This is a great idea, a friend of mine just sent me. A temporary tattoo for your child, with your cell phone number pre-printed on it. If your child becomes lost at Disneyland, he or she has your cell phone number on their arm, so when the child is found you can be contacted immediately. Safety Tat
Personally, I think this is a fantastic idea even for an older child. I thought my school aged children knew my cell phone number, because we had practiced it over and over, and I thought they had it memorized. I found out differently, to my surprise.
My then 12 year old daughter went on a field trip with her girl scout troop to the movies. Their leader made a decision to go to a different theater, with a different movie time. The leader couldn’t find my cell number in her phone, and my daughter couldn’t tell her what the number was. My daughter was safely under the supervision of an adult this time, but what if she had gotten separated from her group? She wouldn’t have been able to call me even if she could have found a phone, because she didn’t remember the number I thought she had memorized. This temporary tattoo would have helped.
My daughter is now old enough to carry a small cell phone in her purse when she goes out, with my number programmed in. My son, however, is an active 9 year old and while I still recite my cell phone number for him to memorize, I’m getting the temporary tattoos for outings.
I love that they have included some for special needs kids, who may not be able to speak, have autism or food allergies. As the mother of a special needs child I appreciate this aspect of this product immensely. This kind of information is essential in an emergency, difficult to obtain from a child in an emergency situation, and even more critical if you are separated from your child when the emergency occurs.
If you have already tried this product, please leave a comment and tell me what you think. I’ll be giving it a try the next time I’m bound for Disney, and I’ll let you know my thoughts as well.
Categories: california adventure · disneyland · travel tip · traveling with kids tip
I’m not sure how I feel about this: LA Times story Customizable Mouse Ears Coming to Disneyland
On one hand, its kind of cute… I can see that little girls would have a blast picking out little sequins and princess things to stick on the ears, or that little boys would like putting pirate stuff on their ears, and getting your name on the back is still the same. On the other hand, why are we messing with a classic?
Mouseketeers made the Mickey Ear hat popular, from the old Mickey Mouse Club Show. Black for boys, and black with a Minnie Mouse polka dot bow for girls. Yellow script letters on the back with your name on it. Cute pink ears with sequins are not Mouseketeer Ears.
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Started a Google Group, so we can have a forum of sorts…
Disfans Forums
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I didn’t even know there was a Hong Kong Disneyland, but apparently, Mickey and Minnie got some new duds to celebrate Chinese New Year. Designed by Vivienne Tam, no less.
The whole park is decorated for Chinese New Year with firecrackers, Chinese-language scrolls bearing messages of good luck and orange tangerines. Mainland China is the biggest market for the Hong Kong Disneyland park, and HKD is trying to stay connected with the local culture to attract more customers.
Hong Kong Disneyland is apparently one of the worst performing Disney Theme parks, falling very short of the mark as far as visitor turnout.
Orlando Sentinel
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Ouch. Was my reaction to the NY Times’ review of the Little Mermaid on Broadway. The reviewer is very harshly critical of the costuming and staging. “Loved the shoes. Loathed the show. OK, I exaggerate. I didn’t like the shoes all that much.” That’s the opening line of the review, and it goes downhill from there. The reviewer goes on to be very specific about how horrible the costumes are, and the difficulties of presenting a show onstage that is supposed to be underwater. NYT Review
I commented yesterday on the harshness of all the reviews I have been reading about the production, but the New York Times is the harshest of all of them. They did soften the blows just a little by putting this audio slideshow in the sidebar.
NY Times Slideshow
Categories: Disney Characters · Disney on Broadway
I’ve been reading all kinds of terrible reviews for Disney’s Little Mermaid, Broadway show. I’m a musical theater fan, and I would dearly love to see The Lion King Broadway show someday. I was kicking myself when they came to Dallas this summer, and I missed it! I had hoped that Little Mermaid would be as good, so I could see one of my favorite Disney movies come to life. Who knows? Maybe the appeal to children will save the show.
The critical reviews of the show are that the set and costumes are basically a disaster. Not good news, since The Lion King is known for its stunning sets and costuming.
“Underneath all this baroque ornamentation was a tiny, tinny little musical struggling for life,” wrote the New York Post’s Clive Barnes. It was “plastic, plastic everywhere, enough to lead you to drink.” Review
I, for one, would go see the show, and take my kids, so maybe others will think so too. According to one article the show has been sold out since November. npr review
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Mike and our little brother made a holiday visit to Disneyland and CA and these are some of the photos they took. I thought y’all would enjoy seeing some of the holiday decorations. Which reminds me of what I should be doing this weekend, putting my stuff back in the attic until December 2008. I wonder how many Rubbermaid containers they have in the Disneyland attic?
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Mike forwarded me a link to the OC Register with photos of the new Mark VII monorail train which has arrived backstage at Disneyland. Its pretty cool looking, red and futuristic. Apparently this is the first new monorail car in 2 decades, the last new one having been installed in 1987. The coolest thing I read about the car is the new look, blue glass and red stripes on the exterior that change color in sunlight. The new cars are also electric powered and feature bench seats that face the windows, as opposed to the current seating arrangements that have passengers facing either the front or back of the train.
Check out the OC Register article here:
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