Just got back from Germany, which was awesome, although not really much like the EPCOT pavilion. I was in Berlin for most of the trip, though, and I think the EPCOT pavilion was modeled more on the southern, Bavarian part of the country. That said, I drank a ton of amazing beer, ate plenty of pretzel rolls, ogled hot women, came close to getting shot by a crazy security guard, and was told to stop filming at two separate high-security locations. So, not a whole lot different than my typical WDW vacation! I plan on having the trip video edited and uploaded to YouTube in a few weeks, so stay tuned!
I did want to post this one picture, though, which I thought was hilarious:
Why do Germans think Cool Americans taste like Ranch Dressing?
One good thing about having two 8-hour first class flights there and back was that I had plenty of uninterrupted time to work on the new book, which, in case you haven’t heard, is titled “Our Kingdom of Dust”. A few weeks back I signed on Hugh Allison as my Editor/Fact-Checker, and he’s been doing a great job cranking out pages upon pages of notes. For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of talking with Hugh, he’s easily the most detail-oriented Disney fan I’ve ever come across. I like to torment him by referring to Disney’s BoardWalk Inn as The Boardwalk (no capital “W”), and he seems to get very angry every time I mention Cinderella’s Castle (as opposed to the correct Cinderella Castle) in the text. He also seems to have an encyclopedic knowledge of when every attraction, restaurant, and shop in every park opened (and closed). Of course, these traits make him the perfect person to serve as the editor for this book, especially considering that the main character’s story weaves in and out of nearly 25 years of WDW history. Anyway, Hugh has been sending me a ton of notes for each chapter, and I was able to spend a lot of time on my flights going through those notes and making the necessary corrections to the text. I’m hoping to be done with this process in 2-3 weeks.
In the meantime, Pentakis has been hard at work building a miniature castle prop for the upcoming photo shoot. The cover image will once again be shot by Alan Partlow and will of course feature Draven Star. It’ll be a much more involved shoot than the one we did for DSoD, but I think the end result will be spectacular!
In other news, I’m scheduled to appear on a few more podcasts; once I know the release dates I’ll post them here. Also, the crew and I will be making another trip to WDW in the near future, where we’ll be gathering plenty of content for more YouTube vids. I don’t want to publicize exactly when we’ll be there (for various reasons), but if you’re a local and are interested in meeting up with us, feel free to send me an email. Finally, DSoD temporary tattoos will soon be available! I’ll be handing them out at events, and will also send them out with any future orders placed through my store. Pictures coming soon!
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