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…
Tag: Walt Disney World
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…
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…
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…
Disney Obsession Week
By now I think I’ve made it pretty clear that I love Disney in general, and Walt Disney World in particular. I talk about it a lot, I pretty much always want to be there, and over the years I’ve spent a fair bit of money on trips to “The Most Magical Place On Earth”. I’m…
Pirates, Pals, And Wishes
When my wife and I were deciding what to do on our Walt Disney World honeymoon, we had a couple of park days planned–a day at Hollywood Studios for Star Wars Weekends, and of course a day at Magic Kingdom–but we also were looking for Disney experiences above and beyond the theme parks. We did…