Theme Park Tourist features a wide-range of in-depth features and articles, covering rides, attractions and restaurants at theme parks all over the world. As well as previews and reviews of new rides, look out for "Top 10" lists and tips for saving time and money on your next park visit.

Why the Most-Hated Disney CEO of All Time Wasn't Actually That Bad

Here are the best seven things that happened to Disney under Michael Eisner.

"Formerly Known As..." Do You Remember The OLD Names of These Disney Parks?

Take a look at the six cases below where major reinventions and surprising name-changes have changed Disney Parks history.

This Is the Worst Attraction in Every Disney Park around the World

While Disney has crafted masterworks like Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain, and Flight of Passage, they have — on occasion — missed the mark. With all due respect to the mouse, let’s look at a few of those misses.>/p>

SPACE MOUNTAIN: The Full Story of How Disney's Interstellar Ride Was Launched

MODERN MARVELS: Space Mountain: Believe it or not, there was a time when Tomorrowland existed without Space Mountain as its anchor; a time when Disney's designers were hard at work figuring out what, where, and how an interstellar race through space should exist... How did Space Mountain come to be, and how did the intergalactic concept spread across the globe? Get ready for blast-off...

LEGEND LIBRARY: Inside the Best (and Worst) Theme Park Rides Ever Created

THEME PARK TOURIST'S IN-DEPTH COLLECTION LIBRARY: For years, Theme Park Tourist has been building collections of in-depth entries on some of the world's most well-known rides and attractions. The secret attraction histories Disney and Universal don't want you to know? They're here in our full (and ever-expanding) collections of detailed explorations, yours to explore: Lost Legends, Disaster Files, Modern Marvels, and Possibilitylands.

Ranking the Haunted Mansion Attractions around the World

Here’s a guide to the best and worst versions of Haunted Mansion around the world.

Alcohol Is Coming to Disneyland. Here's the Story on this "Tradition" and What's Next.

EDITORIAL: Back when Disneyland opened, it represented a revolutionary new way to entertain guests. Among Walt's edicts: his park wouldn't sell peanuts, gum, cotton candy, or ice cream bars; it would charge an entry fee; it would be built by filmmakers, not carnies... And – according to some, most important of all – it wouldn't serve alcohol. That's about to change. Will it destroy Disneyland...?

Have You Seen These 10 Animatronics That Are OUTSIDE of Rides?

Today, we'll take a look at some of the animatronic figures you can find at Disney and Universal Parks without being on a ride...

These Are the 10 Most Immersive Theme Park Lands On Earth... And What May Beat Them Soon...

Here, we've collected a countdown of the 10 most immersive theme park lands we know

Countdown: The 10 Greatest Characters Created Just for Disney Parks

Some of the greatest characters in Disney's vast collection are theme park exclusives; original characters created just for the parks

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