Our book review blog series ‘Page TurnEars’ returns with a closer look at one of the few Disney Cruise Line focused titles out there. ‘Welcome Aboard! the Creation of the Disney Dream’ by Jeff Kurtti. There’s something magical about a cruise. perhaps it’s the phenomenon of falling asleep in one port of call and waking up in a completely new…read more →
One of the highlights at Disney’s Magic Kingdom is that magic is around every corner. this can be found in the rides, attractions, and even in their parades. Disney takes everything to an extreme to make it memorable for the entire family. this also includes the many different parades that can be found marching around the park. But, the most…read more →
UPDATE 11/10/2011 4pm: this video did not encode properly. Clint messed up. KRON4 would never do this. if you want to watch the real wacky camera work that goes on underneath those glossy stills, and b-roll you see in these segments, watch the soon-to-be-rare-archival rough cut below. a new special Director’s cut will premiere later tonight with the corrections–if Clint…read more →
From the balcony of our 12th-floor room at Disney’s spectacular new Aulani Resort & Spa, we could see Diamond Head crater, Oahu’s most famous landmark. but just barely. It was a tiny, far-off speck — one that served as a constant reminder that we were now immersed in a very different kind of Hawaiian fantasyland. Spread out below us was…read more →
in his latest solo show, “Working for the Mouse,” Trevor Allen, who inhabited Pluto and mad Hatter costumes at Disneyland in his youth, shovels pixie dust the way grave robbers shovel dirt, which is to say with utter gleam-in-the-eye glee. Allen, 42, first took San Francisco audiences behind the Disney fantasy in 1996 with a solo piece called “Character!” that…read more →
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Disney’s Vero Beach Resort sprinkled some pixie dust and named Paul Hart its new general manager. Hart replaces Sheryl Koenes, who will now manage the Caribbean Beach Resort at Walt Disney World in Orlando. Hart, 53, has worked for Disney for the past 23 years, most recently as general manager at Disney’s Hilton Head Resort for…read more →
Pixie Vacations has a little extra Pixie Dust for their guests this Spring. Guest that book a Disney Vacation with Pixie Vacations in May or June will be entered into a $250 Disney Gift Card Giveaway. All Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and Adventure by Disney Vacations over $2,000 will be entered into the Disney Gift Card giveaway….read more →
This To-Do List is for the Summer Itinerary. (For a 180 day calendar, see this.) A. MORE THAN 180 DAYS BEFORE YOUR PLANNED ARRIVAL DATE (Note that a good travel agent, such as Destinations in Florida, can do almost all of this for you, for free. if you use Destinations in Florida as you travel agent through a link for this site–like…read more →
