Let’s face it. We hate to admit it, but roller coasters aren’t for every member of the family, and there are people who would rather visit another family attraction like a zoo or aquarium. According to the Association of Zoos...
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Top 10 One-Coaster Parks in the US
For credit-counting roller coaster enthusiasts around the country, visiting a park with a single credit might not always seem like the most valuable use of time. However, these parks often provide more than just coaster credits to make it worth...
Continue reading...7 Ideas for a DinoLand USA Replacement at Animal Kingdom
Last fall, as I walked through the slowly fossilizing DinoLand USA area at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, my mind began to spin thinking of all the things Disney Imagineers could do with the half-dead space. After all, it has remained largely...
Continue reading...Top 10 Theme Park Lands in the US
Frontierland. Adventureland. Fantasyland. Tomorrowland. With Disneyland’s grand opening in 1955, the ability to bring lands of imagination to life was born. They featured buildings and attractions from the past, future and fiction for guests to experience like never before. Since...
Continue reading...Pros and Cons of Visiting Disney World During a Pandemic
Walt Disney World, along with other Orlando- and Central-Florida theme parks, reopened this summer amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Like many parks across the country, they have implemented numerous health and safety protocols to reduce the risk of guests and...
Continue reading...Disney World Plans Phased Reopening Beginning July 11
Disney officials unveiled plans today for a phased reopening of the Walt Disney World theme parks, starting with Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom on July 11 followed by Epcot and Disney Hollywood Studios on July 15. The parks have been...
Continue reading...Book Review + Giveaway: Walt Disney World Hacks
As someone who is planning a trip to Walt Disney World trip, I have to admit that I’m a little intimidated. I haven’t visited a Disney park in nearly 10 years, and I know a lot has changed — new...
Continue reading...What Makes Avatar: Flight of Passage So Immersive
A year in a half after opening, I finally made it on Avatar: Flight of Passage at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. I immediately asked myself, why did I wait so long? More than four million people have ridden Flight of Passage since...
Continue reading...Pandora World of Avatar at Animal Kingdom to Open May 27
Today, Disney Parks announced that Pandora – World of Avatar at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom will officially open on May 27, 2017: Departures to Pandora – The World of Avatar begin May 27, 2017 from Disney’s Animal Kingdom! #VisitPandora Details...
Continue reading...Behind the Scenes at Animal Kingdom’s Pandora
After years of development and construction, Pandora: The World of Avatar at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom is finally scheduled to open this summer, and Disney is beginning to preview the theme park land’s high-tech attraction and thematic offerings. Watch...
Continue reading...A-Z Coaster of the Week: Expedition Everest
Welcome back to another installment in our “A-Z Coaster of the Week” series, where each week we feature a different coaster starting with a different letter of the alphabet. This week, we head down to the Theme Park Capital of...
Continue reading...Disney Teases Avatar at Animal Kingdom
Although ground officially broke last year on the long-awaited Avatar Pandora land at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, we still don’t know exactly what the new area will feature when it opens. The new area, inspired by the Avatar film franchise, will...
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