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Hidden In Plain Sight: Mailboxes, Public Phones, and Imagineers’ Tributes

December 9, 2024 by Chuck Schmidt

One of my favorite things to do when I visit a Disney theme park is to seek out all the hidden gems. While most other park guests are making a beeline to the next attraction or show – heads down, dodging strollers and wheelchairs with the skill of an NFL running back – I can be found checking out the smallest detail, the tiniest nugget left behind by those clever folks at Walt Disney Imagineering.

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We Observed A Lot By Watching Bruce Kimbrell’s Disney Magic Presentations

November 7, 2022 by Chuck Schmidt

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.”

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Imagineers’ Feel-Good Song ‘Brave Little Spark’ Song Rekindles Memories of the Firehouse 5 Plus 2

May 18, 2020 by Chuck Schmidt

A new feel-good song recorded by a group of Walt Disney Imagineers rekindles memories of a Disney group of old known as the Firehouse Five Plus Two.

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Epcot, Once a Sketch On a Napkin, is in the Midst of a Long-Overdue Makeover

February 24, 2020 by Chuck Schmidt

Walk around Epcot these days and it feels like 1980 all over again. Construction equipment and barricades are everywhere, from the front entrance, through the former Communicore/Innoventions courtyard in Future World, right back into World Showcase. Epcot’s long-overdue makeover is in full swing.

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