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Jim’s Attic: The Birth of Walt Disney World Golfing

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Jim’s Attic: The Birth of Walt Disney World Golfing By Jim Korkis When Walt Disney World opened October 1971, the Disney company had to educate the general public that the new entertainment venue was not just like another Disneyland, but was an entire “vacation destination” featuring a wide variety of leisure activity from boating to … Continue reading "Jim’s Attic: The Birth of Walt Disney World Golfing"
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Special All Ears Meet August 17, 2014 – Event at CAPACITY!

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A special AllEars Meet and Greet is being held on Sunday afternoon, August 17, 2014 between 1 and 4 p.m. in a Disney Vacation Club Grand Villa at Walt Disney World. You MUST RSVP to attend this event. Our special guests for this get-together: Steve Barrett - Author of the Hidden Mickey Guide; Jim Korkis - Disney Historian and author of many Disney-related books.
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Jim’s Attic: The History Behind the Saratoga Springs DVC Resort

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Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa officially opened May 17, 2004 with a "health-history-horses" theme. The Development Manager for the project was Kevin Cummings, which was ironically appropriate. Cummings was born and raised in Saratoga Springs, New York, the city that was the inspiration for the new Disney Vacation Club resort. In fact, at the time, his twin brother still lived in that historic upstate New York town so Kevin would go back to visit several times during the year, especially to attend the races.
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Jim’s Attic: Humphrey the Bear at Wilderness Lodge

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Disney's Wilderness Lodge Resort is the only Disney resort hotel to have an official mascot, the brown bear. Images and allusions can be found throughout the resort including bear tracks imbeded in the walkways. To make that potentially fearsome mascot more friendly for younger guests, some of the brown bear images are of the Disney animated character Humphrey the Bear, a lovable, overweight brown bear who lives in the fictional Brownstone National Park.
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Jim’s Attic – Snow Queen Ride

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The Snow Queen Ride By Jim Korkis The most recent Walt Disney Feature Animation film, Frozen (2013), is the highest grossing animated feature film ever produced, winning Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Song. The Meet and Greet with Anna and Elsa at the Norway Pavilion at Epcot was so overwhelmingly … Continue reading "Jim’s Attic – Snow Queen Ride"
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