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Anybody who has ridden Space Mountain at Walt Disney World–at least any grown adult–would know that there is one unspoken rule when it comes to that iconic coaster: don’t raise your hands in the air. Disney’s first completely indoor coaster has earned a reputation for being scarier with the lights on instead of in the dark due to the extremely ...

As each day is expected to begin with the sun rising in the east, each Disney park day is expected to have guests recording on their smartphones. And it apparently continues to be a major annoyance for many Disney Fanatics who are looking to live in the moment. Recently, one fan took to the Disney World subreddit asking the question, ...

Big theme park vacation destinations such as Walt Disney World Resort and Universal Orlando Resort are known for their utmost dedication to safety. And yet, accidents can still happen… Please keep your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside the ride vehicle… That pre-ride warning seems to be as old as modern roller coasters and dark rides themselves, but it seems ...

Some things need to evolve. Could Disney fireworks be next on that list? Since the Disney parks reopened after the COVID-justified shutdown, changes relating to the suddenly important trending corporate virtues like “Environmental Social Governance” (ESG) and “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” started popping up in the theme parks and resorts. First taking hold in cast member training, the ideologies spread ...

Avatar: Flight of Passage is one of if not the best attractions one can find in Walt Disney World and all of Central Florida’s amusement park scene. It provides an immersive experience like no other, giving Guests the chance to fully immerse themselves into James Cameron’s fictional world of Pandora.  But like many other attractions at Walt Disney World, it ...

Many consider Kilimanjaro Safaris at Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park the closest thing to a “real” safari one can experience outside of Africa, and its emergency protocols only help in that case. While the animals are technically in captivity, Walt Disney World Resort guests are taken out into their domain, where the real threat of an unwanted encounter exists. Now, ...

Once again, the EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival is underway at the Walt Disney World Resort in Central Florida, and once again, Walt Disney Imagineers missed out on a fantastic opportunity to make the experience as magical as it could be. All across the “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow,” the theme park has been experiencing what many Disney Fanatics ...

Who are the worst tourists? One Cast Member gives us a possible answer… Like scores of destinations around the world, the Walt Disney World Resort is a target for tourists from a variety of different states and countries. From Singapore to Spain, from Australia to Alabama, a day at any Disney theme park can serve as a lesson in international ...

If Disney’s known for one holiday, it’s Christmas. Both in the theme parks and movies, Disney has proven it knows how to celebrate the holidays (secularly, anyway). But why not Easter? Cinematically, the entire Easter and Passover season has been dominated by Disney’s competitors with Easter Movies such as Peter Rabbit (2018) and Hop (2011) as well as “It’s the ...

Kilimanjaro Safaris at Disney’s Animal Kingdom is constantly touted for its authenticity, namely that the animals seen within the Harambe Wildlife Reserve are, in fact, wild and will behave as they would on an actual safari. Well, there are those rare occasions when the animals give Disney World guests a rude awakening to the fact that they are experiencing something ...