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True Tales: from the files of Stupid Guest Tricks.

True Tales of Stupid Guests: Episode 9

"True Tales: from the files of Stupid Guest Tricks" is an ongoing series, where we share believable stories of park guests' unbelievable stupidity. FROM STUPID GUEST TRICKS -- StupidGuestTricks.com is a website founded to provide Disney Cast Members and other theme park employees a place to vent about some of the idiots they've dealt with. Most Cast Members will tell you that 99% of the guests they deal with are wonderful, but there's always that 1% that lead to aggravation -- and ... Read more
True Tales: from the files of Stupid Guest Tricks.

True Tales of Stupid Guests: Episode 8

"True Tales: from the files of Stupid Guest Tricks" is an ongoing series, where we share believable stories of park guests' unbelievable stupidity. FROM STUPID GUEST TRICKS -- StupidGuestTricks.com is a website founded to provide Disney Cast Members and other theme park employees a place to vent about some of the idiots they've dealt with. Most Cast Members will tell you that 99% of the guests they deal with are wonderful, but there's always that 1% that lead to aggravation -- and ... Read more
True Tales: from the files of Stupid Guest Tricks.

True Tales of Stupid Guests: Episode 7

"True Tales: from the files of Stupid Guest Tricks" is an ongoing series, where we share believable stories of park guests' unbelievable stupidity. FROM STUPID GUEST TRICKS -- StupidGuestTricks.com is a website founded to provide Disney Cast Members and other theme park employees a place to vent about some of the idiots they've dealt with. Most Cast Members will tell you that 99% of the guests they deal with are wonderful, but there's always that 1% that lead to aggravation -- and ... Read more
Cats on stage at Cinderella Castle. Image by Michael Gray Wantagh [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons.

Magic Kingdom’s newest afternoon castle show: Cats

Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit replaces Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL -- It's the fourth-longest running show on Broadway. It's spawned a Broadway sequel (Cats 2: Kitty Boogaloo) and inspired two major films (The Lion King, with Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane repeating their roles as Leo Bloom and Max Bialystock, and DisneyNature's African Cats, with Samuel L. Jackson as Mufasa). And now Cats is coming to the Magic Kingdom! "Thrown together" "It's actually a Cast Member production from start to finish," says ... Read more
Mickey Mouse. Not Marty. Image by Loren Javier [CC BY-ND 2.0] via Flickr.

Inside the Magic: my day as a Disney character

Your reporter shares what it's like to "work with" Mickey Mouse for the day. SPOILER ALERT: Small children and others who don't want to have the "magic of Disney" spoiled should read this article and then forget what it says. ANAHEIM, CA -- 5:30 a.m. - My alarm goes off. It's Wednesday morning at last. Today I have the opportunity to spend the day at Disneyland "working with" everyone's favorite cartoon mouse and corporate icon, Mickey! ("Work with" is Cast Member-speak for working ... Read more