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Wordless Wednesday: Flora, Fauna & Fantasy

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Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival 2013

Epcot Flower & Garden

We are pleased to welcome a very special Guest this week, Ann Goodman of 3D Travel Company! Ann and her husband are veteran homeschoolers who have been making the Disney Parks their home-away-from-home for several years. You can learn more about Ann and submit a FREE quote request at 3D Travel, fan Ann on Facebook, [...]

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The United Kingdom Pavilion at Epcot’s World Showcase

Epcot United Kingdom Pavilion

As with other Pavilions around Epcot’s World Showcase, the United Kingdom stop pulls inspiration from many different real-life structures in the British Isles. Not only does it feature a variety of buildings, but it also carries Guests through different time periods as well. And when they work together, visitors experience a sweeping vision of living [...]

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Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia: Easter at Epcot

Did YOU know today’s Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia about Easter activities at Epcot? If you missed last week’s Easter egg hunt/Vinylmation activity as part of Disney’s Limited Time Magic, don’t worry! The fun continues this week leading up to–and including–Easter weekend.  From March 25 through the 31st, kids can meet Mr. and Mrs. Easter Bunny at [...]

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The Japan Pavilion at Epcot’s World Showcase

As we’ve seen all around the World Showcase, Epcot’s Japan Pavilion is a prime sampling of unique features that immediately call to mind the nation it represents. The Pavilion focuses on the dramatic serenity of its buildings and setting to create a peaceful, yet evocative presentation in its design. Remember that Imagineers worked closely with [...]

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The Mexico Pavilion at Epcot’s World Showcase

Epcot Mexico Pavilion

As we’ve seen so far, Epcot’s World Showcase is exactly what its name implies: international culture on exhibit. Imagineers were careful to select architectural features so specific to each locale that by sight alone Guests would recognize which country they were entering. In designing each Pavilion, to be as authentic as possible, design teams consulted [...]

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Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia: Epcot’s Soarin’

Did YOU know today’s Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia about Epcot’s Soarin’? The preflight video to Epcot’s Soarin’ welcomes Guests to Flight 5505, honoring Soarin’s official opening at Epcot on May 5, 2005. get the InLinkz code ©2013 Magical Mouse Schoolhouse, your Disney homeschool resource! Add MAGICAL MOUSE SCHOOLHOUSE to your home library!

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The China Pavilion at Epcot’s World Showcase

The architecture of Epcot’s China Pavilion strikingly identifies which nation it represents. Taking inspiration from ancient Chinese structures and focusing on the Imperial Palace—or Forbidden City—and the Temple of Heaven park, this Pavilion really captures the essence of the Far East. Guests enter through the Zhao Yang Men, or Gate of the Golden Sun, which [...]

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Wordless Wednesday: Flowers & Gardens

This week’s theme: Flowers & Gardens ©2013 Magical Mouse Schoolhouse, your Disney homeschool resource! Add MAGICAL MOUSE SCHOOLHOUSE to your home library!

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Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia: Epcot’s Norway Pavilion

  Did you know today’s Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia about Epcot’s Norway Pavilion? According to Lou Mongello’s Walt Disney World Trivia Book Volume 2, Epcot’s Norway Pavilion is the world’s largest Norwegian tourist attaction (next to Norway itself), with more than 4.5 million annual visitors. That’s almost the same as the nation’s population! get the InLinkz [...]

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The Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow

Legend of Captain Jack Sparrow

Please welcome a very special Guest and dear friend of mine, Charlene Hanyzewski of 3D Travel Company! Charlene is a [...]

Citizens of Hollywood

Citizens of Hollywood

*** Warning: The below material is excerpted from a published book. Do NOT copy. *** I’ve been ill this week [...]

Mosaic Reviews: Bardin & Marsee Waterproof Bible

I got to review a product this month that the whole family had a blast testing! It seemed almost blasphemous, [...]

Wordless Wednesday: The Letter K

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Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia: Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster

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Did you know today’s Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia about the Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster? The Fender Stratocaster guitar at the Rock [...]