Under The Mouse Ears

by Sam 10.29.21 Everybody has those rides that remind of them old school Disney World. Maybe it's Mr. Toad's Wild Ride or Timekeeper... or if you're really old school, If You Had Wings or even Kitchen Kaberet. But it seems like everybody had one classic ride circled on their park maps and that was 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. The Jules Verne penned novel turned Disney hit film starring Kirk Douglas from 1954 was of course gonna end up in the newly built Disneyland first, right? But you might be surprised to learn that actually, the WDW-sister to the east only got the 'Submarine Voyage' treatment. Disneyland's Submarine Voyage In 1959, an ambitious expansion of Tomorrowland in Disneyland was completed, which included the addition of new attractions, including the Matterhorn Bobsleds, Monorail, and Submarine Voyage. "Commissioned" on June 6, 1959, in front of Richard Nixon, Walt Disney and his wife Lillian, and officers of the US Navy, the attraction ma

by Sam. 10.23.21 Ahoy maties! Fresh off our latest Disney Cruise, it seems like a good time to dive in (ok ok - enough puns) to the history of the happiest cruise line on the seas.. The Disney Cruise Line. I'm a little biased in my cruise coverage, because aside from an awesome Royal Caribbean cruise I took over 20 years ago.... and also a rather dim and less spectacular Carnival cruise we took nigh 15 years ago, all of my other ship experience (3 times) has been aboard the incredible Disney Dream. It's really easy to just assign all of your Disney thoughts to being for children. And yeah, I get it. What's more childlike than thoughts of Mickey and friends singing 'When You Wish Upon A Star'... but this isn't just a big boat where all the crew wear mickey ears. No sir, it's far more than that. As with all things Disney, it's the attention to detail that for me, just never ceases to amaze. But there's plenty of stuff online about the layout of the boa