Posted on Friday, 4th December 2009 by Dave Parfitt

It was recently announced that Disney’s Toy Story Mania! received the amusement park industry’s top international award for an attraction.  Toy Story Mania! won the THEA Award for Outstanding Achievement – an international award given to a new amusement park ride.  Toy Story Mania! is a favorite attraction for our DIS Unplugged listeners for a [...]

Tags: DIS Interview, Disney's California Adventure, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disney's Toy Story Mania, Don Rickles, Imagineer, Kevin Rafferty, pixar, Roger Gould, Sue Bryan, Thea Award
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Posted on Thursday, 3rd December 2009 by Skip Potter

I just got back from an awesome trip to Orlando, and thought I would write about my experience with Amtrak and Mears Transportation. My previous wheelchair was damaged by the airlines, so I have decided not to travel by myself on an airplane until Mobility Air begins flying. My current wheelchair has greatly increased my [...]

Tags: Amtrak, Kissimmee, Mears, Orlando, Shuttle, Taxi, Train, Wheelchair
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Posted on Wednesday, 2nd December 2009 by Nancy Johnson

They entice you. All shiny, with their glistening, swirling, red and white stripes. You can almost taste them with your eyes. This is one of the great, but not well known (until now) holiday traditions at Disneyland. The making of the Candy Canes at the Candy Palace, on Main Street in Disneyland, is truly one [...]

Tags: Candy, Candy Canes, Candy Palace, Christmas, Disneyland, Food Network, Guy Fieri, Guy's Disney Holiday, holidays, Main Street, Tex Wasabi's
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