happy birthday animal kingdom

I remember the weeks and days leading up to the opening day of Disney’s fourth gate, Disney’s Animal Kingdom. I was working at Disney’s Multimedia Group at the time and we were developing the first-ever event site for Disney.com to celebrate the...

marching band

Wandering through the Magic Kingdom on my way to Splash Mountain, we happened upon this contingent of the talented musicians from the Magic Kingdom’s marching band. They are an amazingly accomplished band that played some amazing renditions of some Disney...

space mountain

So, one of the most popular attractions at the Walt Disney World Resort has gone into refurbishment for the better part of the year. This past Saturday was the last day to get a ride on Space Mountain, so we headed over to the park and got our FastPass. Space Mountain...

splash mountain

Saturday was a big day in our family, so we spent the day at the Magic Kingdom. One of the things we had not video taped was Splash Mountain, so we got a FastPass and whisked past the long lines for a wet, wet, wet ride. The ride...

lantern slides

Do you remember the pre-show at the old Country Bear Jamboree? Where they had the slides rotating out while you waited for the show? I have found a cache of original slides from that pre-show. [kml_flashembed fversion=”8.0.0″...