Foreignly familiar, familiarly foreign: Day 1 at Disneyland

Let’s all have a moment of silence for the fact that my Disneyland trip was almost a month ago. It seems like just yesterday I was that crazy lady crying on the promenade, torn between Disneyland and DCA and a … Continue reading

Trying to Pick Your Favorite Child: Or, Some Comparative Thoughts on DL/WDW

It’s been about a week and I’m still not sure my brain has fully processed my whirlwind first trip to Disneyland. Well, I say first, but technically it was my second trip: as a fifteen year-old, I accompanied my family … Continue reading

Happy Tears and Angry Eye Rolls: Looking Back on a Disney Year

2013, how I will cheer your passing. The waning days of December are a natural time for reflection – after all, that’s why we all write these year-end posts, no? After a challenging year, I find myself a bit more … Continue reading

Some Thoughts On (and lots of pictures from) D23’s Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives

I’m lucky enough to have a job that takes me to Florida, New York City, and Chicago on the regular, and last week I found myself in the Windy (and Bitterly Cold) City with an afternoon of free time. This … Continue reading

Kill Refurb Marry: Thrill Rides Edition

Asking me to be critical about Walt Disney World is like asking me to breathe: it’s something I’m going to do anyway. So when Estelle and Melissa at This Happy Place and Mouse on the Mind, respectively, asked me to play … Continue reading

How Christmas at WDW Soothes Savage Criminals, or: I Love WDW at the Holidays

If this year had gone according to plan, today CP and I would have been leaving for our third annual holiday-time trip to WDW. Obviously things haven’t gone as expected, but luckily, my recent impromptu trip to WDW afforded me … Continue reading