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Dear Tony Baxter: How one Disney Imagineer's fearlessness taught us all to be brave

It must have been frustrating to be so young, wanting to be heard but wondering if you had a right to do more than listen, trying to find your place at 22 in the shadow of Walt’s legacy, cobbling together a new idea from pieces of older ones, fragments from the original dream-builders of the park that you loved.

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The Armor We Choose: Finding Grace in Painful Places

Amidst cat calls, pranks, and those who watched and waited for her to fail so they could pounce, Grace Huntington walked a daily minefield with invisible protective gear making her not as invisible as she wished she could be.

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The Lost Jungle Book that Never Was

I have always liked The Jungle Book, but it had never been a top 10 (or even 20) Disney movie for me. But after watching the creative process unfold before my eyes in a beautifully curated display of concepts to the final film, I realized I had greatly overlooked this gem

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"Did you know that... ?" Seeking the Truth in Disney Stories

Sometimes Disney fans, creators, and even Cast Members hear a story about something in Disney history and get so excited to hear a "secret" that they immediately pass it on as fact without tracking down the primary source.

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Repurposing The Magic: How We Reimagine Our Moments

It occurred to me the other day that so much of what we see at Disney isn’t actually what we think it is. Or it used to be something very different, but we don’t realize it.
Let me explain.

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How Disney Gives Us the Magic of Confidence

I’ve held my babies with teary eyes during fireworks, I’ve been pixie-dusted for once-in-a-lifetime moments, and I have witnessed a gentle snow falling on Main Street USA in Disneyland Paris at Christmastime. But this moment was one that will go down in the record books as one I will likely never have again, but wish was an everyday occurrence.

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Disney Parks Hidden History & Secrets Scavenger Hunt - Magic Kingdom Edition

Hey Disney friends! If you're headed to Walt Disney World for the first time this year (or just the first time in FOREVER!), I've put together this scavenger hunt full of unique items to look out for, along with some fun facts about each one!

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Every turn of the Disney carousel - Words + History

This carousel nestled in the heart of Fantasyland in Disneyland Park is the "hook" you see as you stand in the hub and look through the castle entrance. It's what draws you into the land, and rightly so!

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How Disney's hidden magic makes us look closer

As I shuffled around the MDE (My Disney Experience) app to make my next mobile food order, I found myself having walked to a completely new land without ever remembering how I got there.
I stopped abruptly and turned around, aghast at what I had missed.

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