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Walt Disney's Los Angeles: The Most Complete Tour Online

Walt Disney was a child of the Midwest, but he never found true success until he settled in California. For 43 years, from 1923 to his death in 1966, Los Angeles was Disney's home…

Would You Travel for Disneyland's Disney100 Promotion? A Look at What's On

Disney's U.S. parks are launching a new promotional period, Disney100, which marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Walt Disney's empire—and you're going to hear a lot about…

Walt Disney's Private Corporate Plane, "Mickey Mouse One," Goes on Public Display in Palm Springs

This unlikely homecoming was more than a half century in the making.The private corporate plane purchased by Walt Disney in 1963, has gone on public display at the Palm Springs Air…

The Disney Monorail: The Amazing True Story of the "Highway in the Sky"

Walt Disney is renowned as a cartoonist, filmmaker, showman, and entertainment icon. But he was also a farsighted futurist, a transportation buff with practical roots in the past—and a…

Ultra-Rare Images of Early Disneyland

When Walt Disney pitched his idea for an amusement park on his ABC TV show in 1954 (pictured), he could never have predicted that his Disneyland would one day be one of the most…

Travels with Walt: Go Where Disney Went

From his earliest years, Walt Disney aimed to expand his boundaries: physical, creative, and intellectual. Throughout his life, he was a frequent and enthusiastic tourist, visiting…

Here's Why You Don't Want to Buy the Disney Dining Plan When You Visit Orlando

If you book a vacation at a Walt Disney World hotel in Orlando, you will be offered the option of purchasing the credit-based Disney Dining Plan, which pre-pays many of your meals.…

5 Free Things to Do With Kids in Anchorage, Alaska

Land of the Free is an ongoing series on WeJustGotBack.com written by favorite parent bloggers who share their favorite free things to do with kids in their own hometowns. Here are…

The English Birthplace of the Stars & Stripes

Who knew? I was surprised to discover that the origin of the Stars & Stripes wasn't in Betsy Ross' living room after all, but in the coat of arms of the Washington Family, dating…