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If You Don't Buy These 10 Items BEFORE Your Next Disney Vacation, You're Losing Money

A Disney parks vacation can be expensive—to have the best trip possible, you’ll want to make sure every dollar counts.

5 Ways Disney’s Operations Are Making Their Parks Worse, Not Better

While many things at Disney have been getting better and better, for some reason, operations seems to be in the midst of a bizarre overhaul. Perhaps it’s due to the sudden transition of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts President Bob Chapek into the CEO role for the entire company. Perhaps it’s due to some other invisible force. But, whatever the cause, what’s clear is that the parks feel more crowded, lines feel longer, and the general level of smoothness has dramatically declined. Why?

Disney World Survival Guide: 8 Easy Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make

We put together a “survival guide” to make sure you and your friends and family don’t make some totally-reasonable (but seriously painful) mistakes

7 Crazy Things People Still Believe About Walt Disney World

Despite being one of the top travel destinations on the planet, Walt Disney World in Florida still remains the subject of many popular misconceptions.

6 Florida Attractions Disney Fans Will Love-- And None Are Theme Parks!

We gathered six of the top central Florida attractions that aren’t theme parks (or beaches) that Disney fans will love, as well as a few runners up. How many of these have you been to?

Think You Know These 16 Extra Iconic On-Ride Quotes By Heart?

Earlier this year, we gave you a challenge: to see if you could recognize and identify 16 Iconic Ride Dialogue Lines We Bet You Know By Heart … and whaddaya know? You did! From unforgettable safety spiels to bilingual announcements; classic narration to beloved pre-shows, it turned out that lots of

5 Disney Things Everyone Daydreams About at Work

There are a select few out there who live close enough to Walt Disney World that they are able to visit the property whenever they need an escape from the real world – even if that’s every weekend. The rest of us, however, must pick our spots, often having to save up for months and even years to afford the time off and transit down to the Vacation Kingdom. So, instead, we daydream.

Rest In Pieces: Parting Words to The Awesome (and Awful) Rides We Lost in the 2010s

In the 2010s, we bid adieu to no less than 20 once-ambitious attractions. Some went out in a blaze of glory; others, a wimpering spark of a doomed fire.

Did You Know These Disney Attractions Are "Cousins"?

If you look closely, you can find a lot of connective tissue across Disney rides…

16 Disney World Exclusives That Should Make Disneyland Fans Jealous

Today, we’ll analyze the 16 things that even Disneyland loyalists will admit make Disney World worth a visit; the concrete attractions and experiences that Disneyland fans should be jealous of that Disney World offers that their Californian parks don’t… or can’t.

These 13 “Endangered” Attractions May Not Survive the 2020s! Will Your Next Ride Be Your Last?

If you’ve been a theme park fan long enough, one thing you’ve learned to deal with is change. It seems that attractions are always coming and going from Disney and Universal’s parks, and with both operators’ new unspoken commitment to featuring box office blockbusters and “hot” intellectual

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