Dispatch from Disneyland: my exciting new project

For the last couple weeks, I’ve been hinting of an exciting new project. Behind the scenes I’ve been working to get everything show ready and now I’m ready to draw back the curtain. “Dispatch from Disneyland: The Fireworks Spot and Other Tales” is a collection of short stories, essays, and rare trivia written in and about my favorite place on earth – Disneyland.

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Dispatch from Disneyland: my exciting new project

Hump Day Humor

Congratulations, you made it to Wednesday.

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Hump Day Humor

Survivor Reunion visits Discovery Cove

Former participants and winners from Survivor, Amazing Race, and Big Brother assemble at SeaWorld’s Discovery Cove A large group of past winners, heroes and villains of Survivor got together at Discovery Cove in Orlando for a day of outwitting, outplaying, outlasting and out-and-out relaxing. Discovery Cove focuses on providing the type of memories you can only get by up close and personal visits with marine life and other animals

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Survivor Reunion visits Discovery Cove

Studio Ghibli Museum

A visit to the Studio Ghibli museum is definitely on my bucket list. The museum, which animation master Hayao Miyazaki created to showcase the art and architecture of his films, is located outside of Tokyo, Japan which makes it the perfect add-on to a trip to Tokyo Disneyland. Mark from BoingBoing recently visited Tokyo and took a day to venture out to the suburbs for a visit to the museum

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Studio Ghibli Museum

Studio Ghibli Museum

A visit to the Studio Ghibli museum is definitely on my bucket list.

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Studio Ghibli Museum

When you evacuate an attraction, how long should it take?

The 911 tape for the heavily reported on Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey evacuation has been released . On it, one of the ride’s passengers claims they had been kept waiting 15 minutes in an uncomfortable position without any notice from ride attendants when help would come

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When you evacuate an attraction, how long should it take?

Very Short Monorail Expansion planned at Walt Disney World

Potentially interesting news from the excellent organization Monorails.org , mentions a new spurline to be added near the Ticket and Transportation Center. This short track extension will contain a new switch, a place to house a work tractor (used to push/pull trains that have lost power back to the shop), and enough room to park a reserve train to be held for when demand requires it. Whether this is a reaction to an aging fleet that seems to require more maintenance and downtime every day, preparation to an expanded Monorail system, or perhaps a little of both, remains to be seen.

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Very Short Monorail Expansion planned at Walt Disney World

Disney Vacation Discounts

If you’re thinking of taking a Disney vacation in the near future, then there’s an essential web site you shouldn’t miss when doing your planning: Disney Special Offers.

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Disney Vacation Discounts

Disney Vacation Discounts

If you’re thinking of taking a Disney vacation in the near future, then there’s an essential web site you shouldn’t miss when doing your planning: Disney Special Offers.

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Disney Vacation Discounts

The CalArts Story

Patricia Zohn, author of the recent Vanity Fair profile of Disney’s Ink & Paint women, has dug up another gem . This video produced by the Walt Disney Studios to promote CalArts has rarely been seen. CalArts, of course, was given a big financial and creative push by Walt Disney.

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The CalArts Story

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