In The Cast Member Diaries Part One: From Guest to Cast Member, I detailed the epic saga of how I applied for–and ultimately got–a job at Walt Disney World. When we left our stalwart hero (that’d be me, folks) at the end of that post, I had just completed my training and was now working at…
Category: Nostalgia
Talking about attractions or other aspects of the parks that are (for better or for worse) gone from the World.
The Cast Member Diaries Part One: From Guest to Cast Member
One day–I couldn’t have been more than thirteen years old at the time–I was riding a monorail at Walt Disney World. A cast member (the blanket term for any Disney employee) was also riding in our car. She was still in costume and wearing her name tag, and I started talking with her. I can’t remember the…
Past, Present, and Future World
My wife, after I took her to EPCOT for the first time, remarked that she found the park to be a bit boring. She thought that a few of the attractions were cool, and she definitely didn’t hate the park, but for the most part she just wasn’t thrilled by the whole experience. I had built…
Hooray For Hollywood (Studios)
Not long ago, I published a post called The State of the Studios in which I discussed my thoughts about Hollywood Studios and the direction the park was headed. Several attractions had closed, with more rumored to follow, and I was concerned about what was happening. Of course, that was written prior to D23 and the…
The State of the Studios
When I was a cast member, I was assigned to work at the (at the time) Disney/MGM Studios. So, even decades later, that park is extra special to me because of my time there — it’s “my” park, and I’m a small part of its history. But even without that connection, I would still love what…
Reimagined Experiment
I’m pretty vocal about my love of EPCOT, particularly of the ‘old days’ when it was still called EPCOT Center, when Horizons and World of Motion were still running, and when Dreamfinder and Figment still starred in Journey Into Imagination (and could be seen at meet & greets). I custom-decorated my Magic Band on our most…