Category: Disney History

How Disney’s hidden magic makes us look closer

Disney Cicerone November 16, 2020 2 Comments
As I shuffled around the MDE (My Disney Experience) app to make my next mobile food order, I found myself having walked to a completely new land without ever remembering how I got there. I stopped abruptly and turned around, aghast at what I had missed. Because every time I walk through Disney, I see something new. An unexpected detail I've never noticed before. A color palette I'd never fully...

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...