Author: Murray the Bellhop
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Walt Disney World Water Parks Plan Opening March 2021 and Refund Announcement for Some Passholders
Walt Disney World has updated their website and sent an email to certain Annual Passholders about plans for the water parks. Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach are currently closed, but in the announcements, there is a plan to reopen one of the two water parks on March 7, 2021. There is no indication on which…
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California Attractions and Parks Association Urges Reopening Theme Parks Soon
The California Attractions and Parks Association has urged California Governor Newsom to reopen theme parks throughout the state soon. Erin Guerrero, executive director of the representative organization of theme parks, said in a statement that it was urgent for the state to reopen these parks in a safe manner for communities to go back to…
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Marvel Comics News Digest Featuring Update on X of Swords and Venom’s King
Marvel Comics has some updates on a couple of events. One of them is about X of Swords that is supposed to greatly change the X-Men. This time there is a nemesis for Wolverine in the likes of the great Marvel rivals. There is also the event of Knull hitting the Marvel universe. Knull is…
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Knott’s Taste of Fall-O-Ween Will Conjure Up Great Food and a Festive Atmosphere From September to November
Knott’s Berry Farm has had success with their Taste of Calico and Taste of Knott’s events at the park. Now they will have a Halloween themed Taste event running on the weekends from September 25-November 1, 2020. Taste of Fall-O-Ween will have all new food from the other Tastes and some festive fun for the…
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Marvel Comics News Digest Featuring Marvel’s Birthday Today!
It’s time to celebrate Marvel Comics’ anniversary! There are various segments coming throughout the day, and a special variant Miles Morales cover. All the details are below. Rounding out the rest of the news are several items on Shang-Chi being around the Marvel fray. Then there is a bit of Fortnite news that coincides with…
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From Walt Disney Family Museum’s WWII Series – Willie Ito Discusses Internment and In-Betweening
The Walt Disney Family Museum had a presentation with Willie Ito, a Japanese-American former Disney and Hanna-Barbera animator who was interned in the US internment camps during WWII. The presentation was hosted by Mindy Johnson and part of a series about WWII Japanese artists with another presentation coming next month. Willie Ito discussed with Mindy…
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Marvel Comics News Digest Featuring X-Men’s Apocalypse and Honoring Indigenous History
Marvel Comics released a few bits of news that are of note. As part of Indigenous History Month in November, Marvel will celebrate with both a special comic and several special covers. It is a wonderful way to celebrate that will hopefully be a start to a tradition annually. Over in X-Men there has been…
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A Recap of Walt Disney Family Museum’s Happily Ever After Hours with Imagineer Ray Spencer
The Walt Disney Family Museum hosted a Happily Ever After Hours with Imagineer, Ray Spencer. Spencer has been a Creative Director with Walt Disney Imagineer tackling such projects as Trader Sam’s at the Disneyland Hotel, Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure, and the Hatbox Ghost installation for the Haunted Mansion. The interview started with…
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Knott’s Berry Farm Expands It’s New Food Event With The Taste of Knott’s
Knott’s Berry Farm recently opened its park for a food festival called Taste of Calico. Guests were given a tasting card to pick and choose from several booths of delectable Knott’s food items. It had been restricted to Ghost Town and all outside with no rides open. The last day for it is August 9. …
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Knott’s Berry Farm Taste of Calico “Reopens” the Park in a Safe and Fun Way
Taste of Calico is an event that is taking place two weekends in July at Knott’s Berry Farm. It is a way for the park to reopen to guests as an outdoor food and shopping location. Yet, it features so much more than that! The event has been advertised as a way to sample various…
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Knott’s Berry Farm Hosting a Taste of Calico With Specialty Food and Beverage
Knott’s Berry Farm will have a special “Taste of Calico” the next two weekends as a way to enjoy some specialty food and beverage. Besides a great family theme park, Knott’s Berry Farm is known for its food since it did start as a berry farm and chicken dinner restaurant. While the park is officially…
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Marvel Comics to Publish Now Disney Owned Aliens and Predator Fox Franchise Comics
Marvel Comics has been commissioned to publish comics based on the popular Fox franchises of Aliens and Predator. In essence, it is the first of having a new synergistic combination with Fox characters and the other Disney owned companies. It seemingly brings together Marvel, Disney and Fox into two comics, though only by branding. It…
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Tom Morris Shares About Making Iconic Magic at the Disney Parks During Walt Disney Family Museum Happily Ever After Hours Presentation
The Walt Disney Family Museum recently featured Tom Morris on a Happily Ever After Hours presentation. Tom Morris has had a career with Imagineering/WED Enterprises for about 30 years, and has worked on several parks and memorable attractions. Morris discussed his beginnings as an Orange County California native with a paper route. This route let…
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First Day Experience of the Reopened Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant and California Marketplace at Knott’s Berry Farm
Knott’s Berry Farm has reopened much more of the California Marketplace (as explained here) and it is wonderful to have much of this theme park resort back! I ventured to the area to see what it was like. Especially partaking of a meal at the famous Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant. Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner…
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Knott’s Berry Farm Marketplace Reopens More Shops and Mrs. Knott’s Restaurant
Knott’s Berry Farm has announced that they are reopening more shops and restaurants in their California Marketplace. Not all of the shops are open and hours are subject to change. Previously only the Berry Market, Chicken to Go, and Farm Bakery was open for picking up food and items in the shop. The following are…
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Bonnie Erickson Shares Insights into Puppet Making and Jim Henson During WDFM’s Happily Ever After Hours
The Walt Disney Family Museum has been offering a series of speaker sessions title “Happily Ever After Hours”. These panels come at a time when the museum is closed and are a unique way of bringing the museum to people’s homes. Last night, Bonnie Erickson was able to share her insights on creating puppets for…
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Fabrizio Mancinelli, Composer of the Upcoming Mushka Film, Shares His Inspiration From and Thoughts on Disney
The Walt Disney Family Museum hosted a virtual panel of Happily Ever After Hours with composer and conductor Fabrizio Mancinelli. He has been working on the upcoming film Mushka, which he collaborated with Richard Sherman for the music and is directed by Andreas Deja. Mancinelli spoke about his great love of Disney and the inspiration…
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Get a Virtual Knott’s Berry Farm Visit With These Videos and Recipes
Knott’s Berry Farm has released some ways to have the Knott’s Berry Farm experience from your home. One way is with some delicious recipes featuring the iconic Boysenberry edge. Among the recipes are… Knott’s Boysenberry Broccoli Salad Boysenberry Ice Cream Boysenberry Sangria Sparkler Mini Boysenberry Sour Cream Cheesecakes The recipes can be found here. Though…
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Now is a Great Time to Catch Up With Marvel Comics With Free Collections on Marvel Unlimited
Marvel Comics is offering key chapters in the Marvel Comics universe with free access on Marvel Unlimited to these collections. It’s a great time to check out the digital subscription service and to find out the inspiration behind much of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here is the official information: MARVEL UNLIMITED NOW OFFERING FREE ACCESS…
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Homemade Disney Rides Made By Creative Families to Brighten Your Day
It is a difficult time both for park-goers and Cast Members. However, some creative families and skippers have come up with wonderful ways to pass the time before the Disney parks reopen: House Pirates of the Caribbean This family has made a great rendition of the classic attraction. One feature is making great use of…
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Knott’s Berry Farm Gives an Update on Temporary Closure and Pass Extension
Knott’s Berry Farm has announced through social media that they are hoping to reopen in mid-May and that Season Passes will be extended based on the days of the closure. While the announcement is naming a target time it is good to remember that they are hoping for this time period to reopen. It means…
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Knott’s Berry Farm to Close and Hotel to Stay Open Through End of March for COVID-19 Concerns
Knott’s Berry Farm has just announced via Twitter that the park will close beginning March 14 until the end of the month. With the way it is worded, it sounds like the Knott’s Berry Farm hotel will remain open during this period of time. All of this is due to concerns with the COVID-19 also…
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What to Do When the Parks Are Closed – Easing the Disney Trip Withdrawals UPDATED
Parks withdrawals can be tough. Back in the day, before I was local to the parks, I would venture to Disneyland only a few days out of the year. In between visits I had to find some creative means to satisfy the cravings of a visit. And this was before YouTube and broadband internet! With…
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What You Should Eat and Do at the Knott’s Berry Farm 2020 Boysenberry Festival
The Boysenberry Festival at Knott’s Berry Farm is almost here! There is so much to eat and see at the festival that it’s sometimes hard to start. Here are the top 5 food items and a couple of suggestions for what to do at this year’s festival. Top 5 Boysenberry Festival Food 5. Samosa’s with…