If The Great Movie Ride isn’t the most-missed attraction in all of Walt Disney World, it’s certainly among the Top 5. But let's celebrate its replacement, Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway.
Chuck Schmidt, bitten by the Disney bug at an early age, remembers watching The Mickey Mouse Club after school in the mid-1950s. During his 48-year career in the newspaper business, he channeled that love of Disney as the Sunday News and Travel editor for The Staten Island Advance. Chuck has written or co-authored seven books for Theme Park Press, including Disney's Dream Weavers, On the Disney Beat, An American in Disneyland Paris, Disney's Animal Kingdom: An Unofficial History and The Beat Goes On. Chuck has shared his passion for all things Disney in his Still Goofy About Disney blog on AllEars.Net since 2015. He resides in Beachwood, N.J., with his wife Janet. They have three adult children and seven grandchildren.
During its prime, the Disney Store made it a point of hiring people who were hard-working, motivated, team players … the cream of the crop, if you will. Once you got through a rigorous hiring process, new cast members were required to go through the extensive Traditions training program, very similar to the one introduced by Disney Legend Van France prior to the opening of Disneyland in 1955.
VINTAGE DISNEY PHOTOS, VOL. 6: Christmas At Walt Disney World Really Is The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Posted onIt goes without saying that Walt Disney World has cornered the market on Christmas. Each year, right after Halloween, the entire resort undergoes a massive Christmas transformation. And over the next two months, it truly is the most wonderful time of the year at Walt Disney World.
Earlier this year, when Disney discontinued its Magical Express service and the price of renting a car remained exorbitant, we decided to revisit Amtrak's Auto Train as a viable option to get to and from Florida. We gave our experience mixed reviews.
Former Disney cast member Bruce Kimbrell, who worked for the company for 40 years, gave seven thoroughly enjoyable presentations in the Disney Magic’s Buena Vista Theatre during a recent trans-Atlantic voyage.
Kimbrell began the series by talking about his 40-year career, which he described “as a real E-ticket ride.”
In 2002, the big news out of the Walt Disney World Press & Publicity Department was: “Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at the Magic Kingdom will be even ‘not-so-scarier’ in 2002 as it is extended by two family-friendly nights – to a total of seven evenings.” Over the years, the special ticketed event has only grown more popular.
The Disney Magic has been plying the world’s waterways since 1998. By today’s standards, the Disney Cruise Line’s first-ever ocean liner is getting up in years. That being said, there’s no other ship we’d rather sail on during a trans-Atlantic voyage than DCL’s Grand Dame.
When people return home after visiting Disneyland or Walt Disney World, they’re likely to remember the sites, the sounds and the thrills they’ve experienced. Whether they realize it or not, they’ll also remember the smells.
Of all the highways and byways sprinkled throughout our country, Main Street U.S.A. in the Magic Kingdoms at Disneyland and Walt Disney World are perhaps the most photographed. They also may be the most crowded. Part 4 of our Vintage Disney Photos focuses on Main Street U.S.A.
Former Disney Imagineering creative director Kevin Rafferty. the genius behind Sonny Eclipse’s songs and witty repartee, offers his unique insight into the creation of Sonny's out-of-this-world lounge act.
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