Theme Park Tourist

Because so many of Disney’s attractions and lands are trying to transport you somewhere different-but-still-familiar, they’re all designed to echo real types of art and architecture you’d find elsewhere in the world. Some of these buildings were so striking and so evocative, Disney couldn’t help but nearly recreate the entire thing.

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Regardless of where you stand on this debate, it appears that MagicBands are here to stay. With the massive outlays of both money and time that have already been invested, and many of the bugs having been worked out of the system, it seems likely that Disney will press on with additional uses for the technology.

Ellen’s Energy Adventure opened in 1996, and has seen only minor upgrades since that time. Which begs the question – is it really worthy of a twenty-year-long run? While animatronics continue to be pretty awe-inspiring, and – incredibly – Alex Trebek really is still hosting Jeopardy — there are certainly some holes and outdated info in the script.

When new attractions pop up at Disney parks around the globe, us Disney fans like to imagine how Walt might feel about them, should he have had the opportunity to experience them. I firmly believe that Walt would absolutely adore Soarin’ and Soarin’ over California, largely because they have all the hallmarks of the kinds of attractions he designed.

Not every aspect of an amusement park vacation is predicated upon the rides. Sometimes, you want to relax and enjoy the scenery.

This is the weekly news, rumors and refurbishments update for Walt Disney World for the week of April 19, 2015.

Here is a list of the eight restaurants where you must get advance dinner reservations if you want to eat there.