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Starcruiser's Here... So What's NEXT?! Here Are 4 IPs We'd LOVE To Get the "Immersive Cruise" Treatment

Is the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser just the start of what is to come in the realm of hyper-immersive, multi-day living theater experiences?...

Secrets of the Resistance: Inside 9 Imagineering Tricks That Bring Disney’s Greatest Modern Ride To Life

We’ll ride through the Rise experience from beginning to end, describe how its greatest tricks work, and explore the Imagineering “ingredients” – the prototypes and precedents – that add up to make this once-in-a-lifetime ride possible...

We DO Talk About Encanto Coming To The Disney Parks

This is how we see Encanto being incorporated in the Disney parks...

Have Walt Disney World Tickets Lost Value? Here's How Disney Could Fix That.

It feels like even though prices have risen, you don’t get as nearly as much for the cost of admission as you used to...

The Golden Standby Awards: The Top 3 Immersive Disney Queues WORTH Waiting In... No Lightning Lanes Needed!

"The Golden Standby Awards" – our list of the top three (plus an honorable mention) queues that are worth waiting in...

How Many Disney Days Do You Actually Need to Enjoy Each Park?

Underestimating how much time you actually need for a Disneyland or Walt Disney World resort vacation remains one of the most common mistakes guests make when booking trips to Disney parks. Here's how to do it right...

Spider-Meh: How "No Way Home" Makes Disneyland's Spider-Man Ride Feel Like a Missed Opportunity

No Way Home is a true cinematic event that wraps up twenty years of Spider-Man stories in an incredible, reality-leaping, heart-wringing two-and-a-half hour spectacle. It's Marvel at its best: massive, emotional, interconnected, action-packed, and epic. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll applaud. Spider-Man now stands as the central, anchor character of the MCU; the hero we all root for. If only Disney could use the character in its theme parks! ... Oh, what? It already has? Oh yeah... You mean...

Personal Shopper or Scalper? How Do YOU Feel About Disney Parks' "Reseller" Black Market?

Known to some as "personal shoppers" while decried by others as "scalpers," there's a surprising undercurrent to Disney merchandise that you may never have even noticed...

The 2021 Theme Park Year in Review: What Opened (and What Didn't) at Disney and Universal Parks!

Many of the rides that debuted in 2021 were initially planned for 2020, and likewise, many of 2021's planned attractions will instead open in 2022! So today, let's look back on 2021 with a time capsule review of the big attractions of the year... and what the rides that missed their expected 2021 openings altogether...

Controversial Changes Are Quickly Tiring Out Disney's Top Fans. Can They Bring Back the Magic?

Disney fans are a very dedicated group… but even the most devoted fanbase has a breaking point.

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