WDW For Grownups Sunday Round-Up - January 2, 2011

Happy New Year! Welcome to our first round-up of 2011. Let's dive in to some of the best Disney writing of recent days:

If you think that a rock outside a carousel is insufficient homage to Disney's Sword in the Stone, then Imagineering Disney has a proposition for you: How about a Sword in the Stone Dark Ride? I'm sold!

Studios Central looks at one of the most under-appreciated attractions in any Disney park: The Animation Academy in Disney's Hollywood Studios. If you've got any artwork you'd like to share, be sure to check out our forum thread where we share our drawings! Try not to let your awe at my artwork affect the rest of your day.

The Disney Food Blog looks at the new Via Napoli pizza window. I'm still pretty excited about this since I love Via Napoli, but the offerings don't look nearly as good as the food inside. Still when compared to what previously passed for "pizza" in WDW, it's hard to complain.

Parkeology brings us this often seen situation:

If you're like me, you woke up today wondering if there was any real connection between a singing legend, an octopus, and the greatest Disney coaster of all time.

We've all been there, of course. Read the rest in their post about the mysterious 8th Big Thunder Mountain scene.

If you're wishing Christmas wasn't quite over, check out the Animal Kingdom Lodge Fansite and their tremendous collection of pictures of Christmas at the Animal Kingdom Lodge.

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