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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 , 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

• "Because if we get hit by a train, we're going to die and we're going to hell"

  Ron Schneider offers some tips about how a daddy & daughter can really make the most of their day at a Disney theme park Read More... Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 12:00 AM | 7 Comments Filed under: Dreamfinder , theme park, Magic Kingdom, memoirs, Disney, Disneyland , Disneyland Park, court jester, Disneyland cast member, Disneyland cast members, cast member, cast members, California, Adventureland, attraction, Disney theme park attraction, theme park attraction , Frontierland, Pecos Bill , costumed character , the Golden Horseshoe , daughter , Jim Hill , JHM, gall bladder , emergency room , heart palpitations , brownout, New Jersey , windstorm, New Hampshire , Father's Day , Ron Schneider , daddy , Mother Nature , hospital , Golden Horseshoe, birthday , Golden Horseshoe cast, Florida, Antelope Freeway , water slide , Fantasyland, Tomorrowland, Peter Pan's Flight, voyage of discovery , Snow White's Wishing Well, Captain Hook , Mr. Smee , pirates , curtsy, minuet, Main Street , Mickey, Minnie, costumes, Circus Fantasy , Blast to the Past, celebrity look-alikes , Superman, the Lone Ranger, Tonto, Mouseketeers, Lucy, Ricky Ricardo , Mark Twain , the Enchanted Tiki Room , Star Tours , Star Speeder , Injun Joe's Cave , Pirates of the Caribbean , Space Mountain , roller coaster , freeway, America, flights of fancy , Mr. Toad's Wild Ride , train, Hell, fireplace, tunnel , fatherly advice