New buds awaken on long dormant trees; perennial flowers emerge from hibernation and the air is filled with fresh warm breezes for the first time in many months. This has been a long brutal winter for much of the nation; spring is bringing with it a sense of rejuvenation. The sky is blue, the grass […]
The World’s First Traffic Jam
In the classic EPCOT Center attraction, the World of Motion, they based an entire show scene around the idea of the World’s First Traffic Jam, complete with animatronic chickens. But Disney World’s First (and Worst) Traffic Jam happens every night at the Magic Kingdom. I don’t spend a lot of time musing about the future […]
The Thing Behind Door 24
It cannot be real. I won’t let it. Yet somehow the desperate, still-sane part of my mind will not let me forget the truly unsettling site I witnessed at the Magic Kingdom on the evening of March 24. As I write this, I am still quite shaken. I don’t know what will come of this nightmare. […]
Disney MGM Studios Opening Day Attractions You Can Still Visit Today
Last week we embarked on a different trip through the parks: The Opening Day Tour. We started with the opening of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, but today, our time machine is rotating backwards to a magical land of mullets and bangs. Get ready to visit all that remains of the Disney MGM Studios Opening Day Attractions. The […]
Animal Kingdom Opening Day Attractions: What Remains?
What Animal Kingdom Opening Day attractions are still left at the theme park? Join us on a trip through the park to see what we can still ride today.
Dinosaur 38 and the New Millennium
Here we are 14 years into the new millennium. It’s hard to believe. Some parkeologists weren’t even around when the planet’s odometer rolled over. If you had asked Millennium Me what he remembered about 14 years ago, he would have reminisced about the opening of Captain EO at Epcot, or that exciting announcement about the […]
Gotta get back in time…
The eighties rocked. Although I was already an adolescent by the time the decade dawned I most certainly consider myself a child of the eighties. EPCOT Center’s opening in 1982 was a BIG deal for me. Having already been to Walt Disney World numerous times I was enthralled with the idea of a new Disney […]
The Funmeister Secretly Spies on You From Above
If you believe in conspiracy theories, then you can twist anything to fit your theory. Not only can you twist it, you must twist it. Cubans assassinated JFK. The Moon Shot was faked. NBA games are rigged. And global warming is to blame for all of them. Here at the Parkeology offices, we have a […]
The Village Beneath the Island
“In a single day and night of misfortune, Atlantis disappeared into the depths of the sea.” Thus said Plato, early Greek philosopher and inventor of sculptable mud for children. It might just as well refer to Discovery Island, Disney’s long-abandoned zoological park in the middle of Bay Lake. Nothing of worth remains, except for an […]