Disney Tips Your Guide To A Great Disney Vacation

You’ve visited the Haunted Mansion more times than you’ve visited some family members’ homes. You know every word to “Grim Grinning Ghosts.” You automatically know to move to the dead center of the Stretching Room (though still closest to the wall panel that disguises the exit door). In short, you’re a Haunted Mansion master. RELATED: Spotlight On Walt Disney World‘s ...

While Walt Disney World may be the happiest place on earth (or is that Disneyland resort? Tokyo Disneyland? maybe just the Disney Parks in general? “The Most Magical Place on Earth” works, too), in several places, some of that happiness is tinged with quite a bit of sadness, the macabre, or even quite gruesome implications. And, no, we’re not talking ...

EPCOT. Epcot. EPCOT Center. The Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Walt Disney World‘s “second gate,” EPCOT, has been many things – and had many names – over the course of its 40-year existence, ranging from a plan for an actual city through to a theme park, a “permanent world’s fair,” a source of edutainment, and a place where Every Person ...

When EPCOT first opened in 1981, it was hardly a child-friendly Park. Between the presentational and pedagogical attractions of Future World, the lack of rides in World Showcase, and the massive amount of walking required to traverse the two halves of the Park, many of the smallest Guests had nothing to get excited about when visiting Walt Disney World’s second ...

When Universal Orlando opened The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Hogsmeade at Universal’s Islands of Adventure in 2014, the opening shot was fired in a new battle between the world’s biggest theme park companies. Universal would spend the next decade fighting back-and-forth with the Walt Disney Company over which Park could create the most intricate, ornate, fan-desired new land ...

If there’s one thing that Disney Parks fans love as much as the attractions at their favorite theme parks . . . well, it’s the food. But if there are two things that Disney Parks fan love as much as the attractions . . . it’s probably character meet-and-greats. However, if there are three things that Disney Parks fans love ...