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Opening Ceremony of the Pioneer Section at Disneyland's Innoventions
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by Rebekah and Doobie Moseley
August 23, 2001
Complete coverage of the opening ceremony of the new Pioneer Virtual Resort section of Disneyland's Innoventions. Includes many of pictures of the exhibits.

On August 22nd Pioneer dedicated the newest addition to Disneyland's Innoventions - The Virtual Resort. Below is a transcript and video of the dedication ceremony followed by several pictures of the Virtual Resort itself.

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Four videos are available which together make up the entire dedication ceremony. The videos are available in RealVideo format for both low bandwidth and high bandwidth connections. The videos are linked here and in the relavant sections of the transcript.

Ceremony - Page 1

Announcer
Please welcome the Virtual Resort’s virtually perfect bellhop Harlan Houllihan.

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Harlan Houllihan - The Virtual Bellhop
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Harlan Houllihan
Good morning and on behalf of the Disneyland Resort and Pioneer it is my great pleasure to welcome you to the Virtual Resort. What we have here is an amazing retreat where you can customize your own personal entertainment choices and virtually go wherever your imagination can take you. Now I know you are all eager to check in but first let’s hear from…Here to tell us more about the exciting partnership between the Disneyland Resort and Pioneer, please welcome the President of the Disneyland Resort Cynthia Harriss.

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Disneyland Resort President Cynthia Harriss
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Cynthia Harriss
Well, thank you Harlan and welcome everyone. Welcome to Innoventions. When Walt Disney first imagined a place where families could come together and spend, time one of his key ingredients was education. He believed that there was tremendous entertainment to be found in the discovery of knowledge. He also stated on more than one occasion that Disneyland would never be complete as long as there is imagination left in the world. I’m here to tell you today that there is plenty of imagination left and its right here in Innoventions.

We opened this attraction in 1998 with the goal of being able to showcase the latest technology -  technologies that as they continue to evolve will make our jobs easier, make our body healthier, and our lives richer. And since modern technology is always progressing, Innoventions always will be evolving and revolving to keep up with those changes.

Well today we are very pleased to introduce our newest partner to this endeavor, a worldwide leader in pushing that technology envelope. And please join me in welcoming the President and CEO of Pioneer North America, Mr. Kaz Yamamoto.

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President and CEO of Pioneer North America, Mr. Kaz Yamamoto
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Kaz Yamamoto
Thank you Cynthia. Pioneer was very excited when Disney approached us to be a part of the Innoventions exhibit. It offers Pioneer an opportunity to showcase our digital entertainment products in a truly unique setting. When the creating groups from Disney and Pioneer got together they immediately agreed on two rules. First, this display should be more than typical living room with a great home theater system. Second, it should be interactive to allow guests to touch and feel Pioneer’s digital entertainment products. As you will see we have achieved both of those goals with the Virtual Resort presented by Pioneer. We are proud to join Disneyland in creating the ultimate virtual vacation for high tech savvy travelers.