Sometimes as a parent you tell your kids to do something that you don’t exactly follow yourself. Of course you know snacking before dinner isn’t the best choice but sometimes the leftover Halloween candy seems to call your name. The problem is you may be too full to enjoy the
Tag: Spaceship Earth
Disney World Quick Tips – Enhance Your Disney Memories, Theme Your Photos
Lots of folks shoot hundreds of pictures on each visit to Walt Disney World. I’m even worse because I rarely take less than 1500 – 2000 shots every time. Rather than just taking pictures for the sake of taking them try to have a theme for each trip and carry
The Chip And Company Disney Week In Review For July 11
It’s time again for the Chip and Company Disney Week In Review. Here we will try to provide you a sampling of the Disney news for this week and a taste of the views and opinions of our outstanding staff of writers. If you would like to visit us regularly
Off the Beaten Path: Quiet Places at Epcot
No park seems to have as much ground to cover as Epcot, by the time you get through the World Showcase you truly feel like you’ve walked around the world and the future (world) seems unattainable. It’s important to pace yourself and remember to take a break or five…try some
EPCOT – Top 5 Attractions For Seniors
Epcot is absolutely our favorite park. The shows and attractions, with a couple of exceptions, seem to be very senior friendly. As well, a lot of folks think children will have no interest in Epcot because of its educational/informative bent but I beg to disagree. Kids thirst for knowledge and
Disney World Fun Facts – Epcot
The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (EPCOT) is the park with the future in sight, here you can play with up and coming gadgets in Future World and experience the sights and flavors of11 countries in the World Showcase. Originally opened in 1982 the park boasted some pretty advanced engineering
Walt Disney World: Planning the Perfect Day!
When it comes to the Walt Disney World resort, there are so many things that you can do that almost any day can be considered the perfect day! But for the purposes of this exercise, I’m going to take you through one possible scenario of what the perfect day for
Walt Disney World Hollywood Studios: The one ride I MUST ride
In the conclusion to my series on the one ride at each park that I must ride, today I’m taking a look at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. If you remember, my must ride at Magic Kingdom was Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. My must ride at Epcot was Spaceship Earth, and my
Disneyworld Planning 101 – Extra Magic Hours Strageties
This topic is a hot button for me. I have gotten into many debates with people over visiting the parks during Extra Magic Hours. Don’t get me wrong I like the idea of Extra Magic Morning or Evening Hours, but does the HUGE influx of people at that park on
Walt Disney World Epcot: The one ride I MUST ride
In the continuation to my four part series on the absolute one ride that I MUST ride at each of the parks, today we take a look at Epcot. As you may recall, last time we looked at the Magic Kingdom, and specifically at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, as my
Want to do Something New at Walt Disney World? Take a Tour!!
One of the more interesting things to do at Walt Disney World, are the various tours that Disney offers. We have been fortunate to do the Keys to the Kingdom tour at the Magic Kingdom, and the Behind the Seeds tour at the Land Pavilion in Epcot in years past, and were thrilled to have the chance to take the Undiscovered Future World tour at Epcot, on our recent trip…and at this point I will say that we are hooked on doing Disney tours: they are a fascinating way to learn about “the World”!
Running with the Disney Heroes
In my opinion, there aren’t many things more inspiring than Spaceship Earth and the Magic Kingdom. The main reason I signed up for my first half marathon was to run through the Magic Kingdom. I really couldn’t imagine anything more exciting than having Mickey and Minnie cheering us on as
I Can’t Help It I Liked The Wand
Spaceship Earth is a magnificent structure and a true marvel in its own right. It is an architectural wonder and one of the few true geodesic spheres in the world. It’s not just a pretty face either. One of the issues designers faced was what to do with the water
Best Things I Love About Disney – Spaceship Earth
Even if you don’t like the recent changes to the Spaceship Earth attraction, you have to admit it is so cool to actually ride inside that huge geodesic sphere all the way to the top and back again. I’ll go on the record and say (don’t be haters please) that
