by Tim Foster | Oct 5, 2024 | Disney Entertainment, Disney Parks and Resorts, Lists and Trivia
10 Things You May Not Know About Maleficent 1. The Fairy With No Name In the original tale of “Sleeping Beauty,” written by Charles Perrault and originally published in 1693, the character of Maleficent is simply referred to as an unnamed old fairy. It wasn’t until...
by Tim Foster | Sep 16, 2024 | Disney Entertainment, Lists and Trivia
6 Things You May Not Know About Joy 1. One of the first challenges the production team faced when creating Inside Out was how to bring emotions to life. What would they look like? They began with simple colors and shapes, with Joy being a yellow star, Anger being a...
by Tim Foster | Sep 8, 2024 | Disney Parks and Resorts, Lists and Trivia
6 Favorite Attraction References in Other Attractions Seeking out Hidden Mickeys is one of our favorite pastimes when we ride our favorite Disney attractions. But there are plenty of other secrets waiting to be discovered beyond those three familiar circles. You can...
by Tim Foster | Sep 1, 2024 | Disney Parks and Resorts, Lists and Trivia
Our 7 Favorite Attraction Exits You’ve blasted your way across the cosmos, survived your encounter with 999 happy haunts, and discovered your future with the help of some innovative technology. So now it’s off to the next attraction, or for some of us, a much-needed...
by Tim Foster | Jul 29, 2024 | Disney Parks and Resorts, Lists and Trivia, Uncategorized
Step Back in Time: EPCOT’s World of Motion (This week’s blog is written by Joe Gallagher from Magic Timeline Maps. You can read his full article in the Summer issue of Celebrations!) Let’s take a trip back in time to the early years of EPCOT...
by Tim Foster | Jun 9, 2024 | Disney Parks and Resorts, Lists and Trivia
The Secret Behind the Leaping Fountains at the Imagination Pavilion When Disney’s Imagineers began designing the park that would become EPCOT, they approached it with a different sort of vision that had previously been used in Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom....