Last week we attended the preview for Van Eaton Galleries' upcoming auction, The Story of Disneyland, which features a mind-boggling array of art and artifacts from the Disney parks amassed by a single collector. Patrick had a chance to chat with him a bit and learned that he's been collecting for 30 years and found ...
Every year around this time, I re-post Disneyland's Main Street, U.S.A. Christmas music loop for those who don't have it yet. Having just returned from Walt Disney World, I can confirm that these are all the same songs played on Magic Kingdom's Main Street, except my versions don't randomly stop in the middle and skip ...
Since I'm not going to have time to write a full trip report of our 72 hours at WDW in September, I'll try breaking up the interesting bits into individual posts. I've already covered Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings 2014 Bridal Showcase and Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party + Villains' Sinister Soiree. Today is all about the cake! Because I ...
Those of you who see this annually, bear with me. I get a lot of questions this time of year about helping decorate Dick Van Dyke's house for Halloween. It was this crazy fluke that we knew somebody who knew somebody who helped Van Dyke stage his legendary Halloween displays. Dick Van Dyke LOVES Halloween—he says it's like ...
When we were in Walt Disney World last month, we attended Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party for the first time in four years, mostly so we could experience the new Villains' Sinister Soiree: A Wicked Takeover of Cinderella Castle—because if they were charging $99/person on top of the cost of a party ticket that costs $62–$77/person, it must be starring Michael ...
A couple weeks ago, Patrick was sent to Walt Disney World on a top-secret project, and I got to tag along. (And when I can tell you more about what he was working on, I surely will!) I'm working on a post about all the differences we noticed after an 18-month absence that included the ...