No matter how hard you tried to hide it, odds are pretty good that you have done at least one thing on this list.

Disney souvenirs are not limited to stuffed animals and shot glasses.

Films can be art. Photographs can be art. Video games can be art. Even selfies can be art (no, seriously). And, I would argue, theme park attractions can be art – particularly the ones you'd find at Disney parks around the world or Universal's parks in Orlando and Los Angeles. No, maybe they aren't on the same level as the Mona Lisa or the Sistine Chapel, but they're a bit closer than you may think.

Walt never set foot in the completed Walt Disney World – he passed away long before it opened. And while he absolutely paved the way for the resort, it was his Imagineers that truly made it what it is today. If you're a Disney fan, you should know who these people are.

Walt Disney and his team invented a whole new language to describe their theme parks. That jargon is still in use today, and to truly understand the ways Imagineering works to build and improve the Disney parks, you must first understand the language they speak to each other.

There’s something of a bloodbath going on at Walt Disney World right now. Large numbers of existing attractions – some of which have been in place for many years – are being ripped out, ready to be replaced.

Character meet and greets represent one of the most enjoyable and memorable aspects of a trip to Walt Disney World.

While Mickey Mouse has been with the Disney parks since the very beginning and throughout all the eras, he's not had unlimited success...

Though other tourist destinations suffer when crowds rise, Disney parks seem immune to this issue. But how is this possible?

There are some scents at Walt Disney World that will stick with you until the end of time. Here are five of those iconic scents – some of which, Disney engineered into their attractions, and some of which came about through sheer happenstance.

There are a handful of rides and shows that, in the opinion of this writer, owe much of their success to the musical compositions put to use within them. That’s not to say they’d be poor attractions without their signature tunes, but rather, the music is the most important factor in elevating them from merely good experiences to great ones.

Huge amounts of time and money are spent on creating the little details at Walt Disney World's theme parks and resorts. But most guests never even notice them...