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, [...]
For the second time this year, I traveled to Walt Disney World with Mousejunkie Walt. Sure, we hit all the parks and visited new friends and old and it was fun, but we had a much more noble mission in mind when we set foot on Disney property. That mission: Drink around the world at [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Magic Kingdom does Christmas well, but as far as I’m concerned, Epcot is the theme park where Disney gets it all right. The decorations are always diverse and exciting (let’s not talk about the Lights of Winter Arch – though the music from this now-retired element has returned at the Fountain of Nations and [...]
It was just supposed to be a quick trip to cover the small part of the World Showcase we didn’t hit on our previous trip. It was supposed to be a few light snacks and then back to the pool. But then we came across “15 Beers For 15 Years” and all plans went out [...]
Going over our schedule for the week, we noticed a flaw in our plans: Not enough Epcot International Food and Wine Festival. So we called an audible and headed for Epcot. First task: dump a margarita down the front of my shirt. Cool and soothing, I’m sure it looked flattering. We whipped through the Test [...]
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