Category Archives: Walt Disney

The End is Near

You have 21 days until the end of the world. (I’m looking forward to the 14th Baktun.) You have 24 days to get your Christmas shopping done. You have 31 days to finish your 2012 resolutions. I love deadlines. Deadlines … Continue reading →

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Great Disney Deals on Cyber Monday

I love buying gifts for people, but I hate shopping in actual stores. I was in a Michael’s Craft Store two days ago and I could hardly move through the aisles and the lines at the registers were snaking around the … Continue reading →

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The Force…there’s a Dark Side, a Light Side, and a Disney Side

The big news of the week is that Disney bought Lucasfilm, home of the Star Wars franchise, from George Lucas for $4 billion. Connected to this sale is the news that Disney is going to film episode 7 of the Star Wars … Continue reading →

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It’s Election Time!

In less than two weeks we will vote for the President of the United States and lots of other political people. It seems like you can’t escape political talk even if you try. Gosh, I am even talking about it on … Continue reading →

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Be Delighted in Simple Pleasures

Today is my birthday! Happy birthday to me! For my birthday I would like to share a quote from Walt Disney that has always been a favorite of mine. When I was thirteen or so I bought a book called Disneyland … Continue reading →

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Treat Someone to a Spooky Book this Halloween

Readers of this blog know that I love books. Considering that most of the movies Walt Disney made during his life were stories that came from books I have to believe he was also a reader. I also love Halloween. So … Continue reading →

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Epcot celebrates 30 Years – Walt’s Words

Epcot opened 30 years ago as the second park at Walt Disney World. To celebrate this impressive anniversary we’ll take a tour of Future World and look at how the different Lands have changed over the last 30 years. If … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Oswald the Rabbit turned 85 years old this week. What? You don’t know who Oswald is? That’s okay. He is one of Walt Disney’s original characters and if it wasn’t for him Mickey Mouse would have never existed. Walt Disney … Continue reading →

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3 Quick Cars Land Tips

During my trip to the Disneyland Resort over Labor Day weekend I was given lots of advice by Cast Members about Cars Land. They all agreed it was not to be missed (they were right) and they all agreed that … Continue reading →

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Changes in the Disney Parks (not the first and won’t be the last)

In my last post I added a Snow White joke in memory of Snow White’s Scary Adventure, a dark ride whose last day at the Magic Kingdom was May 31. Disney is expanding Fantasyland in the Magic Kingdom so  there has to … Continue reading →

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