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The American Adventure: A Crowning Achievement of Walt Disney Imagineering

The American Adventure is an audio animatronic stage show located in the pavilion of the same name in Epcot’s World Showcase. The 29 minute show runs continuously throughout the day at a theater housed within the pavilion’s main building. The theater is located on the 2nd floor of the building. There are escalators to bring most folks up, as well as an elevator for those … Continue reading The American Adventure: A Crowning Achievement of Walt Disney Imagineering

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A Salute to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (But Mostly Tigger)

Today we will take a look at The Many Adventure of Winnie the Pooh located at Disney’s Magic Kingdom. The attraction is a classic dark Fantasyland style dark ride, which controversially replaced the popular Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride in 1999. It also replaced Country Bear Jamboree out at Disneyland in 2003 making it a legit legend killer when it comes to attractions. The ride is … Continue reading A Salute to The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (But Mostly Tigger)

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Goodbye to Illuminations: Reflections of Light… Let’s Gather One Last Time Around the Fire

Last night, we finally had to officially say goodbye to Illuminations: Reflections of Earth. The Epcot night time spectacular ended a 20 year run playing to fans who camped out hours to see the production one last time. We saw the show for the last time in late August. I thought I had made peace with the show ending after that, but I was wrong … Continue reading Goodbye to Illuminations: Reflections of Light… Let’s Gather One Last Time Around the Fire

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Let’s Take a Ride on Peter Pan’s Flight

Today, we take a look at one of Walt Disney World’s most classic attractions. The original Peter Pan’s Flight was an opening day attraction at Disneyland. The ride allowed riders to board a flying pirate ship and fly over the streets of London and on into Neverland. When the Magic Kingdom opened 16 years later, the company followed suit and included the attraction in it’s … Continue reading Let’s Take a Ride on Peter Pan’s Flight

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Lets Ride… Pirates of the Caribbean at Magic Kingdom

After yesterday’s tribute to Country Bear Jamboree turned out to be quite popular, we are back today with a look at another classic Walt Disney World attraction. Pirates of the Caribbean opened in December of 1973 and has been delights Magic Kingdom guests ever since! In this post, we are going to take a photo tour of the full ride through, as well as present … Continue reading Lets Ride… Pirates of the Caribbean at Magic Kingdom

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A Tribute to Country Bear Jamboree

Today we are going to take a look at one of the very best attractions in all of Walt Disney World. I am talking of course, of the national treasure that is Country Bear Jamboree. The attraction was originally conceived to be part of a California ski resort which Disney was attempting to build in the mid 60’s. While the ski resort didn’t work out, … Continue reading A Tribute to Country Bear Jamboree

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Let’s Watch: The Festival of The Lion King

The Festival of the Lion King is a live action show located in the Africa section of Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The show is extremely popular, and with good reason. Combining live singing, interpretive dance, acrobatics and stunts; the show is one of the most entertaining half hours you can find at WDW. It currently ranks 5th on our Top 11 Shows At Walt Disney World list, however … Continue reading Let’s Watch: The Festival of The Lion King

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Let’s Ride “It’s A Small World”

Today we are going to keep things simple and take a ride on “The Happiest Cruise That Ever Sailed Around the World”. It’s A Small World Debuted at the 1964 World’s Fair before the original version was moved over to Disneyland Park where it opened in 1966. A clone of the ride opened along with Magic Kingdom park on October 1, 1971. While the Florida … Continue reading Let’s Ride “It’s A Small World”

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The Osborne Spectacle of Dancing Lights: A Tribute

Over the past few years we have lost many attractions to current massive overhaul of Hollywood Studios. Of all the attractions sacrificed, its interesting that the one which seems almost universally the most missed (ourselves included) was one that was only around for a couple months each year. For 20 years, The Osborne Spectacle of Dancing Lights was the single best Christmas element in the … Continue reading The Osborne Spectacle of Dancing Lights: A Tribute

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Let’s Take a Ride on Splash Mountain

It’s no secret on this blog that we LOVE Magic Kingdom’s signature flume ride. Splash Mountain is an absolute classic and one of the greatest theme park attractions in the world. The Magic Kingdom version is also significantly better than its original Disneyland counterpart with far better pacing and ride vehicles. We love Splash Mountain so much that it tops our list of the Top 11 … Continue reading Let’s Take a Ride on Splash Mountain

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