>Tune into one of my favorites

>Some of my favorite things in Walt Disney World are the sounds. I love hearing the bell on the trolley on Main Street USA, I love hearing the explosions from Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! When I am walking in Disney Hollywood Studios and I love hearing the screams from Test Track. But my all time favorite sound in Walt Disney World is the background music. For people that have not been to Disney

before, there is music played in all of the guest areas throughout the Walt Disney World Resort. This musical background is an Unknown Magic because it is like the color scheme of the Resorts or the landscaping of the parks; the Disney Imagineers use music in Walt Disney World to enhance the feel of where you are without being intrusive. Even though the music fills the air and it is around you, many people miss it. They hear it as white noise, not as part of the Experience. But I see the music as helping with the theme of whatever area you are in. It helps you to become more involved in the experience, more engulfed in the magic.

For example, in Adventureland there are tribal drums that play, making you feel as if you are entering a jungle. While in Frontierland you can hear the Wabash Cannonball as you are walking past the Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Café. In Disney Hollywood Studios as you walk up Hollywood Boulevard it isn’t

 uncommon to hear Hooray for Hollywood being played from the speakers. In Epcot the music is what you would find in each of the countries represented in the eleven different pavilions. From the Chinese music,

featuring zither and lute type instruments to the Mariachi Music that fills the air around the Mexico Pavilion, the music adds to the atmosphere and helps you to believe you are really in that country.

There are other places where the music is not only part of the attraction, but also very much a part of the experience, where the music is as memorable as the ride. The most well known of these attractions is It’s a Small World. The song for the ride written by the Sherman Brothers, composers for many of the Disney movies, is a song that stays with you for many hours after riding through the attraction. A place that is more of an Unknown Magic in Walt Disney World where this happens is at Winter Summer Land, the miniature golf course near Blizzard Beach, the music played here is very important to the feel of the two courses. Depending on which course you play, the winter or the summer side, you will either sing along with the Beach Boys or with Classic Christmas carols. This is a fun way in which the music adds to the experience.

I enjoy listening to the music in Walt Disney World so much that even when I am home, I try to enjoy some of the magic that I get from it. I have the Official Disney Theme Park CDs and I have some recordings of the music played on the Resort TV channels that I listen to from time to time, but the one way that I get my

Disney Music fix that I can share with everyone, is by listening to Reedy Creek Radio. They not only play the music from different attractions and from parades and firework shows, but also from the resorts. It is a good way to enjoy the music from Disney World even when you aren’t there.

So, if you are in Disney World or are going to Disney soon, take the time to enjoy one of my Favorite Disney things, the Music that surrounds you when you are there. And if you aren’t there but miss the music as I do, try Reedy Creek Radio for your Disney Fix.

>Happy Thanksgiving

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one of my favorite pictures my family

 As I’m sitting here writing this, my wonderful wife is chopping celery for stuffing. Our son is upstairs sleeping and I’m thinking about how good life is. I have many things to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day. I know I am a very lucky man, I was blessed when I met the love of my life a few years back and even more blessed when her son started calling me dad. So, of course I am thankful for them. But I am also thankful for so much more, my mom is winning her fight with breast cancer, my dad is feeling better than he has in years after a health scare of his own, and we have good friends. I am also thankful to my wife for supporting me in starting this website. I started six months ago tomorrow. Since then I have met some fantastic people and been accepted into a group that is very wonderful. It is a group of Disney Websites and Blogs that not only offers great information, but great friendships and Magical Experiences. In that vein, I bring you the Unknown Magic of some great Disney Websites and Blogs.

Amy, Chris, and their Dad write about the great things they experience and know about Walt Disney World.

The Relocated Tourist is written by Ellie and Carl, who are living a lot of people’s dreams and moving closer to Disney. They are sharing their journey with the world.

Chad and Mark write about Disneyland, but it is an awesome Disney blog, written kinda like UMWDW.

WDWFacts is maintained by Tom and Bill who write and post most of their articles and pictures. If you enjoy great information and even better pictures this is a great site. It also has daily where in the world, signs of the day, and historical pictures as well as trivia challenges.

 Bob not only offers some of the best posting form the day, but also has many extra items on the site that are great fun and very enjoyable.

These two sites have taken the time to put together some of the great Disney sites and made it easier for you to find them.

Our new friend and now the Official Radio Station of our Website. They play Disney Music all Day everyday, but not only that their website has some great information and links ot other great websites.

Of course, I can’t list every Disney site on the web, but these are some of the great ones that I not only follow, but consider friends of the Unknown Magic of Walt Disney World, and personal friends too. Please go visit them often and enjoy their sites and have a  Happy Thanksgiving.