As the booming optimism of post-war America gave way to the free love of the 1960s, five more important rides stepped to the forefront. Welcome to our journey through the greatest Disney attractions of each decade. Click below to jump to a different decade: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s We started in […]
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The ONLY Way to Ride It’s a Small World
There are right ways and wrong ways to do anything in life. For example if you go to a BBQ restaurant and order kale you are doing it the wrong way. If you drive a Pontiac Aztec you are doing it the wrong way. There is only one proper way to ride It’s a Small […]
We Rode It’s A Small World During the Solar Eclipse and Did Not Blink
A cosmic event like yesterday’s solar eclipse comes along once in a lifetime. People held parties. Entrepreneurs sold merchandise. Some folks developed superpowers. And while everyone was outside struggling with funny glasses, Parkeology had a brilliant idea. Everyone was watching the same old sun. But we’re Parkeology, darnit. We’re different. Since we’re old pros at awkwardly […]
Five Socially Awkward Ways to Ride Rides at Walt Disney World
Disney prides itself on making everyone feel comfortable. Nobody wants a socially awkward situation. But if you’re not careful, it can happen. Here are five of the most socially awkward ways in which to ride rides at Walt Disney World. I have done all of these. The Longest Ride Ever This is not when a ride […]
Five Windows Into Rides
They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. I’m sure this must be true. I like to imagine my soul looking out on the world through the twin portholes above my nose in the corner penthouse of my head. I draw the drapes when it’s bedtime. Install hurricane shutters whenever I’m working with power tools. […]
Delightful Low Tech Effects in “it’s a small world”
Disney World’s “it’s a small world” is known for charming simplicity. Here are 3 low tech effects on the Happiest Cruise that Ever Sailed.
Return to Opening Day: Magic Kingdom 1971
Put on those bellbottoms, grab yourself a bandana, and brush out that Afro. We’re traveling to the groovy 70s, baby, for a date with destiny! Here age relives fond memories of the past and all that. Opening Day crowds were estimated to go as high as 100,000 people — all of them crammed onto I-4 […]
Five Park Tributes in Disney’s Animated Features
So earlier this week, my brother pointed me in the direction of a rather cool little quiz, which has nothing to do with parks and everything to do with Disney. It lists out every Disney movie every made (presumably under the Walt Disney label) and asks you how many you’ve seen. I started strong, trailed […]
Where the Merchandise Dances for YOU
It is Christmastime again. The lights are strung, the stockings are hung, and giant bedecked evergreens have appeared out of nowhere in the central plazas of the theme parks. In the tantalizing shop windows along Hollywood Boulevard, the Dancing Minnie Globe Ornament Rockettes have reappeared. O Dancing Minnie Globe Ornament Rockettes, why do you mesmerize […]