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 […]
Author: Shane
The WDW46 Challenge – Parkeology Rides Again
This week, a lucky quirk in scheduling has paved the way for another Parkeology run at the WDW46 Challenge. On Thursday, Ted will leave snow-swept Chicago en route to sunny Florida, arriving just in time to join Shane on an attempt to ride all 46 rides at Walt Disney World in a single day this Friday, May 29th, […]
6 Ways to Survive Your Last Day of a Walt Disney World Vacation
The dread begins sometime around Day 3. “Halfway” is approaching. The train is cresting the mountain. Sharp rocks lie at the bottom. And then you are barreling towards it, unable to apply the brakes. Soon it will all be over except the screaming and the credit card bills. Not necessarily in that order. The very […]
Four Forgotten Disney Attractions (Which Still Exist)
We all have one. The ride we don’t ride. The ride we avoid. The ride we forget. You’d think that since I live here, it would be nothing but Soarin’ and Space Mountain all the time, but it’s fairly obvious why I don’t hit those rides much. Wait times. I always make it a point […]
Disney Animated Movies Canon – Finding Disney’s Top 10 Animated Feature Films in the Parks
Back in the days of War and Depression (pre-television), the children of the world had only two doorways to Fantasyland. The first was through the magic of the movies on the silver screen. The second was by being named Diane or Sharon Disney. It was not until Disneyland that kids could actually step through Alice’s […]
Five Socially Awkward Ways to Ride Rides at Walt Disney World
Disney prides itself on making everyone feel comfortable. Nobody wants a socially awkward situation. But if you’re not careful, it can happen. Here are five of the most socially awkward ways in which to ride rides at Walt Disney World. I have done all of these. The Longest Ride Ever This is not when a ride […]
Search for the Disney Institute Climbing Wall
The most memorable icon of the Disney Institute was the famous Disney Institute climbing wall. But is Michael Eisner’s lost cliff still out there?
Listen and You’ll Hear a Very Special Park Valentine
Theirs was a love that stood the tests of time… In honor of Valentine’s Day weekend, it is only fitting that we honor the greatest love story in theme park history. It’s the story of one man’s passion—dare I say hunger—for his most special love. Never before or since have the parks dared to express such […]
Disney Animated Movies Canon – The Rise of Disneyland
Each of the 54 canonical Disney Animated Features has a connection to the theme parks. And we’ll find them all or die trying. Today we take a look at the movies of the 1950s and 60s. Other time periods are labeled “The Golden Age of Disney Animation,” but the films of this era are so brilliant, it’s no […]
