All Ears® Guest Blog from May 2014

Disney and Star Wars could things get any better than that?

May 25, 2014 by AllEars

Once a year for 4 weeks Disney lets the Empire take over Hollywood Studios for its annual Star Wars Weekends. This year with Disney in full control there were some great changes in store… to start they extended the experience another weekend for a 5th weekend. It’s just simply an amazing time… For the past 8 years I have been visiting Orlando to celebrate Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios… you would think I was crazy how much I look forward to this trip all year long. What started out as trip for my obsession to the films has turned into a yearly reunion of great friends who share 2 of the same passions…. Disney and Star Wars… Unfortunately since I travel from NY I only have the fortune of going for 1 of the weekends so each year is a gamble as to who I will be able to get to meet. My buddy and I try to maximize our time as well as plan smart. We buy an annual pass 1 year and choose either of the last 2 weekends so that we have the choice of the 1st 2 weekends the following year, so this year we chose weekend 1.

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Star Wars Weekends for a non-Star Wars fan

May 24, 2014 by AllEars

In the interest of full disclosure, I will admit that I am not a fan of Star Wars. Wait...what? Not a fan of Star Wars?!? Yes, it’s true. While I have seen each of the movies once, recognize most of the popular characters, and hum along to the theme music, my interest in the franchise is casual at best. Sort of like someone who only follows college basketball during March Madness, fills out a bracket for the office pool because everyone else is doing it, yet has no emotional investment in a team before the big event.

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Jim’s Attic: Humphrey the Bear at Wilderness Lodge

May 21, 2014 by AllEars

Disney's Wilderness Lodge Resort is the only Disney resort hotel to have an official mascot, the brown bear. Images and allusions can be found throughout the resort including bear tracks imbeded in the walkways. To make that potentially fearsome mascot more friendly for younger guests, some of the brown bear images are of the Disney animated character Humphrey the Bear, a lovable, overweight brown bear who lives in the fictional Brownstone National Park.

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Mid-Month Mousy Mindboggler – April 2014 Solution

May 20, 2014 by Debra Martin Koma

THE MOUSY MINDBOGGLER If you subscribe to the AllEars® Weekly Newsletter, you’ll know that we run a little game called the Mousy Mindboggler. Sometimes it’s a word game, sometimes it’s a riddle, sometimes it’s some other brain-teasing challenge — but it’s always fun! Once each month, in the AllEars® Bits and Bites issue, our friend … Continue reading "Mid-Month Mousy Mindboggler – April 2014 Solution"

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D23’s Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved

May 13, 2014 by J. Scott Lopes

by J. Scott Lopes AllEars.Net Guest Blogger One of the great benefits of being a D23 member is having the opportunity to attend numerous special events that are held throughout the country each year. A few weeks ago, I read on the D23, The Official Disney Fan Club web page that there would be a … Continue reading "D23’s Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved"

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2014 AllEars Group Cruise – Day 2

May 12, 2014 by Gary Cruise

Carol and I have found that we never sleep past 7:00 a.m. while we’re cruising, so she always orders room service coffee for 7:00 a.m. It arrived on time, as always, and this time she included a few small pastries. We were booked for brunch at Palo and the pastries were intended to tide me … Continue reading "2014 AllEars Group Cruise – Day 2"

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