Michelle Valladolid
Shelly Valladolid, aka Fab, has been writing about Disney and theme parks for about two decades. She has written for various fan and pop culture sites, Disney Magazine and OCRegister.com and participated in several books, including Passporter's Disneyland and Southern California and Disney World Dreams. She was co-founder and president of the Orlando, Florida chapter of the NFFC (now Disneyana Fan Club). She taught a class on theme park history at a Southern California University. She is creator and co-owner of Jim Hill Media, one of the creators of MousePlanet and was a consultant on MSNBC, The Motley Fool and others about Disney and various media matters. She was a Heel wrestling manager on TV and a voice artist on the radio in Honolulu, HI, where she grew up. She has a blog and a podcast with her daughter, Mission:Breakout Obsessive Alice Hill. She and her husband, MiceChat columnist Noe Valladolid, live in Southern California with Alice.
Hello my MiceChateers! I hope that your fourth was as glorious as mine, minus a baking mishap or seven.
Happy Nights, Potter Dates?
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It is often said that life is a game. If so, what defines winning that game? How about living practically an entire century, spending...
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July is coming, and so are lots of events:
A Jolly Holiday is Coming Your Way
A Jolly Holiday With Dick Van Dyke Thursday, July 16th,...
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Sometimes...
Hi there, ho there, MiceChateers! Did you have a good weekend? I spent time with family and wound down from E3.
Inside Out Makes History,...
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Disneyland Resort
A Celebration of New Magic and Fond Memories
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