Pictures from the Christmas Carol Train Tour!

Yesterday my friend and I took our boys to see the Christmas Carol Train Tour here in Miami, FL. It was a really lovely exhibit. The kids loved being able to see all of Charles Dickens' artifacts up close and personal, and they REALLY enjoyed being able to find out how all the stop-motion animation of the film took place. We were amazed to find out that over 8000 computer servers were used in processing the data for this film. The staff was Disney-friendly as per the norm, and the exhibit was on a real, live train. The exhibit was truly interactive - both I and my adult friends and our kids found enough to be interested. At the end the kids got to have their faces morphed into the various characters, and then we went into the large inflated tent, where we watched a 15 minute sneak preview of how the film was made.

During this, we saw a 3-minute clip of the scene where Fred invites Ebenezer Scrooge to Christmas dinner, and the infamous scene where Jacob Marley first visits his old business partner. The dialogue sounded like it was taken straight from the novel, not dumbed down for kids at all, and Jim Carrey outdid himself doing the voice for Scrooge - he is unrecognizable in all the best ways. Overall, I was extremely impressed with the preview - this looks to be not just a cutting-edge CGI film, but a faithful and loving retelling of a timeless tale of redemption. Can't wait!

If you want to see when the train comes by your hometown (if it hasn't already - this exhibit has been touring since late May) you can check it out here: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/christmascaroltraintour/

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