Disney California Adventure 360 Test Videos with the Samsung Gear 360

Time to field test taking 360 video with the Samsung Gear 360 camera. Below are two short videos in Disney California Adventure to show you the camera's capabilities.

YouTube fully supports 360 videos so make sure to scroll around within the video to take in the entire view.



I will definitely take a much longer video in one of my favorite places in the park next time. Here I just wanted to see what the video quality and audio quality is like.


Here I am taking a walk along one of the most scenic places in the park. Next time I may shoot video while pointing out some of the highlights of the park as well as take  video of some of the attractions.

Let me know what you think of these two short test videos. Also let me know what you would like to see in the parks in 360 video in the comments below.

Disney California Adventure in 360 with the Samsung Gear 360

Time to field test my new Samsung Gear 360 in Disney California Adventure. You will notice that there is no 360 footage from Cars Land because that is in a separate post. You can check out my 360 footage of Cars Land at the link below:

Cars Land in 360 with the Samsung Gear 360



Hanging out in the Carthay Circle. Such a great Hub for the park.



In front of The Hollywood Tower Hotel before it closed on January 2nd, 2017 to transform into Guardians of The Galaxy: Mission Breakout.



In the Paradise Pier viewing area for World of Color. During the day it is one of the best places to take photos in the area.

Disneyland and DCA in 360 with the Samsung Gear 360 Camera

Every since Samsung announced their venture into the world of Virtual Reality (VR), I was excited to see what products they were going to offer. I got the Samsung S7edge that came with the VR Headset. I loved the content that was available but was floored when Samsung announced the Gear 360 Camera! I took the Gear 360 Camera to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure on December 23rd and 24th to field test it.

The camera is easy to use and to pair with my phone and got a lot of looks from people walking around me, But let's get to the content that I shot! Below you will find two examples from Disneyland and two examples from Disney California Adventure! Use your mouse on the photo to move around and see what we captured!



This first 360 photo is the main entrance into the park. The famous Floral Mickey Mouse greets you to Disneyland. As Walt said that Mickey was a personification of him (Walt voiced Mickey in the early days) that the Floral Mickey is a personal greet by Walt himself to his park.



The next image is of the one of the most photographed locations on earth, Sleeping Beauty Castle! The castle was kept small because European castles were meant to be large and imposing, Walt didn't want that for his castle. I find that Disneyland's castle is the most charming castle of all.



Next, we move across the esplanade into Disney California Adventure and into the popular Cars Land, based off the hit Pixar film Cars! We are standing in the heart of Cars Land, right below the only light signal in the area. This land feels as if the animated film was actually shot on location here.



Lastly, we have one of my favorite locations in Disney California Adventure. This is the bridge next to Grizzly River Run that takes you past Frog Jump Falls. Take a look around the area and you feel as if you are somewhere in the high Sierras.

I hope you enjoyed this field test of the Samsung Gear 360 Camera and the 360 photos that we took. If you have any suggestions of other areas of the parks that you would like to see please let me know in the comments below! Next up will be some short video testing in the parks in the coming weeks!

Sasaki Time's Favorite Disneyland/DCA Photos for Facebook Covers

As many of you know, I love taking photos in The Disneyland Resort. I wanted to include some of my favorites to show you and if you want to use for your Facebook Cover photo then by all means please use them. I may also do another post for some of my photos to be used as phone screensavers. Hope you enjoy some of my favorite photos!

Sleeping Beauty Castle is one of my favorite things to take photos of. The time of day and weather conditions add to every photo.

Giveaway: Set of Lil Oishi Mini Buttons to Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Disney California Adventure!

Celebrate Disney California Adventure's 15th Anniversary with a mini button set of Lil Oishi as his favorite attractions CMs! As many of you know, Lil Oishi is not only my mascot of my blog but was created by the awesomely talented Jerrod Maruyama! The mini buttons were made by Raptor Button Company and you can find them on Instagram and on ETSY. I will be giving away 5 sets!

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Photo Report from the First Day of The Year in The Disneyland Resort!

Starting 2015 off at my favorite place on earth! Let's take a look around both Disney California Adventure and then over at Disneyland on this first day of January!

Just a picture perfect day at Grizzly River Run! I love the pelton wheel!

Some fun new Grizzly River Run merchandise is here! I love this sipper mug!

I may need to get this throw!

Great new Grizzly tshirt!

Great new sweatshirt! Happy to see area specific merchandise making its return!

Cars racing through Radiator Springs!

This area is still my favorite place to take photos!

Over at Disneyland my friend Charlotte and I had to meet the big cheese himself! Charlotte wanted Mickey to see her new sweater. Her mom made it for her! Mickey was very impressed!

Having my first Starbucks of the new year! Of course I made a hack of pumpkin juice! So refreshing to enjoy in the park!

Then it was off to the kingdom of Arendelle on the Storybook Canal Boats.

A ship has arrived in the harbor.

Saying farewell to the kingdom.

YOO HOO there is a trading post!

Over in Fantasyland the Queen is not happy. There must have been too much noise the night before.

Olaf is still hanging around even though Anna and Elsa have moved to DCA for Frozen Fun!

Getting one last look at the snow on the castle.

Just another beautiful day at Disneyland. I can never get enough of the roses and the castle.

Picture perfect! Can't wait to see the enhancements to the castle for the 60th!

Now it's time to sit down for one of my favorite meals in the park. The broasted chicken at the Plaza Inn is still the best theme park chicken around!

One last time for one of my favorite desserts. The Yule Log is a chocolate mocha masterpiece. Until next holiday season my friend!

Hope you enjoyed a quick look around the resort! Look for more photos throughout the year. Feel free to let me know what photos you would like to see and even what stories in the parks you would like to see me cover in the comments below!

Happy New Year everyone!

DCA Construction: Grizzly River Run 1998-1999

Early Grizzly Peak Conceptual Art! See the Grizzly Bear head carved into the far right of the peak?

Conceptual Art of Grizzly Peak!

Looking at the far right of the vehicles in the photo you can see the start of Grizzly River run!

A few months later the mountain is starting to go up!

A month later, more progress on the mountain!

You can see the the tunnel that is mine shaft 13 after you go down Drop 1!

Here is a better shot of the mountain!

The steel frame that will eventually become the peak itself!

The mountain is slowly rising!

Here you can see that construction on the entire park is in full swing! Past Grizzly Peak you can see the tunnels for California Screamin', the top of the Golden Zephyr, the ball that would eventually become the Orange Stinger and the three towers of the Maliboomer!

Here is one last photo of the peak before the observation deck was closed!

DCA Construction Sneak Peek: Grizzly River Run 1999

Here is another sneak peek photo from my DCA construction archive! This time it shows Grizzly River Run on the far right of the photo! The timeline photo set will come out in a few weeks! Hope you look forward to it!