Category: Theme Parks
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One Thing I Love About Disneyland’s New Fireworks Show
“Wondrous Journeys” is the exceedingly rare case of a “nighttime spectacular” that feels like more than just spectacle
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Mario M Likes To Keep It Clean
Dispatches from Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood
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Walt Disney World, Part 1: Leaving the Bubble
My recent trip to Walt Disney World changed my idea of what I want out of a vacation
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Mine Train Through Nature’s Bafflingly Sexist Wonderland
Disneyland’s Mine Train Through Nature’s Wonderland closed in 1977 (according to Wikipedia), and by the first time I went to the park, its replacement Big Thunder Mountain Railroad had already become a 20-year-old classic. So I never saw the original ride, but knew just enough about it to be able to recognize references to it. […]
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Jungle Cruise, or, The Wonderful World of Corny
The Jungle Cruise movie has already won me over before I’ve even seen it.
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Five Things I Love About Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway
Thoughts about the relentlessly delightful ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida
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999 Happy Cooks
An idle observation about the Haunted Mansion and what makes it timeless
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The Ironically-Named Universal Studios
Reconsidering my opinions about theme parks that treat me like I’m too fat to visit them
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“The Fifth Key is Capitalism”
Disney announced a change that affected “The Disney Look,” and the reactions have been everything I expected and lots more that I should’ve expected
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Re: Fwd: Disneyland
Speculation on Disneyland’s proposed expansion plans
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The Back Side of the 1960s
Preemptively heading off comments about the upcoming Jungle Cruise refurb
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Men in Black: Alien Attack
Recommending a friend’s podcast appearance talking about a now-classic ride