Category: Adventures
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Splash Mountain: A Tale of Survival
Have you ever had one of those ideas that looks good on paper, but becomes an entirely different beast when it actually happens? Well, on Wednesday, January 27th of 2016, one of those ideas came to be during a chilly day at Disneyland. The idea was simple enough: The combination of an off-season day in…
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Meet Kylo Ren – Sundays With DAPs
Kylo Ren is now at Disneyland. That’s right, the masked villain from Star Wars: The Force Awakens can be met by guests every day when they visit the Happiest Place on Earth! On Sunday, Mr. DAPs was joined by Murray and Melanie as they made the trek to Tomorrowland’s Star Wars Launch Bay to meet…
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Train, Boat, and Hyperlapse – Sunday with DAPs
Sundays are unofficially the DAPs Disney day. On any given Sunday, I (Mr. DAPs) or one of the other DAPs team members will be at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, or sometimes some of the other Disney Theme Parks worldwide. Starting this last Sunday, we decided it would be fun to start a weekly video showing…
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Phoenix Comicon 2015 Recap
Greetings Geeks and Geekettes! It has been a week since Phoenix Comicon concluded and I really do feel it took me that long to process the event and recover. Having spoken to several people who attended Phoenix Comicon this year, the vibe definitely felt different. The layout was different, several attendee favorites were not present,…
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Caption of the Week #4 – True Love
Welcome to Week #4 of DAPs Magic’s Caption of the Week adventure. This week, we take a trip to Frontierland inside of Disneyland. There we find the Laughing Stock Company performing throughout the day inside the Golden Horseshoe Saloon. The photo from one of these shows captures Sally Mae in the midst of her quest for…
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Caption of the Week #3 – Mad Tea Party
Welcome to Week #3 of the Caption of the Week. This week we visit Fantasyland and the Mad Tea Party for our photo that needs to be captioned. We find the Mad Hatter and Alice in Wonderland enjoying the Mad Tea Party in a rather unique way. You can decide what it is and post a…
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Caption of the Week #2 – Kristoff and Anna
Welcome to Week #2 of the Caption of the Week return. This week our picture comes from Fantasyland where in the Royal Theatre Mr. Smythe and Mr. Jones share the story of Frozen with the help of Queen Elsa and Princess Anna. It is of Kristoff and Anna and I’ll just leave it at that. Oh…
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Caption of the Week #1 – Alice and the Mad Hatter
Welcome to the return of the DAPs Magic Caption of the Week! After being MIA for a few years, we have heard the requests and brought this classic back. Here’s how it works. We will post a picture (generally on Mondays) and you will have one week to leave captions for this photo and then…
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Geek Eats- Arizona Taco Festival Recap
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to my Taco Fest Recap! As you might have been aware this past weekend was Arizona Taco Festival! That’s right, two days of taco bliss, especially if you are a connoisseur of tacos. Given that I have not missed a Taco Tuesday in about 8 months you can imagine the excitement I…
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Geek Eats- Fantastic Fair Food!
Greetings foodies! Welcome to this week’s Geek Eats! This week I will be discussing the weird and wonderful world of State Fair Food! The Arizona State Fair is in town so Mister and I decided that we should go on a culinary adventure throughout the land of deep fried fun! We were joined by the…
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Beckett's Table Beckons Diners During Arizona Restaurant Week
Greetings Foodies! Arizona Restaurant Week is upon us! What that means for Arizonans is for 10 days we can try special pre fixe menus at some of the best restaurants in the valley. For $33 or $44 diners experience a 3 course meal from a menu created for this week. When I read that this…
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Phoenix Comicon 2014 Photo Recap
Greetings Geeks and Geekettes! Phoenix Comicon has once again come and gone. As usual it was a ton of fun and while due to scheduling I didn’t get to hit as many panels as I would have liked but I did grab some great pictures and even snuck in a few of my first time…
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Geek Eats- Page Springs Cellars Adventure
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to Geek Eats! This week I’m going to talk about a trip I took about a month ago with the Mister (FYI for all intents and purposes my boyfriend will be referred to as Mister in any and all blogs). We went to the Page Springs Cellars here in Arizona for a…