All Ears® Guest Blog from July 2014

From the Tickle Trunk – Disney Seminars

July 20, 2014 by Gary Cruise

Great memories come out of the Tickle Trunk . . . but it also has a few surprises in it. Surprises for me that is! You see, Carol and I were not a couple during the years when she took her first fourteen trips to Walt Disney World and some of the things she pulls … Continue reading "From the Tickle Trunk – Disney Seminars"

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Mid-Month Mousy Mindboggler – July 2014

July 19, 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 – July 2014"

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Jim’s Attic: The Boardwalk Mutoscopes

July 16, 2014 by AllEars

Located in the Disney Boardwalk Inn and Villas resort hallway directly across from the restrooms near the Belle Vue Lounge are a green and a red Clamshell Mutoscope. At one time, there was also a mutoscope that was painted white with gold trim.

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From the Tickle Trunk — Walt Disney World News October 1982

July 16, 2014 by Gary Cruise

Let’s pull another old newsletter out of the Tickle Trunk and look at a very exciting time in the history of Walt Disney World! The October 1982 issue describes the newest theme park, EPCOT Center which opened that month. Look, there’s even color on the front page . . . and it’s just buzzing with … Continue reading "From the Tickle Trunk — Walt Disney World News October 1982"

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From the Tickle Trunk — Walt Disney World News 1981

July 6, 2014 by Gary Cruise

According to The Walt Disney Archives, the Magic Kingdom’s first map wasn’t a guide map as we know it today, but a multi-page newspaper called The Walt Disney World News. The first edition, with a huge headline “Vacation Kingdom Opens,” celebrated the opening of the park with photos of company founder Walt Disney, Walt Disney … Continue reading "From the Tickle Trunk — Walt Disney World News 1981"

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Jim’s Attic: The History Behind the Saratoga Springs DVC Resort

July 2, 2014 by AllEars

Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa officially opened May 17, 2004 with a "health-history-horses" theme. The Development Manager for the project was Kevin Cummings, which was ironically appropriate. Cummings was born and raised in Saratoga Springs, New York, the city that was the inspiration for the new Disney Vacation Club resort. In fact, at the time, his twin brother still lived in that historic upstate New York town so Kevin would go back to visit several times during the year, especially to attend the races.

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