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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Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park: Castaway Creek
Float your cares away at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park Castaway Creek and meander through the lush vegetation of this tropical oasis. According to legend, a typhoon once ripped across central Florida, creating an inland sea, tossing boats atop mountain peaks, and transforming what once was a fruit packing plant into what we now call Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park. The storm that created the lagoon also created another attraction that’s quite…
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Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park: Hang 10 at Typhoon Lagoon Surf Pool
At Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park, Guests can take real surfing lessons and learn how to “hang 10” at Typhoon Lagoon Surf Pool! As legend recalls, Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park resulted when disaster struck the Placid Palms Resort in the tropical paradise of Safen Sound, Florida. Landscaping of the peaceful getaway changed drastically when the Miss Tilly shrimp boat was tossed upon Mount Mayday, a fruit packing plant was—um,…
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TOY STORY LAND: Alien Swirling Saucers & Woody’s Lunchbox
This is an intergalactic emergency! I need to commandeer your vessel to Sector 12. Who’s in charge here? The Clawwwwww! A stranger. From the outside. Oooooooh! Will you be chosen by the Claw? In less than 2 weeks, Guests to Disney’s Hollywood Studios can shrink to the size of toys, enter a play set that Andy won at Pizza Planet, and blast off on an interstellar escapade with the little…
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TOY STORY LAND: The Slinky Dog Dash
It won’t be long before we can walk right into Andy’s backyard and become one of his beloved toys! Can’t wait to coast the coils of Slinky Dog Dash! Have I mentioned I LOVE THE TOY STORY movies? Well, in case you missed that, I do! The TOY STORY films are my very favorite Disney·Pixar pics, and I am beyond excited for these old friends of mine to have a…
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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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Christmas at Epcot: Holidays Around the World
Walt Disney World Resort celebrates the Yuletide season at Epcot with festive Holidays Around the World! Several times a day at the Fountain Stage, the gospel group Joyful fills Guests with Christmas spirit, and throughout the season Guest choirs perform spirited tunes. The World Showcase Pavilions host an international Christmas experience. Stroll along and listen to storytellers’ lore and legends of this joyous season during Holidays Around the World and…
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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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