by Jim Smith | Dec 13, 2023 | Disney Parks & Resorts, Facts and Figment Travel Planning, Travel News, Travel Planning
(A version of this article was shared with Pirates and Princesses and published on December 13, 2023.) Disney Vacation Club has offered new details and updated renderings for reimagined Cabins at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort. The reimagined cabins will become the...
by Jim Smith | Dec 12, 2023 | Beyond Disney, Seasonal Holidays, Spotlight
“Christmas had come officially. We plunged into the cornucopia quivering with desire and the ecstasy of unbridled avarice.” To say A Christmas Story is my all-time favorite holiday film is not at all a stretch. It is a certain, unquestionable fact. I first saw the...
by Jim Smith | Dec 2, 2023 | Disney, Disney Parks & Resorts, Extinct Disney Attractions, Spotlight
(A version of this article was shared with Pirates & Princesses and published on December 2, 2023.) One fateful day in 1986, a young girl asked her father if he could please decorate their house with lights for Christmas. Dad said “yes.” But this was no ordinary...
by Jim Smith | Nov 27, 2023 | Disney, Disney Parks & Resorts, Lists, Role Call - The Best of Disney
(A version of this article was shared with Pirates & Princesses and published on November 27, 2023.) The holidays are upon us here at Walt Disney World. Plenty of festive decor adorns the theme parks, both water parks, Disney Springs, and all the resorts (if you...
by Jim Smith | Nov 21, 2023 | Disney, Disney Legends, Disney Spotlight Series, Marvel
Walt Disney knew a great many people in his life – his family and friends, members of the Walt Disney Studios and Disneyland, Hollywood celebrities and studio executives, and even world leaders. Every once in a while, one of those people to come across Walt’s...