Buzz Lightyear Parade At Disney World
Cute short video from Disney of a Buzz Lightyear parade at Disney World
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Water art at Disney World
Interesting video of the custodians at Disney World creating images with water. Even the maintenance people at Disney World are creative!
A Day At The Magic Kingdom
Love this video from Disney of a day at the Magic Kingdom!
Remembering Captain EO and Michael Jackson
by Tim Larison
With the sad passing of Michael Jackson this week I thought back to Jackson’s starring role in Disney’s Captain EO – a remarkable 3-D movie that played in Epcot, Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris in the late 80’s and early 90’s.
My first visit to Disney World was as a 30 year old in 1987 with my 23 year old sister Susan. We weren’t sure if a trip to Disney World would be fun for two young adults. We were wrong! We fell in love with Epcot and especially the “cool” 3-D Captain EO attraction (it was our favorite).
Michael Jackson was at his best in Captain EO. Director Francis Ford Coppola said afterwards “Michael Jackson was alot of fun to work with. He was like a kid working with a whole lot of big toys.” Captain EO was the most expensive 17 minute movie in history (with a pricetag of over 30 million).
In memory of Michael Jackson, relive the Captain EO movie here.
And watch this short feature with a young George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Eisner and others discussing the making of Captain Eo:
Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween Party Review
Short lines for rides, a terrific parade, free candy, awesome fireworks – we liked these features and more for our first time ever attending Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party (MNSSHP) on a Thursday night in October 2008.
Disney Vacation Club Room Sizes
The table below lists the room sizes (in square feet) of different Disney Vacation Club (DVC) resorts. We’ve stayed at the Boardwalk Villas, Beach Club Villas, Old Key West, Wilderness Lodge Villas, and Vero Beach. Our favorite has always been the one bedroom units at Old Key West – we loved the extra room the Old Key West one bedrooms gave our family of four.
Walt Disney owned a bowling alley? Celebrity Sports Center in Denver
by Tim Larison
Did you know Walt Disney once owned a bowling alley, and that it was used to train workers for Disney World? One of the fun places to visit in my youth was Celebrity Sports Center in Denver. Celebrity was the first major Disney construction project after the completion of Disneyland. Celebrity opened in 1960 and was owned by Disney until the late 70’s. It featured 88 bowling lanes and an Olympic sized indoor swimming pool.
Cinderella’s Castle Breakfast
“Here is a special picture of my granddaughters at Cinderella’s Castle. This is one of the mice {Perla or Susie}. The girls loved eating at the castle. It was a surprise for them (we did not tell them ahead of time where we were going) and so it was extra special!”
Update From Mousejunkies Author Bill Burke
A few months ago we interviewed Mousejunkies Author Bill Burke on his new Disney World book. Bill now has been featured in a special on a New Hampshire TV station that you can see here:
Update on Disney Vacation Club with Shontell Crawford
Our ownership in the Disney Vacation Club (DVC) gave us many fun family vacations. We started our email discussion dvctalk in 1998 – a list that has grown to over 4,000 subscribers. We recently caught up with our dvctalk list sponsor and DVC Resale broker, Shontell Crawford, to get the latest on the resale market and DVC.