Last week Shane explained how Team Parkeology would be visiting Tokyo and then went on to list all the Japanese rides in order of his anticipation to experience them. It is not about what rides are the biggest, most expensive or even most unique, simply the rides that hold the most personal interest for whatever […]
Disney Theme Park News and Rumors
Shanghai Disneyland and the End of Civilization: Welcome to Thunderdome
Society has collapsed. Mob rule, bedlam, and anarchy are the norm. Unnamed vandals and costumed thugs roam the lawless streets; unruly clans devour every inch of space squeezing the life out of the remaining panicked innocents. The once pristine land has been laid to waste, water is in short supply and the unflinching heat shows […]
Disney VS. Trump: We Reveal Big Changes Coming to WDW
It all seemed like a joke some months back when Donald Trump (along with Melania, his European trophy wife) took a torturously slow escalator ride down to what certainly must be the most bizarre presidential campaign announcement in history. Backed by approximately a thousand flags and cheered on by a crowd that looked to be […]
Streetmosphere Pirates Dig For Treasure In Their Noses
It happened during the week between Christmas and New Year’s. A week when the parks are so crowded, you have to wait in line just to scoff at the latest DVC sales booth. I’m pretty sure this was an “Apocalyptic Crowds Season” deal, and that this will not become a regular occurrence in Adventureland. But for a brief […]
Jar Jar Binks Takes Spotlight in Star Tours Upgrade
Fan-favorite Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks has been elevated to an expanded role in the 4-year-old ride Star Tours ride, thanks to the Disney marketing machine. This move is no doubt intended to counteract the potential fall-out from another recent change to the ride: The addition of an entire sequence based on a scene from The Force Awakens, which […]
Star Wars: Can you be a kid again?
1982 was the “Dawn of a New Disney Era” as EPCOT Center was born. I was 14. It was an incredible time. We were in the middle of some sort of crazy golden age of entertainment, at least as far as an adolescent boy was concerned I was unaware of the struggles Disney was going […]
Animal Kingdom’s Latest Delicious Treat is… Poop
A while back, I praised Universal’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter for creating the perfect theme park food crossover. Famous fictional food in a theme park is something Disney has never quite mastered, though they do allow you to eat famous fictional mice for every meal of the day. But now that bare-bones approach is about […]
Mickey’s Sorcerer’s Hat Removal Uncovers Priceless Work of Art
In the year 1505 — barely a decade after the discovery of North America by Christopher Columbus — the two greatest artists of all time were commissioned to decorate opposite walls in the Hall of the Five Hundred in Florence, Italy. Leonardo da Vinci and his rival Michelangelo both began studies on their respective frescos and worked […]
What may be?
Several weeks ago Disney announced that Maelstrom at the Norway Pavilion in Epcot was closing down to be replaced by a Frozen attraction. In fact much of the Norway pavilion will undergo changes as they add more Frozen merchandise locations and a meet and greet as well. We did not have too much to say […]