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

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

What happens in Lake Buena Vista stays….

So if you read my most recent (and pretty depressing) post, you’ll know that I’ve had a trying couple of months, one side effect of which was a concern that I might have lost my love for Disney.  I’m just … Continue reading

Please, lord, don’t ever make me stay here: August Trip, Day 7

Sunday, August 11 Apologies in advance for the many low-quality iPhone photos. It was one of those days. Up with the sun today. There’s really only one real motivator for me to get up for rope drop these days, and … Continue reading