My second informational graphic poster is based on the Jungle Cruise attraction in Disneyland California. I’ve been speaking to people on various platforms around Disney fandom including Disboards and Reddit, to find people who are able to go to the parks for me and gather photos of the types of details I need in the attractions / shops / restaurants, to make the case studies from. With varying success.
The best result I’ve had is from a man named Mark (or Mike) who is a regular to the Disneyland Resort California “a few times a week”. He’s been great in collecting images for me and suggested the Jungle Cruise being a good place to start. He’s also sent some images of The Mark Twain, a riverboat that circles the Rivers of America inside the park. This will probably be my next study but I’ll need more images from him. The less promising example is from a man called Kevin from Europe who goes to DLP most weekends. My partner and I Have been trying to work out what the con is with this guy as it appears there is one, but not a very good one! He started by emailing me very often and said he would help get accommodation in the park if I wanted to come over for the weekend. He was cc’ing himself in his emails with a @disney.com email address which I obviously can’t verify. He was then WhatsApp messaging me from ‘inside the park’ and said he was taking photos of the Tower of Terror. So I started working on a poster for that, but when I asked him to send the photos, he ghosted me! I havent been able to get hold of him since and for the life of me can’t work out what he was trying to achieve. As no point did he ask for money or any commitment from myself that would be advantageous to him! Very odd.
I’ve had a few other people get in touch, but those are running thin, so need to start making more connections to get these posters sorted. I’d like a nice round number like 10 but if I have to wait until march when I go to DLP to get them done, I’m going to be up against it to finished the project in time.
This time working the screen printing studio wasn’t as straight forward as the first two times. I didn’t get the work bench I usually have which wasn’t ideal and the ink wasn’t coming through as well as before. So it was a bit of a challenge. But I think I got 5 or 6 good prints which is all I really need.
The other issue I’m coming up against is getting hold of books. All the Disney or imagineering books i have on my list i need to buy because they don’t have them in the library. But it’s such a gamble to spend that money on books only to find they are the right ones or as relevant as i need them to be. Maybe I’ll speak to the library and see what they can do. I’ll add that to my list….
