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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Walt Disney World Resort’s Typhoon Lagoon & Blizzard Beach Water Parks
Splash into summertime fun at Walt Disney World Resort’s Typhoon Lagoon & Blizzard Beach water parks! Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park Once upon a time, disaster struck Placid Palms Resort, a tropical lagoon paradise in Safen Sound, Florida. A monstrous typhoon swept across the hideaway, flooding the lagoon, tossing ships upon mountains, flinging surfboards through trees, and depositing sharks into the harbor. Rearranged by waterfalls, rivers, and slides, the once placid…
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TOY STORY LAND: Toy Story Mania!
Step right up for Andy’s Room carnival fun and try your skill at Toy Story Mania! midway games! The countdown has begun: 6 days until TOY STORY LAND opens! The 2008 opening of Toy Story Mania! marked the first time Walt Disney Imagineering designed an attraction to premiere simultaneously at Walt Disney World and at Disney’s California Adventure. Inspired by the Disney•Pixar Toy Story films, this ride “shrinks” Guests to…
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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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Toy Story Land: The TOY STORIES Finally Get A Land of Their Own!
TOY STORY LAND: Woody, Buzz, and Andy’s other childhood toy pals are finally getting a Land of their own at Walt Disney World Resort! On June 30, 2018, Guests to Disney’s Hollywood Studios will virtually shrink to the size of a toy as they enter 11 acres of Andy’s toy-filled backyard! Here we will join Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and all their pals from the Disney·Pixar TOY STORY films for a…
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