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X-E’s Disney World Adventure – Part 1!

Finally! There was no way I was going to Disney World without writing about it, and after 4,000 hours of labor, here's the first part of my 45 Favorite Disney World Things -- 1-15! You'll see everything from Monorails to Greedo, big bugs, Mickey Mouse and Space Mountain! Three pages worth of SHIT. (I'd intended to make each part of this feature one page, but it's just way too long.) What you'll see is just a random mash of Disney World stuff that moved me while I was there, and a special note for blog readers that isn't mentioned in the article: There's a lot of secret links to movie files, and most of the smaller images can be clicked for larger versions. Disney is worth a bandwidth explosion. Look for Part 2 soon!

Posted by Matt on 06/04/2006. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 156 comments

Oops I almost didn’t say it, you can get waffle irons that make mickey’s, I’ve heard that it’s a huge hit with the kiddies. And a decent one on amazon is about 50 bucks. But it’s one of those things that it’s special if it’s on a rare occasion. I seen on the food network how Disneyworld is like around christmas and talk about magical, wow. They have a huge gingerbread house and shit like that. You wouldn’t EVER want it to end.

Chestnuts roasted by Goob @ 06/05/2006 7:58 AM

Oh man, I enjoyed the shit out of this update. Especially since I’ve gotten to go to Disney a lot more times in the last 3 years, thanks to some friends who lived nearby for a while. I even have a friend who I believe still works as a Kilimanjaro tour guide. I was down there once right before he got the job, so he spent most of the day regurgitating all his FUN FACTS that he had to memorize to us.

Chestnuts roasted by Fireball @ 06/05/2006 8:01 AM

I just spent over an hour reading and watching. Really great article. I only went to WDW once after a week long church camp in Orlando. I was so tired from the camp I was in a daze the whole time at the park. I don’t remember anything.
There’s no more Mr. Toads? The time I went to Disneyland, that was the one thing that made the trip for me.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 06/05/2006 9:18 AM

Sometimes hurting the InterWeb feels sooo good

Chestnuts roasted by The Kraken @ 06/05/2006 9:28 AM

Your article is great. I have to agree with you on Animal Kingdom. They have two really good attractions there but they’re not enough to make me want to go back there often. BTW, Everest is now the tallest structure at Disney World, not the Tower of Terror.

Chestnuts roasted by Kaploc @ 06/05/2006 10:00 AM

That was a nice way to blow off the morning’s work.

The lady and I have been at odds about vacation destinations lately.

I want Disney she wants Egypt.

Hopefully this article will help my cause at home.

Chestnuts roasted by selvig @ 06/05/2006 10:25 AM

Obviously not a Goof Troop fan, with the Max-disparaging. I didn’t even remember that Dinosaur movie!
I want to go to Disney World so badly now. I can’t believe how much awesome stuff they’ve got going on.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 06/05/2006 10:45 AM

Matt, I could have sworn that I read that the video shown in the beginning of tower of terror was actually culled from actual footage of Serling from a lost TZ episode. Maybe I’m crazy. Do you know anything about that?

Chestnuts roasted by Jay @ 06/05/2006 11:39 AM

Holy shit, I cannot wait to read this- I have been so busy that I haven’t been online for a few days, and THIS is the first thing I find after being away with work for awhile. Yes- this has made my otherwise crappy, stress filled day! Now- off to read!

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 06/05/2006 11:40 AM

…Thanks, Matt- you totally took me back to the one day I spent at the Magic Kingdom, and made me SO eager to try and get down to DisneyWorld again! I need to try out all the things I never got to do the 1st time.

Thanks for taking the time to re-live your awesome trip. :)
Excellent.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 06/05/2006 12:17 PM

Matt, I knew you were good people. I totally agree with you on the cephalopod thing. Cuttlefish are by far the coolest animals on the planet. I live in San Diego, so we have Sea World and The Scripp’s Institute with some great cuttlefish exhibits. I’m glad to hear people on the other coast get to see them too.

Chestnuts roasted by Shannie @ 06/05/2006 12:23 PM

What they shgould do is create a special, seperate park to which any retired ride gets set up. Sort of an Island of Misfit Attractions.
By the by, Space Mountain (WWOOOOOOooooo!) is another ride that has multiple pathways inside. There are at least two track configurations under the white domes.
The bit about the gang invasion at Minnie’s house is kinda creepy. I heard once that some dude got tossed at DL because he got all hot and bothered and started feeling up Minnie. I would warn against doing anything like that. Mickey’s a real bastard when it comes to dealing with guys who make passes at his woman. I hear’d things.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash (not affiliated with the Magic Kingdom) @ 06/05/2006 1:00 PM

Those’re nice tits in the rearview mirror of the safari truck.

Chestnuts roasted by Pedro @ 06/05/2006 1:38 PM

Hey… I just thought I’d stop in to say Sprite has brought back the Lymon in all its glory.

Chestnuts roasted by TransponderHut @ 06/05/2006 1:43 PM

ToonTown always creeped me out, too Roger Rabbit-y for my tastes. Keep waiting for someone to come round up the characters and throw ‘em in a big vat of toxic goo.

I’m s-o-o-o-o hopping for a review of Splash Mountain. I have a vague yet very distinct memory of the Song of the South movie — which you will NEVER see released to DVD because it is so politically incorrect (or so the urban legend goes). But the ride’s still incredible.

I gotta say that my biggest disappointment in Disney the last time I was down there (summer of ’99) was the complete and total focus on current Disney movies and eradication of older characters and themes. The 20000 Leagues ride was the very first ride I ever went on (when I was like 5) and remember it vividly — knowing that it was all fake but loving every second of it, even the damned cattle shute lines. They’ve since turned the lagoon into a picture spot with the Little Mermaid. They got rid of Uncle Toad (another venerable old favorite and old skool Walt-era cartoon) for Pooh. Don’t get me wrong, I love Pooh and all, but he ain’t no Toad.

Not only that, but just walking around the park, it was all Little Mermaid and Pocohantas and Mulan (which had just been released, I think, at the time) and Dinosaur. My pops, who’s like a real guy and missing two fingers from and industrial accident, was actually whining about the lack of old skool characters. When the Old Man starts asking where the hell his Chip ‘n Dale is, you know it’s bad. But I gotta say that a lot of that ill will washed away by the old Main Street Electrical parade. Nothing like seeing the Cheshire Cat all done up in lights.

Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 06/05/2006 2:39 PM

Splash Mountain will join the feature either in Part 2 or Part 3. :)

To the person who asked, we spent too much money. Not even worth telling the amount because there’s no reason to spend as much as we did — we jacked our prices up by picking crazy expensive hotels, demanding certain flights and just buying buying buying for the sake of later convenience. If you want to do it that way, it can be nice, but expect to pay in the realm of 1600-2000 per person. Realistically, you can do Disney for half that and still not dog it. Just keep in mind, that price doesn’t include meals or toys. :0

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 06/05/2006 2:44 PM

Is Cactus Jack taking the Nestea plunge? Or is Mestea something completely different?
Great article Matt. I’m going to Disney Land in a couple weeks, now I’m even more excited. They better have that Mr. Potato head thing there.

Chestnuts roasted by AoDfan @ 06/05/2006 2:47 PM

The biggest question I have is why is Dino-Rama mascoted by two characters named Hester and Chester instead of Earl and Baby Sinclair from the old Dinosaur show. I would had them walking around there.

I’m a chicken and would probably avoid the Tower of Terror. Especially since people died on it I got a neckache from a Tilt-o-Whirl last year at a fair. I’m a wimp.

This article SO makes me want to go there. Maybe if I ever get the $$$ to do it I will.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 06/05/2006 3:01 PM

I think Mission Space had a recent casualty…I avoid Big Thunder Mountain at DL because it seems like every other week it has some kind of accident.
I believe snopes.com has some interesting info about Song of the South, as well as other Disney myths.
Off-topic, but I thought some might be interested to know that Rob Zombie’s signed to do a "reimagining" of Halloween.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 06/05/2006 3:29 PM

Wow! great article Matt. Goin to Disney with the woman and my family this summer. First and last time I was there, I was 13 and I spent most of the time playing arcade games in Epcot with my brother. Don’t remember much else, so I plan on actually making the most of the Disney experience. Hot Disney Thing list will go a long way come trip time. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Double G @ 06/05/2006 3:50 PM

Great article Matt. I have to agree with you about Animal Kingdom. Hot, crowded, and tiring. I also agree about Epcot being my favorite park out of all of them.

Chestnuts roasted by Jeremy @ 06/05/2006 3:50 PM

Those bitches MADE me put a potato body in my box.

Chestnuts roasted by Rebecca @ 06/05/2006 4:03 PM

LemurCat

Actually, there was a rumor that Disney might release the DVD of Song of the South in the next year. It would sell millions just for it’s controversial aspects.

I’ve seen the film, and have it on illegally copied VHS, and it really is not very "politically incorrect"…If anything, the film is more politically incorrect in it’s portrayal of poor white people than african americans..

Disney would be stupid not to release it…do a two disc special edition with introductions by famous african american people, include a documentary, etc. They could even market it to the serious film collector, rather than young children.

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 06/05/2006 4:21 PM

Have I told you recently how much I love you? Because I do. Love love love.

<3 Matt.

Chestnuts roasted by Evin @ 06/05/2006 4:29 PM

Finally got to finish part 1, that was great. I guess I was about 12 when my parents took my brother and I to Walt Disney World. They did something that was, for them, surprisingly smart- they got us out of school a few days prior to the weekend, and we went to the park while the rest of the nation’s brats were stuck away in class. It was terrific, my brother and I could endlessly repeat any ride we liked. I recall one day it rained for a short time and we got stuck at the Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. Not that we minded, what with the non-existant lines my brother and I must’ve gone through that ride 12 times in a row.

Chestnuts roasted by The Kraken @ 06/05/2006 4:30 PM

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