Disney Tips Your Guide To A Great Disney Vacation

The best theming at Walt Disney World is the kind you find rather than the kind you are shown. That is what makes the Walt Disney Studios Lot at Disney’s Hollywood Studios work as well as it does. Since the courtyard opened in May, Imagineering has been quietly filling it with character statues tucked into places most guests would walk ...

Superhero fans were blindsided this week with the confirmation that Sony’s latest addition to the Spider-Man franchise will end. Sony has controlled Spider-Man’s film rights for decades, but since 2015 has shared Tom Holland’s Peter Parker with Marvel Studios. That agreement brought Spider-Man into the MCU, while Sony continued financing and distributing Holland’s solo movies, including Homecoming (2017), Far From Home ...

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 ...

Walt Disney World has spent the past few years proving that even longtime attractions aren’t guaranteed to survive forever. Disney is replacing and modernizing experiences across its four theme parks. Some classics have disappeared, while others are getting major updates. Disney hasn’t announced closures for the five attractions below, so their futures remain speculative. However, their age, location, or nearby ...

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 ...

Disney vacations booked years in advance can come with an unexpected problem: the resort you choose today might look a little different by the time you arrive. That will be the case for some Disney guests in early 2028. Disney has already confirmed a lengthy refurbishment that will take a major recreational area away from guests for several months. The ...

The upcoming Harry Potter reboot has announced more casting news today. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is set to debut on HBO in December, marking the first in seven seasons of a new take on J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world. The series – which has already started work on Season 2, inspired by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – ...

Disney popcorn bucket collectors may want to start preparing now, because the 2026 holiday season is bringing two designs that look like instant sellouts. Limited-edition popcorn buckets have become serious business at Disney parks. The most popular releases can attract long lines, sell out quickly, and appear on resale websites almost immediately. Throw Christmas, Mickey Mouse, and Toy Story into ...

The Mickey waffle is arguably one of the most recognizable breakfast items in the theme park industry. It has been served at Walt Disney World for decades; it shows up on merchandise; people buy the waffle maker to use at home; and there is a genuine argument to be had about which resort food court makes the best. For a lot of ...

Trash cans are not something most people plan a vacation around. But at Walt Disney World, they have always mattered more than they should. The classic cans were designed to disappear into whatever land you were standing in, painted and shaped to match Adventureland, Tomorrowland, or the Africa section of Animal Kingdom. Guests noticed them without noticing them, which was ...