Disney This Week - 6 January 2012

Greg Grimsley, Doc as he was first introduced to many of us, has said goodbye to The Disney Obsession. Take a moment and give him a proper send off, thanking him for all that he has given all of us over the years.

George Taylor is giving a lecture on The Art of the Amusement Park this month, stop by and see what the buzz is all about on Imaginerding.

Babes in Toyland’s trees from the Forest of No Return are chronicled by Kevin Kidney.

Jeff Heimbach has a thought provoking editorial on the current state of Walt Disney World maintenance in The 626.

Adam and Andrew give us the origin of tiki drums at the Disney Hipster Blog.

A great reflection on the Storytellers Statue comes from Richard Tobin for Mouse Troop.

Melissa Knight Coulter gives us her Disney must dos of 2013 on Disney On Wheels.

Pumpkin Pecan Tart? AJ Wolfe may have made my wife’s upcoming trip with this review from The Disney Food Blog.

Sarah Holodick samples the St. Louis Ribs from Flame Tree Barbeque for Eating WDW.

Photos sometimes hold secrets even we don’t realize, as Estelle Hallick found out when she found the Family Fun Day Parade when she was flipping through pictures at This Happy Place Blog.

Italy’s gelato is sampled by Melissa Sue Sorrells Galley for Mouse on the Mind.