NEW SOUNDTRACK - Tink Tells Time

Tink Tells The British Time !

To celebrate last Tuesday's (October 28th, 2008) release of Walt Disney's Tinker Bell on DVD, and to mark the end of British Summer Time (when clocks go back an hour), Disney has brought Tink's new voice to the famous British Talking Clock.

The British Talking Clock, which can be reached by calling 123 in Britain, has only had four permanent voices in the last 72 years. Also, instead of the famous three pips at the end of the time announcement, callers will hear special bells.

Tinker Bell will be telling the British time for the next three months. But Theme Park Audio Archives members will be able to keep this special piece of history for their own personal archives by downloading a piece of Tinker Bell's time telling. To save the file just right-click on the link and SAVE TARGET AS to your computer. Enjoy!

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Theme Park Ring Tone Mashups

Here's something we can all have fun with! Customized Theme Park Ring Tones. And the best part is, they are free and will be available right here!

Here is the one I am currently using. It's for all of you Disneyland Matterhorn fans. I created it using audio from the original master tapes.

Right click this link and select SAVE TARGET AS to get yours now!


http://media.libsyn.com/media/dvdweeklypodcast/Matterhorn_Ring_Tone.wma


Now, let's see what kind of Theme Park Ring Tones you can come up with! Just send them to ThemeParkAudioArchives@live.com.

Until next time,

Don Schockow
Theme Park Audio Archives

Another Little Treat

We will have lots more soundtracks coming up in the near future. But until then.......take a look at this picture!

I am sitting here in Seattle, WA. and I just took this picture of Disneyland. And you can too!

Howard Johnsons in Anaheim has put together a pretty cool little device that allows you to watch nearly live video of different views of Disneyland.

You can see extreme close-ups or widen out for a shot like this one. And if you are patient (about

a 6 minute wait), you'll even see a monorail glide by on the track below the Matterhorn.

The camera controls are fairly simple. Just click CONTROL at the top of the page and wait your turn. Once you get to take the controls you can check out a number of preselected views by clicking in the drop-down box under the controls.

I find the arrow keys a little tough to use for navigation. So, in my opinion, the best way to move about is to pick a preselected area from the drop-down, then use your mouse and left-click and drag a box aroung what you want to see. Then, by clicking parts of the picture, you can pinpoint right where you want to be.

Watch the Monorail on its journey by going to the Esplanade preset. Watch the Maliboomer shoot guests into the air by selecting the DCA - Paradise Pier option and then draw a box around the attraction. Experiment!

The camer is not always incredibly clear, and it is a little tricky to use at first, but it is lots of fun. It's fun to watch other people manuever the camera too! I keep it on all day at work, so start moving the camera around!

Here's another tip: If you have a good internet connection, set your frame rate to FASTEST and your view size to 640x480. That will give you the best streaming experience.

Also, play around with the other buttons at the top of the page. We have yet to figure out what Trigger is. Capture is a little too slow on our computer so we use screen capture with Snippet (in Vista).

And when you take the controls, see if you can figure out what PT Mode is. We haven't figured that one out yet either.

Check it out at http://webcam.hojoanaheim.com/

Enjoy!

Don Schockow
Theme Park Audio Archives

How To Send Us Your Soundtrack Files

I am excited to say that we already have people offering to donate their Theme Park tracks to our archives. That is very exciting.

We have been looking into an easy way for our members to share their sound files and I feel we have come up with the best way. We had two requirements......easy......and free. And here it is:

http://www.sendspace.com/

I have personally tried this out and it works great. You can send a file to someone's e-mail address, or get a link that you can add to a blog (like this one!) for everyone to download.

So if you would like to add your files to the Theme Park Audio Archives, just visit Send Space, get your free account and join in the fun!

Don Schockow
Theme Park Audio Archives

Soundtrack #1 - Hallowishes

HAPPY OCTOBER 1ST!

It's October first, a perfect day to get things kicked off for the Theme Park Audio Archives.

And what perfect way to get things going than with a little Halloween fireworks soundtrack. Our first theme park soundtrack offering is from Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. Here's a little info about this track:

Title: Happy Hallowishes: A Grim Grinning Ghosts Spooktacular in the Sky

Park: Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom

Event: Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party

Description: The residents of the Haunted Mansion are getting ready for a Halloween Haunt! Madame Leota summons the 999 happy haunts as Thurl Ravenscroft begins his grim Grinning Ghosts serenade. Led by our Ghost Host, it is soon time for some Scary-oke, featuring a medley of spooky Disney songs. Disney stars, Ursula, Jafar and Oogie Boogie make guest appearances in the show!

In the end, Magic Kingdom guests are invited to "scream along".

Production: Hallowishes was created by Disney's Creative Entertainment division under the supervision of Steven Davidson and designer Brad Chicotti. The show premiered for Halloween 2005.

Voices:

Madame Leota - Eleanor Audley
Singer - Thurl Ravenscroft
Master Edward Gracey (a/k/a "Ghost Host") - Cory Burton
Ursula the Sea Witch - Pat Carroll
Jafar - Jonathan Freeman
Oogie Boogie - Ken Page
Maleficent - Susan Blakslee
Little Leota - Leota Toombs

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In The Beginning.....

They say that starting something big takes a first step. Well, here it is.

So let's start with the 4 W's (and an H while we are at it).

WHO am I?

That's easy. I am a HUGE Disneyland fan. I pretty much grew up on the streets of Disneyland, was honored to meet nearly all of the main Disney Imagineers and Animators, became a Disneyland Cast Member and later was a Cast Member Lead for the Disney Store.

After my time with Disneyland, I got into the world of broadcasting and began covering Disneyland as press.

For many years I wrote Mouse Rap Monthly, a monthly fanzine for Disney fans, and later produced Disneyana TV, a subscription video.

My most recent Disney project was the Magical Theme Park Podcast, a show that I stopped producing so that I could begin to develop a special podcast project with Disney. Unfortunately, Disney Online could not get the budget they had hoped for and the project never took off. But I was very honored to have been the one picked to produce and voice the production

Today I live in Seattle, working in television production. And, needless to say, I miss Disneyland terribly.

WHAT is the Theme Park Audio Archives?

Long before the Internet became what it is today, my friend Rick West and I began collecting and trading Disneyland Audio. It was nearly a secret society, a small group of Disney enthusiasts trading rare tracks back and fourth on cassette tape. It was a VERY special time that I will never forget.

Since then I have continued to collect and hold tightly onto my collection of Disney park audio which also includes tracks from Six Flag's Magic Mountain and Knott's Berry Farm.

For a long time those tapes sat in a box in the garage. And then a few years ago I decided to get them out and begin restoring them. I am still working on it and I can't tell you how much fun it has been.

And then I had a thought......why not share these with other enthusiasts just like myself. Why not start a society of theme park enthusiasts and create a place for them to share and collect these special pieces of audio, helping to build their own archives. And that's why I am starting this new adventure.

WHEN will this actually start?

I won't lie to you, I am pretty busy with several projects, a great family, a job I love and a puppet company that has just gone public (check it out at http://www.madpuppetlab.com/). So this will definitely be a hobby.

But it will be one I am very serious about. So while I won't have a regular schedule for this project, I will continue to work on it and build on it and make it a special place for you. But I hope you will get involved too!

WHERE will this take place?

That was a good question that I have been pondering all year. To make it simple, I thought it was best to put everything here at Blogger.com. For now at least, this is where the fun will take place.

How will it work?

I think this is what has delayed this project for so long. I have seen many soundtrack websites come and go, mostly because of people just downloading all of the tracks and not contributing. I put a lot of thought into this and here is what I finally came up with.

Soundtracks will be released here with a download URL. This URL will work for a limited amount of time. But, while the link will eventually break, the listing will stay up. Why? Because people will be able to trade their tracks for those listed. This will start the trading. Tracks traded to us will eventually find their way on the site where we can all download them.

With that said, we also hope people will contribute their tracks openly and often. This won't work without you.

What You Can Do.........

In the meantime, you can join in the fun by registering for your free account to our blog (yes, EVERYTHING is free). This will give you total access to read and reply to what you find here. As a matter of fact, reply now and let us know if you have any ideas! Things will take off a bit slow but I know we will soon have more people here than we can handle.

So join the Blog and lets form the new Theme Park Audio Archives!