DCA That is no More Part 7: The Green Dinosaur

The Green Dinosaur is no more.

Sitting high above DCA

Wearing his shades to keep the sun away.

We say goodbye  dear Brontosaur

In DCA you exist no more.

DCA That is no More: Monsters A Mobile Scream show

Back when Superstar Limo was still a rider and Monsters Inc had just come out in the theaters.  The Monsters were literally coming out of the closet to entertain people on the streets of DCA

DCA That is no More Part 6: No more Cheering

I never saw the TV movie....(and really probably never will).    But the Prep Rally had a lot of energy and was really fun.  The cheerleaders have put away their pom-pom's and been replaced by Phineas and Ferb doing the limbo.....Also fun.   Here is a yearbook style photobook look at the Prep Rally that was but is no more.

DCA that is no more Part 5: Cars before they had a land

Before they got their own land Mater and McQueen were just a pre-parade promo for the original movie.  Here are a few photos I dug out of an old photo book of Mater and Lightning driving through the streets of DCA

DCA that is no more Part 4: Picture of the day: Flick Meet and Greet

Here is your pal and mine  Flick from A Bug's Life....meeting and greeting fans when DCA opened and It's Tough to Be a Bug opened .     It's Tough to be a Bug is  still around....But I haven't seen Flick signing autographs for quite some time.

DCA that is no more Part 3: Picture of the day: Soap Opera Bistro

A picture and a postcard from the Soap Opera Bistro....

When DCA first opened it had a bunch of more expensive restaurant options and not enough visitors to keep them around....The Soap Opera Bistro is now home to  Playhouse Disney.  When the park opened it was a restaurant themed to the sets of Soap Opera's from ABC...The restaurant was actually pretty good the one time I ate there, but with the smaller than expected crowds that hit DCA for the first couple of years it like several other restaurants didn't last.

DCA even had Soap Opera weekends (like Prime Time Preview weekends)  where fans could meet Soap Opera stars.

DCA that is no more Part 2: Picture of the day: Sam Andreas Shakes

Like many of the shops when DCA opened this little Shake Shop had a California theme.       All I can say is this earthquake themed little snack stand was sure shaking up some real good real milkshakes..... Now gone to make way for Carsland....