Please enjoy our latest item, a photo report from June 25th, 2012: 

We'll start off with an ever so brief trip to Disneyland to catch a performance of the Voices of Liberty outside the Main Street Opera House

And as quickly as we got to Disneyland, it's time to leave and head over to Disney California Adventure for an in-depth look at the wonderful details in the queue for Mater's Junkyard Jamboree

This building is the old Bountiful Valley Farm building, blended perfectly into the junkyard theme

Most of the props reference many of the Mater's Tall Tale shorts that feature Mater in roles you wouldn't imagine him in

The queue shade structures have license plates and road signs all over

A nice view of the Carthay Circle Theatre off in the distance

Grizzly Peak looks lovely behind Mater's Junkyard Jamboree

I think it's safe to say that would qualify as a Hidden Mickey :-)

Onto the ride itself!

The tractors are so cute!

The Junkyard Jukebox plays the fantastic original songs written just for this attraction

There's the man... or car himself making his way down Route 66

These vendors are all over Cars Land selling drinks and snacks to guests waiting in the long lines that are sure to be found

The Ornament Valley looks amazing behind Luigi's Casa Della Tires!

The Leaning Tower of Tires!

A Disneyland Gazette photo report is no longer complete without some photos of the new most breathtaking sight in the Disneyland Resort!

Mater heading out

Lightning McQueen heading in

Back to the beauty

A diagram along the path telling you all about the Ornament Valley

The transition between Cars Land and Pacific Wharf is so perfect that you can't really tell where one ends and the other begins

Mickey riding the Red Car Trolley as part of the Red Car News Boys show

Willie's serving up some churros over by the the entrance to Condor Flats

Let's look at some of the details inside Clarabelle's Ice Cream and Fiddler, Fifer, and Practical Cafe

The menu for Fiddler, Fifer, and Practical Cafe

These are the kind of details that make Disney what it is

Get some Mad Treats to go along with an evening of fun at the Mad T Party

A cool vintage candy machine in Trolley Treats

A vintage television too

Some patriotism in the foreground of the Carthay Circle Theatre

I want this Red Car Trolley Mickey antenna topper!

This is a flat plate you can hang on the wall

A print of the Storytellers statue by artist Noah

Match the period and get a fedora!

Five & Dime pulling into town for a set

Mickey on the back

Mickey on the wheels

And now for the main focus of this photo report, a tour of the Carthay Circle Restaurant

Photos of Walt are everywhere

There's a good amount of Snow White in the restaurant, as the original Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles is where Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered back in 1937

Going up!

Interesting choice. California here I come I guess...

Stairs or elevator?

 

Fancy tableware

Putting that alcohol license to good use

The wine/beer menu

Interesting designs

The Buena Vista Room

Flowers on the table

Fancy bathroom

A look at some of the food options. This is the hamburger meal, a surprising (but welcomed) choice for such a fancy place

The ceiling artwork is straight out of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Showbiz is given a lot of limelight, with many photos of Walt (and other Disney luminaries) receiving Academy Awards

Pete Docter (director of Monsters Inc. and UP) and Lee Unkrich (director of Toy Story 3) receiving their Academy Awards

Walt once again up top, and the Sherman Brothers bellow

Walt with Shirley Temple

Walt and his brother Roy with Virginia Davis filming some of the Alice in Wonderland shorts from the 1920s

Walt stepping into a plane

Heading out to the balcony

Looking up to the top of the theatre, oh so close

The views from up here are phenomenal!

Looking down Hollywood Blvd.

You have to head outside of this theatre to get popcorn...

The Hyperion Bridge and Disneyland off in the distance

Looking down Buena Vista Street

The Carthay Circle Fountain

Heading downstairs and out of the Carthay Circle Restaurant

On the floor outside, you can spot a tiny Hidden Mickey

The entrance to the extremely hard to get into 1901 inside the Carthay Circle Theatre

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