Disney Park and Resort Photo Updates

4/16 Photos Onboard Characters in Flight; Paradiso 37 Construction

 My videos include take-off, landing, and from 400 feet above Downtown Disney!

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From the ground, including a sign with warnings on the balloon (like no dropping things from it!)

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Conditions for flight are as follows: 3mph or less, flight with 20 passengers, 3mph to 12mph, flight with 10 to 20 passengers, 12mph to 22mph, flight with 10 passengers and 22mph or storm conditions, no flight. It is very hard to tell sometimes whether the balloon will go up – but if the tops of the trees are swaying, that is a good sign that the balloon is not going to fly. 

Taking photos onboard can be a little tricky – the balloon does move.  It’s not a problem with closer-up places like DisneyQuest, but with zooming it can take a little more work to capture a far-away subject.   I didn’t spend a lot of time taking pictures, more of my time was spent on video.  I couldn’t hold steady an 80x zoom with video (or pics), I really couldn’t do more than 57x before the balloon moved too much.

I walked to the Marketplace and here are a few photos of Paradiso 37:

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