With Epcot’s 30th coming up next year, I was daydreaming today about changes I think would revitalize the park. Got me to wondering, what would you say if Imagineering sat you in a room and said “tell us what we should do next.” Personally, and I know many will cry heresy, I would say it’s [...]
I have yet to spend a Fourth of July at Walt Disney World, but hope to in the next few years. I know exactly what I’d do: I’d hit the Carousel of Progress, Hall of Presidents and then head over to the American Adventure. First, I’d love to see the Voices of Liberty do this: [...]
Katie and I just got back from another Daddy/Daughter trip to Walt Disney World. Before we left, she found one of my old journals where I chronicled some of our vacations. She told me she wanted to do the same thing on this trip, so she packed a journal and spent every night writing. When [...]
The woman who has been immortalized in a statue at Epcot’s Norway pavilion has died. Grete Waitz, a Norwegian runner who won nine New York City Marathons and the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, has died after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 57. Helle Aanesen, the manager of the Active [...]
This video is incredible. The guys from DiscoverEpcot.com shot and put together a great stop-motion film that brings viewers into every pavilion around the world showcase. I kept finding myself smiling and laughing out loud. It’s fantastic. In the video description: “This is a stop motion project where I travel around the World Showcase Lagoon. [...]
I’ve taken part in a few “Drink Around the World” events at Epcot, but I’ve always taken it very easy. I don’t want to end up on someone’s blog acting like a weirdo. I don’t want to bother cast members, make a scene or bother other guests. Not that this bothered anyone: The guy in [...]
Journey Into Imagination is 28 years old. It’s pretty well known what I think of the creepy Dreamfinder and the cloying Figment. (See the first “Mousejunkies” book.) But all kidding aside, let me paraphrase a quote to explain my true feelings about it: A bad day on the Imagination attraction is better than a good [...]
Displaced characters sent packing by the recent closure of Mickey’s Toontown Fair are starting to find permanent homes. The Disney Parks Blog yesterday reported Mickey and Minnie landed at Exposition Hall near the front of the Magic Kingdom. And today, I read in the Orlando Sentinel’s “A Mom and the Mouse” that Tinker Bell and [...]
Dear Epcot, How are you? Have you lost weight? Oh, right – you lost the red “Epcot” sign on top of Spaceship Earth. It makes you look younger. Anyway, I just wanted to mention briefly that the artists playing your Epcot International Flower and Garden Concert Series are irrelevant and yawn-inducing. I would spend the [...]
Epcot hosts live performances from artists popular in the 1960s, 70s and 80s on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays during the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival. The concerts are held at the America Gardens Theatre. I’m a music snob, so I’ll describe the lineup as incredibly non-threatening and rather bland. I don’t exactly expect Motorhead, [...]
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