Month: October 2020

Why Disney’s Halloween filter is about more than the magic

Disney Cicerone October 26, 2020 0 Comments
It's Halloween week. We've arrived! It's a bittersweet holiday for all of us Disneyphiles... with no Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Parties this year (and no giant Mickey pumpkin on Main Street USA for all you Disneylanders), the Halloween Time magic is simply not the same. Sure, there are cavalcades with our favorite dastardly villains and Winnie the Pooh dressed up in adorable costumes. And...

How YOU are the magic for those around you

Disney Cicerone October 19, 2020 0 Comments
Piloting the Millennium Falcon solo is not all it’s cracked up to be. While they are only loading one party per cockpit during the pandemic, I found myself alone in navigating our beloved hunk o' junk this morning. It was... fine. But when I ran into spires and miscellaneous space cargo, it was only my voice I heard echoing in laughter throughout the ship. And it made me realize something...

Adventure is saying yes despite your fear

Disney Cicerone October 12, 2020 2 Comments
I am writing this sitting in front of Expedition Everest, having gone on the expedition but wishing I hadn’t. My motion sickness doesn’t allow backward motion, but all day long I have watched intrepid travelers traverse the terrain in train cars up the mountain, and I wanted to be one too. So I rode. And now I’m sitting because my head feels like it’s on backward. The totem poles outside...

How Grief is a Catalyst for People and Purpose

Disney Cicerone October 4, 2020 0 Comments
The Disney community is grieving this week. I know I'm not alone in feeling it. From the loss of some of our very favorite performers (I'm looking at you, Yehaa Bob) to the thousands upon thousands of brilliant cast members who won't be returning to bringing us the magic anytime soon, we are all in a start of disbelief. This can't happen to Disney... it's our happy place. Those cast members,...