An independent website featuring photos, videos, and travel musings by Alan S. Dalinka.
[EXCITING UPDATE: NEW TEMPLATE INSTALLATION COMPLETE! – AUGUST 2026 — ALL POSTS & PAGES SHOULD NOW BE WORKING]
World Destinations • USA Destinations • Old Hometown: Chicago • Central Florida Sites*

This is Alan S. Dalinka’s independent website featuring travel photos, videos and other musings from his original hometown of Chicago, to his current home in Central Florida, and around the globe — except when visiting all places Disney Parks, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club and other resorts and other places, exhibits and things associated with The Walt Disney Co. and, more broadly, “Hollywood” wherever it exists, as those are on the sister site, ASDHollywood.com.

The US Capitol building photo is likely from 1988. The Disney elements are from video shot in March and/or November 1996.
This image has been sitting on the server unused for many years and was restored here July 18, 2026!
A Sampling of Some of the Newest Pages Added in July 2026
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Legoland Florida (July 2026)
Legoland Florida hosted a group of invited media for summer 2026 “Lego Festival” on July 20, 2026, and I accompanied a hosted media guest. Read more →
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Washington Dulles Trip (March 2025)
During a visit to the Washington D.C. area (via Dulles Airport) from March 12-18, 2025, explored the Udvar-Hazy Center and its notable exhibits, including the Enola Gay and the Space Shuttle Discovery. Visited various Smithsonian museums on the National Mall.Read more →
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Tampa-St. Pete-Gulfport (March 2026)
Thanks to my work with MousePlanet.com, from time to time I’ve been hosted at media days at Legoland Florida, the former home of Cypress Gardens. This visit was December 1, 2019.Read more →
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Buc-ee’s St. Augustine, FL (November 2024)
On the drive home to Central Florida from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, a recharging and lunch stop at Buc-ee’s in St. Augustine, FL. November 21, 2024.Read more →
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Hilton Head Island, SC (November 2024)
I took a driving trip to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, from Central Florida, November 18-21, 2024. Disney Vacation Club opened Disney’s Hilton Head Resort in 1996, and that is where I stayed on this visit. This album is for photos of other sites around Hilton Head, especially Sea Pines Resort.Read more →
Sampling of 2016 Chicago Slideshow Images
“View from Belmont Harbor – July 15, 2016”
This is Dalinka.com (and Dalinka.net, Dalinka.org, & Dalinka.us)
The Webmaster is ASD: Alan S. Dalinka. A bit about ASD is here.
On December 30, 1995, a personal “home page” was launched that eventually became this page. By August 24, 1996, that “home page” outgrew the free space of that early webpage provider, so it was moved to a more generous free provider, Tripod.com, where it remained until January 1, 2002. Next, it migrated to the host of ASD’s “other” home page (the one focused on Disney & “Hollywood,” The ASDHollywood Page, GeoCities/Yahoo! By September 10, 2007, all of ASD’s pages moved to the current host, IONOS.com (formerly, 1and1.com).
So, to be clear, the pages of ASDHollywood.com are where to to find photos, videos and and other musings from ASD’s visits to Disney Parks & Resorts and other Disney places plus “Hollywood” (which includes Los Angeles and the studios–including Universal Studios theme parks on both coasts–as well other television and film-related places around the USA), the pages of Dalinka.com are devoted to ASD’s travels to other destinations and his original hometown, Chicago. You can read about the technology and development of the site, as well as relevant disclosures and disclaimers here.
This site as been in “beta” since migrating to WordPress over a decade ago, but as of August 2026, with a lot of effort, everything should be working again, at long last! If you find something on the site that isn’t working right, like dead links or images that won’t load, please let me know by email.
Old Hometown: Chicago – The Category Now Includes Return Visits

*Central Florida Sites on Dalinka.com excludes Disney & Universal because they’re at ASDHollywood.com
ASDHollywood.com features ASD’s visits to Disney Parks & Hollywood
These pages all updated as of August 2026!


Page created: December 30, 1995
Last Updated on August 2, 2026










