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Making Peace With Our Lost Haunted Mansion Hitchhiking Ghosts

These hitchhiking ghosts used to haunt our Magic Kingdom Doom Buggies and now they are relics of a time when we valued magic tricks over technology. Subtle over silly.

Change, Disney History, Disney Parks, Disney World, Disneyland, Grief, Haunted Mansion, NostalgiaDisney CiceroneApril 29, 2026Disney, Disney parks, disney poetry, Disney World, Disneyland, hitchhiking ghosts, old disney props, Walt Disney WorldComment

Mastering Time like Dr. Strange

I know that Marvel isn't traditionally Disney, and maybe you feel the same way I used to about Marvel. But bear with me, because I just realized something this week:

We are all living a Dr. Strange moment right now.

Characters, COVID-19, Grief, Joy, Marvel, People, Post-Pandemic Disney, PurposeDisney CiceroneSeptember 18, 2021Avenger, Avengers, Avengers campus, Comics, Disney, Disney blog, Disney California Adventure, Disney parks, Disneyland, Dr- Stephen Strange, Marvel, MCU, Purpose, superhero, timeComment

How Grief is a Catalyst for People and Purpose

The Disney community is grieving this week. I know I'm not alone in feeling it. From the loss of some of our very favorite performers (I'm looking at you, Yehaa Bob) to the thousands upon thousands of brilliant cast members who won't be returning to bringing us the magic anytime soon,