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Review: Holiday Time at Disneyland Tour

Friday, December 21, 2012

We don't usually take tours at Disneyland—not because we're locals, but because the ones we've tried have been universally disappointing. Unlike Walt Disney World, which offers actual behind-the-scenes tours on which you can actually learn actual things, Disneyland keeps its tours onstage and superficial. With the exception of the Club 33 lobby and Walt's Main ...

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Buena Vista Street Photo Tour!

Friday, June 15, 2012

Following up on my  Ultimate Photo Tour of Cars Land Part 1: Daytime and  Ultimate Photo Tour of Cars Land Part 2: Nighttime, today’s installment covers our tours up and down Buena Vista Street at last weekend's annual passholder preview of Cars Land. When we entered Disney California Adventure for the Cars Land preview, we had the option of ...

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Ultimate Photo Tour of Cars Land Part 2: Nighttime

Wednesday, June 13, 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 nighttime portion of our 6 hours in ...

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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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Why You Should See “The Muppets” — Twice!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

After waiting so many years to see the Muppets on the big screen again, you probably don't need any encouragement to go see The Muppets when it hits theaters Wednesday. But there are several reasons that you should see the movie twice. The most obvious one is that we Muppet fans need to vote for the ...

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Trip Report Update: D23′s Sip & Stroll, Festival o’ Food Booths + Howard Jones Won’t Give Me the Time of Day!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Today's ginormous update to Trick or Tweet: Halloween at Disney World & Disneyland finds us sipping, strolling, and sometimes snoozing our way through another D23 event. It sounded good on paper: Meet at the new Hacienda de San Angel for an early breakfast, followed by presentations in The Odyssey Center and then sipping and strolling around ...

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