By Jeff Elliott : Mt Olympus � Bad news for the park. About a month ago a man fell from Opa, their indoor spinning coaster, and the investigation has determined that the cause of the accident was a malfunctioning lap bar. The man is in a coma with multiple issues, as well as potential brain damage. Then we find out that one of the people that rode the coaster before him had noticed that the restrain...
By Robert Niles: Walt Disney World this week opened its Fastpass advance reservation system to all park guests. Previously, only visitors staying at Disney hotels and selected annual pass holders could make reservations in advance of their visit using Fastpass . Day guests had to wait to make their reservations in the park on the day of their visit, as under the old Fastpass system. (The difference...
By Robert Niles: Last month, a painfully unfunny article went viral offering Top 13 Reasons Not to Go to Disney . We thought that you, our Theme Park Insider readers, could do better, and you did . So today, we present our real top 13 reasons not to go to Walt Disney World, with all the snark that such a ridiculous premise deserves. And better yet, we present our list as an actual list, instead of...
Take a step back in time with photos from the first Remember the Magic parade, which debuted in 1996 for the 25th anniversary of Magic Kingdom Park....
New Downtown Disney kiosk offers custom collars, tags and trendy pet fashion for dogs....
Happy Hound offers custom Disney-themed collars, tags, trendy outfits and squeaky toys for dogs....
Take a step back in time with photos from the first Remember the Magic parade, which debuted in 1996 for the 25th anniversary of Magic Kingdom Park....
By Robert Niles: Universal Orlando Resort today opened its fourth on-site hotel, Universal's Cabana Bay Beach Resort . Photo courtesy Universal The 1,800-room hotel, operated by Loews Hotels & Resorts, which operates Universal Orlando's other three on-site resorts, offers a retro Googie style, evoking roadside hotels of the late 1950s and 60s. (Though on a much, much, much larger scale.) Here's...
Universal Orlando's fourth and largest retro-themed resort has groovy amenities to offer its guests....
Universal Orlando's Cabana Bay Beach REsort has a lot of groovy features to offer. ...
On Monday, Universal Orlando opened its newest resort, Cabana Bay Beach Resort. ...
Tickets for Disney's Night of Joy event at the Magic Kingdom are now on sale....
Walt Disney World Resort is adding more excitement to this year’s Star Wars Weekends by including two new dining experiences at Disney’s Hollywood Studios...
By Robert Niles: Walt Disney World visitors who aren't staying at a Disney hotel and who aren't annual passholders will get their chance to make advance reservations for Disney World attractions, starting Monday. On March 31, Fastpass reservations become available to "day visitors." You'll have to create a MyMagic account by following the "My Disney Experience" link at the top of disneyworld.com...
By Robert Niles: Disney's adding Star Wars character dining to Star Wars Weekends this year at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida. Our Amanda Jenkins got in and will be filing reports for us from the event. But adding Star Wars to the character dining mix raises the question: Which characters would you most want to see at a meal? Many theme park fans love character dining. It offers one of those...
At Walt Disney World, the fun doesn't stop once guests have left the Magic Kingdom. Here are some of the recreational fun to be had at Disney resorts....
The roof has been added to SeaWorld's newest attraction, Ihu's Breakaway Falls....
By Jacob Sundstrom: Over eight years ago, Houston lost its only major amusement park when Six Flags shuttered AstroWorld for a semi-lucrative real estate sale. Now, all that remains of the south Texas theme park is the entry bridge pictured below. From a Houston Chronicle article in September of 2005, just a weekend after Six Flags announced the closure of the park, writer Sean Murphy wrote, �The...
In it's third week, Disney's Festival of Fantasy Parade continues to march through Magic Kingdom Park. ...
On April 10, 2014, people from across the world will unite in a singalong to commemorate the 50th anniversary of "It's a Small World," the classic attraction that opened at the 1964 New York World’s Fair....