If you need some information about Walt Disney World, all you have to do is pick up the phone and call Guest Relations. If you want your information to actually be accurate, go to Deb Wills. And for some of you, all the information you ever need is stored in your head, including the latest […]
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Is the Walt Disney World Radio Station Still Broadcasting?
It’s been quite a few years since my first trip to Disney World. Even my hundredth trip is far back in the rearview mirror. But every kid who ever made frequent pilgrimages to this little patch of Central Florida has that favorite “tell,” a fun little indicator that you were close. Really close. So close […]
Peter Pan’s Shadow is the Only Real Shadow in Peter Pan’s Flight
In the Parkeology offices, we have a pretty decent collection of shadows. Some of these are fairly standard. You’ll find them in any shadow collection. But we also have some rare ones. We’ve got a Yeti shadow from Everest and an actual talking Brer Frog shadow from Splash Mountain. A few months back, we captured […]
Disney’s Handwich: Whatever Happened to this Food of the Future?
Be sure to read to the end for a newly added (some might say shocking) update to our original post! Once upon a time Disney had a revolutionary idea that was going to transform the future of food, so what went wrong? When Michael Eisner and Frank Wells took the reigns of Disney in […]
Yoda Exiled to Magic Kingdom to Work on His Music
Before you even step under the train station and enter the Magic Kingdom, the stage is set. The magic is all around you, starting with the breezy palms on the shore of the Seven Seas Lagoon, progressing to a floral Mickey head just beyond the gate, and culminating in a breathtaking search of your personal […]
Politically Correct Snipers in the Frontierland Bell Tower
The Wild West used to be a rough and tumble place. It was a hostile land, full of dark gunslingers, raging locomotives, and poisonous critters everywhere you stepped. Actually, there were buffalo chips everywhere you stepped, but sometimes poisonous critters hid under them. Cactus too. Nothing says “danger” like a fabulous serape. A man could […]
The Four Dragon Kings of the Theme Parks
When it comes to mythical beasts, dragons are royalty. Unicorns are upper class, a little bit snooty, sort of pampered. Griffins are middle class, your sort of everyday run-of-the-mill hybrid creatures, and jackalopes are like the serfs tending to the fields and making jokes about the unicorns behind their backs. The other mythical beasts fall […]
Pitching a tent.
Camping sucks. You may catch poison ivy, be ravaged by malaria-riddled mosquitoes, or get mauled by a rabid squirrel all the while avoiding molestation by marauding hill-folk. Michael Eisner even wrote a book called “Camp” and you know that can’t be good. Where is the fun in eating canned meat and sleeping on the ground in […]
How Did Stitch’s Great Escape Teleport the Alien?
Stitch’s Great Escape (formerly Alien Encounter) at Magic Kingdom showcased secret technology to teleport an alien named Skippy. Here’s how.
