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These 10 Classic Disney Rides Have Amazing "Spiritual Sequels" You Might Not Think About...

Despite not sharing a single setting, story, or common character, classic Disney Parks rides around the globe are nonetheless connected to "spiritual sequels" sharing their elements, themes, and styles. Subtle successors, these must-see ride relationships allow new attractions to be born from timeless tropes. Which of these "spiritual sequels" would you most like to ride?

Five INSANE Reasons People Sued Disney

it’s hard not to laugh at the nonsense Disney lawyers face on a daily basis.

7 Secrets About Disney Castles You Never Knew

Disney castles are amazing and a source of continued intrigue among Disney lovers. Here are seven stunning facts about the various Disney castles.

The Ride Count Countdown: How Disney & Universal Parks Stack Up

The best theme parks are balanced places, where rides, shows, restaurants, stories, walkthroughs, dark rides, and thrills coexist. But when it comes to your favorite can't-miss, must-see theme park experiences, chances are that rides make up the bulk of the list. How many rides does your favorite Disney or Universal park really have, though? Which resorts have the most sheer rides? The numbers may surprise you...

Behind the Ride: The Haunted Mansion

There’s no turning back now! Prepare to learn four of the ghastliest tricks at The Haunted Mansion…

Hidden in Plain Sight: the Main Street, U.S.A. You Never Noticed

Main Street, U.S.A. is a kind of comfort food to theme park tourists. We have a tendency to take it for granted since we’ve walked the pathways so many times before.

Revealing the Secret Disney Laws of Storytelling

When Disney Imagineers build theme park attractions, they must thread the needle in terms of respecting and relaying classic tales in a timeless way that guests of all ages and walks of life will embrace as thematically parallel.

8 Amazing Things You Never Knew About the Original Pirates of the Caribbean

all the Hollywood glamor and box office success began with a single Disneyland ride.

Behind the Ride: It's a Small World

Let’s take this opportunity to go Behind the Ride to learn five tricks of the trade that have made It’s a Small World so iconic.

Turning Point: An Iconic Piece of Disneyland is Lost Forever to a Galaxy Far, Far Away...

The construction of Star Wars Land at Disneyland meant the loss of an iconic piece of the park's identity...

REVEALED: Why Disney's Most Disastrous Attraction Ever Literally Didn't Work

DISASTER FILES: Rocket Rods: In 1998, Disneyland's New Tomorrowland crash-landed, tearing the last of Walt's DNA from the land of "new frontiers in science, adventure and ideals" that he imagined. The worst offender? Its "headlining" attraction, Rocket Rods. Frazzled computers, multi-hour waits, and the closure of a Lost Legend together made Rocket Rods one of Disney's most disastrous attractions ever. This is the full story.

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