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…

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…