Disney Tips Your Guide To A Great Disney Vacation

A heart-stopping moment at Walt Disney World’s Polynesian Village Resort was narrowly averted thanks to the extraordinary reflexes of a fellow parkgoer. In a viral video shared on X by user @AKrause55, a male guest riding down the resort’s signature volcano water slide was forced to execute an emergency mid-slide rescue after spotting an unsupervised toddler climbing up the water ...

What began as a quiet, unannounced closure of a single shop in EPCOT’s Germany Pavilion has spiraled into a sprawling construction zone. Disney has walled off major retail corridors, wrapped building facades in scrim, gutted public restrooms, and erased store pages from its official website—all without providing an estimated reopening date. Credit: Disney The July Closure and September Escalation The ...

Toy Story Land’s marquee coaster, Slinky Dog Dash, has finally resumed operation at Disney’s Hollywood Studios after enduring one of its most erratic weeks of unscheduled downtime in recent memory. Following multi-day closures, false starts, and a bizarre run under maintenance lighting, the popular family attraction spent the first week of September 2026 struggling to keep its trains moving through ...

Disney theme park security is drawing a firm line in the sand regarding ride safety at Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. Following a string of dangerous incidents—including one in which a teenager stepped out of his log flume and slid down the attraction’s 50-foot final drop—Disney has implemented aggressive new safeguards. Beyond installing 12 high-visibility warning signs, the resort has introduced continuous, ...

Planning a Walt Disney World vacation is supposed to be about creating fairy-tale memories, but managing ride reservations in the My Disney Experience app often feels like an endless digital chore. Disney leadership has even recognized that excessive screen time is one of the biggest points of frustration for parkgoers. To combat screen fatigue and stay present with their families, ...

Walt Disney World is executing a property-wide crackdown on unauthorized resort hopping, and hotel swimming pools are the latest target. Cast Members at Disney’s BoardWalk Resort have confirmed a renewed, aggressive push to enforce the resort’s long-standing “no pool hopping” policy, turning away unregistered guests at pool entrances across the property. Credit: Michael, Flickr Stopped at the Gate at Luna ...

Labor Day weekend is officially your last chance to experience Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon before it closes its gates indefinitely. Starting Wednesday, September 9, 2026, the popular tropical water park will shut down for an extended seasonal refurbishment. With Disney’s Blizzard Beach remaining open as the sole water park at the resort, Typhoon Lagoon’s future is temporarily going dark—with no 2027 ...

For years, buying paid line-skipping passes like Lightning Lane Multi Pass felt like a non-negotiable expense for a Walt Disney World vacation. But this September, buying those passes is officially a money-wasting trap. Theme park attendance across all four parks has plummeted, bringing standby wait times down to historic multi-year lows. If you are visiting Disney World this month, keeping ...

Theme park fans are fiercely protective of Disney history, but even the most cherished traditions eventually face the reality of a changing world. At Magic Kingdom, a growing consensus among parkgoers suggests that it might finally be time for Walt Disney World to retire The Hall of Presidents. Once considered the crown jewel of Audio-Animatronics engineering, this opening-day attraction is ...

For a generation of dedicated fans, no trip to the mall was complete without stepping into the immersive, plush-filled wonderland of a physical Disney retail location. After years of aggressive closures that pushed consumers toward digital shopping and big-box store aisles, The Walt Disney Company is officially bringing the in-person magic back to the local mall. Credit: Phillip Pessar, Flickr ...