Celebrating the Christmas holidays at Disneyland Resort? Don’t miss the special it’s a small world Holiday 20th Anniversary! Disneyland Park’s it’s a small world attraction receives an annual facelift at this time of year. This year marks the 20th anniversary of it’s a small world Holiday! Choruses of children’s choirs from around the world set a seasonal mood as Guests approach the attraction, singing a joyful medley of the iconic…
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Happy Thanksgiving from Magical Mouse Schoolhouse!
Happy Thanksgiving from Magical Mouse Schoolhouse! We wish all of you a safe and happy holiday, full of fun, family, and feasts! [Tweet “Happy Thanksgiving from Magical Mouse Schoolhouse!”] ©2016 Magical Mouse Schoolhouse, your Disney homeschool resource! Jodi WhisenhuntThink outside the textbook with this veteran homeschooling author & editor, and learn while you play! www.magicalmouseschoolhouse.com
Disney VIPs and Luminaries: Peg Matthews Rose (Part 2)
As we continue our look at Disney VIPs and luminaries, we re-visit Part 2 of our interview with former long-time Disneyland Cast Member Peg Matthews Rose. Welcome back to our interview with former Cast Member Peg Rose! In case you missed Part 1, Peg became a Disneyland Cast Member as a teenager. Over a thirty-three year period, she performed various roles during two stints with the company and has spent…
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Disney VIPs and Luminaries: Interview with Peg Matthews Rose
As we continue our look at Disney VIPs and luminaries, we re-visit our interview with former long-time Disneyland Cast Member Peg Matthews Rose (Part 1 of 2). Have I got a treat for you today! Peggy (Peg) Matthews Rose, a.k.a. Peter Pan, became a Disneyland Cast Member as a teenager. She performed various roles during two stints with the company over a thirty-three year period. Peg has spent the past…
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Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia: Madame Leota Seance Scene
Madame Leota calls on the spirits at Magic Kingdom’s Haunted Mansion attraction. Did you know this week’s Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia about the Madame Leota Seance Scene of Disney Parks’ Haunted Mansion attraction? The late Imagineer and Disney Legend, Leota Toombs Thomas, filmed the seance scene as as a test run to help designers create the crystal ball illusion. They had intended an actress to fill the part, but Leota…
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Disney VIPs and Luminaries: Leota Toombs Thomas
Continuing our look at Disney VIPs and Luminaries, we re-visit an interview about the late Disney Imagineer and Disney Legend, Leota Toombs Thomas. Leota Toombs Thomas, longtime Walter Elias Disney (WED—now Walt Disney Imagineering) employee, model builder, costumer, and Imagineer, is best known as the disembodied spirit of Madame Leota in Disneyland’s and Walt Disney World’s Haunted Mansion attractions. She worked many years alongside Walt, and in 2009 was posthumously…
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Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia: Toy Story Mania!
Toy Story Mania! at Disney’s Hollywood Studios & Disney’s California Adventure was a Disney first! Did you know this week’s Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia about the uber-popular Toy Story Mania! attraction? The 2008 opening of Toy Story Mania! marked the first time Walt Disney Imagineering designed an attraction to premiere simultaneously at Walt Disney World Resort (Disney’s Hollywood Studios) and at Disneyland Resort’s Disney’s California Adventure Park. Inspired by the…
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Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia: Live Characters at Haunted Mansion
Tiggerific Tuesday Disney Trivia: Did you know Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion used to include live characters? According to Disney’s Chief Archivist Emeritus, Dave Smith, in his Disney Trivia from the Vault, in the early years of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion attraction, periodically, live characters would be added to the show. One of the most popular was a suit of armor that would spring to life at random moments, frightening even the most…
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