E-Ticket: Disneyland’s Ghost House

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/hauntedmansion I know, I know. Why am I talking about the Haunted Mansion during Christmastime? The answer is simple: I didn’t do any Halloween related posts this year, and the Haunted Mansion has one of the biggest transformations at Disneyland during the holidays […]

Disney Legends – Bert (Dick Van Dyke)

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/disney-legends-dick-van-dyke Welcome to my new series, “Disney Legends”! I want to dedicate some more posts to the real Disney legends, not only titled that by myself but also by the Walt Disney Company. Dick Van Dyke seemed to be the best start to […]

The Hundred Acre Wood, Neverland, Agrabah – are they real?

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/aretheyreal I can’t be the only one that’s dreamt of one day visiting the Hundred Acre Wood, Neverland and Agrabah, can I? Well, if I’m not, then you know about the adventures Winnie the Pooh and his pals, Peter Pan, and Aladdin have […]

The Pixar Films – Top 10 Ranked

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/top10pixarfilms As of right now in 2019, there are 21 total Pixar films, excluding the iconic shorts. We all have our favorites, whether we grew up in the “A Bugs Life” era, or the “Inside Out” era. Since this blog is all about […]

The Walt Disney Family Museum – Review

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/waltdisneyfamilymuseum As a proclaimed dedicated Disney fan, I’m so disappointed to say that I had no idea this museum existed before visiting San Francisco! And am I ever glad that I found out about it. The amount of knowledge taken away from a […]

Walt Disney – His Final Days

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/hisfinaldays Walt’s life was a whirlwind of ups and downs from the beginning – from joining the war legally “too young”, becoming a cartoonist and starting his own studio, to his original character being stripped away from him, to his first films that […]

Walt Disney – The Origins of Disneyland

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/originsofdisneyland We ended off part 4 on a pretty rough note – speaking about the Disney strike that happened in the 1940s where Walt lost a ton of his animators, and also how Walt dealt with the studio becoming a war plant during […]

Walt Disney – During the Wars & Strikes

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/warsandstrikes Welcome back! In part 3 we learned about the processes it took for the Walt Disney Animation Studios to pump out their first 5 films: Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi. We often like to think about the happy times for […]

Walt Disney – The First Vault Films

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/firstvaultmovies The short subject was just a filler on any program. So I just felt I had to diversify my business and get into these other things that would give me a better chance. Now if I could crack the feature-length field, that […]

Walt Disney – Early Companies & Early Films

See an updated version of this post on my new site here: https://www.thedisneyclassics.com/blog/earlycompanies Welcome to part 2! You’ve learned about Walt’s family background, some of the jobs that his father had, and Walt’s first introduction to cartooning. Now you will learn about what he decided to do with his new found talent and where it […]