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Yeah, you totally should! :D

Speaking of the Unofficial Guide, TouringPlans.com just posted a review of the book this morning. http://blog.touringplans.com/2013/02/17/new-book-3500-an-autistic-boys-ten-year-romance-with-snow-white/

Yes, there is actually a chapter in the book where I talk about the day we met the folks from the Unofficial Guide.

Regular visitors to WDWMagic.com may recall that when Snow White's Scary Adventures closed permanently last year, I wrote a series of blog posts about my autistic son and his experiences on that final night. I have written a book about his entire experience, and as of this morning it is...

I have checked in with them fairly regularly, and gave the owner my business card with a request to contact me if he acquired any artifacts from the ride. So far nothing. Not surprising, really. All the things I would have possibly wanted from it for Ben are probably either being re-used inside...

Ooh! As it so happens, the Theme Park Connections store is not even two miles from my house. I may just need to wander over there today at lunchtime! Thanks for the heads-up!!

FYI - if you want to be notified by email when the book is available, just go to http://www.shmoolok.com/Book and sign up under Be Notified! on the right hand side.

I do regret never getting to see Mr. Toad's Wild Ride (or World of Motion, for that matter). They were both gone before my first trip to WDW, more's the pity.

He's doing well. We were at the park just yesterday, and although he asked about Snow White he did not get upset or spend any time walking the construction wall where the ride used to be. It took a solid six months for him to get over it. If you are interested, I have written a book about his...

My family rode it somewhat more than twice. ;-)

I would be perfectly fine with this kind of system. For my family at least it would strike a fair balance between meeting the needs of my autistic son and respecting all of the other guests in the park.

Yup. My name appears as a villain in a U.K. Star Wars comic from earlier this year. It's not because LucasFilm is trying to promote me, it's because the author of that particular comic is an acquaintance of mine who thought I would be tickled to become a Star Wars villain. The only evil intent...

Nemo14 - Kept count today, we'll see what happens. I really do have mixed feelings about the closure of SWSA in that we were clearly sad to see it go, but in the long run it is a net positive to not have him so obsessed with a ride. Once nice thing I noted about JotLTM is that the ride itself is...

Ben went on it four times today. I have *so* been looking forward to this day ever since SWSA closed. Ben has been moping around the park, visiting The Graveyard of Snow White's Scary Adventures (TGOSWSA), and generally been miserable in the park since the end of May. Today he came alive, and...

Clearly you've never been on the receiving end of a self-righteous busybody lecturing you on how to properly control your child while you are in the middle of dealing with an autistic meltdown.

Oh, and here's a random true story: I once "abused" our GAC on the Pirates ride. My son had some behavioral issues that adversely effected another family who had stood in line for more than an hour, and their enjoyment of the ride was spoiled. So I took advantage of the GAC to walk that family...

A few general follow-up thoughts: First, I have to make it absolutely clear that I do not feel that Disney, or anyone else, *owes* my son or my family anything. We are perpetually grateful for every kindness that Disney and the WDW Cast Members have extended us over the years, and we thank...

That's very kind of you. I guess my other point is, cries of "that's unfair, they shouldn't get to go more often than regular guests" really just disappoint me. The cynical side of me wants to say: Tell you what, I'll trade you. You get to ride Star Tours three times in an hour, and I get to...

I guess my family is guilty of "abusing" the GAC. Ben would never have reached 3,500 rides on SWSA before it closed if it weren't for that card. Very early on (somewhere in the first year he fell in love with the ride) we set a rule with him that he could go on the ride three times, and then he...

If anyone is interested, I am going to be interviewed tomorrow morning on Good Day Sacramento. The interview is at 7:40am Pacific on Saturday, June 23rd. They have live streaming video of the show, you can watch it at http://gooddaysacramento.cbslocal.com/good-day-sacramento-live/