by Jim Smith | Mar 31, 2020 | Disney Trivia, Trivia and Games
In Disney’s Fantasia short “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” Mickey Mouse tries his hand at some magic as a way to help him do all his chores. He causes quite a stir and makes a wet mess of things. It is only when his sorcerer mentor returns that order...
by Jim Smith | Mar 29, 2020 | Disney, Travel Planning
Welcome to the worldwide Coronavirus shutdown. Today is May 18, 2020, Day 57 and the start of Week Nine of the worldwide shutdown. Shanghai Disneyland has opened back up to visitors (under strict health-driven operating restrictions), and this week Walt Disney...
by Jim Smith | Mar 24, 2020 | Disney Trivia, Trivia and Games
Since 1959, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States has awarded a Grammy for Best Soundtrack for Visual Media (film, television show or series, video game, or other visual media). Several Disney films have won the Grammy award...
by Jim Smith | Mar 17, 2020 | Disney Trivia, Trivia and Games
The current COVID shutdown has afforded me the time to catch up on some Disney films I’ve been meaning to watch. One of those was The Love Bug, which I just watched for the first time in over 30 years. I forgot how much I loved the film. It has heart, excitement, a...
by Jim Smith | Mar 13, 2020 | Disney, Disney Spotlight Series, Media
Walt Disney had a lifelong fascination with trains, from his days as a child in Missouri, into young adulthood when he worked on a train selling goods to passengers, and throughout his professional career. Heck – Mickey Mouse himself was born on the train, on...
