Book Jeff

Happy 60th Birthday Matterhorn

They haven’t always been there. Disneyland’s mountains. You realize that they haven’t always been there, right?

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Galaxy’s Edge: Not So Far, Far Away

Friday, May 31st, was a BIG day for Disneyland. After four years of planning and preparing; four years of clearing and construction, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge finally opened…

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me, Bob, and Ralph

I spent way too much time last week thinking about baseball and circus trains.  In my defense, baseball is my favorite sport and Opening Day was last Thursday.

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One Chance

I have a co-worker, Michael, who lives by the axiom, “you only ever get one chance to notice a new haircut.”  The irony, of course, is that Michael is the second baldest man in our office. You can guess who is the baldest.

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“Lateship” Earth

Last month, Niki and I took our boys to Epcot for their first visit.  They have been to Walt Disney World before, but we saved the Epcot experience until they were old enough to enjoy the more adult-oriented adventure.

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Sans Flash

A few years ago, while living in Hawaii, Niki and I decided to celebrate Christmas in Paris. Before we could take off, we first had to visit the local library.

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Forgetting is Not an Option

It was a day decades in the making. Growing up in the 1960s, nothing mesmerized me more than the Space Race.  I was five years old the night that Neil Armstrong took his “one small step for man.”

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Snacks on a Plane

Happy 2019! I hope that your New Year is off to a great start.  Niki and I celebrated the ringing in of the New Year with our Disney family in Indianapolis.

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Stories and Christmas

People often ask me why I love Disneyland so much. They want to know why I am so interested in Walt. When did this start? How did this all begin?

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12 Books for Christmas

When I first dreamed of writing a book about Disneyland, I really only knew two things.  First, I didn’t want to write another Disney history book. Those already existed, I had read almost all of them, and knew that I couldn’t do better than what was already available.

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