Music for the Carthay Circle Restaurant

In case you didn't see this cool video on the Disney Parks Blog. I'd like to buy this album.

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride so many versions.

In Orlando some of you may remember the ride that was originally in Fantasyland where the Winnie the Pooh ride is currently located. It was Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. I have to admit that this wasn't a big draw for me before it was torn down. I was always more of an Epcot fan as a kid and as such we didn't always make it to the Magic Kingdom on our family trips to Florida.

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For me this ride is one of those jewels that I realized I loved too late. I took my first trip to Disneyland in 2000 and that's the first time I really remember riding a Mr. Toad themed attraction. I was blown away. I know for some people this is just a cheap little Fantasyland dark ride, no where near as great as Peter Pan. But I personally love the fast jerky movements, vivid colors, and the ability to spin the steering wheel on my car so I can pretend that I'm driving.

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It's probably best that I didn't ride this when I was younger since I still get a little creaped out when I ride the one in Disneyland. (Spoiler alert) In case you're unfamiliar you actually get hit by a train, die, and go to hell at the end of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. That's the end of the ride.

Mr Toad is from the Disney feature The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad . Before that he was from a children's book called the Wind in the Willows.  

That's the main Disney connection for this character but in 1996 Disney quietly released a live action film based on this attraction/story called Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Interestingly enough this incarnation of toad featured several members of the Monty Python comedy troupe including Eric Idle who you may also know from the terrible versions of the Imagination pavilion at Epcot.

If you enjoy a good, campy, colorfull, and kind of surreal movie I'd recommend it.

Disney recently announced that it will be filming a movie based on this attraction to be released in the future.  Maybe for synergy sake Disney shouldn't have torn it down in Florida.

Disneyland Paris Restaurant



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For the sake of completeness I also want to let you know that in Disneyland Paris you can eat at Toad Hall, the famous residence of this infamous character. Here's a link to some photos of that restaurant.

Well I think that will complete my rant. I wanted to give you just a quick introduction to one of my favorite rides at Disneyland and a few other tidbits of knowledge that I've picked up over the years.

This all started because I found some videos of the Mr. Toad's Wild Ride attraction at Disney World which differs from the Disneyland version in several ways. Most notably it had two ride tracks that each had slightly different ride experiences.

Here's one piece of trivia that I'm sure someone will mention if I don't say it here. In the scene of the  Winnie the Pooh ride where you go through Owl's fallen house you can see a picture of Mr. Toad handing the deed for the location of the ride to Owl.

For additional information you can find a lot through google. The image source links under each picture each have some good info as well.

Let me know if you have any fond memories of this attraction. Email me at Cast@dispixfix.com or leave a comment below.

Have a magical day.

Captain EO As Good As I Remember It.

The Cosmos, a universe of good and evil, where a small group struggles to bring freedom to the countless worlds of despair. A rag-tag band lead by the infamous Captain EO. 

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I know that a lot of people don't think of Captain EO as a very good film. I can't really argue against that. What I can say is that I love this movie. I'm sure it's a little nostalgic and a little bit the fact that I love some terrible movies.

Carly and I both have very fond memories of this attraction. Carly attending the opening celebration at Disneyland all those years ago. I just loved seeing this movie after my favorite attraction, Journey Into Imagination. I also liked Michael Jackson in the 80's, but who didn't.

Anyways on our recent trip to Disneyland we were able to experience this film again for the first time  together. I have to say that I still love this movie. It's so corny and dated but it still brings me joy. I have to say that the most dated part is when he's bringing people to life out of the pillars and they all have 80's hairstyles and 80's dance moves. 

The part that I'm talking about is about 4:23 seconds into the video below. 

Walt Disney Quote

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don't remember what it's like to be 12 years old. They patronize, they treat children as inferiors. Well I won't do that.


-Walt Disney