Year: 2008
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I sat in the KINGS seat!
Richard the “King” Petty is a living legend in the sport of stock car racing. He has over 200 wins in the sport and is widely considered the greatest NASCAR driver of all time by many. He also offers the chance for the average stock car “enthusiast” to experience a little more than the grand…
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Sarah Tells Us What it’s Like to be a Kid on a Disney Cruise Line Vacation
A few weeks ago Sarah, 13, blogged about her feelings over the closing of Virtual Magic Kingdom. We received such great feedback on her blog that I asked her to write another one, this time on any subject she wanted. She chose a Disney Cruise vacation. Specifically, Sarah tells us what it is like to experience…
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Is This What it’s Like to Camp at Fort Wilderness?
As we enter week three of the ‘Kitchen Rehab Project’ I have to wonder if this is what camping is like? And if so it’s the closest I will ever come to it. As I finish up the last of tonight’s dishes in the bathroom sink I feel like Laura Ingalls Wilder in my own pioneering…
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Goodbye Virtual Magic Kingdom…Love, Sarah
About a month or so ago on the podcast I mentioned that Disney was closing their online game – Virtual Magic Kingdom. VMK (because everything has to have an acronym) became very popular with many DISers, especially some of our younger posters. In this virtual world players could explore a computer-stylized version of the Magic…
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New Epcot “Attraction” About Hurricane Charley Opens August 2008
The Walt Disney World Resort, in conjunction with the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH), has announced that StormStruck: The Tale of Two Homes will be coming to Innoventions in Epcot in August of 2008. This 3-D, immersive, surround-sound attraction will recreate the experience thousands of Floridians lived through when Hurricane Charley made landfall on Friday…
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The Simpsons Ride ROCKS!
I’ll admit now that I was worried when I first heard that Universal would be replacing “Back to the Future” with a new ride based on the Simpsons. Concern number 1 was that the Simpsons, at 14 years old, was too old a property to sustain any interest among theme park visitors. Last summers Simpsons…
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More Info and Pics from Toy Story Midway Mania
Today was the first day of the Annual Passholder Preview for Toy Story Midway Mania at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We arrived at the park at about 2:30PM and it was Africa Hot!!! We made our way through the crowds towards the new Pixar Studios area of the park. We were greeted by polite, smiling cast…