Family Vault: Skyleidoscope 1985

Some fun photos from my family vault. Taken by my grandfather back in 1985. This was Skyleidoscope an air and sea show in the World Showcase Lagoon at Epcot Center.

Making Memories: Moroccan Market

Shopping in the Moroccan Bazaar at Epcot. 

Disney Dining At Home: Le Cellier Cheddar Cheese Soup Recipe

One of the most loved food offering in the Disney Parks is Le Cellier's Cheddar Cheese Soup. Some make reservations months in advance just for this soup. And others wait till food and wine comes around just to stand in line for a hour just for a shot of this magic brew. But I say no more! just make it at home. It's pretty easy and fun to make.Below is a list of what you'll need and how its done if you try it send me a pic and I'll make a follow up post showing it off for you. I will also be doing a video on making the soup in the near future.

The only two places you could get the soup until now.

Ingredients
3 cups whole milk, warmed
10 tbsp butter
1/2 pound smoked bacon – finely chopped
1/2 cup celery – finely chopped
1/2 cup carrot – finely chopped
1 medium-size red onion – finely chopped
2 cups chicken stock, warmed
1 tsp of Tabasco sauce
1/2 cup Dark Ale (or for a stout  Guinness is best)
12 oz. shredded white cheddar cheese
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
salt and pepper to taste
chopped chives as garnish

Optional: add butter (8-10 tbsp)

Directions
1.) Saute’ bacon until soft. Not brown and crisp

2.) Add the celery, carrots, and onions and bacon into a large pot.

3.) Add in flour and stir for 2-3 minutes. Then slowly pour in your milk and chicken stock.

4.) Get to a boil, cover the pot and let it simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.

5.) Take the cover off, remove from heat, and carefully whisk in your Worcestershire sauce, dark ale beer, Tabasco Sauce, and cheese. Also salt and pepper and butter to your taste.

6.) Once the cheese is melted, simply serve. Spread some chopped chives on top and serve with your favorite choice of bread.

Gratulerer med dagen Maelstrom or Happy Birthday Maelstrom !

Maelstrom would be 27 today if it hadn't closed last September to make way for Frozen Ever After. So I thought it would be nice to reflect on this "high seas Norwegian adventure." Oh yeah and you may get wet!

Maelstrom opened July 5th 1988. Two months after the Norway pavilion had its soft opening. Guest would board their viking long ships and ascend up a hill greeted by the god Odin who would inform them that "they were not the first to pass this way nor shall they be the last." Then would follow a trip through Norwegian myth and history. It would climax with a trip down a  28ft waterfall into the North Sea. Then after exiting your ship you would mingle in a small Nordic fishing village till it was time to view the six minute film The Spirit of Norway.

Below are some photos from the creation of the attraction all the way to the current concept art for the new Frozen Attraction set to open early 2016. Enjoy this look back and keep an eye out for water falls.

Some of the concept art and construction photos from Maelstrom.

A few stock photos from the Disney Archive.

(That viking helmet took me an hour to make lol.)

A portion of the mural in the queue.

 One of two hidden mickeys in the mural. The second is on the

oil platform workers wrist watch.

The first piece of concept art to come out for Frozen Ever After.