Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Paris that is. Even though this should mainly go in the DLP section, since about 5 people look in there, I thought I would put this hear where there is a lot of action and I thought you would appreciated it.... Every year in Belgium there is a sand sculpture festival where they stick to a theme. This year it is Disneyland Paris and they are shaping up to look great (though still a work in motion). There are sculptures of Main Street, the Castle, Pirates of the Caribbean, Phantom Manor, Big Thunder, Space Mountain, the Nautilus, Alice's Curious Labrynth and lots of characters. Thought you might like it: <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/24657713" target="_blank">http://www.vimeo.com/24657713</a>
Originally Posted By DlandDug Amazing detail! The scale of this is something, too. I see it is scheduled to be shown to the public starting June 10. I will be checking it out here after that: <a href="http://www.zandsculptuur.be/" target="_blank">http://www.zandsculptuur.be/</a>
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo It is indeed a huge scale and very awesome. It is not very well known in Europe sadly, we stumbled upon it on one of our little adventures a few years ago when the theme was dinosaurs (amazing it was too). I think we are going to seriously try to get across.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Here is the one in English: <a href="http://www.zandsculptuur.be/index.asp?taal=en" target="_blank">http://www.zandsculptuur.be/in...?taal=en</a>
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Here are some wonderful stills: <a href="http://backup.cb-it.be/~xanto/OPBOUWZAND11/album/" target="_blank">http://backup.cb-it.be/~xanto/...1/album/</a>
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Here is a nice article by my friend Andy (you might know him from the MSEP/Fantillusion DVD - official spirit, made by Disney, not social media IP theft ;-) <a href="http://blog.mousekingdom.com/2011/06/10/disneyland-paris-sand-sculptures-opening-night/" target="_blank">http://blog.mousekingdom.com/2...g-night/</a>
Originally Posted By DlandDug Great article. Thanks for sharing! There is something I don't understand. The article describes everything being inside marquee tents, under cover. But there are many photos showing sculptures in the open air. What is the breakdown on this?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I am guessing, knowing previous years, the smaller and more intricate/fragile sand sculptures are in the marquee to keep them safe from the wind. These will be the characters and such. The larger ones act as wienies and in some cases are too big to go under cover or are more robust, e.g. Space Mountain, the Castle, Phantom Manor, Big Thunder etc. A few years ago they did one that was mostly outdoors and won the Guiness book of World Record for the largest sand model display, it took an average of 2 hours to walk the exhibit.
