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July 2020

Lifestyle, News

4 Happy Brain Chemicals and Relations to Disney

What chemicals are responsible for feelings of happiness? The four magical chemical messengers in your brain that bring on happy sensations are dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins, easily remembered as an acronym – D.O.S.E. If you are visiting the theme…

Lifestyle

My New Disney Lifestyle

At the beginning of this year, if someone were to tell me that my whole lifestyle would be consumed by Disney, I would have laughed. I always loved Disney growing up, but it surely wasn’t a lifestyle. I didn’t own…

Shopping

Disney Outlet Trip – Citadel

Since COVID-19, most Disney Store’s have remained shuttered down. The Disney Outlet at the Citadel in Commerce has been open for a couple of weeks now. The Citadel Outlet is about 20 minutes away from Disneyland without any traffic. It’s…

Disneyland

Downtown Disney COVID Safety Signs

It’s been a week since Downtown Disney reopened. With the coronavirus at large, they haven’t ordered the closure of Downtown Disney. Many protocols and safety signs were set in several areas to remind customers of how to be safe while…

Disneyland

1st Day at Downtown Disney

Today is Thursday, July 8th! It is the first day that Downtown Disney is open to the public. I know many people had been waiting for this day, so crowds are to be expected. DTD doesn’t open until 10 am,…

Disneyland, News

Downtown Disney Re-Opening

While the re-opening of the theme park is unclear, Downtown Disney is still underway to re-open with limited capacity on Thursday, July 9th. Wednesday is reserved as a soft-opening for Cast Members. I am planning to go on the first…

News

Is Disney Dopamine a Thing?

What is dopamine? Dopamine is a neurotransmitter responsible for firing signals between nerve cells (neurons) and the brain – a chemical messenger of some sort.  Dopamine is associated with good feelings, pleasure, and excitement. It goes hand in hand with…

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