Disney Tips Your Guide To A Great Disney Vacation

The classic Disney “kiss good night” doesn’t come in any more classic a version than an epic fireworks show to cap off a fun (and probably exhausting) day spent with your family and friends in the Parks. What really separates the pyrotechnics of a Disney fireworks spectacular, though, especially from consumer fireworks, is the ability of those high-in-the-sky explosives to ...

According to the lyrics of Frank Loesser’s classic song “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”, the “jackpot question” we’re all asking ourselves this season is just what we’re planning to do on New Year’s Eve. Some of us will be snuggled at home waiting for the world-famous ball to drop in New York City’s Times Square, while others might ...

Like the past several years before it, for many of us 2022 was a bit of a bummer. The realities of a world still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic mean that many of our favorite things – like the Disney Parks – are struggling to return to normalcy. Certain rides and attractions remain closed, new ones are delayed, and the ...

You may not know who John Henry Pepper or Giambattista della Porta are, but if you’re a fan of the Disney Parks (and especially of the Haunted Mansion) then you certainly know their work – Pepper’s ghost. No, we’re not talking about an animatronic that can be found amongst the 999 happy haunts at the Disney Parks’ ghoulish mystery manors, ...

The Walt Disney World Resort may just be the storytelling capital of the world. Everything at Walt Disney World has a backstory, and we mean everything. Ever Disney park and land, attractions/ride, and even stores and restaurants — every creation of Walt Disney Imagineering for all the Disney theme parks, in fact — has a backstory explaining how they got ...

Though I grew up as a kid going to the Walt Disney World resort every few years, there was on category of Disney Park ride that I always scrupulously avoided – the roller coasters. One would think that, as I got older, I would want more of a thrill than could be provided by fast-moving attractions like Test Track or ...

Disneyland. Walt Disney’s original theme park. Where age relives fond memories of the past and youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Home to nostalgia, fantasy, adventure . . . and a teenage dance club!? RELATED: What Teens Like About Walt Disney World That’s right, Disneyland was once home to a teen-focused dance club called Videopolis, which ...

One of the most beloved traditions of the holiday season at Walt Disney World Resort is the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. Disney describes this EPCOT festival as “a spirited seasonal event inspired by cultures near and far” and “an international yuletide extravaganza” where Guests can celebrate holidays from around the world! In practice – since most of the ...

For anybody looking to get into the theme park industry and the field of theme park design – or anybody just interested in the hard work that goes into the “magic” of our favorite Parks, attractions, and experiences – the definitive, must-read book for the field is David Younger’s fantastic Theme Park Design & The Art of Themed Entertainment. Younger ...

In the world of theme park and themed entertainment design, a huge variety of disciplines come together to make a ride, attraction, stage production, or, more generally, a “show” of any sort. Some of the roles tasked with making these shows come to fruition are obvious. A lighting designer is responsible for the lights, a sound designer for the sound, ...