Dinsey XD: Sweet Life On Deck Bump Goes Underwater

I originally thought this was a sunken submarine in this bump (interstitial) for Disney Channel's Sweet Life On Deck. When you play it back slowly though you can see its a boat at a dock. There is still some neat animation though. I particularly like the particles floating in the water, which you can't really see in these images.





See a more complete version here.

20,000 Leagues Desktop Images by Gedeon Maheux

by Gedeon Maheux via Michael May's Adventureblog

Tim Delaney's Sea Base Alpha

Progress City U.S.A. has posted some great concept art by Disney Imagineer Tim Delaney for EPCOT's Living Seas pavilion. Click here to go to Tim Delany's website.

Tom Scherman's Incredible Nautilus Apartment

Tom Scherman was so enamored with Disney's 1954 film version of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea that he redesigned the inside of his apartment to resemble the Nautilus, all the while his landlord was none the wiser. Eventually the truth came out (the landlord didn't actually care) and the apartment gained notoriety. Tom even went on to help design the Nautilus at Disneyland Paris and other Disney attractions.

Tom also did an incredible job documenting the transformation of his apartment. The Disney And More blog has now posted large images of the album of this documentation. Click here to go there!

It looks like the end result was more like a real submarine (cramped and confined) than the Nautilus (which I always imagine as sumptuous and lavish).