BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 From the Disney Parks blog... Vintage Walt Disney World: Students Celebrate the Opening of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Parkposted on March 29th, 2012 by Nate Rasmussen, Archivist, Marketing Resource CenterOn March 29, 1998, 1,300 performers (high school students) representing more than 15 different countries converged in Central Park to pull off one spectacular stunt to celebrate the upcoming opening of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park.Using “human animation” these performers brought a lion, dinosaur and fire-breathing dragon to life, each spanning approximately half a football field in length at Sheep Meadow inside Central Park. Taking months to choreograph, the stunt aired on “Good Morning America” and the Walt Disney World Easter Parade.Many props were used to help bring these animals to life including three hundred pom-poms to create the lion’s mane and sixteen spikey flags for the dragon’s back.And while that lion in Central Park is quite impressive, it doesn’t even hold a candle to the real lion I’ve seen while on my two-week adventure over at Kilimanjaro Safaris.http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/03/vintage-walt-disney-world-students-celebrate-the-opening-of-disneys-animal-kingdom-theme-park/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 That is pretty cool!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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