Based on MacKinlay Kantor’s 1954 novel God and My Country, Disney’s Follow Me, Boys! was theatrically released on December 1, 1966. The live action drama is 131 minutes in length. The film was the studio’s final release prior to Walt Disney’s death on December 15, 1966. Plot Summary In 1930, a middle-aged man named Lemuel…
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Review AND Giveaway: Disney Collection for Keep Collective
Disney has recently partnered with the jewelry company, Keep Collective. Haven’t heard of Keep Collective? Keep Collective is a sister company to Stella and Dot and they have been around for 2 years. They are focused on celebrating the little moments, milestones and victories that come in life. Keep’s jewelry is a touchstone for these…
The Unofficial Guide to Universal Orlando 2018 – A Mouse for Less Review
I’ve written before about how useful the Unofficial Guide series is, so it was only logical that for my first trip to Universal I would turn to the Unofficial Guide team once again. For those unfamiliar, the Unofficial Guide is the print side to the TouringPlans universe. They are known for giving a complex,…
Movie Review: Charley and the Angel
A live action comedy-drama based on Will Stanton’s 1971 novel The Golden Evenings of Summer, Disney’s Charley and the Angel was theatrically released on March 23, 1973. The film is ninety-three minutes in length. Plot Summary In a small midwestern town in the late summer of 1933, Charley Appleby (Fred MacMurray), the middle-aged father of…
Movie Review: The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
A live action musical comedy-drama based on Laura Bower Van Nuys’s 1961 memoir The Family Band: From the Missouri to the Black Hills, 1881-1900, Disney’s The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band was theatrically released on March 21, 1968. The film is 110 minutes in length. Plot Summary In a small midwestern town in…
Movie Review: The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
A live action comedy-western and sequel to The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), Disney’s The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again was theatrically released on June 27, 1979. The film is eighty-eight minutes in length. Plot Summary At the end of The Apple Dumpling Gang, that film’s two inept bandits, Theodore (Don Knotts) and Amos (Tim Conway),…
A Review of the Disney Fantasy’s Disney Junior Character Breakfast
Over the summer, my family opted to sail for a second time on the Disney Fantasy. As usual, we booked are adventure with The Magic for Less Travel Agency. They will do as much or as little as you would like them to for your vacation and we always opt to do our own special…
Movie Review: Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.
Based loosely on Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe, Disney’s Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. was theatrically released on July 29, 1966. The live action comedy is 114 minutes in length. Plot Summary Writing to his fiancé, Jane, about a year after missing their wedding, Lieutenant Robin Crusoe (Dick Van Dyke) explains his whereabouts. You see,…
All Aboard! A Review of Disney by Train
If you had the opportunity to travel to Walt Disney World solo, would you take it? Thinking of the chance to sleep in and experience some of the more “grown up” attractions, I jumped at my chance to go! It was going to be a last minute trip. And my first without the family!…
Movie Review: Rascal
Based on Sterling North’s 1963 memoir of the same name, Disney’s Rascal was theatrically released on June 11, 1969. The live action comedy-drama is eighty-five minutes in length. Plot Summary In the middle of the twentieth century, an aged Sterling North (voiced by Walter Pidgeon) recollects a childhood summer fifty years earlier in rural Wisconsin….
Movie Review: So Dear to My Heart
Based on Sterling North’s 1943 children’s book Midnight and Jeremiah, Disney’s So Dear to My Heart was theatrically released on January 19, 1949. The musical drama, a hybrid of live-action and animated elements, is eighty-two minutes in length. Plot Summary In 1903 Indiana, a passing train affords the townspeople of Fulton Corners a brief…
Foodie Friday: Rivers of Light Dining Package Review
Lately, Disney has been all about the Dining and Dessert Packages as a way to see their nighttime (and sometimes daytime spectaculars). There’s definitely an appeal to them. You were going to eat anyway, and with the package, you are guaranteed a spot to see whatever spectacular you’re wanting to in a reserved spot. Plus,…