NEWSDAY TUESDAY: TRICKS & TREATS
Can you believe Halloween is almost here?! Where did October go?! This is the last week that the immensely popular Halloween Screams will be lighting up the night over the Disneyland Resort, so make sure that you get your fill before it’s gone, gone, gone, whoa-oh-oh! Disney, Disney! I’d get down on my knees for […]
DISNEY FIX: THE BANANA BOAT
Sooooooo…I don’t like getting on water rides. Because I don’t like getting wet [shrugs]. I know! I know! It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense- but I feel very strongly about it. Then one day, I’m reading a thread on MiceChat about what the ‘storyline’ for Splash Mountain is, and I’m reading all the […]
WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: DISNEY FIX
The Matterhorn, originally uploaded by kyle.tucker95. Toad Manor uploaded by HoJo Anaheim Wonderland Lights uploaded by HoJo Anaheim An Aura of Foreboding uploaded by HoJo Anaheim Ready to Ride! uploaded by HoJo Anaheim Mark Twain uploaded by HoJo Anaheim Oogie Boogie Topiary uploaded by HoJo Anaheim Creepy Cobwebs uploaded by HoJo Anaheim Haunted Mansion Holiday […]
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: PIRATE’S LAIR
Yesterday, I went to Disneyland with my younger sister and her best friend. They are both Disney purists- they hate the Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay and even some of the changes that have been made to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride over the years- but when I mentioned the change from Tom Sawyer’s Island […]
DISNEY FIX: TIME TRAVEL FRIDAY
HAPPY FRIDAY, INNSIDERS! Nobody knows retro like the Howard Johnson Hotel in Anaheim knows retro- so today we are going to take a little trip together. You don’t need a passport or anything, but you might want to fix yourself a little in flight snack and your beverage of choice- because we are going back […]
DISNEY FIX: TILT-SHIFT VIDEO EXPLAINED
Just because you’re not at a Disney Park doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t be allowed to have a Disney Experience! The good folks that run the DisneyParks YouTube Channel must agree, because they posted something last week that lets those of us who are not physically in the Parks share in the Celebration! Isn’t that […]
DISNEYLAND NEWS: HALLOWEEN TIME TIPS
I’ve been to the Parks a few times this October, and I’m not claiming to be an expert or anything- but I do want to pass along a couple of things that have helped make my time in the Parks more thrilling! 1. If you don’t feel like spending three hours of your time in […]
DOES DISNEYLAND EVER LOSE ITS MAGIC?
As an Annual Passholder who works right across the street from the Disneyland Resort and goes into the Park at least once a week, this is a question that gets asked of me pretty regularly. And it’s understandable- if I was able to eat my Grandmommie’s Chocolate Pie after every meal, it might stop being […]
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: HALLOWEEN TIME FEVER
I asked some of our guests here at the Howard Johnson Hotel in Anaheim what their favorite things to do and see during Halloween Time were, and here are some of the things that I heard: What do you and your family like to do and see during this time of year at the Disneyland […]