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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Charles de Gaulle di Paris membatalkan ratusan penerbangan, Senin, 21 Januari 2013.



Salju Eropa Mengganggu Penerbangan dan Aktivitas Warga

Salju lebat dan suhu beku menimbulkan gangguan besar di Eropa, antara lain menyebabkan pembatalan penerbangan dan kereta serta memaksa sekolah-sekolah tutup.

Bandar udara Frankfurt di Jerman, Heathrow di London, dan Charles de Gaulle di Paris membatalkan ratusan penerbangan, Senin, 21 Januari 2013.

Lebih dari 175 penerbangan dibatalkan di Bandara Heathrow, salah satu bandar udara paling sibuk di dunia.

Heathrow memutuskan untuk mengurangi jadwal penerbangan sebagai antisipasi gangguan jarak pandang.

"Tambahan pembatalan ditempuh karena sejumlah bandar udara di negara lain di Eropa mengalami masalah sehingga hal itu berdampak bagi kita," kata seorang juru bicara Heathrow.

Heathrow menghabiskan dana sekitar US$57 juta untuk membeli peralatan pembersih salju.
Kecelakaan kereta

Wartawan BBC Dejan Radojevic melaporkan salju yang menyelimuti sebagian besar wilayah Eropa tampak indah tetapi menyulitkan penduduk untuk melakukan aktivitas.

Sementara itu ratusan sekolah di Inggris masih tutup menyusul penutupan sekolah pada Jumat lalu.

Pihak berwenang Jerman mengatakan Bandara Frankfurt yang merupakan bandar udara tersibuk ketiga di Eropa membatalkan 325 pendaratan dan tinggal landas.

Puluhan warga Jerman mengalami cedera setelah jatuh di salju yang mengeras dan menjadi es.

Di Prancis, Badan Penerbangan Sipil mengatakan sekitar 40% penerbangan di Bandara Orly dan Roissy-Charles de Gaulle dibatalkan sebagai tindakan pencegahan menyusul salju lebat pada Minggu.

Warga ibukota Prancis kesulitan mencapai tempat kerja karena sebagian besar layanan bus umum dihentikan.

Di Austria, dua kereta bertabrakan pada jam sibuk di ibukota Wina dan menyebabkan sejumlah orang luka-luka.[]
sumber: bbc indonesia

Salju di sekitar Menara Eiffel, Paris, Prancis



Korban Cuaca Beku Esktrem di Eropa Capai 300 Orang

Senin, 06 Februari 2012, http://www.republika.co.id
AP
Para pekerja tengan membersihkan salju menggunakan kendaraan khusus pembersih salju di sekitar Menara Eiffel, Paris, Prancis, Ahad (5/2). Cuaca ekstrim dan beku melanda sejumlah negara Eropa.
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REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KIEV -- Cuaca dingin yang melanda seluruh Eropa memakan korban jiwa hingga 300 orang pada Ahad (5/2). Kondisi itu tersebut juga berdampak luas pada pelayanan transportasi. Ribuan penduduk terpaksa hidup tanpa listrik. Warga diperingatkan bahwa suhu beku masih akan berlangsung hingga pekan depan.

Ratusan nyawa melayang di Eropa timur karena cuaca beku yang mulai bergerak ke barat. Sejumlah bandara mengumumkan bahwa penerbangan bisa saja ditunda atau dibatalkan. Seorang peramal cuaca di Kantor Met Inggris Steven Keates mengatakan, cuaca dingin masih akan berlangsung lama dan diperkirakan akan menyebar ke wilayah lain.

"Cuaca masih akan sangat dingin, mungkin tidak akan seperti pada pekan lalu tetapi masih sangat dingin," katanya kepada Reuters, Ahad (5/2). Ia memperkirakan cuaca dingin akan menyebar ke selatan dan timur Eropa. Akibatnya, salju bisa saja terjadi di Italia, Yunani dan negara-negara Balkan.

Bosnia memberlakuakn keadaan darurat setelah jatuhnya tujuh korban jiwa akibat suhu dingin ekstrim. Salju longsor dan angin kencang juga memutus akses jalan bagi ratusan desa di bagian timur negara itu. Helikopter diperlukan untuk mengangkut bantuan  ke daerah pegunungan dan mengevakuasi warga yang sakit ke rumah sakit.

Yunani juga menyatakan situasi darurat di semenanjung Peloponnese barat setelah hujan lebat yang menyebabkan banjir dan seorang wanita 82 tahun tenggelam ketika mencoba keluar dari rumahnya.

Di Ukraina sembilan orang tewas semalam dan semakin menambah daftar panjang korban tewas akibat cuaca dingin ekstrim. Layanan darurat mengatakan, sudah 131 orang tewas selama cuaca dingin yang berlangsung selama sembilan hari. Sebanyak 1.800 orang dirawat di rumah sakit dan 75 ribu orang tunawisma tercatat menghuni tempat-tempat penampungan. Suhu di Ukraina pada malam hari mencapai minus 33 derajat Celcius atau minus 27 Fahrenheit.

Sebagian besar korban tewas akibat suhu dingin adalah tunawisma. Tubuh mereka yang membeku ditemukan terkubur di bawah salju, di sungai dan di jalanan. Lebih dari 3.000 tenda berpenghangat didirikan untuk menampung para tunawisma.
Reporter : Ani Nursalikah
Redaktur : Ajeng Ritzki Pitakasari

Snow in Paris on January 20, 2013



Snow in Paris! http://disappearingrose.blogspot.com

(Man using skies passing the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on January 20, 2013 -- image taken from online search of the first heavy snowfall of the new year!)


Love this photo -- makes me miss my France family!


Love to all :)

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Character Merry Christmas Party



MNSSHP 2011-Character Locations

http://unofficialdisneycharacterhuntingguide.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html
The Seven Dwarfs at the Exit of Splash Mountain
Captain Jack Sparrow outside POTC
Castle Hub
Lotso in the hub
 Gaston in the hub
 Jafar in the hub
 The Tremaines in the hub
Main Street USA
 Duffy on Main Street at Tour Guide Garden
 Tigger, Pooh, Eeyore, and Piglet on Main Street near Flag Pole

 Suzy and Perla on Main Street outside Town Square Theater
 Mickey and Minnie inside Town Square Theater
 Flynn Rider and Rapunzel inside Town Square Theater
 Cinderella and Prince Charming inside Town Square Theater
 Snow White and Snow Prince inside Town Square Theater
Adventureland

Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party 2012

http://unofficialdisneycharacterhuntingguide.blogspot.com/2012_11_01_archive.html
Seven dwarfs at exit of Splash Mountain

Peter Pan and Wendy at Carousel

Uncle Scrooge in Fantasyland Across from Storybook Treats

Cinderella Unit at Fantasyland Castle Wall

Pooh Crew- Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Jack Sparrow-Adventureland Pirates of the Caribbean

Ferb in Tomorrowland near Carousel of Progress

Genie and Jasmine in Adventureland in Agrabah

Duffy at Liberty Belle

Country Bears in Frontierland at Rivers of America Crossing

Mickey and Minnie at Town Square Theater

Rapunzel and Flynn Rider at Town Square Theater

Aurora and Prince Phillip Town Square Theater

Snow White and Prince Town Square Theater

Prince Ali and Abu-Agrabah Adventureland

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Town Square Theater Meet Princesses





Town Square Theater Meet and Greet at Magic Kingdom

 | March 30, 2011
The former Exposition Hall in Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World has been renamed as Town Square Theater. It formally opens on April 1, 2011 as the new home of Mickey and Minnie Mouse and the Princesses.  Disney was operating the meet and greet as a soft opening today.
The area is themed as a Victorian-era theater.  It feels very rich and elegant.  Be sure to look all around you to see all the special signs and props while waiting to visit with the characters.
There are two separate lines, and they do have the estimated wait times outside each line.  Fast passes will be offered for the meet and greet and there are special signs showing you where to go if you have a fast pass. When you get close to the front of the line a cast member asks how many in your party.  I was by myself, so I was added with some other people; there were 10 of us total.  We were then told to walk forward into another waiting area.  Finally it was time for our group to enter the room where we would meet Mickey and Minnie.
Finally, I was in the room.  Be sure to check out all the little signs and props.  Can you find the rabbit in a hat?
http://www.disunplugged.com/2011/03/30/town-square-theater-meet-and-greet-at-magic-kingdom/

The new photo location for the pair is far more pleasing to the eye than the old Judge’s Tent in thew now-demolished Mickey’s Toontown Fair. And with Town Square Theater situated at the front of the park instead of the back (as was the case with Toontown), more guests will have a chance to meet Mickey earlier in the day.
In addition, this new meet-and-greet location boasts the first-ever use of Fastpass to allow guests to reserve a time to meet characters, rather than waiting in line. The Fastpass system for the characters is the same one used for Magic Kingdom attractions, so guests will have to choose carefully which lines they want to skip.
Town Square Theater
(Photo by Josh Siegel, @Crushinat0r)
And until the New Fantasyland expansion is complete, Disney Princesses are also meeting guests in this location, separately from Mickey and Minnie.
Town Square Theater
Town Square Theater
Town Square Theater
Town Square Theater
Town Square Theater
Town Square Theater
(Photos by Josh Siegel, @Crushinat0r)
The Princesses have their own animated artwork as well featuring trivia.
http://www.insidethemagic.net/2011/03/preview-town-square-theater-disney-meet-and-greet-debuts-as-entertaining-and-lavish-new-magic-kingdom-home-for-mickey-mouse/
While not officially opening until Friday, April 1, the new Town Square Theater has soft opened to select guests today at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, providing a sneak peek at the lavish new home in which Mickey and Minnie Mouse are waiting to meet their fans.

(Photo from WDWMAGIC.com)
Themed as a Victorian-era theater, Town Square Theater features ornate decor throughout its large space, ready to hold hundreds of guests who will line up to meet the Mouse that started it all. Entering the area, guests currently choose between meeting Mickey Mouse (and Minnie) or the Disney Princesses, who are in Town Square Theater until their new Fantasyland area is complete in 2012.
Town Square Theater
(Photo by Josh Siegel, @Crushinat0r)
The meet-and-greet is officially called “Backstage with Mickey Mouse,” keeping with the theater theme.
Town Square Theater
(Photo by Josh Siegel, @Crushinat0r)
The standby queue will seemingly hold hundreds of waiting guests.

(Photo from WDWMAGIC.com)

Interactive posters line the walls of the Town Square Theater, similar to the enchanted art featured on the Disney Dream cruise ship.