Author: Disney Cicerone

How Disney Teaches You to Persevere

Disney Cicerone September 14, 2020 4 Comments
The fire notices screamed from my phone this week while I dashed haphazardly around my home and debated about what I wanted to take with me as we evacuated the wildfires that have plagued our side of the nation. I picked up objects and put them back. I looked tearfully at others realizing I may never see them again. I threw odd things in my suitcase and forgot what I was doing as...

Are You In a Fade-In or Fade-Out?

Disney Cicerone September 6, 2020 0 Comments
As summer draws to a close and the change-over to Pumpkin Spice Lattes and falling leaves is upon us, I've been thinking about transitions. One of my favorite parts about visiting the Disney parks is the thoughtful way the Imagineers transition you between lands. It's often done in a cinematic style, so subtle you barely know it's happening until suddenly you're in a whole...

Why YOU Love Disney

Disney Cicerone September 6, 2020 0 Comments
One of the hardest questions for a Disney fan to answer is this: Why do you love Disney so much? I’ve been asked this so many times, and I usually stumble around in the dark for an answer that will make whoever I’m talking to fully understand why I would head to the parks again and again, year after year. Sometimes I’ll answer with nostalgia, other times with exclamations about the...