In this week’s show, the team discusses an Imagineering idea created by three Orange County students and two new hotels coming to Anaheim. Also, Mary Jo takes a scenic drive from LAX to Disneyland and Nancy leads a discussion about local theatre with special guest Dolf Ramos, President and Co-Founder of the DOMA Theatre Co. Want to get in [...]
You’ve heard of Halloween Time and Holiday Time, but starting January 7th, the Disneyland Resort begins a different kind of celebratation…Refurb Time! All kidding aside, this is the time of the year right after the holidays, when the Disneyland Resort schedules some down-time for some of its most popular shows and attractions. Some are only [...]
In all our visits to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, one attraction we had yet to experience was Tom Sawyer Island. We weren’t avoiding it, but as it’s only open until dusk – we just had not worked it into our itinerary. Checking out the DIS, Tom Sawyer Island definitely gets mixed reviews – rating 6 [...]
I have heard a legend about people riding Space Mountain, Tower of Terror, Expedition Everest, and Test Track in Walt Disney World and then riding Space Mountain and Tower of Terror in Disneyland on the same day! The planning that went into that had to be intense and amazing. This story was inspiring too. Why [...]
One of Disneyland’s coolest holiday experiences, for kids of any age, is offered at Big Thunder Ranch. During the holidays, the folks looking for a meet-up with Mr. Claus himself often discover it, but not many others. This is a historic area of Disneyland-Past – home to the Mine Train through Nature’s Wonderland, but for [...]
Tony Baxter, the Senior Vice President of Creative Development for Walt Disney Imagineering and the Creative Executive for Disneyland, recently gave the keynote address at the Creative Problem Solving Institute titled “Designing for Disney: Patterns that Embolden Successful Innovation.” A fitting subject for someone who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Themed Entertainment Association in [...]
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