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My tinfoil-hat conspiracy theory is that this subplot is getting little air given the recent unionization at Disneyland. (In reality, I think they just cut some corners.)

My turn to play armchair critic! I think the presentation is stunning. It is well-lit, vibrant, colorful, and rich, and I wouldn't be surprised if it pulls heavy traffic at night. I'd ride it at night just for the light show. I don't mind that Disney went for an original storyline, especially...

Stiers is sorely missed! (I'm a massive M*A*S*H fan.) The lore is that Stiers ad-libbed the line, "Flowers, chocolates...promises you don't intend to keep," in BATB.

I had the immense privilege to see her perform in Blithe Spirit at the Gielgud Theatre in London in 2014. She was 88 years young, sprightly and energetic. She had the audience in the palm of her hand from curtain up to curtain down! A consummate performer and, by all accounts, a class act...

This is actually my most vivid memory of Katrina - the wind howling and the trees bending basically perpendicular to the ground. I was nearly ten. Scared the bejeezus out of me.

Just under a Category 5 - those wind speeds are absolutely crazy. I'm very glad this is my last hurricane season in MS. Good luck, everyone.

"Improving the visitor experience, the thinking goes, will prompt guests to spend more hours—and therefore more money—at the parks because they are having such a good time." Where's the improvement, though?? If the price hikes are (allegedly) the "inevitable result of progress," one would...

I DID NOT REALIZE HOW TIRED I WAS UNTIL I DRAGGED MY BODY OUT OF BED THIS MORNING. But the trip reports continue while I maul a gluten-free pizza. What day am I on? Oh, yeah! ANIMAL KINGDOM!! Initially, this day was supposed to be EPCOT. I had hoped that Space 220 would be open--alas! Now, I...

Update from my connecting airport. I have had...an afternoon. My flight was fully boarded, and two minutes before takeoff, we were informed that an unauthorized individual was just...on the tarmac. CBP confronted him, and he took off, so we sat on the plane for 45 minutes while they tried to...

We're about to start boarding, so I'm just going to drop a quick review of Boo Bash here, and then get on my flight. Ultimately, I needed it to be an hour longer. With the number of rides open, the number of cavalcades, and the sheer volume of things to do, I didn't have enough time to do it...

I had to make my 7:25 dinner reservation at Skipper Canteen (which was delicious, by the way), so I tore it back to MK. The restaurant was running behind, so I was nervous I wasn't going to be able to make it to my HEA viewing spot in Fantasyland. This was going to be my last time seeing HEA, so...

Next up was Mad Tea Party. I only got an establishing shot--nothing you can't find on Google. That stupid canopy over the WDW MTP ruins the lighting. ("Hey, stupid!" yelled Waldorf. "You big dummy, it rains in Florida!" added Statler. "Yeah, yeah, yeah," I grumbled.) Carousel of Progress had...

Hello from MCO! (Booooooooo.) I've literally got another freaking hour and change until this plane even starts boarding, so brace for trip reports. We're getting into the meaty stuff - the Magic Kingdom! September 12. I had a day ticket for MK and a separate ticket for Boo Bash. Walking into...

That's the magic of Disney -- rides for all tastes! I love the Muppets, but I hated, hate, haaaaaatedddddd the Avatar movie, so I was already jaundiced going into FOP. Would rather have gone on Soarin'.

Bright suns, fellow travelers! (Good grief, I'm really bad at this.) In my defense, though, I got all caught up in the Sunday/Monday slate of NFL games. (And I was just reeeeeeally tired.) Tomorrow is actually my last day in the parks, and it's not much more than a quick buzz over to MK to...

Day 1: It is incredibly disconcerting flying on September 11, 2021. I had no real security concerns--it was just the symbolism of it all. There were small children on my flight, including one in the row in front of me who had received her wings from the flight attendant. My mom kept mine from...

Day 0: Hello, all! Welcome to a very messy trip report. Things are strange. I planned this trip to celebrate passing the bar exam......I failed the exam by six-tenths of a point. Fortunately, my state bar permits score appeals, so I'm appealing two of my essays and hoping/praying/wishing...

She's beauty, she's grace...

As the kids say: Ouch, Disney got ratioed.

17 days to go! I'm watching the Genie+ situation unfold with great interest; I have no plans to return to a Disney park until 2025 (my 30th birthday--HOW AM I THIS OLD), so it's a fairly low-stakes news event for me. And I think the masses will have guillotined the Bobs à la Louis XVI by that...