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PLANNING A TRIP TO THE DISNEYLAND RESORT PARIS

by Kim M. (NDI#85) | Published: Monday, March 21, 2011

When I planned my weekend trip to Paris–including Disneyland Paris, I certainly learned a lot. Being in a foreign place and a new atmosphere added a heightened level of anxiety over trip planning. The website I found the most helpful was www.DLRPmagic.com. This website offers a lot of trip planning tips and guides to the rides, the parks, dining, and everything in between. I also found my Unofficial Guide to Disneyland Paris very helpful; it helped me to choose which rides to miss, how to plan my tour, and how to pick and choose where I should eat.

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Posted in European Culture, Organization and Plannning, Planning, Travel Reports, Travel Tips | Tagged disneyland paris, Europe, Orbtiz, Paris Metro, RER, Touring Plans, travel tips, trip planning, Unofficial Guide to Disneyland Paris, weather
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IMPRESSIONS DE FRANCE: DISNEYLAND RESORT PARIS

by Kim M. (NDI#85) | Published: Monday, March 14, 2011

The author in front of La Chateau a la Belle Dormiant

When I first knew I was going to be studying abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland last semester, the one place I knew I wanted to visit was Paris and Disneyland Resort Paris. I had absolutely no idea what to expect leading up to the trip, aside from some of the research I did ahead of time. This research included the lovely gift of The Unofficial Guide: Disneyland Paris for my birthday.

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Posted in Imagineering, Travel Reports | Tagged Disneyland Resort Paris, Europe, Paris, Trip Report
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TICKLE YOUR TASTE BUDS AT THE MAGIC KINGDOM

by Kim M. (NDI#85) | Published: Monday, September 6, 2010

So far in my quest to dive into the five senses of the Magic Kingdom, I’ve discussed Sight, Sound and Smell. This week I will focus my efforts to discuss the tastes of the Magic Kingdom. There is already so much information out there about food at WDW, and my favorite way to learn about food at Disney is through AJs blog at The Disney Food Blog. After all, food is a theme park, right? Seeing as food isn’t really a salute to the Imagineers (although the theming behind restaurants is!) but rather the culinary experts that tickle our taste buds, I figured I would do a quick and fun picture review of my favorite treats at MK.

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Posted in Fitness, Imagineering | Tagged Dole Whip, food, Magic Kingdom, Main Street Bakery, Mickey Bar, Taste, Turkey Leg
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WHAT’S THAT SMELL IN THE MAGIC KINGDOM?

by Kim M. (NDI#85) | Published: Tuesday, July 27, 2010

I think as a Neurotic Disney People we are mostly aware of that familiar aroma as soon as we set foot on Main St. USA. Do I even have to say it?

Yep, that smell of those warm, “just out of the oven” cookies from the Main Street Bakery whisper my name softly as I first enter the Magic Kingdom saying “Kim, we know you can’t resist, head this way”…usually I think “no, I gotta get my fast pass to space mountain!” but sometimes its just TOO tempting. However, this isn’t the first smell to hit your nose upon entrance to the Magic Kingdom. As I stated in my Previous Post , popcorn is the first scent your nose will receive, to help play into Walt’s vision of the entrance to the Magic Kingdom being like an entrance to a movie theater.

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Posted in Imagineering | Tagged Cookies, Haunted Mansion, Imagineering, Magic Kingdom, Main St. USA, Pirates of the Caribbean, Smell
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THE SOUNDS OF THE MAGIC KINGDOM

by Kim M. (NDI#85) | Published: Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Whistle. Hum. Sing. While strolling about the Magic Kingdom it’s hard to not do one of these things at any point in time. To play along with the movie theme from my previous post, sound in the Magic Kingdom is also an important element to incorporating the 5 senses into Walt’s movie idea.

Sound is a crucial element to a well-themed park, and this is easily achieved through music. Music can be heard throughout the Magic Kingdom, starting from the opening day performance, The Magic Kingdom Welcome Show, and ending with Wishes, narrated by Jiminy Cricket.

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Posted in Imagineering | Tagged Magic Kingdom, Main St. USA, Mickey's PhilharMagic, music, Scene Change
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WALT DISNEY PICTURES PRESENTS: CINDERELLA CASTLE

by Kim M. (NDI#85) | Published: Monday, July 12, 2010

A 4 part series devoted to the many senses of the Magic Kingdom

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Walt Disney? Mickey Mouse? Inventor? Visionary? For me, it’s Engineer. Or in his terms, Imagineer.

Walt Disney’s first business was ‘the pictures’. One of his ideas for a movie was a picture that could take hold of all 5 of the audiences senses and bring them to a far-off place. While technology was not ready for Walt’s vision (but later seen at attractions such as It’s Tough to be a Bug at Animal Kingdom), his 5 senses movie idea was instead created for the entrance to the first park at WDW, the Magic Kingdom.

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Posted in Imagineering | Tagged Cinderella Castle, Four Keys, Imagineering, Main St. USA, Walt Disney
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