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• How "One Little Spark" nearly fried the Dreamfinder

  It's Christmas in July as Ron Schneider recalls the shocking experience that he had back in December of 1982 while shooting a sequence for "Walt Disney World's Very Merry Christmas Parade" special Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 16, 2008 12:00 AM | 4 Comments Filed under: Dreamfinder , The Dreamfinder, EPCOT, EPCOT Center, "Journey in Imagination" , Journey into Imagination pavilion, Journey into Imagination, Future World, Future World attraction, Walt Disney World, Disney World , The Walt Disney World Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, Walt Disney Imagineering, WED, theme park, Orlando, "Themes Dreams & Schemes: 40 Years Behind a Nametag" , book , Disney, Disney Company, Walt Disney Productions, The Walt Disney Company, behind-the-scenes , Disneyland , Disneyland Park, animated feature, Walt Disney, ventriloquist , attraction, ride, show, Disney theme park attraction, theme park attraction , 1982, December , Kodak, parade, "One Little Spark", Ron Schneider , Florida, The Wonderful World of Color , "The Wonderful World of Color" , Sunday night, Ed Sullivan, WED Enterprises , Marketing Division , "Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade", Dreamport, The Dreamport, spark jars, bolts of lightning, camera , pavilion, lightning, sparks, sound man , transmitter , the Imaginometer, Imaginometer, cameraman , electrical charge , electricity, electrical spark , microphone , Homer Simpson, static electricity , spark generator, duct tape, foam, live broadcast , Orlando Science Center, educational program, scientific demonstration , Van de Graaf generator, Jacob's ladder, Christmas, Sunday

• M-I-C ... as in "I wish that this microphone would work properly"

  In honor of Disney's Hollywood Studios' 19th anniversary, Ron Schneider looks back on that theme park's opening day. When a malfunctioning microphone ruined many a stars' big entrance Read More... Posted Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: Dreamfinder , The Dreamfinder, EPCOT, EPCOT Center, "Journey in Imagination" , Figment, Future World, Walt Disney World, Disney World , The Walt Disney World Resort, Walt Disney World Resort, little purple dragon, theme park, studio theme park, Hollywood , "Themes Dreams & Schemes: 40 Years Behind a Nametag" , Disney, Disney Legend, Disneyland , Disneyland Park, performance , Walt Disney, rehearsal, director , preparation, Skyleidoscope Lagoon Show, Gary Paben, announcer, Disney-MGM Studios , Disney-MGM Studios theme park, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Chairman of the Board, 1989, Michael Eisner, TV stars, movie stars , dedication ceremony , Chinese Theater, the Chinese Theater, celebrity, celebrities, Bob Hope , Ernest Borgnine , Don Knotts , Morey Amsterdam , Rose Marie , Stan Freberg , Regis Philbin , Richard Dawson, April, 1983, Kodak, Disney character, parade, the Dapper Dans, fireworks, Billy Barty, "One Little Spark", pre-recorded track , sound booth , stage manager , Disney Guests

• Filling some awfully big shoes at the Shoe

  As the Disneyana community gets ready for tomorrow night's Golden Horseshoe tribute event, Ron Schneider remembers what it felt like when he first went on as Wally Boag's understudy back in the Summer of 1980 Read More... Posted Friday, March 28, 2008 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: Disney World , theme park, performer, "Themes Dreams & Schemes: 40 Years Behind a Nametag" , book , Disney, traveling salesman, Wally Boag , Disney Legend, stage show, live stage show , Disneyland , Disneyland Park, Golden Horseshoe Revue, Boagaloons, audience, stage, Adventureland, show, Diamond Horseshoe, The Diamond Horseshoe, Fulton Burley , Betty Taylor , Dana Daniels, Frontierland stage, Frontierland, understudy, 25th anniversary, Pecos Bill , backstage , 2008, Ape Pen Publishing , "The Golden Horseshoe Dinner Show & Celebration" , Pinocchio , Stromboli, jungle , Lima beans , the Golden Horseshoe , Prof Samuel J Spillikin , dancers, can-can dancers

• "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