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Erica Lauren is a theme park writer and content creator based in Orlando, Florida, where she enjoys the magic of Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando Resort. With frequent visits to the parks, she provides an insider's perspective on the attractions. As a dedicated runDisney participant, Erica combines her love for running with her passion for theme parks. When not writing or running through the parks, she’s busy planning her next trip to discover new amusement parks. A thrill ride enthusiast, she believes the best seat is always in the front row of the fastest coaster and has plenty of trip reports to back it up.

Disney Just Created the Most Nostalgic Event of the Summer, and Space Is Limited

julie andrews princess diaries

There is a specific kind of nostalgia that belongs almost exclusively to millennials who grew up in the early 2000s, and it is the nostalgia for a very particular kind of Disney movie. Not the animated classics. Not the theme park spectaculars. The live-action films that felt made specifically for teenagers, figuring out who they were and finding something deeply ...

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Disney Continues To Shove ‘Frozen’ Content In Guests’ Faces, and This Time It Is at Sea

'Frozen' characters

Disney Cruise Line has always understood that a Disney cruise is not simply a cruise with Disney characters aboard. It is a floating extension of the Disney Parks experience, a self-contained world where the entertainment, the theming, the food, and the atmosphere are designed to work together in the same way they do on land, with the added dimension of ...

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Your Favorite Muppet Is Getting Their Own Snack Stand at Orlando Disney Park

Muppets Mayhem Poster

Disney’s Hollywood Studios is about to offer one of the more fully realized single-day experiences the park has offered in years, and it is all centered around a franchise that has been part of the park’s identity for decades, in various forms. The Muppets have always belonged at Hollywood Studios in a way that feels genuinely earned rather than arbitrarily ...

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Disneyland Closed Its Beloved Pin Trading Location, and the New Rules Are Brutal

Disneyland Pin Trading

There are traditions at Disneyland that exist entirely outside the official guest experience, things that were never formally designed by Imagineers or written into any operational playbook but grew organically out of the community that surrounds the park. Pin trading is one of those traditions. It has been part of Disneyland culture for decades, evolving from a simple collectible exchange ...

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Holiday Shows Everyone Wanted Back at Disney Are Officially Returning This Year

Mickey Mouse Christmas parade

There is a specific kind of anticipation that comes with the Walt Disney World holiday season that does not exist at any other time of year. It builds slowly, usually somewhere around mid-summer, when the first casting calls go out and the first hints of the season’s entertainment lineup start surfacing through the channels that Disney Parks fans pay close ...

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