While the Disneyland Park that we’ve known for over five decades hasn’t operated as a traditional amusement park for the past year, it doesn’t mean that Disneyland has remained stagnant. Today, the resort announced DisneylandForward, a multiyear public planning effort with...
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Disneyland and California Adventure Reopening April 30
Disneyland and Disney California Adventure will tentatively reopen April 30, 2021, the Walt Disney Company announced today. Disneyland and Disney California Adventure will both reopen on April 30 following Disney’s Grand California Hotel & Spa on April 29. Downtown Disney...
Continue reading...So When Will California Theme Parks Start Reopening? What We Know, and What We’re Guessing
Update: We’re adding the dates parks are opening as they announce them below, but also be sure to check our running list of re-opening dates for all US theme parks! Last week the state of California announced new guidance that...
Continue reading...12 Best Theme Park Steam Trains in America
All-aboard! What’s a visit to a theme park without a ride on a classic steam locomotive? Here’s our picks for the best theme park steam trains in America. To come up with this non-scientific list, we looked at many factors...
Continue reading...A Live-Action TV Universe About Disney’s Best Attractions Is in the Works
This afternoon, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Ron Moore, the writer/producer behind For All Mankind, Outlander and Battlestar Galactica, is developing a “Magic Kingdom TV Universe” that will bring Disney’s most famous attractions to life on Disney+. Moore is reportedly a...
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...Disney to Reimagine Portions of Jungle Cruise at Walt Disney World and Disneyland
Disney has announced changes are coming to an opening day attraction at both Disneyland Park and Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, the World Famous Jungle Cruise. In a post on the official Disney Parks Blog, it’s noted that these enhancements...
Continue reading...Disney “Sunsets” Current Disneyland Annual Pass Program
Disneyland announced today that they are effectively cancelling all annual passes, due to continued uncertainty for theme parks in the wake of the closures caused by COVID-19. In a statement posted on social media, Disneyland President Ken Potrock said: “We...
Continue reading...The Unofficial Disney Parks Cookbook Review
2020 has undoubtedly been a rough year for us all with the COVID-19 pandemic. This has especially been true for the amusement park industry, with parks across the country shuttering their doors for months, and Disneyland Resort in California having...
Continue reading...A Very Amusing Disney Coaster Discussion with Carlye Wisel – The Coaster101 Podcast
This week on the podcast we’re joined by a very special guest: Theme Park journalist extraordinaire Carlye Wisel! Carlye writes about theme parks for publications as wide ranging as Travel & Leisure, Eater, and SyFy, and this past summer started...
Continue reading...Disney Planning Space Mountain Movie
Disney is in the early stages of producing a movie based on the popular Space Mountain roller coaster found at several of the company’s theme parks. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Joby Harold, the writer and executive producer of the...
Continue reading...The Most Bizarre Disney Story Never Told: An Interview with Defunctland’s Kevin Perjurer about “Live from the Space Stage: A Halyx Story”
If you have ever been inclined to dig deep into the history of a long-forgotten attraction, or a piece of Disney concept art that was never realized, you have probably come across the YouTube channel Defunctland. Created by Kevin Perjurer,...
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