by Tim Foster | Apr 21, 2024 | Disney Parks and Resorts, Lists and Trivia
10 Things You May Now Know About the Tree of Life Today is Earth Day, which also marks the anniversary of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, which opened on this day in 1998. To honor this beautiful park, we thought we would share some fun facts about the centerpiece of...
by Tim Foster | Apr 13, 2024 | Disney History, Disney Parks and Resorts
Disney Unveils New Animatronics for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure! As the opening of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure draws ever closer (though no official date has been announced yet), Disney continues to unveil new teasers about what we can look forward to. This week...
by Tim Foster | Apr 7, 2024 | Disney Parks and Resorts, Lists and Trivia
10 Things You May Not Know About Kali River Rapids 1. Not So Fast… Construction on Kali River Rapids began in the summer of 1997. But when the Animal Kingdom opened on April 22, 1998, the attraction was nowhere near completion. In fact, it would be nearly an...
by Tim Foster | Apr 1, 2024 | Disney Parks and Resorts, Lists and Trivia
10 Things You May Not Know About Living With the Land 1. Inspirational Words The queue of Living with the Land contains numerous inspirational quotes from different world leaders, scientists, celebrities, and children painted on the walls. These include:“I may only be...
by Tim Foster | Mar 24, 2024 | Disney Entertainment, Lists and Trivia
March Madness Tournament of Disney Movies The sweet sixteen. The elite eight. The final four. If you follow college basketball at all, you know what these terms mean. It’s the time of year that college sports fans live for, March Madness! Time to root for your school...
by Tim Foster | Mar 17, 2024 | Disney Entertainment, Lists and Trivia
10 Things You May Not Know About Jessie 1. Thank You Nancy! We can thank John Lasseter’s wife Nancy for the introduction of Jessie in Toy Story 2. She felt that the film should have a strong female character, and that led to the creation of Jessie. ...
by Tim Foster | Mar 10, 2024 | Disney Fashion, Disney News, Disney Parks and Resorts
The 2024 Topiary Lineup at the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival Spring is in the air…and the clocks have moved forward (I’m still trying to catch up on my sleep as I write this…!). At EPCOT, the warmer temperatures and the chirping...
by Tim Foster | Mar 3, 2024 | Disney Entertainment, Lists and Trivia
The Continuing Search for A113 Last night, Lisa and I were watching Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (highly recommended, even though I struggled a bit to keep up with all the twists and turns!), when suddenly my ears perked up. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) calls for...
by Tim Foster | Feb 25, 2024 | Disney Food, Disney News, Disney Parks and Resorts, Disney Shopping
Disney Easter Eggs and the Return of the Grand Cottage There still may be some snow on the ground in some parts of the country (as I look out my window I can see the last few snowdrifts are still hanging on!). But Spring is definitely in the air…and that means...
by Tim Foster | Feb 18, 2024 | Disney Entertainment, Lists and Trivia
10 Things You May Now Know About Wreck-It Ralph 1. Who’s the Real Star Here Anyway? Even though Ralph ended up being the title character in Wreck-It Ralph, that wasn’t always the plan. In early versions of the story, Fix-It Felix Jr. was intended to be the main...
