It’s been about about 13 years since the Southern Baptist boycott of Disney. Some readers may be too young to remember this, but there was a time during the Michael Eisner years when Disney veered sharply away from their family friendly image and started embracing less savory elements. Mainly the boycott was concerned with the […]
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
New Parkeologist – NOW WITH VIDEO!
Well, after a lot of begging Shane has seen it fit to promote me from lowly “guest contributor” to a full time parkeologist. That means that I will be diluting Shane’s enlightening prose with posts of my own from time to time. Shane previously posted my attempted explanation of the Dinoland USA back story […]
Chester and Who-ster?
It’s finally here. The great Dinoland opus from friend and collaborator Teevtee. The man who caught Joe Rohde baby-dunking. It’s about time he got around to sending me something new rather than resting on his laurels. I’ve been pestering him for days now. Regardless of how you feel about Dinoland’s story (and I […]
Disney World Goes To the Oscars
In honor of the Academy Awards, I have decided to devote an entire post linking the most famous American award show to a 43-square-mile patch of Florida swampland. Here are the nominees and winners of the Oscars, Walt Disney World style. Best Supporting Actress The Great Movie Ride is packed with Supporting Actress nominees. Of […]
All Dried Up – A Parkeology Exclusive!
For the first time, we are pleased to bring you a shocking parkeology-exclusive video. This is hard-hitting, explosive material that you won’t find anywhere else, since it was captured by our own Teevtee, who also did the write-up. The video is at the end of the article and it is indeed SHOCKING. It is not […]
Lost in Animal Kingdom
The subject of Animal Kingdom’s lost path was covered again on 6/16/2010, and resulted in a night in the tank for Teevtee for his wanderings through Animal Kingdom’s backwoods. – Shane ———————————- Another great write-up from Teevtee today, with one of the truly hidden spots in Animal Kingdom. I remember we both found this area […]
Lions, check. Tigers, check.
Hidden Mickeys are such a big deal now for casual fans. But these aren’t really secrets anymore, not with Disney publishing big yellow books on how to find them. No, the real money is in finding tributes to other lesser known characters (and no, you can’t just put a bow on it and call it […]
It’s Tough to Be A Bug’s Exit Sign is Its Best Effect
The in-theater effects in “It’s Tough to Be a Bug” are some of the best around, but the greatest is the very last one involving the exit sign
The Most Feared Carnivore in the Park
Forget that tubby Carnotaurus, with his cherry Kool-Aid skin and asymetrical horns. He’s just a school-yard bully with stubby little arms. No, how’d you like to have this bad boy coming straight at you: Yes, this velociraptor has been happily on the loose since Opening Day, roaming around an enchanting little garden, just waiting for […]