Day 96: Funeral Pyre The events of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” take place 30 years after “Return of the Jedi.” In the climatic Jedi lightsaber battle on the Deathstar, the Sith Lord Darth Vader redeems himself by saving his son, Luke Skywalker, from The… Read More »100 Days of Star Wars: Day 96 – Funeral Pyre
Day 98: Anthony Daniels plays both the body and the voice the golden droid C-3PO, in each of the Star Wars movies. Only Kenny Baker (R2-D2) can also claim to have worked on all seven films. Daniels has also provided the voice of C-3PO in… Read More »100 Days of Star Wars – Day 98: C-3PO
We’ve all run into the casual Disney visitor who you overhear in queue getting all their Disney facts wrong. For instance, we often hear guests in EPCOT saying, “Okay, let’s go over to Disney World now!” Meaning, of course, the Magic Kingdom. We know they’re… Read More »5 Disney facts you think you know, but don’t.
Mental Floss, the YouTube channel known for its fascination with lists, turns its attention to The Muppets. They called in Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy to help list 20 facts about The Muppets that you may not know. There were definitely a few new… Read More »20 Facts about The Muppets from Mental Floss
There are a lot of benefits of being a kid in Orlando. One is that you getto spend a lot of time at the theme parks and soon come to know them as well as your own back yard. Indigo and The Disney Blog have… Read More »A Kid’s Life at Disney – Expedition Everest
“Dispatch from Disneyland” is not just a collection of stories and essays from the Happiest Place on Earth, it’s also my exploration of the interesting facts behind Walt Disney’s original Magic Kingdom.
Available now via DispatchFromDisneyland.com in special edition eBook or Amazon in print or for Kindle.
Update: Video of the Monorail dedication ceremony from June 14, 1959 is below the jump:
Interesting facts and enchanting tales from Walt Disney’s original Magic Kingdom. Available now via DispatchFromDisneyland.com or Amazon.
Big news on the book listing front. Amazon just upgraded the listing for Dispatch from Disneyland print edition. It now boasts an 18 page preview including the complete chapter listing along with the introductory story and the touching first vignette “Esmeralda.” The Kindle edition has… Read More »Dispatch From Disneyland – Preview Now Available