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Must-do dining picks at Walt Disney World
My top three picks across six restaurant categories
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Main Street Post, vol. 1
A transportive perfume, Agatha All Along (finally!), and new artwork for my office
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Sounds of Magic Kingdom
An auditory tour of all six areas of "The Most Magical Place On Earth"
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Our Friend the Atom
Disney's small but effective contributions to Cold War-era conversations
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The rumor that ran the mill, pt. 1
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Magic That Made Us, vol. 1
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The rumor that ran the mill, pt. 2
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Treasures of yesteryear, vol. 1
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Magic That Made Us, vol. 3
The seven years of Annie Leibovitz portraits for the Year of a Million Dreams (and beyond)
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Villains, cruise ships, and starlight - oh, my!
And other takeaways from the 2024 D23 Expo
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Three months of Magic, Noted
Reflections on where we've been and where we're going
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A newsletter that fuels the fun. We explore the spectrum of elements of both today and yesteryear that deepen and enhance a Disney experience. That’s magic, noted.
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🗞️ Main Street Post

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Main Street Post, vol. 1
A transportive perfume, Agatha All Along (finally!), and new artwork for my office
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🗝️ Park history

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A retreat by the sea
The historic hotel that influenced Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
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Daytime fun and nighttime magic!
Reminiscing on classic Disneyland ads and sketches on its 69th birthday
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The mind behind Spaceship Earth
And, like, a million other wildly cool things
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Boardroom battles, Walt's chili, and a magic time machine
Three favorite Disney non-fiction books for summer reading
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Treasures of yesteryear, vol. 1
The happiest pamphlet that ever circulated ‘round the world
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✨ Magic That Made Us

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Magic That Made Us, vol. 3
The seven years of Annie Leibovitz portraits for the Year of a Million Dreams (and beyond)
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Magic That Made Us, vol. 2
STACEY (that's the subtitle)
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Magic That Made Us, vol. 1
Why I'm still chasing that dopamine high of a Disney Store from the 1990s-2000s
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📖 Books 'n such

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Our Friend the Atom
Disney's small but effective contributions to Cold War-era conversations
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Boardroom battles, Walt's chili, and a magic time machine
Three favorite Disney non-fiction books for summer reading
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🧳 Trip planning

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Must-do dining picks at Walt Disney World
My top three picks across six restaurant categories
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We're going to Disney World!
10 ways I prepare for a trip that's still several months out
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🔖 Treasures of Yesteryear

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Treasures of yesteryear, vol. 1
The happiest pamphlet that ever circulated ‘round the world
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📐 Imagineering

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The rumor that ran the mill, pt. 2
A smorgasbord of Disney deflections, distractions, and dealings
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"And, uh, fly"
Celebrating seven years of creative ingenuity and storytelling at Pandora - The World of Avatar
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Are you not edutained?
The application and legacy of "edutainment" at Disney parks
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The rumor that ran the mill, pt. 1
How some lil' rumblings changed the tide for Project X in May 1965
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