Parkeology is all about trying to find some little known fact or detail to talk about. We try for truly obscure stuff, well beyond the standard Hidden Mickeys. With all the die-hard fan sites out there, it’s hard to find anything that has never been written about in some shape or form, but we do […]
Big Thunder’s Secret Show Scene
If you’re like me, you woke up today wondering if there was any real connection between a singing legend, an octopus, and the greatest Disney coaster of all time. Don’t feel ashamed. Everyone ponders this at some point or another, although usually it is accompanied by a high fever and unusual doses of medication. To […]
Disneyland: A Division of Vandelay Industries
Seinfeld fans may remember Vandelay Industries, the fictional business invented by George Costanza as a means of falsifying his employment. As I recall, Vandelay started as a latex business, but evolved into an import/export company. It had what is known as a “diversified business model.” Imports: Chips (potato; some corn). Exports: Diapers Disneyland is a […]
Disney missed one…
We are not the most serious bunch around here… if you have read a Parkeology post then you probably have a pretty good idea that we like to goof around. But that does not mean that we are not also full of clever (and accurate) tips and info that Disney fans may find useful. Such […]
Pinocchio’s Daring Dinner Bell
Every now and then I stumble across something a little baffling. Usually it’s that “Move It Shake It Celebrate It” mini-parade on Main Street. What is that thing? A couple modest parade floats, some awkward dance moves, a few lip-synching college kids. If it weren’t for the fact that some of the performers were dogs, […]
Disney’s Gulf Coast Disaster
Today we are going to take a break from Shane’s video game opus and shift gears to something much more serious; the many tragedies to have befallen upon the Gulf Coast. If it wasn’t so sad it would almost be pretty… and there is nothing funny about it. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on […]
Captain Hook’s Hook is on Which Hand? It’s Complicated.
Captain Hook’s hand was lost in a fight with Peter Pan. But which hand was is Captain Hook’s hook? Disneyland and Disney World do not agree.
Think Green
As you probably already know, Innoventions is full of garbage. In fact, it’s one of the featured exhibits. They love to teach you what the future will be like, and in the future, we will recycle everything. Recycling seems to be a common thread among Epcot pavilions. Ellen recycles sunlight, Test Track recycles kinetic energy, […]
Walt Disney World Explorer CD-ROM (1996)
Released in 1996 (with a revised edition two years later), the Walt Disney World Explorer CD-ROM game quickly climbed the charts to become the best selling game of the year. Featuring an innovative combat interface, diabolical level design, and enhanced A.I., it went on to collect all the major awards and appeared on several Top […]