Introduction to Mack's Diz Characters Blog

WELCOME TO MACK'S DIZ CHARACTERS BLOG!


Hey, Everybody!

The purpose of this blog is 3-fold:

1. I am testing Zumo Drive's ability to embed entire photo folders into a blog post.

2. I am experimenting with backward blogging - I created this post last, so it will always appear first on the blog. I want people to open my "static" blogs from the top, then read their way down.

3. I have a large collection of photos I've taken with Disney characters, so I ought to somehow display them to the world, right? These pictures date back to 1978 when I was 4 years old and my pigtails were blonde. The photo above was taken at Disneyland when I was only six.

Below you can view the first slideshow - my family riding a float in the Animal Kingdom parade (2008):

Hurrah For Mickey!

Here is a slideshow of me posing with The Mouse himself:

Classic Characters

These are the originals. I'm missing Pluto, but I'll get that dang dawg someday!

1. Donald Duck – Tokyo Disneyland
2. Chip – Animal Kingdom
3. Dale – Animal Kingdom
4. Daisy Duck - Tokyo Disneyland
5. Scrooge McDuck - Tokyo Disneyland
6. Goofy – Epcot Center
7. Minnie Mouse – Epcot Center

Disney's Heroic Heroes

Not very many of these guys ...

1. Buzz Lightyear - Disneyland
2. Robin Hood - Disneyland
3. Woody - Disneyland

Disney's Heroine Hotties

Disney loves to create strong, yet feminine, female characters that allow little girls to dress up in princess gowns, yet retain a high self-esteem. Disney heroines are always discontented with their lot in life - and they just LOVE to sing about it! In the very first Disney flick, Snow White warbled about how "someday my prince will come" ... Belle wants "much more than this provincial life" ... Ariel wishes she could be "part of your world" ... Pocahontas pines for whatever lies "just beyond the riverbend" ... the list goes on. Cinderella wants to be a princess instead of a peasant; Jasmine wants to be a peasant instead of a princess. Whatever happened to a girl simply counting her blessings and shutting the hell up?

1. Snow White – Disneyland
2. Aurora – Disneyland
3. Alice – Tokyo Disneyland
4. Jasmine – Disney MGM Studios
5. Jessie – Magic Kingdom
6. Lilo – Disney's California Adventure
7. Pocahontas – Animal Kingdom

Disney's Most Villainous Characters

Disney villains are tame compared to, say, Hannibal Lector or Jigsaw ... but, c'mon, they still give the kiddies nightmares. Have you ever noticed how Disney "bad guys" tend to perish from the very benign act of falling from someplace high? Not gory, but I wonder how many children are afraid of heights thanks to the Disney Channel? I'm cool with heights, but Hannah Montana scares the living piss outta me!

1. Captain Hook – Disneyland
2. Cruella DeVil – Disney's California Adventure
3. The Big Bad Wolf – Tokyo Disneyland
4. Prince John – Tokyo Disneyland
5. The Sheriff of Nottingham – Magic Kingdom
6. The Queen of Hearts – Disney's California Adventure

I'm not in the last picture, and I know that's cheating. But I TOOK the shot of my neice, Abbee, so I was there! I just forgot that I'd never been photographed with her myself.

Jungle and Forest Friends

A selection of Disney's most animated animals:

1. Flik – Animal Kingdom
2. Baloo – Animal Kingdom
3. King Louie – Tokyo Disneyland
4. Rabbit – Tokyo Disneyland
5. Koda – Disney's California Adventure
6. Meeko – Magic Kingdom
7. Piglet – Disney MGM Studios
8. Winnie-The-Pooh – Animal Kingdom
9. Jungle Monkey – Tokyo Disneyland

Tigger and Eeyore

These guys get their own special section, because I couldn't decide which photos to use:

Loveable Sidekicks

Sometimes incompetent; sometimes mischievous - you gotta love these guys!

1. Stitch - Disney's California Adventure
2. Abu - Disneyland
3. Smee - Disneyland
4. Mushu - Disney MGM Studios

Magical Mentors

This is a collection of magical Disney mentors who use their powers for good as they assist children or lions or whatever:

1. Genie – Disneyland
2. Jiminy Cricket – Tokyo Disneyland
3. Merlin – Disneyland
4. Fairy Godmother – Disneyland
5. Mary Poppins – Disneyland
6. Rafiki - Disneyland

Mechanical Mayhem

I know, I know ... there are only two photos in this slideshow. I'm hoping to someday get my photo taken with Wall-E, so there will be three!

These are both characters from Cars, taken at DCA. I don't know their names:

Dynamic Disney Duos

You've seen some of these characters already, but here they are appearing in teams of infamous duos:

1. Aladdin and Jafar – Disneyland
2. Beauty and the Beast – Disneyland
3. Chip and Dale – Epcot Center
4. Honest John and Gideon – Tokyo Disneyland
5. Snow White and Prince Charming - Tokyo Disneyland
6. Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee – Tokyo Disneyland
7. Flik and Princess Atta – Disney's California Adventure
8. Hercules and Megora – Disney MGM Studios
9. Captain Hook and Smee – Magic Kingdom
10. Kenai and Koda – Animal Kingdom

Disney's Supporting Cast

These guys are "minor" characters that appear in Disney features. Remember, there are no small roles - only small animated actors!

1. Cinderella's Mice – Disney MGM Studios
2. Bullseye – Disneyland
3. Friar Tuck – Tokyo Disneyland
4. Dopey – Magic Kingdom
5. Geppetto – Disneyland
6. Mad Hatter – Disneyland
7. Marie – Magic Kingdom

Oddball Disney Characters

These are characters that didn't fit into any of the above categories:

1. Fiddler Pig - Tokyo Disneyland
2. Fifer Pig - Tokyo Disneyland
3. Practical Pig - Tokyo Disneyland
4. Max – Tokyo Disneyland
5. Panchito Pistoles - Tokyo Disneyland
6. Jose Carioca - Tokyo Disneyland
7. Tom Sawyer - Disneyland

For those who don't recognize Panchito and Jose, they are Donald Duck's amigos from The Three Caballeros.

Classic Characters in Costume

These photos show classic Disney Characters in non-traditional outfits:

1. Dale - Tokyo DisneySea
2. Minnie Mouse - Tokyo DisneySea
3. Minnie Mouse - Tokyo DisneySea
4. Goofy - Tokyo DisneySea
5. Pluto - Tokyo Disneyland
6. Goofy - Tokyo Disneyland
7. Donald Duck – Animal Kingdom
8. Goofy – Disneyland
9. Pluto and Goofy – Animal Kingdom
10.Pluto and Goofy (again) – Animal Kingdom

Random Characters From Other Parks

The "Random Characters From Other Parks" are as follows:

1. A Girly Bear - Enchanted Village
2. Cera – Universal Studios Hollywood
3. Doc Brown - Universal Studios Florida
4. Dolly Dolphin – SeaWorld, Florida
5. Hercules - Universal Studios Hollywood
6. Madagascar characters - Universal Studios Florida
7. Marvel Comics characters - Universal Studios Hollywood
8. Scooby and Shaggy - Universal Studios Florida
9. Shrek and Fiona - Universal Studios Florida
10.Snoopy – Knott's Berry Farm