by Jim Smith | Nov 15, 2021 | Disney Parks & Resorts, Disney Trivia, Extinct Disney Attractions, Lists and Trivia
Believe it or not, guests at Disneyland have been able to paddle a canoe in the Rivers of America since 1956. Disneyland’s Frontierland was inspired by Walt Disney’s love of American folk icons, including the legendary Davy Crockett and the fictional Tom Sawyer. Most...
by Jim Smith | Nov 1, 2021 | Disney Parks & Resorts, Disney Trivia, Lists and Trivia
Walt Disney’s name is synonymous with groundbreaking entertainment. He broke borders in animation, filmmaking, television, and theme parks. Did you know Walt also had his eye on the ski industry? In the 1960s, Walt was planning a state of the art, fully imaginative...
by Jim Smith | Oct 26, 2021 | Disney Trivia, Lists and Trivia
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow – the 1949 animated Disney film featuring Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman – snuck up on me as one of the most charming holiday specials I’d never seen before. Until last year (and every year from now on). Most of the...
by Jim Smith | Oct 21, 2021 | Disney Trivia, Lists and Trivia
Love it or hate it – we can all agree that guests’ opinions on Stitch’s Great Escape were historically quite divided. The attraction was on life support for several years (only operating seasonally) and Disney finally announced permanent closure of the...
by Jim Smith | Sep 21, 2021 | Disney Trivia, Lists and Trivia
When Walt opened Disneyland in 1955, he envisioned his park as a place where adults and children could have fun together. Historically, Disney parks have not boasted the same degree of high intensity thrill rides as more conventional amusement parks. But that doesn’t...
