Disney Tips Your Guide To A Great Disney Vacation

Disneyland wasn’t Walt Disney‘s first Park. Sure, it was the first Park he built that Guests could actually walk around in, and it’s widely regarded as the first theme park, ever, but before Disneyland even reached the planning stages Walt was focused on an entirely different park. A much, much smaller one. RELATED: 5 Ways to Celebrate Walt Disney at ...

The phrase “E Ticket ride” has become ubiquitous amongst fans of the Disney Parks, and indeed of theme parks in general. When we call something an “E Ticket,” people know we’re talking about the newest, biggest, most exciting, most thrilling, and most popular attractions. These are the rides that people run to at rope drop, and for which they’ll stand ...

If you’re a Disney Parks fan, or somebody who follows the latest news and photos coming out of Walt Disney World and the other Parks around the world, you may have noticed a disturbing trend lately – Guests getting out of their ride vehicle. And not just reckless kids, either! These range from the (seemingly) relatively benign and virtually unnoticeable, ...

Amongst Disney Parks fans, there’s a fandom for everything – attractions, characters, merchandise, food, you name it. The poster art of the Disney Parks is no exception. These gorgeous coming attraction posters found near the front of the Parks – especially in Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom – work to whet Guests’ appetites for the experiences to come while also ...

Christmas looms large at Walt Disney World, with decorations, events, parades, seasonal overlays, and an endless array of merchandise dedicated to the popular holiday. But it’s not the only holiday that comes at this time of year. This is also the season of Hanukkah, the festival of lights commemorating the victory of the Maccabees (a group of Jewish warriors) over ...

It’s not an easy job looking for a special present for a Disney Parks fan. With so many bits of merchandise out there – ranging from apparel to Funko Pop!s, pins, puzzles and beyond – it can be an arduous task to surreptitiously discover what somebody owns, what they might want, and what they have no interest in. However, if ...

The New York World’s Fair of 1964/1965, held in Flushing Meadows park in New York City, looms large in the history of the Walt Disney Company and the Disney Parks. It’s there that, after opening Disneyland and successfully operating it for the better part of a decade, Walt Disney and his hand-picked team of Imagineers set their sites on the ...

While we may often associate the Walt Disney Company more closely with mice and ducks, the company also has a long history of some pretty fantastic dogs, from Old Yeller to Dug to all 101 dalmatians! But we’re not here to talk about just any Disney dogs. Oh, no. What we’re about to list for you is the top ten ...

If you have a young child – or you’re just young at heart! – and a fan of the Walt Disney Parks, then you’re probably already aware that we’ve entered a new golden age when it comes to Disney Parks Little Golden Books! The past several years have seen a plethora of new Little Golden Books (plus one re-release) that ...

When you hear the phrase “waders, swimmers, and divers” you likely imagine a body of water – perhaps the ocean surf, or a placid swimming pool. But if you’re a theme park designer, you almost certainly start to think about audience/Guest reactions to the stories you’ve put thousands of hours of work into. For designers of theme parks and themed ...