These are some backstage pictures, but mostly show pictures of Finding Nemo, the Disney Ice Show in May of 2005. I loaded in, loaded out and worked backstage for the show nine months earlier for a couple of weeks in Lakeland and Orlando, then it came back to Florida in May and I loaded in, loaded out and ran spotlight for all the dates in Ft. Myers, Tampa and back in Lakeland. Since I was actually running my spot at the same time as taking these pictures, they're not the best, but I was closer than I usually am in the press box, so they're decent. There is a video clip of the Turtle Rock scene down there too.
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Opening scene in blacklight
Opening scene in blacklight
Opening scene in blacklight
Opening scene in blacklight
Opening scene
Meet Mr. Ray
"Aww, you made me ink!"
It's Bruce!
Bruce chases Marlin and Dory
Marlin and Dory meet the sharks
Shark Tango finale
Blood sets off Feeding Frenzy
Glow In The Dark Angler
Angler chases Dory and Marlin
Large ensemble number
Those little fish that make pictures
Beginning of The Feld Pinwheel
Those little fish giving directions
The Dentist's fish tank
Meet Nigel
Nigel gets flown in on a mechanized track
Nemo gets caught in the filter
Nemo gets free of the filter
Initiation
Initiation
The Volcano
Initiation
Initiation
Initiation
Intermission scene change
You've never done a scene change til you do it on ice without skates!
Jellyfish
Jellyfish flew in on a mechanized track too
Jellyfish silk dancer
An acrobat who used the silks for the Jellyfish scene
The scene with the acrobat was surreal
She was quite good
Jellyfish finale
Marlin & Dory try to escape the Jellyfish
Marlin & Dory try to escape the Jellyfish
The Great Current
Marlin & Dory hitch a ride on the Great Current
To be picked up by Crush
Crush was a motorized turtle that the SM drove like a golfcart on the ice
Meet the little turtles
Turtle Rock!
It's Squirt!
For all the stagehands that had a crush on "Squirt", here's ice-skater ass!
"But I'm an albino boy turtle! You guys are sick!"
Crush and Marlin
Do the Turtle Rock!
Yeah, yeah!
They do the Watusi!
They do the Twist!
But under the sea we rock like this!
The full Turtle Rock video
Squirt spins
Turtle Rock finale
Marlin tells the turtles his story
The turtles gather around
The story travels the ocean grapevine
"I heard it through the grapevine!"
Swordfish on the grapevine
Dolphins take up the tale
Seagulls hear the story
Nigel picks it up
Nigel flies in
Nigel tells Nemo his dad is looking for him
Fish scoop tries to take Nemo
The Tank Gang rush in to save Nemo
Marlin & Dory are lost
Enter the Whale
The whale is a huge metal frame with cheese-cloth skin that takes a couple skaters to move
Marlin & Dory get swallowed by the Whale
See Marlin & Dory in the Whale's stomach
Marlin & Dory in the Whale's stomach
Marlin & Dory meet Nigel
Marlin & Dory get attacked by the Seagulls
Nigel tells Marlin his son is dead
Finale - Nemo does tricks
Finale - Marlin does backflip
Auditions for future shows happen during current tours
The skaters put on performances for the bigwigs and any crew who sticks around
This was a "Thriller" performance
More auditions
Skater does a jump
Skater does a spin
Fuzzy high-speed tricks
Skater does a spinning jump
Skater takes a spill
Skater in the air
Skating backwards
Skaters hanging out
A road crew that does their own load in!
Building the curtain setup
Is this show freakin' over yet?
Greenbay gets eaten by a shark ... in landlocked Lakeland ... on ice!