Read part one here and part two here. It’s 6:30 am on the last day of the cruise and Leslie, our aggressively enthusiastic cruise director, is on the ship-wide public address system telling everyone to get the hell off. Her once charming and intriguing English accent is now grating and incredibly annoying. Half asIeep I […]
Living The Dream Part 2: Curse of the Black Pearl
Read part one here Sitting at the Meridian bar aboard the Disney Dream my father and I are contemplating ordering an extremely expensive glass of Louis XIII “Black Pearl” cognac. This is interesting for a number of reasons. First of it costs $1,200 a shot, and that’s considered a bargain. Yes, TWELVE HUNDRED American dollars […]
Living the Dream
Everything was going great on our Cruise aboard the Disney Dream until my 7 year old daughter asked about Donald Duck’s penis… but more on that later. We have very defined roles around the Parkeology offices. For example Shane writes frequent updates, he maintains the day in and day out technical aspects of the site, […]
Spaceship Earth Can’t Read a Newspaper, for Crying Out Loud
Spaceship Earth has a noble goal. To tell the story of communication. But it would help if its characters knew how to handle a newspaper.
The Next Big Hollywood Studios Rumor
Disney’s Hollywood Studios is often targeted as the site of the “next big thing.” If you follow the rumor mills, you’ll know that there is a pretty big one buzzing out there. Here’s what already exists at Hollywood Studios: Here’s what everyone’s dreaming about: And here’s what we should be very worried about getting: […]
Carno T-Shirts
This week’s entry in the Walt Disney World t-shirts file brings a couple of very stellar outfits direct from Dinoland U.S.A. I noticed these when exiting the area’s signature attraction, with the oh-so-obvious name, ThunderLizard. I was a little disappointed that these were only available in kid sizes. They illustrate a trend in recent Disney […]
Disappearing Act
Anyone who reads this blog long enough to get past the repetitive John Muir jokes and the poorly concealed Tony Baxter man-crush knows we have a true love of Walt Disney World’s simpler time. Nothing symbolizes this more than the old House of Magic shop on Main Street (now part of Goofy’s Plush-o-rama and Magical […]
Spaceship Earth and the Invention of Time Travel
It seems every other week I’m apologizing for not posting anything. Usually it’s a time-wasting excuse, such as “I was trying to beat World 8-1 in Super Mario Bros.” or “I was watching Colts pre-season football” or “I was trying to explain to someone younger than 30 what Super Mario Bros. is.” But this time, […]
World of Motion’s Grand Staircase
In 1982, every Future World pavilion was a like a Kardashian: Simple in mind, and possessing its own bold, unique shape. Every design was a carefully considered echo of its pavilion theme. Shells for the Living Seas. The Wheel for World of Motion. Male Pattern Baldness for Wonders of Life. Then, around 1994, Innoventions arrived […]