Many people are familiar with the Jungle Cruise in the Magic Kingdom. It’s a classic attraction, one of the oldest rides in the park, and it’s well known for its (obviously) animatronic animals and the skipper’s playful pun-filled patter. It’s bright, it’s cheerful, and it’s funny, from the smiling elephant playing in the water to…
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Honeymoon Advice
Congratulations, you’re getting married! Unless you’re not… then… ummm… congratulations, you’re reading this blog! If you ARE getting married, or thinking that you might someday consider doing so, then you may also be thinking about a honeymoon. If that’s the case, you may be looking at Walt Disney World as your destination. Or if you’re…
Adding More Magic To Our Bands
Update, January 2017: With the new MagicBand 2.0, which has a different form factor than the original iteration used in this post, some of this information (like the template we used) will be out of date. However, the basic techniques–using temporary tattoo paper–should still work regardless. You’ll just have to modify your designs to take…
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…
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…
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…