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NEW TODAY: Disney+ Releases 3rd July 2020

NEW RELEASES Welcome to Friday and more new releases from Disney+! Two HUGE titles have been release today so let's go straight to those. Finally available in the UK is…

Grand Floridian…

NBA Restart at Walt Disney World Confirmed

28 Jun 202028 Jun 2020

The restart of the 2019/20 season of the NBA has now been given the green light to begin on July 30th at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Walt Disney…

NEW TODAY: Disney+ Releases 26th June 2020

NEW RELEASES It's Friday and that means more new releases from Disney+ At the time of writing this, we've already binge watched a 6 part series (ooops!). This lock down…

Clothing & Accessories…

MKOW supporting small businesses #2

Badges and buttons and magnets...oh my! We love the products on offer from Barely Tolerated Designs. This online independent business is run by Nikita and Ben (Paul knows them both…

Accommodation…

WDW Update: Resorts phased opening schedule

Disney currently plan on opening the following resorts to booked guests on the following dates, which are all subject to change. Guests reservations could also be modified to other resorts,…

NEW TODAY: Disney+ Releases 19th June 2020

NEW RELEASES Who doesn't love Fridays and new releases from Disney+? We've recently enjoyed new releases of series like Shop Class and Be our Chef - but both are now…

Clothing & Accessories…

NEW: Rainbow Disney Collection

Rainbow Disney Collection 🌈 In recognition of Pride Month 2020 and in honour of the Rainbow Disney Collection, Disney is donating $100,000 to GLSEN, a leading education organisation working to…

Disney for the Home…

MKOW supporting small businesses #1

15 Jun 202015 Jun 2020

Today is the first day in a new series where we will be putting the spotlight onto small, independent businesses who are offering unique, and awesome Disney inspired products whilst…

Disney Merchandise…

New French Themed Spirit Jersey Comes To DLP

While I am currently not an owner of one, I have been an admirer of Disney's range of spirit jerseys, specifically the more theme park orientated ones for Walt Disney…

Disney+ To Launch Early In The UK

Having successfully launched in the US, Canada, The Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand in November 2019, the Streaming platform was due launch in, among others, the UK, on March 31st,…

Disneyland Paris…

New Disneyland Paris Parade Delayed?

With the upcoming refurbishment to Sleeping Beauty Castle (still not officially announced, but is due to happen this year), it was rumoured that the current castle show and Christmas lightning…

Minnie Mouse The Main Attraction

For the last few years, Shop Disney have launched a monthly limited edition collection of merchandise with one theme running for the 12 months of the year and 2020 is…

Disneyland Paris

Farewell DLP…..For Now

Five years ago I took my first delve into regular visits to Disneyland Paris. We had been visiting on and off for 4 or so years before hand, but it…

Accommodation…

We’re booked!

Is it October 2020 yet? So despite our best efforts and careful planning, we've been unable to secure a DVC room for our October 2020 trip to WDW. We tried both…

Throwback Thursday: Country Bear Christmas Special

Taking it back to 1984 (the year I was born) to those Country Music loving bears, The Country Bears Christmas Special opened on 19/12/1984 Featuring all your favourites, including Wendell,…

Disney Inspired…

Disney Inspired Scent of the month

18 Dec 201918 Dec 2019

Here are MKOW, we LOVE Maple & Whisky candles. We've had lots of orders from them, from park scents, to resort fragrances and lately seasonal candles such as Halloween and…

Christmas at Disney

18 Dec 201918 Dec 2019

Nobody does Christmas like Disney and I thought I would give you just a few highlights across the parks I have visited Firstly Walt Disney World Cinderella's Castle engulfed in…

Disney Throwback Thursday:Enchanted Tales With Belle

Considering this is a big thing in the social media world, I thought I would expand on this and write some things about it. I love my Disney history, so…

Disneyland Paris

Favourite People Watching Spot-Disneyland Paris

26 Nov 201925 Nov 2019

Disneyland Paris is stunning for the most part, but some lands can be very jumbled and quite hectic. While I love the hustle and bustle of Main Street USA, it…

New Podcast-A British Boy’s Blighty

Now you may say 'Another podcast? You can't even record the ones you already have' But there is a reason I am launching another one.While we love Disney, and is…

Hollywood Studios…

Galaxy’s Edge Review

So as mentioned on my previous post, during our trip to Orlando, we went along to Hollywood Studios and had a visit to Black Spire Outpost. Now we weren't always…

Universal Studios

Hotel Review- Universal’s Aventura Hotel

During my visit to Universal Studios Florida for Halloween Horror Nights, I had my first stay at an onsite Universal Hotel, The Aventura Hotel. As I said it was my…

Hollywood Studios…

One Day in Hollywood Studios

While visiting Orlando for Halloween Horror Nights, I felt it was only right that I pay a visit to Hollywood Studios for a day. Now this park has always been…

Uncategorized…

Halloween Horror Nights-Top5 Houses

This past weekend, with The After Dark Podcast Network guys, I was lucky enough to take a quick trip over the pond to Universal Studios Orlando and have my first…

Animal Kingdom…

Cast Members: Above and Beyond

12 Sep 201912 Sep 2019

Working at Disney for some is more than just a job. Working at Disney is the opportunity to change someone's day, to make a difference and to positively affect someone's…

Disneyland Paris…

Run Disney France Trip Planning-Day 2

So day 2 obviously begins with running a half marathon. Previous years have entailed me running Friday-Sunday, but this year due to other trips (trip planning for those coming soon)…

D23…

D23 Expo Parks & Resorts- My Feelings

So everywhere is reporting on every little detail from the Parks & Resorts panel yesterday at D23 Expo, but I thought I would look at some of the announcements at…

Spotlight: Maple & Whisky Candles

16 Aug 201916 Aug 2019

We’ve written about Maple & Whisky candles before in previous articles but now we’re taking a more in-depth look at this awesome Etsy seller and the candles they have for…

Happy Birthday Haunted Mansion

9 Aug 20199 Aug 2019

While I have a fair few other articles I could be writing, I couldn't pass up this opportunity Haunted Mansion, a favourite attraction of mine (in fact I could spend…

Movies

Retro Disney Movie Review-Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

So with the launch of Disney+ in the very near future I thought it would be a great idea to re-watch some classic Disney movies. While Disney+ might not be…