10 Lessons I Learned On My Disney Cruise Vacation
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is my paradise. \ Image: Dakster Sullivan According to Webster’s Dictionary, Vacation is a noun, often attributive and defined as: 1 : a period spent away from home or...
View Article‘Tangled The Series’ Tie-In Comic Creates Snarls
Reading Time: 5 minutesImage of Cover A from Issue #1, Courtesy IDW A Tangled comic? Sign me up. Or so I originally thought. Let me explain. My kids spent a summer watching Tangled. While the Rapunzel...
View ArticleMovie Review: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Wrinkle in Time is the latest adaptation of the popular YA book by Madeleine L’Engle. The movie is gorgeous, updated, and true to the spirit of the original, but you may want...
View Article‘Bao’: Pixar’s ‘Incredibles 2’ Short Is a Sweet Little Dumpling Surprise
Reading Time: 1 minuteBao: Image courtesy Disney The last Pixar movie I reviewed, Coco, did not air a short beforehand. Not to press screenings, anyway. There was a short shown before the general...
View ArticleCall a Disney Friend for Free at Bedtime This Month
Reading Time: 1 minuteToy Story Alien glowing plush, photos courtesy of Disney Store You can make bedtime a little more fun through the end of this month by calling a Disney friend with your child....
View Article‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’: Clever, Snarky, Family Fun
Reading Time: 1 minuteRalph Breaks the Internet – image courtesy Disney Ralph Breaks the Internet is the sequel to the 2012 movie, Wreck It Ralph, in which video game characters live secret lives in a...
View Article10 Things Parents Should Know About ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’
Reading Time: 4 minutesReading Time: 4 minutes From ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’. Credit to Disney Movies. Ralph Breaks the Internet, the sequel to Disney’s 2012 feature Wreck-It Ralph, hits theaters...
View ArticleDenver Pop Culture Con 2019: Ming-Na Wen and Asian Representation in Hollywood
Reading Time: 5 minutesMost of the time, she was giggling like this! Her happiness is contagious, that’s for sure. Image credit: Patricia Vollmer I’ve been thoroughly enjoying going through my notes,...
View ArticleMake a Haunted Mansion Pet Vampire Bat
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Haunted Mansion “Vampire Bat” may never have made it to the mansion, but you can have one in your home. All Images: Lisa Kay Tate What better time to celebrate the 50th...
View Article‘Entertaining With Disney’: An Event Planning Book With a Disney Twist
Entertaining with Disney, Cover Image Insight Editions, Background Image by Annalise Batista from Pixabay Entertaining with Disney is an event-planning guide book that will help you plan a variety of...
View ArticleHappy Socks Partners with Disney for New Retro Range
Full disclosure, I am something of a sock addict. I own dozens of pairs with all sorts of fun designs and I can’t resist grabbing a new pair whenever I see something unusual. I’m also a huge Disney fan...
View ArticleOnce Upon a Disney Podcast Launches April 7, 2021
If you’re a fan of Disney movies—specifically the animated ones from the 20th century—then there’s an exciting new podcast to check out. Once Upon a Disney analyzes original Disney movies from a...
View ArticleMake/Play/Watch/Read: Playing With Light
Light fascinates me. It can be natural or artificial. It can be manipulated and it can manipulate us. By creating light, we think we are in control of our domain. But if we’re honest with ourselves,...
View ArticleWhat Is a Hidden Mickey, Anyway?
We have a wide variety of game players in our house right now. My eleven year old is currently having a bit of a moment with Exploding Kittens, but with him we can get away with games that can be high...
View Article‘A Cultural History of the Disneyland Theme Parks’ by Sabrina Mittermeier
I have been a fan of Disney theme parks ever since I first set foot in one nearly twenty years ago, and a fan of theme parks in general since I was a small child. Since my first visit to the Magic...
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