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The Fabulous Sounds of Christmas at Disneyland – Redux!

Monday, December 3, 2012

UPDATE: Sharp-eyed reader Magic Joe spotted a missing track, an alternate version of "Ihr Kinderlein Kommet" from the Music Box Christmas album, and I've added it below. Al's track listing has it sequenced right after the Felix Slatkin version of the same tune, but that seemed like overkill to me, so I found it a ...

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Ultimate Photo Tour of Cars Land Part 1: Daytime

Monday, June 11, 2012

On Saturday, Patrick and I got to attend one of the Annual Passholder previews of Cars Land at Disney California Adventure, a week before its official debut. As usual, we took scads of photos, nearly all of which are about to be inflicted upon you. Today's installment covers the daytime portion of our 6 hours ...

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Richard Sherman Performs the Orange Bird Theme

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

In honor of today's return of the Orange Bird to Sunshine Tree Terrace at the Magic Kingdom, here's a clip of Richard Sherman performing the Orange Bird Theme at D23's Destination D 2011. Sherman launched into the tune spontaneously, so I missed the first line of the song, but I'll bet you can guess what ...

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Mini Cakes Now Available Around Walt Disney World!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

If you've ready many of my trip reports, you'll know that ever since my wedding I've become obsessed by ordering specialty cakes at Walt Disney World. I've even compiled a massive FAQ on the process and a complete guide to cake options based on location (since Walt Disney World has no standard system for ordering fancy ...

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Check Out My New Podcast!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

I'm thrilled to announce that I've started a new show, the Disney Wedding Podcast! Although it has "wedding" in the title, I'm also widening the scope to include planning and celebrating any romantic occasion at the Disney parks and resorts, from engagements and honeymoons to anniversaries and other adults-only trips. And of course there will ...

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Backstage at the El Capitan Theatre

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

In yesterday's post I detailed the history we learned about the El Capitan Theatre on our Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation tour last weekend. After the organ concert and history presentation, we were broken into groups and sent dashing through the narrow halls backstage to try to see everything before the theater opened for business ...

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