Tag: Trains
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Disneyland Railroad History on Display
Learn about the history of the Disneyland Railroad while it currently is being refurbished at The Happiest Place on Earth!
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A Different Look at Fantasmic! – Daps Magic (the Podcast)
Welcome to Daps Magic (the Podcast)! In this episode, Mr. Daps takes a different look at Fantasmic! The look is through the lens of a couple of different interviews done with the official voice of Mickey Mouse through the years, Bret Iwan. In these interviews, Bret shares about his long relationship with Fantasmic!, how he…
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A Look at Some Favorite Disney Trains on National Train Day!
Today is National Train Day! This is a relatively new holiday that was founded by Amtrack in 2008. The goal of this holiday is to share the benefits of public train travel while also sharing the history of trains as well. The holiday is celebrated on the Saturday that is closest to May 10, which…
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E.P. Ripley Returns to the Rails at Disneyland
One of the opening day steam engines is returning to the rails at Disneyland as a part of the Disneyland Railroad. Enthusiasts of the Disneyland Railroad may have noticed that for quite some time the E.P. Ripley has not been circling the happiest place on Earth! In fact, it hasn’t been used in years (by…
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Walt Disney World Railroad Returning to Magic Kingdom for Holiday Season With New Voiceover
Guests visiting the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World will soon be able to experience the Walt Disney World Railroad once again. Today, the Disney Parks Blog announced that the railroad will be returning after being closed for over four years. The return of this opening-day attraction to the Magic Kingdom will also see a…
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Train Training Starts Up For Magic Kingdom’s Walt Disney World Railroad
Guests visiting Magic Kingdom over the course of the last couple of years most likely realized that there was no train. This is due to the construction happening in Tomorrowland for the TRON Lightcycle / Run. This multi-year project will end with a new iconic attraction at Magic Kingdom and also the return of the Walt Disney…
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Walt Disney’s Carolwood Barn Reopening on July 18th!
Walt Disney’s Carolwood Barn has announced that it is reopening for its first public event on 2021. The official reopening will be on July 18, 2021 from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. It is anticipated that guests who visit will be able to see Walt’s Barn, the SFDRR Combine Car and the related exhibits, and…
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Honoring and Celebrating Walt, Trains, and Mickey & Minnie Through the Years
Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse have been international and cultural icons spanning generations. It all began on November 18, 1928 with their first appearance aboard a black-and-white steamboat in “Steamboat Willie,” and continues today with their latest adventure searching for the perfect picnic spot. The first Disney Parks attraction featuring our favorite mice opens tomorrow…
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Sunday Spotlight: Walt Disney World Railroad
.The Walt Disney World Railroad is a train that normally circles the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort. Currently, however, this isn’t accurate. Due to construction on an upcoming Tron Lightcycle Power Run attraction at the Magic Kingdom, it is a walk up attraction where guests can check out the trains at the…
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Mr. DAPs Railway Expansion and White Pass Addition
June means it is my birthday which in turn means… time to add something new to Mr. DAPs’ Railway. I had been anticipating this expansion for months (if not since first building the train a year ago) and had several ideas. None of these were 100% set in stone as I just wasn’t sure what exactly…
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Goodbye Tree Over the Train
One of the struggles with having a backyard train can be nature. The very thing which makes the whole backyard train thing so beautiful and intriguing can also be the most frustrating. Queue giant Jacaranda tree in my backyard. A beautiful tree, one of the tallest in the neighborhood, with the unique ability to drop…
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The First Attempt at a Garden Railway – Part 3
My garden railway was starting to actually look like a railroad. It had a layout that was now embedded in lovely gravel and wound its way through my backyard. However, it was a little plain. I was given a book for my birthday that went into many different ideas for backyard trains. As I looked…
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The First Attempt at a Garden Railway – Part 2
The time had come to actually start building a train in my garden. I had the train. I had the track. I had the power-pack. I had a general vision or plan mapped out on my iPad. I also had figured out where everything would be going into the backyard. Now it was time to…
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The First Attempt at a Garden Railway – Part 1
A year or so ago I visited a friend’s house. It had been a few months between visits and imagine my amazement and wonder when I discovered that he had installed a train in his backyard. It was gorgeous. It wound its way around the entire yard, was embedded into the patio, and had a wireless…
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It All Started with a Train
As a kid, we moved around a lot. This led to some really interesting experiences for a growing boy but I’m going to narrow all of these down into just one story today. This is the story of where my love of trains originated (at least in my memory). Shortly after my sixth birthday, we…
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Disney Parks Trains Celebrated at the Walt Disney Family Museum
With the brand new exhibit, All Aboard: A Celebration of Walt’s Trains, now open at the Walt Disney Family Museum, Disney Parks Blog shared a memorable story of Disney Legend Ollie Johnston. As told by John Lasseter, trains were of great importance to Walt Disney as well as Disneyland Park. Check out the amazing story below.…
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The Red Car Trolleys of Buena Vista Street
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE Guests Roll Back in Time with Bells, Whistles and Nostalgic Spirit Guests enter the newly expanded Disney California Adventure Park through a completely redesigned entrance that brings the spirit of Walt Disney into the park like never before. Immersed in a locale reminiscent of Los Angeles in the…