AUTHOR: Peter Gardner

Peter Gardner is a writer, actor and comedian living 12 miles south of Disneyland. You can follow him on Twitter @pgsle.



Main Street Memories: A Mouseketeer’s Reminiscences of Walt and Disneyland

On Disneyland’s opening day of July 17th, 1955, one of the hosts of the live television broadcast on ABC — Bob Cummings — introduced the Mouseketeers of The Mickey Mouse Club. 13-Year-Old Bobby Burgess and some of the other original Mouseketeers then came out of the Fantasyland Theater (now the location of Pinocchio’s Daring Journey). “There I was Main Street Memories: A Mouseketeer’s Reminiscences of Walt and Disneyland





A Quick Review of the New Disneyland Food and Beverage Mobile Order Option

Disneyland has finally started to make a mobile food and beverage ordering service like the one at Walt Disney World available for Annual Passholders. I had the chance to try out the new feature on its second day of availability, and here are my thoughts: I arrived at the Disneyland Park entrance at 1:45 PM on A Quick Review of the New Disneyland Food and Beverage Mobile Order Option





Disneyland History: A 50th Anniversary Tribute to the Last Live-Action Film Walt Produced

If you walk down Main Street U.S.A. towards Sleeping Beauty Castle, on the left hand side you’ll pass the Fortuosity Shop. It sells primarily timepieces. But where does the name come from? It comes from a song, and you just might be hearing it played on the Main Street music loop as you pass. “Fortuosity” Disneyland History: A 50th Anniversary Tribute to the Last Live-Action Film Walt Produced





Dining Review: Good Food and Bad Service at Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and perhaps it isn’t more true than when getting ready for a day at a Disney park. Certainly the breakfast buffet is a favorite and can sustain you through a good part of the day. But what about when you don’t want something so bountiful? Dining Review: Good Food and Bad Service at Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante