Please keep your hands and arms inside this rant at all times, folks. It’s been rumored for a while, and now it’s official: Walt Disney World has announced that they will be shutting down Maelstrom, the boat ride in EPCOT’s Norway pavilion, and replacing it with an attraction based on the movie Frozen. The fictional land…
Author: Aaron Cohen
Maternal Instincts: Round Two
Be sure to check out Maternal Instincts: Round One, in which I explain what the Disney Parks Moms Panel is and detail the first part in my attempts to become a Disney Mom myself. When we last left our intrepid hero (that’s me) I had just found out that I was selected to move on to the…
Maternal Instincts: Round One
Last year, I tried to become a mom. More to the point, I applied to become a Disney Mom. The Disney Parks Moms Panel is a group of men and women hand-picked by Disney to answer questions and assist guests with planning Disney vacations. They’re not employees, more like independent contractors; When a guest goes…
180 Minute Wait… Or 180 Minute Adventure? by Kevin C. Williams
One of my favorite Disney enthusiasts, Lou Mongello of WDW Radio, always tells his listeners to “Look up, look down, and look around you because everything with Disney is based in story.” These words are more than just accurate; they also tap into the very fabric of what Walt Disney wanted for his audience. No…
Grim Grinning Ghosts
Haunted Mansion is my favorite Disney attraction, and over the years I’ve learned a lot about it. From trivia to behind-the-scenes, there’s a lot of Haunted Mansion info in my brain (taking up space I otherwise would have wasted on, like, algebra or something) and I thought it would be fun to share some of…
Star Wars Weekends
About a year ago, in a theme park fairly far away… I love Walt Disney World, and I love Star Wars. Last May, I got to experience both together when I attended one day of Star Wars Weekends at Hollywood Studios. This is the epic saga of that day, told mostly in pictures. The day…