By now, you know the story. In 2001 – the waning years of exiting CEO Michael Eisner at the height of his cost-cutting, budget-slashing era – Disneyland’s long-time dream of gaining a second theme park became a nightmare. Disney’s California Adventure was a mistake from the start. A self-referential, comical park designed with a “tongue-in-cheek attitude”…
If you’re like us, you probably haven’t forgotten the 2022 D23 Expo – the shockingly disappointing post-pandemic event wherein Disney infamously failed to announce any new, unknown projects for its theme parks. Disney Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro instead spent the Expo dancing around the many downgrades and cancellations that had been made in the wake of…
Deep in the dense and uncharted understory of Jungle X, Rapterra is rising, and the skyline of Kings Dominion may never be the same… Here’s what you need to know to be prepared to conquer the skies on “the tallest and longest launched wing coaster in the world.” It all started in an ancient past……
The time has come. Er, gone. At long last, Disney has officially waved the white flag and announced surrender. In the not-so-distant future, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World will un-anchor itself from its strict setting in the Disney-produced “sequel trilogy” and open the floodgates to a new (or as…
“So the story begins with a ten-year old girl named Opal who meets a scruffy dog in the parking lot of a grocery store and names him Winn Dixie…” Okay, okay, so it might’ve been a long time since you’ve written a “book report,” but surely, you remember them. Standing before the whole rest of…
You know them by their names; their stats; their silhouettes… They’re the biggest, the fastest, the most extreme, the most unusual… They are the members of the COASTER PANTHEON – the staggering collection of iconic, landmark coasters that permeate into pop culture and become bucket list rides for thirllseekers around the globe. Today, we’ve collected the…
There once was a day when classic coaster manufacturer Arrow Dynamics ruled the skyline of amusement parks around the globe. From rudimentary mine trains of the ’60s to Double Loops and Corkscrews of the ’70s; extraordinary “multi-loopers” of the ’80s, and then suspended, swinging coasters and 200-foot hypercoasters of the ’90s… You’d be hard-pressed to…
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser was supposed to be unlike anything Disney Imagineers had ever designed before. Not a hotel, but a totally immersive, two night Star Wars adventure. It was a bold, ambitious plan that most Disney fans seemed to think was at least a clever experiment… until they discovered the price. Just before the…
When you first imagine a trip to a Disney resort around the globe, you’ll no doubt first think of the incredible things you’ll see, do, eat, and ride at the company’s theme parks. But when you get serious about planning, another massive question will quickly emerge: where you’ll stay. The Walt Disney Company operates 39…
For Cedar Point, there could be no greater frustration than having their brand new, much-touted, new for 2024 ride standing-but-not-operating for weeks after its initial debut. A lot of people are to blame… but who do you think deserves the embarrassment?
