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As we wave goodbye to 2018, let’s also say a final farewell to a Disney location we’ll never see again – the Castle Heraldry Shoppe in Fantasyland. If you’ve been to Disneyland in the last year then you may have visited this shop in its new incarnation as the Castle Christmas Shoppe, but before it was Fantasyland’s one-stop shop for Disney-themed ornaments, this tiny space was once the only place in Disneyland to buy real swords as souvenirs. You can have your Buzz Lightyear blasters and your lightsabers, I’ll take my medieval broadsword and then we’ll see who’s the baddest dude in Disneyland.

And with that parting thought, I want to thank everybody who followed my posts in 2018, and wish you all a very happy new year. See you folks in 2019!