THE MOUSY MINDBOGGLER

If you subscribe to the AllEars® Weekly Newsletter, you’ll know that we run a little game called the Mousy Mindboggler. Sometimes it’s a word game, sometimes it’s a riddle, sometimes it’s some other brain-teasing challenge — but it’s always fun!

Once each month, in the AllEars® newsletter, our friend James Dezern (known as “dzneynut” around several Disney discussion forums) supplies us with a puzzle of his own design.

Every month, James also Shares the Magic in another way — by posting an all-new puzzle here in this AllEars.Net Guest Blog. The subject of the puzzle will vary, and James will award the winner of the challenge a collectible Disney pin!

James writes:

Here is the solution to the last crossword puzzle.

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We received 36 correct responses; all of you knew that the inventor of many of the special effects and illusions experienced in the Haunted Mansion, and elsewhere around the world, was none other than Imagineer extraordinaire, Yale Gracey! Did you know that a Haunted Mansion attraction of some sort can be found in every Magic Kingdom theme park around the world. If you’d like to learn more, I highly recommend Jason Surrell’s book on the subject, “The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic.”

The winner of a Goofy/Donald pin, randomly drawn from the correct responses, was Matt H. of Smithfield, NC.

If you missed it last month, that’s OK, because here’s another chance.

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This month we continue with the special crossword puzzle series, concentrating on Disney History. The subject of this month’s puzzle will be “This Month in Disney History, November.” All of these events happened sometime during the month of November. This will, in fact be the last month of this series, since we started with the month of December last year. Boy, time flies when you’re having fun, or not having fun, or working, or shopping, or… Oh, you get the picture! By the way, did you notice that many of Disney’s animated features were released in the month of November? A majority of films have been released during the springtime (June-July), with the second most popular time of year being late fall (November-December.) On the flip side, the lowly month of April was completely ignored all the way up until 1995, when “A Goofy Movie” was released on April 7, 1995.

The object is, as always, to have fun, but if you’d like a chance to win a Disney collectible pin, send me the answer IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF AN EMAIL addressed to [email protected].

Send your entries no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on December 30, 2016. All correct answers will be entered into a random drawing, and the winner will be awarded a Disney pin. The answers and drawing winner will be posted in this Guest Blog in late September.

As always, any feedback on the puzzle format or topics would be appreciated! Drop me a line at [email protected].

May your holidays be magical and safe, from our Disney family to yours, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!