Walt Disney World Features and Articles

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.

Brian

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

8 Spectacular Never-Built Lands at Disney Theme Parks That You'll Wish You Could Visit

Fantasyland, Cars Land, Tomorrowland... Glacier Bay? If park icons are the heart of Disney Parks, themed lands are the bones and joints! One of the basic tennents of Disneyland that set it apart from the amusement piers of the era was its lands that recreated idealized time periods and places

Brian

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

7 Classic Disney Attractions that are MUCH Different Overseas

Forget everything you thought you know about these Disney classics.

Nick Sim

Monday, June 30, 2014

5 Blockbuster Movies That Are Set to be Turned Into Disney Attractions

Disney regularly develops new theme park attractions based on its own movies, and sometimes those of other studios as well. Let's take a look at 5 movies that are set to be adapted into rides by the company's Imagineers.

Anonymous

Sunday, June 29, 2014

9 Attractions You'd Expect to Find at Every Disney Resort (But Don't)

You might expect to find these attractions at every Disney resort, but you'd be wrong.

David Mumpower

Sunday, June 29, 2014

5 Ways to Eat Like a King at Walt Disney World...Without Breaking the Bank

EVERYTHING you need to know to eat like a king at Walt Disney World.

Anonymous

Sunday, June 29, 2014

The Contrarian: 2 Big Reasons Why Theme Parks May Live to Regret Copying Hollywood

Theme parks are heading the way of Hollywood – spectacle-driven "stories" that eschew originality for annualizable franchises. Here's the two reasons why. Editor's note: This is the latest of a series of features in which one of our writers takes a deliberately controversial stance on a theme park

Anonymous

Sunday, June 29, 2014

The 3 BIG Updates From Walt Disney World This Week (June 22-28, 2014)

This is the weekly news, rumors and refurbishments update for Walt Disney World for the week of June 22, 2014. Here are the three biggest updates from around the resort for the past seven days... 1. Frozen is coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios all summer long Remember that ‘Rock Your Summer Side’

Dakota Gardner

Saturday, June 28, 2014

The 5 Iconic Food Items You HAVE to Try on Your Disney Vacation

There's plenty of great food items at Walt Disney World -- but some are so good, they have their own cult following.

Anonymous

Friday, June 27, 2014

8 Ways to Master the New Craze That’s Sweeping Disney Theme Parks

Insider tips for boosting your score in MouseAdventure, a high-energy scavenger hunt at Walt Disney World.

Anonymous

Friday, June 27, 2014

6 Ways That Working at Disney World Was Just Like Working for Universal

Learn the insider secrets that make employee life so similar at Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando.

Amy Ziese

Thursday, June 26, 2014

6 Area Soundtracks From Walt Disney World That You'll NEVER Stop Whistling

Strain your ears to catch these notable tunes playing in the background throughout Walt Disney World.

Brian

Thursday, June 26, 2014

8 Stunning Disney Castles of Every Shape and Size

From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on, Disney’s greatest achievements have typically been based on fairy tales. Perhaps it’s that early success that has made castles such an identifying feature in Disney Parks. From 1955 on, castles have played a pretty big role not only as awe-inspiring park