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The Norway Pavilion at Epcot is one of my favorite places at Walt Disney World. Today I discovered The Song of Norway soundtrack on Spotify. I haven’t heard this music in YEARS! For those of you who don’t know what The Song of Norway is, I’ll give a brief explanation. …

NEW Fantasyland Artwork

New details are emerging about the “new Fantasyland” in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. I’ll be writing more about them in the next couple of days but for now I thought I’d show you some of the artwork regarding this project. Here is a complete overview of the …

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A Brief Recap on Disneyland Christmas Day Parade Taping

As most who follow my blog/twitter know, yesterday I spent a good portion of the day observing and participating in the taping of the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade at Disneyland. It was a fun and festive day to say the least and fun was had by all. I was …

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2010 Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade Photo Gallery

Today Disneyland was a buzz as the park was filled with the Christmas spirit for the recording of the Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade. Things got started with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy performing Christmas is Starting Now in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle. He was joined by Kim Johnson and …

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C-3P0 To Pilot a Starspeeder 1000?

Today on the Disney Parks Blog a new secret was unveiled. This is a secret that Anthony Daniels apparently has been bursting to tell! Here is what the Disney Parks Blog had to say: It was great to read your comments about the pilots of Star Tours on my last …

Before You Go Donald Duck…

We’ve all seen it happen, Donald Duck blowing his top, putting up his fists, jumping up and down, and quacking some unintelligible jabber. I’ve been reminded more and more lately at how important it is to be positive. I think most people would agree that yes, it is a good thing to …

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We’ve Got Droids

A lot was going on at the Disneyland Resort this weekend, most involved D23 and the Destination D event. One of the things that definitely got my attention was the unveiling of some details about Star Tours. For years it had been rumored that Star Tours was going to be …

Let the Memories Begin!

This morning at a press event in New York City, Disney announced the next promotion for Disneyland and Walt Disney World. It is entitled Let the Memories Begin. I will include the entire press release below but basically it is a promotion that focuses on the memories of guests and …

Where’s Mr. DAPs? – Take 7

The last Where’s Mr. DAPs? turned out to be a lot more difficult than I expected! I will admit, I hadn’t noticed it before taking the picture so I think it would have been equally hard for me. Now, the moment some of you have been waiting for. The unveiling …

Scoring Star Tours (I & II)

You may or may not realize this but John Williams wasn’t the guy who came in and arranged the music for Star Tours. A guy named Richard Bellis was actually the guy who pulled together the music and arranged it for the original Star Tours. There is an amazing interview …