When Imagineers want to give you a slightly different ride experience, they are chock full of sneaky Disney tricks. Sometimes it’s random, like surprising you with the most hated character in the Star Wars universe (no, not Rian Johnson). Other times, they have to figure out how to merge two branching storylines back together. But […]
We’ve come along way since we started our journey. From Disneyland’s humble beginnings all the way into a new millennium. We’ve ranked 5 of the greatest Disney attractions from each decade. And now we come to the 2010s. Want to revisit earlier decades before we continue? Click below: 1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s What follows are the most recent […]
Last week I was part of a select group of bloggers invited to an exclusive sneak peek at Animal Kingdom’s newest land — The Kingdom of Wakanda. Having seen Black Panther at a critics-only screening long before it opened in theaters, I was anxious to see how real life Wakanda stacked up against other media previews […]
Of all the modern Imagineers, Joe Rohde is the most famous. This is partly because he is the creative force behind Animal Kingdom, Aulani, and Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout. But mostly it is because of the Joe Rohde earrings. With his outlandishly stretched earlobe, crusty handlebar mustache, and a forehead as high as […]
The Avatar Flight of Passage queue may be the longest, most elaborate queue in theme park history. In an industry that includes an entire campus visit to Hogwarts, that’s saying something. If total immersion is your high-water mark for theme park design, then the Avatar Flight of Passage queue will breach your sandbag barricade and send a tidal wave of […]