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Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional – With Dick Van Dyke!

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

OK, you're not going to believe this, but before last Thursday, I had never seen Candlelight Processional at Disneyland, despite the fact that they've been doing it every year since 1958! Legend has it that the tradition started when Walt decided he wanted carolers on Main Street, and that eventually grew into an entire concert ...

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Trip Report Update: D23 Dessert Party at the Siemens Lounge

Monday, November 5, 2012

Today I'm finally wrapping up the saga of the second day of my trip, which was jam-packed with Epcot-aversary goodness by D23. The last part of the day was the World Key dessert reception in Siemens' corporate lounge inside Spaceship Earth. The only other time I'd had a chance to visit the lounge, most of it ...

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Trip Report: D23’s Epcot 30th Anniversary Celebration – Part 2!

Monday, October 29, 2012

Today I bring you the rest of my account of D23's Epcot 30th Anniversary event. The second half of the day featured a comedy trio of Imagineers uncovering overlooked attractions and little-known facts around Epcot, a panel of entertainers who created Epcot's Spandextraordinary opening ceremony, a look at the Illusioneering that created some of Epcot's best ...

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Trip Report: D23’s Epcot 30th Anniversary Celebration, Part I

Monday, October 22, 2012

Today I give you not one, but one-and-a-HALF updates, since I just discovered that part of the last update didn't make it into the post. To read all of Day 1, click HERE! Then you can read about Day 2, which D23 had scheduled so full that it will take me two or maybe even three ...

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Brand-new Trip Report: Epcot’s 30th Anniversary Celebration!

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

At long last, I've started a brand-new trip report! Not only have you never read this one before on the DIS (I mean, before yesterday), but the trip it chronicles happened not one year ago, not one month ago, but just TWO WEEKS ago! This one is the story of my six jammy-packed days at Walt ...

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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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