Tag: Mickey Mouse

Vacation Memory #4: Disney World—No Longer a Contender for Happiest Place on Earth

Vacation Memory #4: Disney World—No Longer a Contender for Happiest Place on Earth

Posted on by Laura
Have you ever discovered something about a family member decades after the particular situation occurred? Well, I just did!  When I asked you all to send me your vacation stories, my sister Carol sent one of hers. Thus, I learned that she’d been traumatized at Disney World, of all places,...Read More
Walt Disney’s Hometown—Where the Magic Began—Part 2

Walt Disney’s Hometown—Where the Magic Began—Part 2

Posted on by Laura
Though Walt Disney spent fewer than five years in Marceline, they were formative years filled with people, events, and activities that remained pleasantly vivid in his memory his whole life.  Those positive memories took him back to Marceline many times over the decades:  Summer, 1946---Walt’s secret mission (learn more next...Read More
There Really is Magic at Disney World

There Really is Magic at Disney World

Posted on by Laura
Once upon a time---1906, actually---in Marceline, Missouri, there was a splendid cottonwood tree sprawled over one area of a family farm. Leaves rippled with the breezes. Birds basked among the branches. Its shadow brought refuge from blistering hot days.  One young boy and his sister regularly escaped to its embrace....Read More