Mouse Kingdom

Proper noun

the Mouse Kingdom

1. (humorous) Walt Disney World.
   • My brother (the minor regional poet and CnW artiste) went to Orlando (in the Mouse Kingdom) for a minor regional poet's confab oncet and hooked up with a cowboy poet from Wyoming.1994 July 26, Ted Samse, “ORLANDO [not the sound of Florida in my ears]”, in rec.arts.books (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jul 2022
   • Don't know what the temperture is by Maryjo, but the weather in Sarasota, Fl. is supposed to be up in the low 80's today. It is usually warmer here than Lakecity.
     It is supposed to be in the same in Orlando, at the Mouse Kingdom where my husband and I are heading in just a couple of hours.1999 November 6, Catherine Hassard, “OT A Message From George Carlin”, in alt.support.crohns-colitis (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jul 2022
2. (humorous) The Walt Disney Company.
   • "On the Disney side--remember these people own a movie studio, cable TVvhannels and ABC--there's plenty of people who are technicall astute. Bran Ferren, Alan Kay, Marvin Minsky, Seymour Papret, and Danny Hillis, geeks all, have found comfortable homes in the mouse kingdom."1998 March 10, Tripp1901, “Disney Buying Apple Computers???”, in alt.disney.disneyland (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jul 2022
   • There's a current fan-myth that Mulan was directly inspired by Mononoke, which is incredibly unlikely given Disney's film began production long before Ghibli's. (Unless the Mouse Kingdom ransacked Miyazaki's early treatments - which were a variant on the Beauty and the Beast story, with a young...1998 July 16, andrew osmond, “summer is here”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jul 2022
3. (humorous, uncommon) The Disneyland Resort.
   • Welcome from another Californian. We seem to be getting quite a group here. I'm kind of near the mouse kingdom, but not as close as Sandra. Guess we are spread out everywhere. : )1997 September 19, Bev, “WHO IS FORTY OR MORE?”, in alt.penpals.forty-plus-yrs (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jul 2022
   • I sold the trip to Track Worlds on the proximity to the Mouse Kingdom (Le Royaume de Souris to you, Brian). It's spring break so the rest of my family is available to travel. Note, if you refer to the Mouse Kingdom to a travel agent they know exactly what you are talking about. You might have to...2005 March 26, Bob Schwartz, “True Story”, in rec.bicycles.racing (Usenet), retrieved 19 Jul 2022