Disney Tips Your Guide To A Great Disney Vacation

This is not new information. A month ago, this warning went out, and it bears repeating with enough urgency that guests planning a Walt Disney World trip this weekend who may have missed the original heads-up have time to adjust before they find themselves standing outside EPCOT at 9 a.m. on Sunday morning, wondering why the gates are still closed, ...

There is a specific kind of Disney fan who does not simply visit the parks and collect merchandise for themselves. They extend the Disney lifestyle outward into every corner of their lives, including the corners occupied by the pets who share their home and who, through no choice of their own, have become participants in the broader Disney aesthetic their ...

The Polynesian Village Resort occupies a position within the Walt Disney World ecosystem that most other resorts on property simply cannot match. Its location on the shores of the Seven Seas Lagoon puts it in a geographic relationship with Magic Kingdom that translates into transportation options unavailable to guests staying anywhere else on property except the Contemporary Resort and the ...

Space Mountain at Disneyland opened on May 27, 1977, making it 48 years old and nearing its 49th birthday. This iconic ride has allowed generations of guests to board rocket-shaped vehicles and experience the sensation of speed in complete darkness. In theme park years, such longevity is rare and reflects Space Mountain’s unique ability to deliver an exhilarating experience that ...

There is a tradition at Disney’s theme parks that most guests walk past every single day without fully understanding what they are looking at. The windows lining the upper facades of Main Street, U.S.A., at Magic Kingdom are not decorative details meant to make the street feel more like a turn-of-the-century American town. They are a roll call of the ...

Disney has been moving its executive chess pieces with notable frequency over the past several months and the pattern of promotions, departures, and structural reorganizations that has been playing out at the company’s highest levels tells a story about where Disney’s leadership is headed and how the organization is being rebuilt around the people Bob Iger and his team have ...

Magic Kingdom went years without a nighttime parade, and the absence was felt by anyone who remembered what the parks felt like when the streets of Main Street, U.S.A. came alive after dark with floats, music, and the specific kind of communal magic that only a Disney nighttime parade can generate. SpectroMagic was a generational touchstone for guests who grew ...

DinoLand U.S.A. has details that only the most observant guests fully appreciate, especially in Chester and Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures. This gift shop, located in DinoLand U.S.A., tells the story of two locals, Chester and Hester, who found dinosaur bones nearby and turned an old gas station into a themed souvenir shop. The store is chaotic and campy, filled with specific ...

There are certain attractions at Walt Disney World that exist in a category beyond simply being popular rides. They are landmarks. They are the first things certain guests think of when they think of a specific park: the experiences that anchor entire vacation memories across generations of families who have been riding them since childhood and have since brought their ...

This morning at Magic Kingdom, something that has been missing from Tomorrowland for months returned, and the guests who walked through the park gates at 8 a.m. are among the first to experience it under full official operating conditions. The soft opening period, which gave early visitors a preview of the reimagined attraction over the past week, served its purpose ...