Disney and my newspaper job: Worlds happily colliding

It’s always fun when I can write about something I love. In this case I got to do a feature story about the Wild Africa Trek at Disney’s Animal Knigdom and a sidebar about all the changes and innovations announced last week. It’s in today’s Boston Herald. The best thing is that they turned it [...]

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Added bonus at the Yak & Yeti

I was reading this great rundown of the Yak & Yeti restaurant in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, when I was reminded of something I discovered quite by accident during my last meal there a few weeks ago. First of all, the theming in this place is amazing. From DisneyShawn: “The proprietor of this establishment, a local [...]

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New at DAK: Wild Africa Trek

As I traveled on the Kilimanjaro Safari a few weeks back, I started noticing new structures and a lot of suit-type Imagineer/cast members walking around, conferencing and pointing at things just beyond the brush along certain parts of the savanna. Now I know what they were doing. They were putting the finishing touches on the [...]

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Disney calendar updates, Jan. 7-14

EVENTS & ACTIVITES – Jan. 7-14 At MAGIC KINGDOM (407/824-4321) Daily – Move it, Shake it, Celebrate it! Street Party: 11 a.m.; 12:30 p.m.; 5:40 p.m. Daily – Celebrate A Dream Come True Parade: 3 p.m. Daily – Wishes Fireworks: 8 p.m. Special Presentation – Main Street Electrical Parade: Jan. 8, 10 & 13: 7 [...]

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Back from WDW

Well, there’s one more Disney trip in the books. Here are a few quick thoughts on my Dec. 5 trip… It was cold. It didn’t bother me a lot, but look at the photo above to see how everyone is dressed. Think I’m exaggerating? Heather Leigh Carroll over at the Disney Travel Examiner is reporting [...]

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