What does a Rolls Royce Phantom and a Jules Verne inspired ride vehicle in Tokyo have in common? Read on. At Parkeolgy we are always on the lookout for the little details that Disney pours into the parks and attractions. These generally come in the form of unexpected effects or nods to the past. One […]
Author: Teevtee
Teevtee’s Top Ten
It always has struck me that the phrase “paying homage” is a bit disingenuous. It may sound very nice and may imply that the person “paying homage” to someone or something is in fact crediting the source and showing respect, however in truth it’s just a fancy French way of saying “stealing”. For example Disney’s […]
MyMagic Backpack+++
New buds awaken on long dormant trees; perennial flowers emerge from hibernation and the air is filled with fresh warm breezes for the first time in many months. This has been a long brutal winter for much of the nation; spring is bringing with it a sense of rejuvenation. The sky is blue, the grass […]
Gotta get back in time…
The eighties rocked. Although I was already an adolescent by the time the decade dawned I most certainly consider myself a child of the eighties. EPCOT Center’s opening in 1982 was a BIG deal for me. Having already been to Walt Disney World numerous times I was enthralled with the idea of a new Disney […]
T-Shirts and the City
Shane has all the fun. He lives in Orlando so he gets to visit the parks often. He enjoys Disney Halloween parties in August and Disney Easter Egg hunts in January. I think he took his son to see Santa in Disney Hollywood Studios sometime mid September but whatever… that’s not my concern. When things […]
WDW47: The Video
Have you ever watched a documentary about some crazy daredevil guy? Maybe a guy who jumps off of buildings with parachutes or a surfer in shark infested waters. Maybe it was about a guy who climbed some incredibly massive mountain. The footage can be gripping, the cameras are often right there, right in the guy’s […]
Expedition Evacuation
When Shane and I were running WDW47 we joked that this would be the one day where a ride broke down and we were evacuated… thus destroying our hopes for success. Both of us have been to the parks innumerable times… we have ridden more rides than we can count. I have been to every […]
Teevtee’s take WDW47 One week later: A day that will live in infamy
“There’s a great big beautiful tomorrow shining at the end of every KABOOM!”An enormous clap of thunder shudders through the rotating Carousel of Progress Theater interrupting the Sherman Brothers’ famous song and shaking the walls and seats. It’s sometime past 10:30 pm Sunday June 16th and Shane and I have completed 36 of the 47 […]
Final Prep…
Its almost here… Nearly 20 years in the making (more on this later) the impossible is about to come true (or fail spectacularly) WDW 47 is set to launch in just 4 days. Plans have been made and remade. Numbers have been crunched. Test runs have been held. Strategy has been discussed, scrapped, altered and […]
