Day 920: The Newest Additions

Every once and a while things just seem to be in your favor and something you tried to do months ago that felt like it would take weeks actually ended up only taking a few hours...completely by chance. When I wrote "About Me Page" on my to-do list for the day, I didn't expect to sit at my college for almost four hours working out the kinks on not just one, but two new page additions to Everyday Disney, but that's how things ended up. And after hours of HTML work, picture editing on my computer, composition of new pages and a little bit magic, the newest additions to Everyday Disney are finally here!

When I signed on for my third year of blogging here at Everyday Disney, I knew that I wanted to change things a little more. The first year was very much a personal challenge, and the second year wasn't much different. But as I headed into 2015, I knew I wanted to make Everyday Disney more than just a personal hobby. I wanted to create something I could put on resumes and continue with professionally for a very, very long time. With that decision came the need for new elements and pages around the blog, especially with the addition of the Everyday Disney Challenge on Instagram.

First up was the Instagram live feed that's been in place underneath the 2015 header since the beginning of the year. I was given the idea by a different website that connected to an Instagrm through the same system, and after a bit of work I had it integrated here at Everyday Disney. The feed connects to my Instagram and brings the last 25 photos I've posted directly here and displays them on the blog, great for the Everyday Disney Challenge!

Then today I finally got around to the two new pages of the blog that I've been intending to add for at least a year or two now: the About and Photos pages, both of which you can now find links to in the right side bar of the blog. The About Page details the inspiration of how Everyday Disney came to be and a brief introduction to who I am without having to go through hundreds of blog posts, and the Photos page includes collections of my official OUAT DisneyBounds and Month by Month albums of the Everyday Disney Challenge. Over time new photos will be added to the page, and the About page will continued to be updated as it grows outdated.

As for other new pages that could make apperances in the future, it's up for debate, but for now I think we'll stick with just the two. After all, if you really want more Everyday Disney there's over 900 blog posts to go back and read from over two and a half years of blogging. It's a great accomplishment in my life, and I'm very excited to see where Everyday Disney continues to go in the future.

If you're a reader of the blog and are just lurking out there, this is one of those times when I ask for you to come out of the woodwork! Make your presense known! Leave a comment, share a post, send me a tweet, whatever you feel like! I love being a part of the Disney community and I love interacting with fellow Disney fans, and that means all of you!

Don't forget to check out the new pages and...

Have a magical day!

Day 537: Handwritten

(Note; This blog post was [handwritten] on October 30).

Day 386: EpcotExpert

Today something SERIOUSLY AWESOME happened.

First, watch this video...and tell me if you notice anything:

Did you notice it!?! BECAUSE I DID! 

First off, a HUGE Thanks to MrCheezyPop himself for the kind comments. It seriously made my day and got me back to the point where I'm like "DISNEY!" again. Just that one little comment like made my life. 

Now, I realized that I don't think I've ever told the story of how/why my "Username" is EpcotExpert. I mean, I sign it at the bottom of every blog post, and it's my username for just about everything, so I figure I might as well actually tell you the story. 

As you all know, I love Epcot in general. Spaceship Earth is my absolute favorite attraction. And a number of years ago I wanted to get a new email, but wanted to come up with the perfect email, and since I used to answer questions on Yahoo Answers, that came into play too here. So one day, and honestly I don't remember how or where it came from, I came up with EpcotExpert, and that just became my email and my username for my YouTube and then my blog name and everything else. 

Now, am I really an EpcotExpert? Probably more than most people, but I certainly don't know everything. It is my favorite park though, and I love learning about it as time goes on. My brother likes it too, so we spend more than enough time talking about it, that's for sure. 

And that's the basic story. But Max, I'm really happy you love it! I love it too! =)

Have a magical day!

Day 379: Which Land

Today I was on Pinterest for a good while. Sometimes I spent time on Tumblr, and you know I always spent a bunch of time each day on Instagram and Twitter (the latter half looking for any sign that the OUAT Cast is alive). But as you also know, once and a while something catches my eye and I end up blogging about it. This is obviously one of those times.

If you haven't already, go on, take the quiz, and let me know in the comments below what Land YOU are! 

Apparently this chart is correct too, considering the fact that I ended up with EPCOT. Go figure, the one with "epcotexpert" as a username ends up at Epcot. But it's true. I am more of a dreamer, always coming up with super crazy ideas. Kind of like Walt Disney. I often credit my best friend as being my "Roy Disney," keeping me somewhat down to each in my plans and making them possible. And they do take me to far away places, but really, I think my dreams focus more on our planet than anywhere else. And while I do love Make Believe anything (I could make believe that Han Solo loves me, but you'd all think I was crazy), I think I'll probably still to what's real here. Henceforce, Epcot. 

Now if only I could GET to Epcot. I could use a mini vacation right about now. Funny how my parents are on one....

Have a magical day!

Day 5: Disney Pinner

While thinking about how I was going to start today's blog entry, I was originally planning on an overview of my Disney collection. But since it is already quite dark out, it wouldn't be that great of a time for taking pictures...plus my bedroom is a complete mess at the moment. Ok, maybe not a complete mess, but close enough. Then I was going to write about the stereotype of Disney being childish...but my thoughts just weren't in a row with that one and it wasn't going much of anywhere.

So now I'm stuck with nothing to write...which is terrible because there is so much Disney in my life...and I should be able to do a blog post a day easily. But once and a while we have a long day where everything else just kind of takes over the Disney portion of life too, which is a sad sad day...but when those days come, I just go to Pinterest!

Now for those that don't know...I have a pinterest...and you can find a link to my personal pinterest at the side of the page (there's a Mickey mouse link for it!) I have 17 boards...and just passed 3,000 pins, but over a third of that is all Disney. Yes...ALL Disney. Just find my "Everyday Disney" board.

I have a lot of real randomness over on that Disney board...but of course, it all focuses on Disney. It comes and goes depending on what I'm searching for too...sometimes I'll be looking for EPCOT Specific things, and other times I'm just going through the Disney board of another pinner. But in the end it all works out...so go check it out, and I'll be doing some posts here on Disney pins I've done and my real thoughts on them...I'm sure. =)