'Tis the season, and across the country, theme parks are ramping up their offerings and appearances for the most wonderful time of the year.

There's no place like the merriest place on Earth for the holidays.

Here are some other touchy subjects at Disney theme parks.

Music is a critical part of Disney history.

With all due respect to Mickey Mouse, the most important character in Disney movie history first appeared in a 1937 feature-length production.

60,000 people per day visit Magic Kingdom, and at some point, you're likely to end up at the back of a line behind many of them. That’s when capacity matters.

In the 1990s, Disney introduced a revolutionary new system to make guests’ theme park visits even more magical: Fastpass. The Fastpass system let guess reserve a spot in line and enjoy other park offerings until an assigned time when they could return to their original attraction and skip a large

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

It all started with a carousel… and became so much more.

Which attractions do you think will fall into the five largest showbuildings on our list? Any guesses at number one?

Are pumpkin spice beignets and hand-pulled candy canes really all they’re cracked up to be?

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...?