The Sunday Crew

Hey ya'll! The name's Leanne and I am one of the original members of the Sunday Crew. I'm also a tad bit overdue on making one of these little introductions, haha. I've been an AP since 1995, but my adventures with characters and the crew didn't start until late 2007. Over the years, I met so many wonderful friends who I love and adore. They're totally awesome. 

I'm a 20 year old animation nerd, striving to get into CalArts. Cartoons and drawing are pretty much my life. Sketching at Disneyland is definitely one of my favorite things to do, though I have the attention span of a brick...I could be anywhere doing anything at anytime. 

My favorite ride at Disneyland is probably Splash Mountain, being that i'm a huge fan of Brer Rabbit and the gang. Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin is a VERY close second. Picking a favorite show is a bit more difficult...though, i'd probably have to say the Main Street Electrical Parade. I remember being in absolute awe seeing it for the first time when I was 3 or 4. I remember staring outside my window, hoping the Blue Fairy and the other floats would come down my street, haha. 

My favorite Disney character of all time is easily Roger Rabbit. It's actually because of his movie that made me really want to work in animation. While i've seen him plenty of times in shows, i've never actually met the character at Disneyland. I always hope that one day i'll finally get that chance. 

Aside from Disneyland and animation, my other interests include Nintendo, traveling, comics, attending conventions, animals (cats are my favorite!), drowning myself in nostalgia and doing my best to bring a smile and laughter to everyone I meet~

Merida visits Disneyland every day. However, her visits are really brief due to the fact that her meet-and-greet area is actually on the parade route! She comes by around eight o'clock (when the Park opens), and stays until two-thirty or three in the afternoon. I forget which. It might even be three-thirty, but that seems to be cutting it close to parade time.

She isn't in any parades, but she has a segment in Disney California Adventure's World of Color show!

Dancin' With Disney is a family-friendly dance party that takes place over in Stage 17 at Disney California Adventure. It's where everyone can go to dance with a very interesting selection of Disney characters, ranging from Cruella de Vil and Captain Hook, to Marie from The Aristocats and Clara Cluck.

It's a nice little place to go to escape the heat, but only if you can handle the music that they play. Some of it's not so bad, but they do play a lot of current Disney Channel stuff, and songs from 10 years ago that you thought you'd never hear again. There are big plastic chairs to sit in, as well, if you don't feel like being silly and dancing to things like the Hoedown Throwdown.

Honestly, I think Dancin' With Disney is kind of adorable, and I hope it sticks around for a while.

It's one hell of a raise, but I understand why they did it. I mean, gotta pay for Carsland and all the new stuff somehow!

And actually, the price raise is really pushin' my budget right now but mostly because I don't work. So I guess it's more incentive for me to get a job.

I'm not too savvy with YouTube people and whatnot, personally, but there's a chance some of us might find our way there on that particular Sunday regardless.

-- Jade

I don't have a pass right now but if I manage to get another one before then there's no way I'm missing it.

Oh, there are a lot of us. So many, that actually not everyone is attached to this blog.

Well, when it comes to shows and parades, it's really helpful to be familiar with it. A lot of the time, we know the choreography for the show so well that we know when we can and cannot take pictures. (For example, Power Surge at ElecTRONica was one thing I photographed regularly and that opened with Seperate Ways by Journey. Whenever I hear that song, I still think "click" every time it gets to a point when a nice potential picture would come up.)

Also with shows, take a bunch of test shots and check your photos regularly. I can't count how many times my photos have been ruined by too slow of a shutter speed or too low of an ISO.

When it comes to characters, things aren't as easy because their moves aren't choreographed. With them you just have to be ready and have your camera set up to get a picture quickly. There isn't really time there to struggle with settings. It's more difficult, but pictures can be wonderful when you get it down.

I hope I was somewhat helpful. Good luck to anyone planning on going and photographing the parks :)

I like you, anon. You get exactly what we're about. Seriously, that's all we do. Idg why people make such a big deal out of us.

And I hope you don't think it rude of us not to answer those anons.

We simply don't want to flood people's dashes with love or hate for us.

For those that support us, thank you. For those that don't, that's alright. We'll keep doing what we do because we love it.

And one of our anons was right: We are just a group of friends like anyone else.

So that's that, then.

If we get anymore messages about this, positive or negative, we will read them but there's a good chance we won't publish them.

Aw, gee. Thanks so much!

Basically.

I actually never knew him. >_>