Imagineering Legend Marty Sklar
Imagineering Legend Marty Sklar giving a presentation last night at Epcot's 30th birthday celebration. He was charming and funny and blunt and inspirational.
Death Takes Notice
Keep a Weather Eye Open
We're adding more posts here daily while we get up and running. Keep a weather eye open. Soon enough it'll be smooth sailing, swabbers.
Round and Round with Some New Friends
Saturday night. Late entry. Limited time. So we grab some Fast Passes for Space Mountain and head across the park so we can hit another FastPass distribution as soon as our next window opens. But along the way a friend spots the carousel and, with a sigh, we damn the schedule and hop aboard for a spin. You can plan and plan and have tons of expectations. But nothing beats the surprise and delight of improvisation.
Backstage Whiteboard at the Great Movie Ride
We recently had dinner inside The Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios. A full post of photos and the whole story is coming, but for now enjoy a photo I snapped with my iPhone as I was being escorted to a restroom through a backstage corridor.
You ride behind Mater’s tow trucks, which will whip you around the junkyard, as Mater serenades you with several original songs, written and recorded for the ride.
From a Cars Land sneak peek that is refreshingly spoiler-free. But aren’t the Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree characters baby tractors or tractor cows, not tow trucks?
We’re Just Getting Started
Welcome to Richly Themed! We are just coming online and are in the process of slogging through posting a three-plus-year back catalog of photos, essays, videos and other theme park-related adventures so you may see only a truncated set of content for the time being.
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Christmas in Manhattan 2009
This is the first year we've had an XMAS tree in our high rise apartment. We never really wanted a traditional one in such a modern space. And when we found this safety orange one we realized we could finally have a tree with a point of view that fit with the surroundings.
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Disneyland HalloweenTime 2009 Part Four
