fair is next. Giant cowboy boots and twangy instruments (violins, banjos) inhabit the area. The stairs are big harmonicas (I think).
On Broadway! Yes, Broadway Street runs down the middle of this section complete with stage door stairs, giant tuxedos, and a big marquee.
We are down to the last resort, the All Star Movies.
Each section is themed after a different movie. We have 101 Dalmations complete with Purdee, Pongo, all the puppies, and that infamous puppy watching television. The stairs are fire hydrants.
The Mighty Ducks are next. This brings back memories of when Disney actually owned the team. There's hockey sticks, a Goofy goaltender, lockerrooms, a hockey rink themed pool, and the famous duck mask art work. The stairs are encased in giant hockey goals.
Fantasia is a little different. All of the other themes at each All Stars has two buildings that are basically the same thing on both sides. But Fantasia has the original Fantasia on one side, and the new one on the other. Both have books for stairs while the original is decorated by brooms and the hat. The 2000 version has dolls and a scary jack-in-the-box.
Let's see that from a different angle.
Moving on because I want to look away from the scary man, we go to the Love Bug section starring Herbie. Here, you can find both ends of Herbie, some giant wrenches and other tools and tires, as well as stairs hidden by a giant clapper board. Another cool thing is you can see the actual car used during the parades in the Magic Kingdom from 1978-1990 in the Winner's Circle. I actually remember seeing this car in that parade from when I was a child. He lifted his lid and squirted water out his front.
We end our exhaustive tour with the Toy Story addition. Here, you enter Andy's Room through a thirty foot high door to see the RC Car, Buzz, Woody, Rex, Bo-Peep, and some giant checkers and blocks. The stairs? Huge buckets of toy soldiers. The shadow on that bucket was a happy accident I didn't notice until much later.
That's it! That's the largest resort area!
Oh, any my apologizes to Liz for posting some nephew art!
