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.

16 'Easter Eggs' of Closed Classics Hidden in the Rides that Replaced Them

As long-time Disney and Universal fans know all too well, even the most beloved rides don't last forever. In fact, Imagineering afficianados may have already scoured our collection of Lost Legends – the definitive, full stories of forgotten fan favorites and closed classics from around the globe

From Atom to Zurg: 10 Microscopic Ways Imagineers Have Made Guests SHRINK

Join us as we progressively shrink down through ten miniaturizing Disney Parks attractions that make guests smaller, and smaller, and smaller.

The Best Walkthrough Attractions at Disney and Universal Parks

walkthroughs remain across Disney and Universal parks, from sweet asides to special effects spectaculars. Here are some of our favorites...

The Top 50 Theme Parks in the World

Believe it or not, half a billion people – that's 7% of the planet! – visited a major theme park in 2018.

The Surprising Thing Disney's Best Attractions Have All Had in Common...

It’s easy to assume that the best attractions in Disney parks history have all been rides.

Behind the Ride: Pooh's Hunny Hunt

Let's go behind the ride to learn about Pooh’s Hunny Hunt, one of the most innovative and expensive attractions ever made.

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.

The Definitive List of the "Best" Disney Parks Around The World

Here is my ranking of the best individual Disney parks in the world.

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