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There are plenty of times at Walt Disney World that you want to sit down and enjoy your snacks, whether it is a pastry from Boulangerie Patisserie or some fudge from the Main Street Confectionary. Often times, however, you are on the go and need a snack that can travel with you. While the obvious choices, popcorn and ice cream, are both delicious and have their merits, today we’re focusing on something a little nutty.
They are sweet and crunchy and mobile, everything needed for a snack on the go. They cinnamon glazed almonds have one more leg up over other snacks, energy. The almonds, which are almost mouth puckering in their sweetness, pack a punch of protein. This makes them the perfect snack for families. No more children crashing from the sugar rush of ice cream and they’ll have the enjoy to make it through that afternoon push.
The throng of performers in the cavalcade towered over the guests, standing at a whopping eighteen feet. While some of the performers stood on stilts, the majority of the engaging entertainers were the one-hundred and twenty puppets controlled by a puppeteer at their base. The brainchild of designer Michael Curry, the puppets were crafted so that they weren’t only a part of the processional, but were also able to interact with guests. If the puppets of Tapestry of Nations reminds you of similarly creative puppets from Finding Nemo: The Musical, that’s likely because he worked on those as well, in addition to puppets from Broadway’s The Lion King, the Jammin’ Jungle Parade and Aladdin at Disney California Adventure, among others.
What has been billed as Star Tours - The Adventure Continues appears to have received its final name treatment as Disney has launched a Facebook page for Star Tours 3D.That’s all well and good, but I want to talk about a key element of the experience that has been discussed, but never fully appreciated, the ability to venture through the planets some many Star Wars fans have only dared to dream of.
In 2009 the wear and tear of Florida’s sunshine and other harsh weather meant the screen needed to be replaced. While the panoramic scene remained identical, the newspaper machine had a minor change to its papers. The box still contained copies of The Examiner and the headline still read Blockbuster Weekend, but now the headline referred to the summer smash Up.
Among Minnie’s many talents, including artistic, publishing and culinary exploits, is her fascination with her Mouse heritage. Much of the genealogy that she has uncovered is mounted on her living room wall. These photographs of her ancestors show just how much Minnie has explored her past and loves her family, and there are some very famous mice in this lineage. Included on the wall are Sheikh Manni El Mousri, Florence Micingale, Mather and May Mousesmith, Daniel Toon, Milo Mouse and Mabeline VanMouse, Milieus and Maris O’Mouse, Mathilda Mousebjörg and Merik Mouström, Merry and Marley Mousill and Princess Marie DuMouse are all framed alongside closer family relations.
My wife and I wanted to get a broad taste of the restaurant, so rather than choosing a standard water or Coca-Cola, we opted for the Agua Fresca and a bottle of Sidral. My wife like the fruit infused water, but did not feel the Agua Fresca was worth the extra cost. As for my Sidral, I was thoroughly pleased with this apple soda, although again I was not entirely sold on the rationale for the upcharge above regular beverages.
For our meals, my wife and I selected the Tacos de Carne and Tacos de Pollo. Each meal came with three small tacos on homemade corn tortillas, lime, Pico de Gallo and tortilla chips. I have heard complaints about no true side dishes, but the tortilla chips and salsa made for a fine supplemental dish in my mind and stomach. Also, some have taken issue with the handmade tortillas, but we both found these to be closer to traditional tortillas than anything else we had tasted in a restaurant before. It may take some getting used to for those unfamiliar with them, but it was as if one of our family friends had made them for us and shipped them to World Showcase.
As for the meat of the tacos, they were both excellent. The marinated chicken was succulent and flavorful and we both gave it two thumbs up. As for the grilled beef, my wife thought it had a good flavor but was too dry, whereas I thought it tasted just fine. Then again, I do tend to like my meat a bit dryer. The only real concern for these two entrees again comes back to the price points at which they are presented. For the cost of each meal I would have expected two side, the tortilla chips and perhaps either rice or beans, or both.
La Cantina de San Angel has a new feature, before the massive renovations seating was only available in outdoor seating venues. Now, as the story supports that the La Hacienda is a house where guests have stopped by for a meal, La Cantina patrons have a choice of seating outside along the shores of World Showcase Lagoon or inside La Hacienda, at least during the day. The ability to dine inside truly takes the sting out of the midday sun and allows guests to take in the simple elegance of a Mexican Hacienda.
An April 1989 press photo of Hollywood Boulevard at Disney-MGM Studios.“And this is my favorite view of the Chinese Theater. You can’t get this view anymore, you may be aware of that. But I hope that we will get this view again sometime soon.”
Bob Weis, Executive Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering
1 May 2009
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The stories of my dad at Walt Disney World, or stories of how he convinced us to spend more time at the Vacation Kingdom, would give you the perfect image of a child at heart. While he may appear as gruff, the more he speaks about Walt Disney World or the more time he spends around the parks and resorts, the more the man I remember from my childhood appears. In just a little under two weeks, my dad and I are taking our first father-son trip since I’ve been married.
If you want to find a piece of EPCOT Center history, don’t go looking around Epcot. Instead, head over to Backlot Express in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, where the outline of a familiar vehicle rests high upon a shelf.
In the current incarnation, the Mickey bars are shaped like a typical hidden or décor Mickey. That is one large circle with two smaller circles placed atop the main circle for ears. The construction of the bar includes vanilla ice cream that has been coated with a thick layer of chocolate. The image of the Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar is eye-candy for the stomach and has been featured on everything from Mr. Potato Head accessories, scrapbooking material, and even a child’s food playset. But how do the bars taste?
The first bite has to be one of the ears, not only because it is the logical place to start, but because the idea of chomping off an ear appeals to our darker sides. Just ask the chocolate Easter bunnies! The first bite has a satisfying crunch as the chocolate shell shatters for the first time. The further into the bar you go, the more the chocolate melts, presenting the sensation of a bite of ice cream with chocolate syrup in your mouth. While the chocolate does sweat and begin to melt as you make your way through the ice cream bar, it does contain the ice cream, which can melt rapidly in the Florida heat, which is a definite plus.
Overall, the Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bars are a treat, a rite of passage for first time guests and a fond staple for the park going veterans. A hot day in the parks and a Mickey shaped ice cream, it doesn’t get much better than that!
After overcoming the impediments of approaching and gaining the interest of President Clinton’s staff, piquing the president’s interest, and recognizing that the recording would be happening on the schedule of world events and not the Imagineers’ timetable, a tentative date was set to record the session in September of 1993. Walt Disney Imagineering sent a team of five to Washington, D.C., where other obstacles reared their heads, from schedule shifting, to room acoustics and assignments and even last minute changes to language in the scripted speech.
Glitches would continue to ensue on recording day, 3 September 1993, but all would be overcome by the time the president arrived to record his speech. The final, Clintonized oration would be recorded with a time a hair under one minute and fifteen seconds, perfectly aligning itself with the previously laid down audio track. The recording would require two takes, based upon President Bill Clinton’s request, with body movements and language being recorded during the first take.
When Expedition Everest officially opened on April 7, 2006, the entire attraction was a marvel of the amusement industry with three separate structures and the most advanced Audio-Animatronics figure ever developed. The hydraulic yeti was able to move five feet horizontally and two feet up and down with the 259,000 pounds of force, or the power of a 747-400 plane. It was, for the first several months of Expedition Everest’s existence, quite the sight to behold.
Even with only the strobes illuminating the creature, the form of the yeti still cut a stunning silhouette offering brief glimpses of the beast, not unlike the fleeting photographs and evidence found in the Yeti Museum, part of the Expedition Everest queue. Currently, however, even the motionless yeti figure has been covered by a dark tarp. Rumors of the yeti’s fate, from a swiping paw to full-blown recovery of motion, permeate message boards everywhere, but without hard evidence it is unclear what is to become of the snow-covered beast.
The score of 4 – 2 comes directly from the first stanza of Thayer’s most notable piece. The poem originally ran in the San Francisco Examiner on June 3, 1888. It would take Thayer some time to garner credit for the writing, however, as he was a modest man and had signed the work under his nickname of Phin.
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