Hiya, folks!
Welcome to my lil’ alcove of the internet, where I share my musings about the magic, history, and thrill of all things Disney. Having been born in the early 1990s, I grew up mesmerized by Eyvind Earle’s meticulous landscapes in Sleeping Beauty and feeling safe and comforted as I meandered alongside Pooh and his friends throughout the Hundred Acre Wood. Lunches were eaten off of plastic plates that featured some of my favorite films and characters, and birthdays just simply weren’t the same without a grocery store princess cake. Trips to the Disney parks weren’t common when I was a kid but I knew after I took my first steps inside the gates of the Magic Kingdom that I had found where real-life, palpable magic lived.
Since then, I’ve made my way back to the parks many times and have found ways to keep the magic alive and well in my day-to-day life. Much of that involves staying within arms reach to the stories, artists, and music that I know and love but also diving into interviews, books and articles, documentaries, and museum exhibits that expand my knowledge of just what it took - the resources, training, experiences, people-power, and lessons learned - to create the very things that I’ve spent my entire life so deeply connected to.
So, it’s safe to say that this publication has been a long-time comin’. I’ve been wanting to add my hat to the Disney community and find a way to share long-form content about the topics, people, and elements of this fantastical realm that have always excited me. I love diggin’ a lil’ deeper (like Mama Odie said!) to unearth a wider understanding and appreciation for just how the magic is made and why, after all these years, it still matters. That’s magic, noted.
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About Mackenzie
I was born and raised in Houston, Texas but now reside in Central Texas where you can often find me gardening, doodling, dabbling in stationery (see: my alter ego here and here), reading, making candles, complaining about the weather, and spending time with my husband and our four cats and Golden Retriever. I have two academic degrees, which led me to, 1.) love researching and writing and 2.) become a geospatial data analyst. I’m a nerd, and I love nerding out with other nerds. If that’s you (or not), welcome! Thanks for being here.
