Shelly 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.
Coming back after a long absence has been a gratifying and humbling experience. I'm gratified every time someone remembers me, and every once in a while I'm humbled.Thank you for the outpouring of concern while I was down for...
The Southern Californian version of Autumn has hit Southern California, bringing with it cooler weather (all the way down to the low 70s during the day! Break out the long sleeves!) and everyone seems to be nicer to each...
I'm back from the MiceChat Walt Disney World Invasion. It was amazing, and I'm very, very sick. I'm actually writing this lying on my side. I didn't get sick there, I had a small thing here, thought it would...
Hong Kong is No Phooey
As wonderful as the Halloween festivities are in the US parks, they pale in comparison to what happens overseas. I hope that the US parks step up their game in the coming years. This stuff...
I am writing this from the foot of a bed at the Cabana Bay Beach Resort in Orlando, and I still cannot believe that I am here. We are going to see Butterbeerland tomorrow, and do some serious Sipping...
In the midst of packing for the MiceChat Walt Disney World Invasion and having a quick afternoon Kungaloosh with MiceChatter and swell fella David T. at Trader Sam's, I found some interesting stuff going on. Let's jump right into...
Hello, Fab Nation! The air here in California reached a brisk 89 degrees today, heralding the entrance of fall and all of the wonderful things it brings, including the MiceChat Invasion of Walt Disney World in less than two...
Sorry I'm late, Fab Newsies. I got hit with several native curses Monday night after the Mahaloween Luau, namely my inhaler reacting really badly with my allergy meds and and accidental slug or three of leaded Featured Tropical Concoction...
Hello, sweet Fabanistas. The weekend approaches, and for us, it's going to be a busy one!
Luau, Baby!
There's still time to get tickets for the CHOC Ambassador Luau this Saturday night. There will be food, fun, Disney characters and hula...
Rebel, Rebel
Sarah Michelle Gellar, whom I loved as Kendall Hart in All My Children, will be playing the Seventh Sister (Sithster?) a cunning, evil Inquisitor who wields a wicked lightsaber. She'll be talking about it at New York Comic-Con,...
It's October, and that means even more to us Disneyland-loving folks than Ghost Galaxy and pumpkin beignets - it means that it's time for the annual CHOC Walk in the Park!
My pally puts it best:
"NEW MAGIC HAS BEEN...
Hello Fabanistas! Hasn't it been an exciting week? Well, that's nothing compared to what's coming up!
Register This
I wrote this year's ocregister.com Knott's Scary Farm guide. Thanks to Mark Eades for suggesting me for the job and editorial suggestions.
Meese-ka, Moose-ka,...
It's been a heck of a week, and it's just beginning. Strap in and hang on tight!
Congratulations!
Sergio Iriarte and Mike are our winners, according to random.org, of the digital copies of the Diamond Edition release of Aladdin. Expect a...
Wondering where I was all day? I was in Embargoland! I signed a thingy! But I can show you now!
So, here it is:
Disney Home Entertainment is Granting Wishes!
If you're eager to get your virtual hands on a digital copy...
What a couple of days it's been! And what a couple of days it's going to be! I'm writing this Monday night after a press day for Hotel Transylvania (I can tell you all about it Thursday afternoon, but...
So, how did you feel about the Walt Disney thing on PBS? Don't hold back. Check out the comments from Fab News day before yesterday - people have been having a really great conversation with almost no personal attacks...
A Look at 21 Royal Street
We have a totally glamorous first look at the all-new 21 Royal Street dining room at Disneyland courtesy of an early guest.
But first, what exactly IS 21 Royal Street? Well, 21 Royal Street is...
That's Not Frozen Fever
Some unintended excitement came to the future home of Anna, Elsa and their friends in the form of a small fire yesterday at Epcot. The fire started in a construction area for the new Frozen Ever...
Labor Day weekend is over, MiceChateers, but don't be glum - it just means a shorter work week for you Monday to Friday folks, right? It seems that as soon as I finish something, I have ten more things...
Hi there ho there MiceChatters and Fabtopians! Lots of news bites for you today.
MiceChat Hits the FandomVerse!
Terri Hardin, Dusty Sage and The Fabulous Disney Babe Shelly Valladolid - hey! That's me! will be appearing at the FandomVerse Expo this...