Public and private school friends who are now honorary homeschoolers (and our fellow hs-ers, of course), be sure to visit all our resources at Magical Mouse Schoolhouse to find creative ways to learn while you play and keep your kids academically active while their schools are closed. Also available in book format on Amazon. Available on Amazon. Here are some freebies and low cost items I’ve come across. As I…
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Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia: Disneyland Park Christmas Tree
What’s so special about the Disneyland Park Christmas tree? Find out at this week’s Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia! Disneyland Park put up stunning, natural Christmas trees during the holiday season every year from its 1955 opening until 2007. From 2008 to the present, the Park has installed an artificial–though equally beautiful–60-foot-tall tree that features more than 4,800 energy-efficient LED lights and 1,800 ornaments, including a three-foot star on the top….
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Disneyland Park: Have the Happiest Christmas on Earth!
From November 10, 2017, through January 7, 2018, the Happiest Place on Earth transforms into the Merriest Place on Earth! During the Christmas holidays, Disneyland Park‘s Sleeping Beauty’s Winter Castle sets the stage for unforgettable tannenbaum traditions. Aglow with 50,000 shimmering LED lights, its snow-capped steeples and glistening icicles excite Guests’ festive spirits. The majestic 60-foot Christmas tree in Town Square features 280,000 pine-tip limbs molded from actual tree branches,…
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Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia: Sleeping Beauty Castle Courtyard
Did you know this week’s Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia about the courtyard of Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle? The top portion of Disneyland Park’s Sleeping Beauty Castle was originally designed to face the other way, toward the Park entrance. WED (now Imagineering) designer Herb Ryman rearranged the model just prior to a review with Walt Disney, and both agreed the courtyard should face the rear/inside of the Park. (via The Imagineering…
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Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia: Disneyland Park’s it’s a small world
Did you know this week’s Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia about the Mary Blair doll in Disneyland Park’s it’s a small world attraction? Disney Legend and legendary Imagineer, Mary Blair, was the creative genius behind the design of Disneyland’s it’s a small world attraction. Did you know a doll in the attraction pays homage to her? It is often overlooked, because it sits halfway up the Eiffel Tower in the Western…
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Disneyland Resort: Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
Dive to the depths of the big blue world aboard Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage at Disneyland Park! Go explore the big blue world of Nemo and his friends aboard a bright yellow submarine at Disneyland Park. Descend into a colorful underwater capsule and set off on a research expedition operated by the Nautical Exploration and Marine Observation Institute (N.E.M.O.). Through your porthole, you will study a newly discovered volcano, glimpse…
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Disneyland Resort: The Matterhorn Bobsleds
Walt Disney sprouted the first of the “mountain range of thrill rides” at Disneyland Park with the Matterhorn Bobsleds in 1959. Ever seeking ways to improve, or plus, his theme park, the gears of Walt Disney’s imagination never ceased to crank. While on vacation in Europe on the set of the 1959 film, Third Man on the Mountain, Walt took in the majesty of the mountain on which he stood,…
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Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia: Disneyland’s Opening Day
Disneyland’s Opening Day is the highlight of this week’s Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia! When Disneyland opened its gates for the first time on July 17, 1955, it was far from being the Happiest Place on Earth. Last minute construction, painting, and planting continued right up to the start of Walt’s live television broadcast. Thousands more guests than anticipated showed up for the opening–many with counterfeit tickets, creating massive traffic jams,…
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