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Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · 5d

The Saga of Riverfront Square

Last weekend I attended the Oktoberfest Festival at the local Anheuser-Busch Brewery.

Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · 6d

Disneyland vs Walt Disney World

If you were to begin to describe the differences between Disneyland and Walt Disney World you would easily find yourself spending a long time listing and defining those differences.

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Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · 9d

Choosing the Right Walt Disney World Moderate Resort

These days with the prices as they are I often think that young families for the most part, when wanting to stay on property, end up staying at a Walt Disney World value resort; the lowest priced reso...

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Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · 16d

The Safest (as well as the Happiest) Place on Earth?

So as I write this I’m still kind of stunned as to what happened to me these last 15 hours or so and it has made me think that a Disney theme park may just be the last place on Earth where we can actu...

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Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · 23d

My Interview with Cinderella Castle: Part II - 2025

It’s been 16 years since I’ve had a chance to touch base with the Cinderella Castle but perhaps the wait was worth it.

Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · 26d

My Interview with Cinderella Castle: Part I

When I became a blogger some 400 years ago I sat back and thought about what I’ve enjoyed reading over the years and thought that I would try and write blog articles that were different.

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Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Sep 5

What Would Doc Say?

On Wednesday of this week, we learned that children in Florida will no longer be required or mandated to receive vaccines against preventable diseases including measles, mumps, chickenpox, polio and h...

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Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Promise of Progress City: Part II

In The Promise of Progress City: Part I, I focused on the origins of this model for EPCOT and how it was Walt Disney’s vision of an “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.”

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Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Promise of Progress City: Part I

I know you all have done this.

Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Aug 30

It’s been about a year since I started this substack and some 130+ posts and 58 podcast episodes later I am still just getting started.

Is the Pope Jewish?

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Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Aug 23

The Live Action Problem

At last count there has been a total of no less than 17 Disney animated films that have been made into live-action movies.

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Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Aug 22

The View from Scopa Towers Podcast: Episode 58 - Music We Never Forget

This Substack is for Disney fans who are looking for insight, news, advice, and some interesting stories in my "Disney Vault" that I hope to share with you. Let's have some fun!

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Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Day the Tower Opened: Part III

Funny how talking about the Tower hit me a week or so ago when I was thinking about that day way back in 1994.

Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Aug 15

The Day the Tower Opened: Part II

It’s always exciting to do a soft opening of a Walt Disney World attraction.

Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Aug 10

The Day The Tower Opened: Part I

With all the ongoings at Walt Disney world I started thinking about all those that have occured in the past 50 years and in a few cases I was lucky to have either experienced these attractions on thei...

Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Aug 7

"Everyone is Important! "

“Everyone is Important.” Those are three simple, yet very important words.

Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Aug 3

Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

On my last Substack I listed some things I wanted to do on my next trip to Walt Disney World.

Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Aug 1

Sometimes, and I am sure many of you go through this exercise, I return from a trip to Walt Disney World and either on the plane or when I get home I think to myself, “Rats, I forgot to….” and I come up with one or several things I meant to do, eat, drink, experience, or whatever.

My To-Do List

Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Jul 24

Terry “Hulk Hogan” Bollea has passed away.

Hulk Hogan and Disney

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Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Jul 20

It All Started with a Carousel

Sometimes the actual catalyst for an action or an idea is never truly given the credit it so deserves.

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Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Jul 16

Addressing the Animatronic in the Room

Honestly, I hemmed and hawed about touching upon this subject, but, over the last three days it became clearer and clearer that I just HAD to put my thoughts down on paper…err…SubStack.

Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Jul 13

The name, Eleanor Audley, may not ring a bell so allow me to bring you up to speed.

Who is Eleanor Audley?

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Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Jul 9

Becky, Beagles, BedBugs and Buzz Lightyear

Good-Bye Becky

Mike Scopa @mikescopa.bsky.social · Jul 7

Sometimes the best ideas come from just talking with people.

Disney's Dreamer Kingdom