I’d like to open with the hope (not a new hope) that my fellow Star Wars devotees enjoyed ‘Star Wars Day’ this past Sunday, May the 4th, and that the Force was strong with you in whatever way you chose to observe it. On a personal note I’m facing a leg surgery soon and I’m…
Tag: Disneyland
“The Haunted Mansion” (2023) finally gets the Disneyland ride juuust right…
*****SPOOKY SPOILERS AHEAD!***** First Time’s Not Quite the Charm… Before I get into 2023’s “The Haunted Mansion,” I wanted to drop a few lines about the first live-action version of “The Haunted Mansion,” which debuted 20 years ago (feels like both yesterday and forever ago). 2003 is a time when formerly R-rated comedy superstar Eddie…
Disneyland’s “Rise of the Resistance” takes Star Wars fans on a ‘captivating’ ride…
Disneyland, 2023 Well, it’d been over three years since I last visited Disneyland, which is not far from where I live. But the ticket price is high, and the recent COVID pandemic put a damper on my personal comfort level with crowd situations. However, my wife (who’s far braver than I am) had the idea…
“A long time ago…”: Looking back at Star Wars Celebration 2015 in Anaheim…
“You’ve taken your first step into a larger world…” In April of 2015, my wife and I went to our first “Star Wars Celebration”; an every-four-years event that reaches Star Wars fans worldwide in places such as England, Japan, Germany, etc. Usually it’s held in locales beyond my immediate fiscal/practical reach. Luckily, in 2015, Star…
Living Star Wars at Disneyland’s Galaxy’s Edge: “Chewie, we’re home…”
Welcome to Disneyland, in Anaheim, California… Funny thing is, for the last 21 years, I’ve lived only about a half hour to 40 minutes (in good traffic) from Disneyland, but I rarely go there. In fact, I’ve gone to Disneyland exactly six times over four decades. Mainly because it’s very expensive (increasingly so all the…