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By Michael - July 23rd, 2011 I realize it’s been unusually quiet around here lately, and it’s likely to stay that way (mostly) until the D23 Expo next month. Tickets for the Expo, by the way, are still available; details about its offerings are still firming up but it looks to be a good time.
I wanted to get in a [...]
By Michael - June 8th, 2011 My siestas keep getting chorter and chorter…
It began, like so many things, with one little spark…
Although this was not a spark of imagination, but of conflagration. More specifically, a fire that took place this last January in the Magic Kingdom’s Enchanted Tiki Room – Under New Management attraction. Since this was far [...]
By Michael - May 5th, 2011
As I mentioned last week, we’re continuing our fundraiser (and some Spring cleaning!) to help underwrite some big upcoming projects. We have a whole new lot of books, magazines, memorabilia and ephemera coming up for auction over the next couple of days, so if you’re starting a vintage Disney library, or just trying to [...]
By Michael - April 12th, 2011
After a decade of troubled development, Disney Feature Animation’s take on the Rapunzel fairy tale finally arrived in theaters last fall. Despite near-constant meddling from executives and marketing mavens during those long years, Tangled scored a hit with both critics and audiences, and is one of the most thoroughly satisfying offerings from Disney animators [...]
By Michael - April 7th, 2011
In Shanghai, tomorrow has already arrived and so Disney has finally and officially announced the Shanghai Disneyland project. Disney released the first renderings for the park on its blog, and Imagineer Bob Weis, who has been Tweeting pictures from the construction site, posted this brief video of the groundbreaking:
So what have we learned [...]
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Four Decades of Magic

Essays about the first forty years of Walt Disney World, including two pieces by yours truly. Available in print and for Kindle.
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