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What is your favorite Disney Park attraction? Better yet, on which attraction do you find yourself having the most fun? For me, the answer has always been Disneyland’s Space Mountain. There are arguably better, more advanced, and more impressive attractions.…
Half-a-billion bucks! That’s how much Disney’s newest roller coaster, located just inside Epcot, cost. Let me rewind for just a second…half-a-billion bucks! For a single stand-alone attraction. Five-hundred-million dollars is approximately half of what Epcot in its entirety (all 300
Do you ever get frustrated at your own forgetfulness? Welcome to the club! Over the years, I’ve managed to forget $5,000 in cash at an ATM machine, both an iPhone and an iPad on the roof of a car, even…
Want to hear something ironic? I’ve just returned from a near-perfect trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I emphasize the location because we were originally scheduled to fly in on Wednesday, September 28, the day MCO (Orlando’s airport…
Have you ever heard the expression “All Roads Lead to Rome”? Well, when I taught my history classes, and especially my government courses, I often joked that “All Roads Lead to Disney!” At first, my students thought I was joking.…
Statistically, the name is not at all common, yet it seems everyone knows the name “Disney.” Out of 350 million plus people in the United States, fewer than 5,000 have the surname Disney. Nonetheless, it is a name synonymous with…
Do you ever have trouble making decisions? Especially big ones? That was me a year ago. Should I stay, or should I go? It was not an easy choice. I had been in higher education for more than two decades…
Two years ago, I started what I hoped would be an annual tradition, sharing with readers what I believed were the 12 best books for reading and gift-giving in the current year: 12 Books for Christmas. I wasn’t writing last…
The world as we know it is over! No, I am not referring to the recent election results, the current COVID surge, or even my dismay over Disneyland not reopening again before 2021. It’s the end of the world as…
Well, it’s over! Your preferred candidate(s), especially for President of the United States, may or may not have won, but the 2020 Election is finally over! Or is it? No, this is not an article about voter fraud, mail-in ballots,…
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