Located in Anaheim, California, the Disneyland Resort is home to two of the world’s most popular theme parks: Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. It also boasts three on-site themed hotels, guests of which receive special early-entry privileges for the parks. The Downtown Disney entertainment district hosts a variety of shops and restaurants, as well as a multi-screen cinema complex.
It was June 2020 – when all six of Disney’s U.S. theme parks were still shuttered amidst the COVID-19 pandemic – that Disney announced a major change few had expected. In the years that followed, both installations of Splash Mountain (at Disneyland Park since 1989 and Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom since 1992) would shed their names,…
Theme parks are a place of fun and excitement for thousands of traveling families every day. Children and adults alike flock to these popular spots for leisure and relaxation and for the most part, that’s what they get—but even a near-perfect vacation can have its scary moments even outside of October! For most, any average…
Disney Parks tend to go big for the holidays. Fans dream all year of walking down Main Street, U.S.A. at Christmas; they plan their trips around riding the “Jingle Cruise” or “it’s a small world holiday”; they battle the crowds to experience New Year’s Eve as only EPCOT can do it. But as theme park…
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…
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…
Joe Rohde, stands out as one of the most influential Imagineers in Disney’s history. His career, spanning nearly four decades, has left a major mark on the theme park industry. All through his contributions to Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Aulani, and various other groundbreaking projects. Rohde’s work is characterized by a deep commitment to storytelling. Along…
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…
Disney is aiming to improve its guest experience with Lightning Lanes. The company is revamping its skip-the-line program at Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort. Out is the near-universally disliked Genie+ program and in its place will be a new program known as Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Single Pass. The program is…
