ASD's Travel PhotoBlog Has A New Format Too!

ASD's Travel PhotoBlog has a new format and allows commenting and sharing. Give it a try.

Articles by ASD about Disney Parks and Other Stuff now part of ASDHollywood.com

With today's launch of the new page format for ASDHollywood.com, I've also started publishing Articles & Essays about Disney Parks, Other Places Around The World, and Anything Else That Comes To Mind. I haven't decided on a publishing schedule yet, but the more demand I see either through emails and increased traffic, the more often I will publish.

There are already two original Articles posted: the first, A Brief History of Epcot, has been on the site since 2002 but it was pretty-well buried; the second, What Are You Doing at Walt Disney World on New Year's Eve? is newly published but was written back in January. A third Article, What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?, was also written back in January and it will be added soon. Probably by the time you've read this!

Enjoy and I look forward to hearing from you.

Now the New Page Layout for asdhollywood.com is the Welcome Page

While it's still a work in progress, when you visit ASDHollywood.com, the first page of the website now uses the new format. The new format is also used for the About Page and the Collected Links Page.

Preview the new page layout for asdhollywood.com!

Working in iWeb 3.0.3, I've designed a new page layout for asdhollywood.com.  Check out a preview.

New York Pages - now with Late Show with David Letterman Souvenirs

While the site has had a Disney in NYC page since 2005, I've added a page of Souvenirs & Photos (built in iWeb) from visits to Late Show with David Letterman (of course, not including the show or the inside of the Ed Sullivan Theater).  A new link on the menu bar for New York, NY allows access to each of these pages and additional pages which will be added soon.

Disneyland Paris & DisneyQuest Tickets Scanned

On my Travel PhotoBlog and on my individual pages for Disneyland Paris and DisneyQuest, I've added scans of the tickets for the parks.

New Design for Improv, Comedy & V.O. Portal

I've redesigned my Improv, Comedy & V.O. Portal using Apple's iWeb application.
Check it out.

New Webpage for 1970s Walt Disney World Images

Since I've been scanning images and digitizing old home movies of my 1970s Walt Disney World trips, I've created a new page to host all of the new "old" stuff as I post it. So far, by reviewing old family photos, souvenirs and home movies, I've confirmed trips in October 1972, October 1973 and Spring 1975.

Souvenirs of the Inauguration of Bush 41 - January 20, 1989

I pulled out some of my souvenirs from the Inauguration of George H. W. Bush from January 20, 1989 and scanned a few of them. I posted them on a new page linked to the picture of the inaugural parade that has been on the first page of Dalinka.com for as long as I can remember. If there is enough interest (or I get otherwise motived), I may scan and add more of my souvenirs and pictures.

1972 Walt Disney World Video

October 1972. My father shot one roll of 8 mm film -- that's about 3 minutes of film -- of our visit (though I've cut out the family shots except for me interacting with a blinking Goofy).

In this silent digitized video (with music by YouTube's AudioSwap) of that film, you'll see:

Topiaries in front of the Contemporary Resort on the Seven Seas Lagoon.

A sign for the "World Cruise" on the Seven Seas Lagoon & Bay Lake.

An outdoor band stage with Bambi's friends Flower and Thumper dancing.

The 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Submarines

Brief views of Frontierland, Liberty Square and Adventureland from near where Splash Mountain now sits, including a view of The Haunted Mansion which is no longer possible from the original Walt Disney World Railroad station in Frontierland. Of course, there was no Big Thunder Mountain either.

The river was drained during this visit, so there is no steamboat in the Magic Kingdom, but the burning cabin was ablaze, some of the scenes along the river are in place near the railroad tracks, the skyway's 90º turn is completely unobstructed and operating and the speedway has no Space Mountain next door.