The first ever Disney theme park is still among the most popular parks in the world, ranking second only to Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in 2011 attendance (with some 16.1 million visitors). The park in Anaheim, California still retains the core of its original design and layout, which has become the template for Disney’s other parks around the world. After entering the park on Main Street, U.S.A. guests can head to any of 7 themed lands. These are Adventureland, New Orleans Square, Frontierland, Critter Country, Fantasyland, Mickey’s Toontown and Tomorrowland.
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,…
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…
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…
The opening date for the highly-anticipated The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure attraction at Disney California Adventure has been confirmed as June 3. The new ride will share its opening date with Star Tours: The Adventures Continue at neighboring Disneyland. The ride will recreate the story of the classic Disney animated movie The Little Mermaid,…
Progress continues on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at the Magic Kingdom as we head closer to its official opening this summer…
We now know that Disney’s plans for a West Coast Avatar Land are actually pretty massive, with Disney finally confirming some key details about this new land a few days ago…
Fantasmic! will return to Disneyland Park on May 24 and one of the iconic sequences is being replaced with a fan-favorite…
It looks like the end is near for what’s left of Dinoland U.S.A. as well as the Dinosaur ride…
Disney has confirmed that only $30 billion of its initial $60 billion investment is actually going to Disney theme parks…
