My Favorite Postcards

Walt Disney World

For the millennium celebration, Epcot is introducing IllumiNations 2000: reflections of Earth, an all-new nighttime spectacular filled with the fiery glow of torches, a high-energy soundtrack, sky-piercing lasers and thunderous fireworks.

This unused postcard is from the year 2000.

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Here is a similar postcard..... I bought this card in 2012, it amazes me how similar the fireworks are!  I'm guessing they just added a few more via photoshop for this card.

Celebrating:
National Postcard Week: May 3- May 9, 2015
with...
Demaris Swint!
Keeper of all things NPCW!
Thank you for all you do!

Demaris Swint has been a huge influence on NPCW.  She inherited boxes of cards from every year since the beginning.  She gathers the list of participants every year to help keep NPCW alive.  She built a website just for the hobby, where there are cards from this year and back to day one.  And now she publishes the annual directory.  That's just a small part of all that she does for us.  I thought she deserved a little recognition.

This postcard is from Jane Hepner and is a limited edition # 94 of 100.

The little 'made with love' attachment is made of metal.

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The only thing I do not like about this postcard is that I didn't' think of doing it first!  Every word written on this card about Demaris is true.  It is amazing all the work she does.  Her website is: www.NationalPostCardWeek.com

Dubai - New Year Celebration at Burj Khalifa

postmarked in 2013 with three United Arab Emirates stamps

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Burj Khalifa known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 829.8 m (2,722 ft).

Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010.

In March 2009, Mohamed Ali Alabbar, chairman of the project's developer, estimated the total cost for the project to be about US$1.5 billion.

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To wash the 24,348 windows, totaling 120,000 m2 (1,290,000 sq ft) of glass, a horizontal track has been installed on the exterior of Burj Khalifa at levels 40, 73, and 109. Each track holds a 1,500 kg (3,300 lb) bucket machine which moves horizontally and then vertically using heavy cables. Above level 109, up to tier 27 traditional cradles from davits are used. The top of the spire, however, is reserved for specialist window cleaners, who brave the heights and high winds dangling by ropes to clean and inspect the top of the pinnacle. Under normal conditions, when all building maintenance units will be operational, it will take 36 workers three to four months to clean the entire exterior façade.

Unmanned machines will clean the top 27 additional tiers and the glass spire. The cleaning system was developed in Melbourne, Australia at a cost of $8 million.

Celebrate 30 Years
NCPW (NPCW) 30 May 5-13 (should read 11th) ,2013

Coupon (This is raised from the actual postcard!)
You are entitled to:
Stress Free Hours!
from Jackie

the following is from http://NationalPostcardWeek.com (be sure to go to this site and read more!)

NPCW began as a way for sellers and collectors to promote the hobby of postcard collecting.

Some of those Pioneers were DeeDee Parker of Western Reserve Post Card Society, John McClintock, Roy Cox and Richard Novick. An excerpt from the IFPD Newsletter of March 1, 1983 written by John McClintock. " For the past year we have been working on a Postcard Day, Week or Month to help promote the hobby/business. DeeDee Parker graciously accepted the task of correlating the thoughts of the postcard collectors/dealers in the matter. It seems the majority wishes to have a Postcard Week and that it be held the First full week of May. This will be a lot of fun and insure perpetuation of the hobby in the future.

Congratulations to Spain on winning the 2010 FIFA World Cup!!!!


Barcelona Montjuic

Piromusical. Montjuic
(Fireworks, Monjuic)

Bought in Barcelona Spain, 2009 - unused

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Barcelona's Montjuïc is a broad shallow hill with a relatively flat top overlooking the harbour, to the southwest of the city centre. The eastern side of the hill is almost a sheer cliff, giving it a commanding view over the city's harbour immediately below. The top of the hill (a height of 173 metres) was the site of several fortifications, the latest of which (the Castell de Montjuïc) remains today. The fortress largely dates from the 17th century, with 18th century additions.

Liberty 1886-1986

New York
Statue of Liberty
Centennial Year

unused

Fantasy in the Sky

The sky over the Magic Kingdom's regal Cinderella Castle explodes with brilliant color at night in the traditional Disney fireworks display.

postmarked in 2008 with a 39 cent 'Lady and the Tramp' stamp

There is also a 'Main Street U.S.A. Magic Kingdom' postmark :)



some interesting info on the 'Fantasy in the Sky' fireworks show:
Walt Disney requested a fireworks show against the backdrop of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in 1958, to keep guests at the park for longer hours and provide much needed night-time entertainment. The show was extremely popular, and became a vital component of the Disneyland experience. When the second Disney park, the Magic Kingdom, opened in Florida in 1971, it was only natural to duplicate the show there. The predecessors to Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, the company who create all the entertainment for Disney parks worldwide, were able to produce a much larger show with a bigger budget and more space to work with - Cinderella Castle is almost three times taller than its Californian cousin.

Washington, DC - Every year on the Fourth of July at nightfall, a spectacular fireworks show takes place over the nation's capital. The Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and the United States Capitol (l-r) provides an inspiring setting for the Independence Day celebration. - postmarked in 2006 with 'Common Buckeye' stamp