There is a version of a Disneyland visit that is easy to overlook in the planning process, particularly for guests who have been to the park enough times to have a routine. You know which rides you are hitting first. You know where you are eating. You have a general sense of how the day will flow, and you execute ...

Disney’s Hollywood Studios is about to change in a way that has been building since the moment the Aerosmith version of Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster closed its doors earlier this year at Disney World. The reimagined attraction, Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets, opens to the general public on May 26, and the road to that opening has already ...

The countdown to one of the most anticipated attraction debuts Disney’s Hollywood Studios has seen in years is now measured in days rather than weeks, and for Annual Passholders who have been planning their approach to the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring The Muppets preview window, the My Disney Experience app just became significantly more important. The virtual queue for ...

The Walt Disney Company has been named in a class action lawsuit filed in California federal court, and the subject matter sits at the intersection of theme park technology and personal privacy, a combination that is likely to generate significant attention from the millions of guests who visit Disneyland Resort every year. The lawsuit challenges Disney’s use of facial recognition ...

Universal Orlando Resort has spent the last several years transforming Universal Studios Florida into something dramatically different from the park longtime fans remember. Classic attractions have disappeared, entire sections of the park have changed identities, and newer thrill rides now dominate much of the resort’s attention. But amid all those changes, one attraction has continued standing almost untouched: E.T. Adventure. ...

If you are planning a Universal Orlando trip for 2026 and you have not checked the refurbishment calendar recently, now is the time to do it. Credit: Universal Orlando Resort The list of closed and closing attractions across the resort is longer than it typically is, and it includes some permanent losses that represent meaningful changes to what Universal’s parks ...

There was a time when walking into Universal Studios Florida felt completely different from the experience guests get today. The park originally opened in 1991 as a true working-studio-inspired theme park filled with practical effects, behind-the-scenes experiences, live entertainment, and attractions built around classic Universal filmmaking magic. For longtime fans, that version of Universal became unforgettable. The problem? Almost none ...

Disney Springs has a distinct rhythm during the summer months that differs from what happens inside the theme parks. The parks run on ride wait times, Lightning Lane strategies, and the constant negotiation between what you want to do and how long you are willing to stand in the Florida heat to do it. Disney Springs operates on a different ...

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 ...

There are certain things about Disneyland that have never changed, and for70 years, the smell and sound of gasoline engines rumbling through Tomorrowland was one of them. Autopia opened on July 17, 1955, the same day the park itself did, and it has been sending guests down that guided roadway in small, loud, gas-powered cars ever since. It survived the ...