We’d like to offer a Pooh-sized welcome to all new fans! We’re so glad you’ve joined us here at Magical Mouse Schoolhouse, a unique blog that plusses the homeschool experience and prompts home educators to think outside the textbook. Our bi-weekly posts incorporate teachable moments found in Walt Disney entertainment—from the history of Walter Elias [...]
Disney’s Magical Storytelling: Pirates of the Caribbean
Welcome to those of you joining me from DELIGHTFULLY DISNEY and those of you just hopping aboard. I am the Final stop on our Magical Blogorail. I was excited to see this month’s Blogorail topic! Storytelling is the essence of Disney entertainment, and I’m not just talking about TV shows and movies. Nothing is done [...]
Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia: Turkey Legs
Did you know today’s Tiggerific Tuesday Trivia? Americans will delight in Thanksgiving feasts this week, both at home and at the Disney resorts. In fact, between the four theme parks at Walt Disney World and the two theme parks at Disneyland Resort, more than 2.5 million pounds of turkey legs will be consumed this calendar [...]
Paradise Pier
Photo via Disney Parks Disney California Adventure features one area of the park that is uniquely Californian—Paradise Pier. Here Guests find all the fun of a typical seaside boardwalk. There are midway games, swings, a classic roller coaster, and a Ferris wheel. You can grab a bite to eat or catch a show. However, what [...]
Grizzly Peak
Like other Disney Parks, Disney California Adventure consists of several uniquely themed “lands”—six of them to be exact. We strolled one of them last week when we ventured down Buena Vista Street, and today we’re headed into a more adventurous zone: Grizzly Peak. According to legend, the iconic grizzly bear-shaped mountain was once a giant [...]
Buena Vista Street
What Main Street, U.S.A., is to Disneyland Park, Buena Vista Street is to Disney California Adventure. This grand theme park entrance does more than pave a way toward exciting attractions. It gives Guests direct access to a unique Walt Disney experience. Buena Vista Street represents an idealized version of the Los Angeles Walt encountered when [...]
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October Review – Disneyland Park
Photo via Disney Parks As October draws to a close, let’s take one last look at Disneyland Park, where the magic began. We cyber-explored the Park and took in the sites and made some great discoveries along the way. Halloween Time – Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain and Big Thunder Ranch are all decked out with [...]
Tinker Bell
Photo via Disney Parks Tinker Bell is likely the most beloved fairy in all the world, and isn’t it wonderful that she lives at the Disney Parks? Tink, the ornery little sprite of Peter Pan fame, fluttered off the screen and into the hearts of millions back in 1953. She has long since become one [...]
Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln
All photos via Disney Parks Walt Disney had a particular interest in the life and times of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Biographer Neal Gabler says, “In the fifth grade [Walt] fashioned a stovepipe hat out of cardboard and blackened it with shoe polish, dabbed a wart on his cheek, wrapped [...]























