I have recently discovered something truly incredible in the food world. It is called Dino Nuggets. I’m sure you have heard of these. Especially if you have kids. They are chicken nuggets, shaped like dinosaurs. That’s their entire marketing hook. I’m sure they have been around for years, but I don’t have kids, so I […]
Top Secret T-Shirts
I tend to bring up theme park t-shirts a lot. Maybe because it’s one of the few bits of merchandise that seems to change regularly. And generally, I like the direction they’re going. Remember back in the late 90s/early00s, when every t-shirt was just some variation of the Fab Five, and maybe the year in […]
Visit 1998 Dinoland Today!
Go to Disney parks long enough and you’ll turn into a Time Traveller. Everything was better the way it was before. Spaceship Earth was better with Walter Cronkite. Space Mountain was darker before they added Slater and Howie Mandel to the queue. Lines moved faster before FastPass. Eventually, you’ll start seeking out those small corners […]
Everbody Find a Moving Buddy
You may have noticed that it’s been quiet around here lately. That’s because the Parkeology staff has been packing up crates of old park maps, cataloging our collection of vintage Orange Bird merchandising, and wrapping our miniature ceramic Swan Boats in newspaper for a big move. That’s right, after listening to us grumble over our […]
The Last Scary Adventure
I was reminded this week of a long-standing mystery. One of those obscure things that is always nagging at the back of my brain. And I realized that the time was fast approaching when I might never get an answer. More about the mystery later, but you see, we’re about to lose another one, and […]
Here There Be Monsters: Visiting the Last Unexplored Corner of Animal Kingdom
[Cue the dramatic music] In a world of theme parks, one man must complete a journey. He must leave no stone unturned, no alley unexplored, no fly unzipped. In this breathtaking conclusion to the epic series to seek out new lands and new civilizations, Parkeology travels deep into the jungles of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, in […]
Look but don’t touch
(As always click on the photos to enlarge and see the details… it’s worth it!) We recently got back from a trip to Tokyo and the Tokyo Disney Resort. Of course by “We” I mean the royal “we” because Shane is afraid to leave his bedroom. I often have to coax his out with toaster […]
Time Rovers: Victory Through Air Power
“In a breathtaking blend of science and technology, we have created the Time Rover: an amazing vehicle which will literally transport you to the age of the dinosaurs. How? That’s proprietary.” These are the words of Dr. Marsh, whose messy divorce from Dr. Nigel Channing fractured the Dino Imagination Institute into separate, disparate entities. She […]
Bicentennial Shirts
I make a habit every now and then of posting the latest cool t-shirts released by Walt Disney World merchandise. They’ve been on a roll lately. Not sure how long this one has been out there, but I encountered it last week at American Adventure in Epcot. I think it’s awesome. A disastrous earlier version […]