I thought as I seem to be embracing change at the moment; that this was a perfect opportunity to make a few changes to my blog – nope I’m not going to start making any more sense than I normally do, and it isn’t going to become all serious but instead I decided that the old one just wasn’t doing what I wanted it to so I went for an upgrade……get me I’ve gone and got my own dot.com!

So, apart from my sparkly new blog what else has gone on – ummmm, well we’re in a new year and as per normal I didn’t make a resolution as I suck at keeping them for longer than a nano second (unless it’s promising myself I am going to reurn to Disney that is).

Work has settled down post Christmas, and already my in box is full of returns to complete for next Christmas (the joys of currently working in retail) so to keep myself occupied I have gone back to podcast listening. There is two reasons for this, one it gives me my daily Disney and bonus I don’t tend to get too disturbed at work as people hear voices coming from the office so they think there is someone else in with me.

Its brilliant to feel so close to my happy place when I am so far away, and yes there are times when I laugh out loud but also when a comment or musical clip bring a tear to my eye like this week when the music that accompanies the tilt shift video from Magic Kingdom came on….

I will admit to being a complete sap and finding loads of things that make me emotional at Disney, I mean I am sure there aren’t many others who well up during Finding Nemo the musical (yes, I’m strange – and we’ve all known it for a while). And don’t even get me started on how Wishes makes me feel otherwise I am just going to be typing whilst sitting in a puddle

But one thing I won’t be crying over is the removal of the Sorcerers Hat from Hollywood Studios, it’s not that I don’t like it, it never really seemed a good park icon to me; Spaceship Earth it’s not! After all if it was going to be the park icon why wasn’t it there when the park opened?

The Disney rumour mill says the hat was placed there after Disney and MGM parted ways, as MGM who owned Graumans Chinese Theatre in Hollywood (which the building that houses the Great Movie Ride is based upon) said that they wanted the view of the theatre blocked. And now, Disney is in some form of partnership with the new company that owns the theatre they don’t have to hide it anymore so the hat is coming down – can’t wait to go and see what they do with the space!

And now just because I can, I will finish with a video of a hidden gem at Disney World – if you ever get the chance make sure you check out the Voices of Liberty who perform in the America pavilion at Epcot; a guilty pleasure

Until next week xxxx