Splashdown

Ah, Splash Mountain. One of the finest thrill rides based upon a racist movie from the 1940s. For those of you unfamiliar with this attraction, it’s a log flume ride in which you ride along a river as characters from Song Of The South–Br’er Rabbit, Br’er Fox, Br’er Bear, and others–sing and are generally entertaining. After…

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The Greatest Stories Ever Told, by Gilly Rosenthol

Like a magical Disney World vacation, Disney Obsession Week must sadly come to an end.  We do have one final guest writer, though–my wife, Gilly Rosenthol (who also created the header and helped with the design of this very site).  What, you don’t think I’d spend the rest of my life with someone who doesn’t share…

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Better Than Reality, by TJ Horn

As Disney Obsession Week continues, we travel across the USA to Disneyland in California. TJ Horn is a drummer for the band Walter Sickert And The Army Of Broken Toys. When I put the word out that I wanted Disney-obsessed people to write pieces for Magic & Misadventures, he offered to talk about his love of…

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Attention Non-Disney Fans, by Herb Leibacher

Like a boat sailing past hundreds of singing children, Disney Obsession Week keeps moving! Today we feature a post by Herb Leibacher. Herb is the “founder, author, webmaster, chief executive, and chief bottle washer” for fan site World of Walt. The site features articles about the Disney parks and more, and has a robust forum where Disney…

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Why I Love Disney World, by Kevin Williams

Disney Obsession week continues!  I posed the question to a few of my equally obsessed friends: why do we love Disney so much? What is it about the parks that keeps drawing us back? Today’s guest writer is Kevin Williams. We met working together at a retail job and we quickly bonded over a mutual love…

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For Love Of Pixie Dust

It’s day one of Disney Obsession week! I posed the question to a few of my equally obsessed friends: why do we love Disney so much? What is it about the parks that keeps drawing us back?  Each day this week I’ll be posting a different response, and today is my own entry. There was…

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