Tag: Review
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Hungry Bear Restaurant Offers Delightful American Classics
Hungry Bear Menu Located in Critter Country, Hungry Bear is an all-American quick service restaurant. The menu includes burgers, a turkey Caesar wrap, a fried chicken sandwich, and the Picnic Salad. There are also funnel cakes available in traditional style with powdered sugar, churro style with caramel, and a seasonal style. Guests place their order…
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, An Out Of This World Look at Family – A Review by Caitie Bear
This week, everyone’s favorite group of galaxy-protectors returned to the theater for Volume 2 of the beloved franchise. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 comes 3 years after the original. The story focuses primarily on Star-Lord and his father he has always longed to know who comes back into his life. Quality Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 carries over many…
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The Knott’s Berry Farm Boysenberry Festival – It’s All About the Food
The Boysenberry Festival at Knott’s Berry Farm is now in full swing! This year’s expanded festival includes more entertainment, more experiences, and more food! For part of the opening day coverage, DAPs Magic was given tasting cards to experience some of the foods being offered this year. With six locations, this tasting card gives guests at…
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Beauty and the Beast, Mulan, and Bob Iger – DAPsCast Episode 57
Almost the whole gang is together in this episode. Murray, Mikey, Annie, and Danie muse about Beauty and the Beast and tell what they think of the live action film. Then they discuss the recent news that Bob Iger has extended his contract with Disney to stay the CEO until the end of 2019. Finally,…
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Experimental Episode – Geeks Corner – Episode 626
Welcome to another fun filled episode of Geeks Corner with Mr. DAPs, Caitie Bear, and Cameron Jackson! This week, there is a ton to geek out about as we delve into the world of geekdom. Just before the episode began it was announced that Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-it Ralph 2 will be hitting theaters…
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
For nearly four decades Star Wars fans have cheered on and loved Star Wars: A New Hope. Princess Leia desperately pleads for Obi Wan Kenobi to help as he is their only hope. The hope came from the plans delivered by Leia. Now Rogue One: A Star Wars Story shares how those plans were acquired…
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Beauty and the Beast Delivers Nostalgia With a Breath of Fresh Air (Spoiler Free)
As of late, Disney has been actively reimagining their movies into live action versions. Movies like Maleficient, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book have seen a fair amount of success. The newest film added to this line-up of live action movies is Beauty and the Beast. Following the route of The Jungle Book, Walt Disney Studios…
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Strange Oscars, Doctor? – Geeks Corner – Episode 622
Welcome to Geeks Corner! This week, things get a little strange. That’s right, the geeks are talking about the Oscars! They also are going to talk about the brand new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer. A video has been released of the song Gaston from the new live-action Beauty and the Beast film.…
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Moana – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) is the daughter of a chief on an island in the South Pacific. She comes from a long line of navigators and wayfarers, she finds herself setting off on an adventure to save her island. The adventure has her paired up with Maui (Dwayne Johnson), the demigod as they seek to return Te…
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Marvel’s Doctor Strange – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
In Marvel’s Doctor Strange, Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is about the most arrogant doctor imaginable. During surgery he plays name that tune. With a multitude of fancy watches to wear and a Ferrari to drive, Strange has it made. That is, until he has a car accident that renders his hands unusable and thereby…
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Rivers of Light Review – DAPsCast Episode 52
Murray and Mikey discuss Rivers of Light after Mikey has viewed it on opening night. They go through visuals, music, viewing tips, and how it ranks with other night shows at the Walt Disney World Resort.
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Queen of Katwe – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Phiona (Madina Nalwanga) lives in the slums of Katwe in Uganda. To say life is a struggle is definitely an understatement. However, everything changes when she meets Robert Katende (David Oyelowo), a missionary who teaches her to play chess and also helps her change her life. Queen of Katwe is a heartwarming story about hope and chasing…
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The Main Street Electrical Parade’s Disneyland Homecoming
Last night was the Main Street Electrical Parade Premiere and party, though it’s really more of a homecoming than premiere of a parade. Disneyland hosted the return of the beloved nighttime parade with a great deal of celebratory offerings in the night. As guests entered they received a commemorative lanyard that lights up with a button.…
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Sherlock Series 4 Returns With ‘The Six Thatchers’ – Review
Sherlock Holmes is back and is facing one of his most daunting cases yet in The Six Thatchers. Sherlock is eagerly waiting to see where Moriarty will return. Scotland Yard has another case that is baffling them, however that isn’t what is interesting Sherlock. A seemingly insignificant detail in their case catches his attention. Someone…
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Soundtrack Review
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story continues to make money at the box office and prove that a Star Wars stand alone story can be a success. Rogue One shows the harrowing adventure that a group of Rebel spies went on to obtain the plans to the Death Star that eventually led to the events…
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Rogue One Review, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Gift Guide – DAPsCast Episode 45
Murray, Mikey, Annie, and Danie talk about Rogue One right after Mikey saw it on the East Coast. Then the group discusses the new Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Finally, they talk about geeky Christmas gifts of the past and where to grab some gifts for Disney fans.
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Rogue One – A Star Wars Story – Spoiler Free Review
The highly anticipated Rogue One has arrived in theaters. This brand new type of Star Wars film is going to test how fans and the rest of movie goers feel about Star Wars overall. So, how did the film stack up? Story The plot is based on some small bits of text in Episode 4,…
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The BFG – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
In The BFG, ten year old Sophie is an orphanage taken by a giant to the land of the giants. However, her presence attracts unwanted attention from giants who aren’t as friendly as the one who took her. This sets her and BFG (big friendly giant played by Mark Rylance) on a quest to defeat…
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Pete’s Dragon – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Pete’s Dragon is back, but a little bit different than you remembered if you saw the 1977 Disney musical version. In this modern day Pete’s Dragon there is still a young boy named Pete (Oakes Fegley) and a dragon named Elliot. Elliot happens to be green and that’s about where most of the similarities stop. Instead of being…
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Moana – Is It Worth Seeing?
If you haven’t seen Moana by now (I know, since it came out so long ago), I promise I won’t spoil anything for you. It has opened to rave reviews and is on the way to have a huge intake at the box office for opening week. But, is it really worth seeing? Let’s see……
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Knott’s Merry Farm – A Festive Holiday Treat
Knott’s Berry Farm has a celebration of the holiday season every year called Knott’s Merry Farm. The park is decorated and full of wonderful entertainment for Christmas. This last weekend I got to experience what this year has to offer for Christmas time at Knott’s. Ghost Town The 75 year old wester town had the…
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Doctor Strange – Review by Mr. DAPs
The Marvel universe, or should I say multiverse, just got quite a bit bigger with the introduction of Doctor Strange. The movie is about Doctor Stephen Strange, an incredibly successful neurosurgeon, who’s life is turned upside-down after a car accident robs him of his ability to use his hands. Following the accident Strange goes on…
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Finding Dory – Mr. DAPs Home Entertainment Review
Dory, Marlin, and Nemo are back but this time Nemo isn’t the one who is lost. Now Dory is lost in Finding Dory and goes on an adventure to find her way home and also find herself. In Finding Dory Ellen DeGeneres (“The Ellen DeGeneres Show”) and Albert Brooks (“This is 40”) reunite as Dory and…
