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.

4 Amazing Things You Never Knew About Disney's Fantasmic!

Today, let’s go behind the show to learn about the history and inner workings of Fantasmic!

The Ultimate Guide to New Year's Eve at Disney Parks

It takes a little planning to survive New Year’s Eve at the Happiest Place on Earth.

The Best 9 Dark Rides in the World According to You!

Dark rides are one of the greatest creations in theme park history. And like so many similar innovations, they stem from Walt Disney. An illustrator by trade, Disney honed his craft until he could create cinematic shorts from his ideas. Later, he illustrated any movies starting with Snow White and

A Great, Big, Beautiful Tomorrow: Inside Walt Disney's Favorite Ride, 50 Years Later...

MODERN MARVELS: Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress: Among all the wonders at Disneyland during Walt's lifetime, his friends and family say he singled out one attraction as his favorite, proclaiming that it should never cease operation. And fifty years later, it hasn’t… not for long, at least. But for all its longevity, this “revolutionary” attraction has never stayed put for too long… From coast to coast and back again, this is the full story of Carousel of Progress.

Are These Disney Rides Worth the Wait?

Which of the nine rides with the longest lines at Disneyland are worth the wait?

There’s a Fatal Flaw in Star Tours – The Adventures Continue

The rumored changes to Star Tours should help the ride’s chronic continuity problem, but there are still a few kinks to be worked out.

Behind the Ride: Guardians of the Galaxy -- Mission: Breakout!

Let’s take this opportunity to go Behind the Ride to learn how Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout! rose from the ashes of Twilight Zone Tower of Terror.

Planning Your First Trip to Disneyland? Here’s One Classic Attraction You Should Avoid.

Disney takes painstaking care to preserve the secrets of its theme park magic — but there’s one attraction they forgot to double-check.

The Most Ghoulish Party Guests from The Haunted Mansion

Today, I am excluding 991 guests from a very exclusive party, a dead man’s party if you will. In their wake, I leave you with the nine greatest characters at Disney’s Haunted Mansion, grading them on whether they’re the life of my party.

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