If you’ve noticed that I haven’t been linking out to Amazon very much here on the blog, it’s because Amazon has been making it very difficult to pre-order DVDs through its service. It’s been in a dispute with Disney over pricing, promotion, and whether Disney… Read More »Amazon and Disney kiss and make up. DVD’s available for pre-order again
Both my prior Disney Cruise experiences involved short trips to Castaway Cay and back as part of the media preview for the Disney Fantasy and the Disney Dream. I hardly slept. My feeling was that as long as there was something new to do on… Read More »Disney Cruise Line – A trip aboard the Dream through the Tilt-Shift Lens
Disneyland’s Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage official reopened from a long refurbishment on September 27th. To accomplish the updates to the attraction’s scenes, rockwork and coral over 5 million gallons of water were drained from the lagoon. If you’re thinking that seems like a giant waste… Read More »Disneyland’s Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage Lagoon an example of good water management
43 Years ago today, Walt Disney World opened to the public. Known early on as “The Florida Project,” it was viewed as a place for Walt to experiment with his ideas for intentional communities, technology advancement, industrial cooperation, and the latest in theme parks and… Read More »Happy Birthday to Walt Disney World
“Hunted and running out of solutions, Coulson puts his team right in the line of fire in the hopes of saving them all. But with General Talbot, Hydra and Creel all on the attack, can they possibly survive? Meanwhile, a mysterious Doctor (Kyle MacLachlan) harbors… Read More »Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S2-E2 Preview: Heavy Is The Head
You’ve been hearing about a big change coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios… well it’s not here. But there is some shifting around of the Frozen entertainment and shopping options. Disney is consolidating the Frozen entertainment at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The cavalcade and stage show is… Read More »Disney’s Hollywood Studios Gains New Frozen Store
September was the end of an era at EPCOT was four of the entertainment acts loved and cherished by fans were not renewed and new acts announced. In the Canada pavilion the band “Off Kilter” will be replaced by “The Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show”, which… Read More »EPCOT’s Canada Gaining Lumberjack Entertainment Act
They work mostly at night but keep the park looking fresh by providing some of its most important details, the landscape and seasonal decor. Disneyland’s Horticulture and Resort Enhancement team is definitely the under-sung heroes of the resort.
From carefully manicured flowers on Main Street, U.S.A., to desert plants in Cars Land, the landscape is part of the detail that tells the “story” of each land in the parks. More than 800 species of plants indigenous to 40 nations grow at the Disneyland Resort, making it one of the most extensive and diverse botanical locales in the western United States. The Horticulture and Resort Enhancement team manages the landscape plus the annual addition of seasonal décor for Halloween and Holidays.
Here are more fun facts from Disneyland’s Horticulture and Resort Enhancement team:
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