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• How do you earn the right to perform in Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue? Make a left at Magic Mountain

  As the Disneyana community gets ready for next Saturday night's Golden Horseshoe tribute event, Ron Schneider tells you how he became Wally Boag's understudy back in the summer of 1980 Read More... Posted Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: theme park, performers, performer, Anaheim, Magic Mountain , Six Flags Magic Mountain, 1970s, Disney, Walt Disney Productions, themed entertainment industry, traveling salesman, Wally Boag , appearance, Disney Legend, Disneyland , Disneyland Park, musician, musicians, The Golden Horseshoe Revue, Golden Horseshoe Revue, performance , comic, audition , auditions, act, audience, humor, show, guest, Steve Martin, Dana Daniels, Dick Hardwick , Frontierland, 1980, understudy, Pecos Bill , rehearsal, laugh , Golden Horseshoe Event, Ape Pen Publishing , "The Golden Horseshoe Dinner Show & Celebration" , entertainer, Magic Makers, timing , guest experience, actors, role , venue, the Golden Horseshoe , Prof Samuel J Spillikin , BS , MS , PhD, Professor Spillikin, Spillikin Corners Crafts Village, Spillikin Corners, Grandma Spillikin's Herbal Cure & Indian Elixir , crook , patter, Medicine Pitch, gags, trod the boards , headliner, job , comic performer , convention work , private parties, traveling case , Bud Abbott , Lou Costello , "Who's on First?", Poppy's Star Restaurant, Canoga Park , waiters, variety performers , Mitch Evans , "Niagara Falls" , Abbott & Costello, Chris Costello, daughter , 1979 , snake oil , Variety, dancers, practice, funny bit, rehearsal hall , cattle call , women , leotards , can-can dancers, dance routine , stand-up comic, trademark , Disneyland talent booking, Valencia, Mike Davis , Disneyland Administration Building

• "We're rollin' on the Mickey's Birthdayland Express"

  Ron Schneider looks back at one of the more unusual anniversary celebrations ever held at the Magic Kingdom. Where the Imagineers added a whole new "land" to that WDW theme park in honor of Mickey Mouse's 60th birthday Read More... Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:05 AM | 9 Comments Filed under: EPCOT, EPCOT Center, WDW, Walt Disney World, Disney World , The Walt Disney World Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Imagineer, theme park, performer, steam train , the Magic Kingdom , Magic Kingdom, memoirs, "Themes Dreams & Schemes: 40 Years Behind a Nametag" , book , Disney, Disney enthusiast, Disneyland , Disneyland Park, music , performance , humor, WDW cast member, cast member, Adventureland, script , attraction, ride, show, Disney theme park attractions , guest, 1982, Frontierland, laugh , 2008, entertainer, Steve Hansen, puppeteer , the PuppetMan, PuppetMan , World Showcase, 1988 , show writer , writer , Mickey's Birthdayland, WDW Railroad , Mickey's Birthdayland Express, Main Street Depot , ride experience , ride narration , narration, timing , transition, guest experience, party, the Three Pigs , the Mad Hatter, Pinocchio , Figaro , Stromboli, Goofy , jalopy , costumed character , railroad crossing , Cruella De Vil, Coupe De Vil, Disney Villains, Chernabog , "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" , "Mine Train thru Nature's Wonderland" , Walt Disney World Railroad, Duckburg USA, jungle , Liberty Square , The Haunted Mansion , The Hall of Presidents, narration track, narration disc , Steve Skorija , Donald Duck, Chip & Dale , Mickey's Toon Town Fair, the Canadian Rockies , Peak Events , Banff Springs Hotel , Van Horne's Grand Buffet , 1998, 1999 , 2000, Canada , soundtrack , Frontierland Station , Christmas list