The Cartographer’s Crate

There are several visual gags right at the exit dock of the Jungle Cruise.  Those wonderful Disney name puns show up on a chalkboard, and there’s that cage with the bent bars, obviously for holding gorillas (or small children).  But my favorite detail doesn’t look like a joke at all, and unless you are intimately […]

Lost in Animal Kingdom

The subject of Animal Kingdom’s lost path was covered again on 6/16/2010, and resulted in a night in the tank for Teevtee for his wanderings through Animal Kingdom’s backwoods. – Shane ———————————- Another great write-up from Teevtee today, with one of the truly hidden spots in Animal Kingdom.  I remember we both found this area […]

Spook Hill

I love a good roadside attraction, and as it happens, there’s a pretty cool one not too far from Walt Disney World.  It’s called Spook Hill, and the idea is that if you park your car on Spook Hill and put it into neutral, your car will roll uphill!  You can find these sorts of […]

Sea Serpent Redux Again

To the Staff at Parkeology.com, I wasn’t going to say anything, but then Scales had to open his big mouth about being left out, and I felt obliged to write in with yet another correction to your ill-conceived article about WDW Sea Serpents.  Scales feels slighted because he is the largest Sea Serpent on property. […]

Finding Disney Magic (No, Not the Cruise Ship)

I’d love to be able to take credit for this next post, but it’s actually by a good friend of mine.  (“Yes!” you say.  “Finally, someone good to read.”)   We will call him Teevtee, in order to enhance his mysteriosity.  Plus, I sometimes still call him that, because that’s how I first knew him. […]

Sea Serpent Redux

To the Staff of Parkeology.com, It has come to my attention that you recently ran one of your little articles about Walt Disney World family of sea serpents.  I guess it was cute.  I didn’t really read the whole thing.  I must, however, take exception with your research practices.  Maybe you just had an off […]

Proud History of Sea Serpents

Walt Disney World seems to have a great fondness for sea serpents.  There are several that have appeared in various locations throughout the property. The most fanciful serpent prowls the waters of the castle moat in Magic Kingdom.  At one time, he had a great fondness for Swan Boats, but now he just suns himself […]

Lions, check. Tigers, check.

Hidden Mickeys are such a big deal now for casual fans.  But these aren’t really secrets anymore, not with Disney publishing big yellow books on how to find them.  No, the real money is in finding tributes to other lesser known characters (and no, you can’t just put a bow on it and call it […]