In her new blog "If We Can Dream It" Jessica captures one of my favorite details from the ‘Streets of America’ at Disney-MGM Studios. Over at Paleo-Future Blog, Matt finds that the term "Imagineering" may have been coined long before Walt Disney claims to have conceived it. Humorist James Lilieks has posted the second chapter… Read More »Morning Round Up
Tonight was my first time to Disney World’s Wide World of Sports complex. Turns out it was also the first time Major League Baseball played a regular season game at WWoS too. We sat on the lawn along the third base line. Great seats right up close to the action. Well, practically every seat in… Read More »MLB visitis Walt Disney World
James Lileks has been writing his often humorous ‘Bleats’ on his website for over a decade now. He’s also an accomplished author in the real world. Lileks recently took his family to the House of Mouse here in Orlando and has focused his witty observations on Disney’s Cinderella offerings. Part one is up now and… Read More »Walt Disney World, a Bleat life
The What Japan Thinks blog found a recent television poll on the show Trivia no Izumi, Fount of Trivia, that asked which character Japan’s residents found to be the cutest. The answer was Mickey Mouse and Winnie The Pooh. Those American and British creations beat out Hello Kitty, Rilakkuma (a San-X character), and DoCoMoDaKe… Read More »Pooh, Mickey Japan’s Cutest Characters
Ken Pellman wrote earlier about the end of the Ward Kimball Backyard Railroad – Grizzly Flats. I hadn’t really thought about what would happen to that property. I’m sad to see it split up. But I’m glad to hear that much of it is going to a good home. I didn’t want the week to… Read More »Ward Kimball Roundup
We took a little weekend trip to Disneyland to celebrate our
anniversary. It was supposed to be a romantic weekend of poolside
mojitos and the Disney’s California Adventure Food & Wine Festival.
We had hired a nanny to join us for the weekend so as to rid ourselves of the boys and
partake in some quality childfree fun. The nanny backed out.
We
could have left the boys at home. The dogs stayed. A big bowl of
Goldfish and the toilet seat up, they would have been fine. We would
have felt guilty though, we couldn’t go off to Disneyland and not take
the boys. Hence, the nanny. Needless to say, the boys came along, and
the wine was corked for another year.
Despite the fact that it
was probably their worst weekend of behavior ever, we still managed to
squeeze in more fun than frustration. Barely.
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As you might guess, I am a frequent visitor to Disney’s theme parks. I consider one of the benefits of this, the ability to slow down and enjoy some of the more unusual entertainment that Disney theme parks offer without feeling like I’m missing the chance to get one more ride in on that e-Ticket.… Read More »Magic Music Days at Disney Theme Parks
The lawsuit filed by the Higgins children against the Leomitis and ABC continues its path through the courts. Now the Higgins children’s attorney has complained that Disney re-aired the original episode even while knowing the story did not have a fairytale ending. The LA Times has some insight on exactly where the case stands now,… Read More »Extreme Makover: Home Edition Lawsuit takes another twist