No, I mean this kind of Disney Easter egg.
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover:
Each year Anne and I take one (1) road trip to a different part of the United States and see attractions, wonders, and events we didn’t have back home. One thing we rarely do is fly. We’d much rather drive than be flown unless we absolutely have to…or are given some pretty sweet incentives to do so. Fast-forward to December 2022 and a most unexpected opportunity: The Powers That Be at Anne’s rather large place of employment recognized her and several other employees nationwide for outstanding achievements in the field of excellence. Their grand prize was a Disney World vacation! We could at last announce to friends and family, “THE GOLDENS ARE GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!”
For Anne it was officially, legally a business trip. Much of the time, she’d have to work. Not ME, baby…
During the late afternoon of my one-man tour through the Grand Floridian grounds and around the Disney Resorts’ monorail track, in their main lobby I came across what’s apparently an annual Easter feature in their Main Building: an exhibit of egg-shaped sculptures honoring their companies’ films and theme park rides. Some weren’t egg-shaped, instead containing egg motifs. Some were new for 2023; some were holdovers from the past. A few were works-in-progress. All were a gentle admonishment to myself that, yes, I’m sharing these pics well outside the Easter 2023 season when we took them, but in plenty of time for Easter 2024, skipping right over Valentine’s Day and getting ahead of Hallmark for once.
Not all the pics are mine; Anne finally got a chance to peruse the Grand Floridian for herself Wednesday afternoon when she found some unexpected free time between activities and I was several miles away. Between the two of us, we found most of the Easter eggs, which of course weren’t really “hidden”.
Cinderella Castle with your host Walt Disney and a cameo from 101 Dalmatians.
Bambi and his surviving friends.
Snow White’s house with eggs on the lawn.
The Princess and the Frog on the front…
…and the back.
Daisy Duck possibly throwing eggs at Donald, but with lousy aim.
Fantasia‘s unicorns from Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony segment.
The White Rabbit has non-traditional ideas about what should be inside an Easter egg.
Disney’s Winnie-the-Pooh floating through the Hundred-Acre Wood.
Merlin and friends from The Sword in the Stone.
Our Hero from Raya and the Last Dragon, which was released during the pandemic and forgotten by one and all till just now.
Isabela, Mirabel and Casa Madrigal from Encanto.
A nod to Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride on the 25th anniversary of its last run at Disney World before it was removed to make way for Pooh.
Another Disney World ride tribute, the Country Bears Jamboree.
Figment sitting atop an ovoid Spaceship Earth. This made a little more sense after I eventually got to EPCOT.
More salutes to Disney Parks traditions from before our time.
The titular star of Pixar’s Luca and Disney World’s iconic Orange Bird, or so we were told.
Dadgum! It’s Tow Mater!
Remy from Ratatouille, easy to miss among the larger eggs.
The eponymous bird from the 2016 Oscar-winning short “Piper” (which was released in front of Finding Dory), and Pooh’s honey jar.
Avengers Assemble!
I’m old enough to remember when Disney’s Buena Vista Home Video began releasing Miyazaki films on VHS, like My Neighbor Totoro.
Not an egg, just the largest Easter bunny in the exhibit, begging to be Disney-fied.
Also not an egg per se: Kevin from Up.
The all-star collage egg in our lead photo was only half done. By the time we had to leave Friday morning, this is where things stood with its other side.
To be continued!
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