Recent content by habuma

Shameless plug, but... Although I can't get "Hey Disney" to do anything parks related at home except play a soundscape, there *is* an Alexa skill called "Mouse Guests" that *does* give park hours (and wait times, and fun facts, and Lightning Lane availability, and show times, and height...

Thanks! Is this new for WJ? On all of my past DL trips, I don't recall there being a time when the fireworks/projection show wasn't scheduled and didn't have fireworks unless it was for wind/weather reasons. Of course, my timing of those trips may have been such that I didn't encounter the M-Th...

Quick question: I couldn't help but notice when I search for "Wondrous Journeys" in the Disneyland app that there are two entries: "with Fireworks" and "with Projections". Over the weekend the "with Fireworks" had showtimes, but "with Projections" did not. Today, it has been reversed..."with...

I could see a Pocahontas themed Splash Mountain being good, but I'd be against it in Frontierland for the same reason as I'm not excited about PatF: It's not thematically correct with where it's located in the park. As you may know, starting from the Haunted Mansion, working around Rivers of...

While I don't mind the PatF theme in general (it could be awesome in Disneyland if done well), I don't like it in Frontierland. I've been thinking for a long while now that a better thing to do is to reimagine what Western River Expedition was to be, update it to take advantage of new ride and...

FWIW, we were in WDW during Irma. The day before Irma hit, everyone else had apparently abandoned FL, because we hit all four parks and rode most of the headliner attractions with almost no wait. I have a photo of TSMM (remember, this was before Toy Story Land had opened) with a 5 minute standby...

They're trading cards (like baseball cards) with pictures of the buses, monorails, trains, boats, etc on them and info about each on the back.

I've got a box of these here at home. Not bad. Picked them up at a King Soopers (aka, Kroger). Even if they were exactly the same size and ingredients, it's not the same unless you're eating them while standing in excessive Florida heat and humidity, chipping a tooth on the frozen-solid insides...

We dedicate a good chunk of our DHS days to avoiding the March of the First Order (it was neat the first time or two but got old after that) and to chasing down the CoH to see their shows. Thankful we were able to see all four of these Citizens on our trip a couple of weeks ago.

Completely agreed. The dragon is my favorite part of that parade, but I didn't expect her absence to leave as big of a hole in the parade as it did. It's hard to explain why the parade feels wrong without her, other than to say that the only other thing I can think of that would feel just as...

My daughter wants to dress for Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party as her favorite Citizen of Hollywood, Betty Shambles. Therefore, we're on the hunt for a plaid/tartan fabric that matches Ms. Shambles' dress. Google has been of limited help, as we've found some with similar colors, but quite...

I decided to have some fun with some kids sitting in front of me on Big Thunder Mountain the other day. As the train was leaving the station, I asked my daughter (sitting next to me) "Is this some kind of show?". The boys sitting in front of us were outraged at such a stupid question and turned...

On more than one occasion, while watching MSEP (both in WDW and in DL), when Elliott came around the corner: "Oh look! It's Puff the Magic Dragon!"

We've done both PCH and Storytellers for breakfast and even without the upcoming character changes, can wholeheartedly recommend Storytellers over PCH. PCH had a few nice items on its buffet, but overall I found Storytellers' spread to be significantly better. Character-wise, that can be a...

I love this idea, but...I'd love it more if it weren't presented as an "elevator to space" but rather as a rocket-ship launch to the space-station restaurant. As I walk into the place, I don't see a big tube going into space, so the story is broken if, upon entry, there's an implication that...