If you don’t mind, I’d like to talk about something serious that is affecting the parkeology community. It’s the sad dark side to being a Disney park fan: Addiction. This social disease has claimed more than its fair share of Disney bloggers. It’s not something we like to talk about, but I’m afraid it must […]
Disney Theme Park News and Rumors
Adventureland Oddities
With Teevtee off galavanting through famed naturalist John Muir’s back yard, I figured I should probably get off my lazy butt and post something good here. But instead I went to Magic Kingdom. It was a nice stroll through the park near sunset, which is probably my favorite time of day to visit (my second […]
Tokyo Disneyland Halloween Raises the Bar
This is just a short post to highlight something truly awesome from a Tokyo Disneyland fansite. Apparently Halloween is such a big deal at Tokyo, Disney has to issue rules about what costumes people can wear. They are usually limited to Disney animated characters, or characters from the parks. This site has several pictures of […]
Fair Game
Flashback to 1999. Beloved EPCOT Center attraction Journey Into Imagination has closed to make way for one of the most horrible abominations ever to grace a Disney theme park: Journey Into YOUR Imagination. Gone are Figment and Dreamfinder, replaced by everyone’s favorite Monty Python sell-out, Eric Idle. The ride has been gutted, replaced by sparse […]
Fading Star…
Parkeology was on location at Disneyland Paris the other week. We discovered things both expected and surprising. The PR photos make it look so, well, magical! Disneyland Paris features Discoverlyland in lieu of Tomorrowland. It is meant to serve as an ageless look into the future as imagined by Jules Verne. One surprise came at […]
Indiana Jones Tank Restored from the Boneyard
The actual Indiana Jones tank scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade can be found at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, now better than ever.
Merchandise Mashup
I may not be the biggest fan when it comes to turning Disney theme parks into a shopping mall. I still miss the days when the shops actually carried unique, one-of-a-kind items. It was a simpler time, when the experience meant more than spreadsheets, spending trends, and maximizing ROI (which I think stands for “Roy […]
The Spanish Word for Pirate
Today we have a story in which a young child learns about other cultures. He also learns about friendship, togetherness, and world peace, but not until EPCOT Center opens. No, this story takes place way in the past, and the young child is me. Let me ask you a question that I think I know […]
Ever Evolving
One of the great things about Disney parks and Walt Disney World in particular is that stuff is always changing. Even Madonna would have a hard time reinventing herself at this pace. It’s well documented that Walt wanted it this way. He’s famous for saying that he wanted something he could endlessly tinker with, like […]