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Dakota GardnerLocation
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Dakota has been visiting Walt Disney World since before he can even remember. His favorite things are Space Mountain, Disney's BoardWalk Resort, and those massive Mickey-shaped cookies dipped in chocolate. When he's not waiting in line at Ample Hills Creamery, he lives in New York where he works professionally as an editor for a sports website.
Articles by Dakota Gardner:
What Your Favorite Disney Ride Says About You
Here are a list of some of the most popular attractions at Walt Disney World, and a description of who that attraction’s fans are. If you disagree with a description, well, that’s what comment sections were invented for.
The Ultimate Disney Vacation Readiness Quiz
A Disney vacation can be the most relaxing thing in the world for some people, but for others, it can be an expensive and saccharine hellscape designed to deprive them of their sanity. The struggle with Disney is that it’s often hard to know what kind of person you are without making the trip yourself.
5 Cancelled Disney Projects Brought Back From the Dead
A good idea never dies at Walt Disney Imagineering, and some of the best ideas in the company’s history have been reworked into some truly classic Disney attractions.
Let’s take a look at a handful of those awesome ideas that Disney created, but which wound up in different rides and shows than were their original intent.
The 4 most important decisions the Disney Parks and Resorts ever made
Let’s take a look back at a handful of huge decisions Walt Disney Parks and Resorts have made — all of which have been quite successful over time.
4 Classic Disney Ideas That Should Never Have Been Forgotten
Disney has put together some amazing concepts and projects over the years that, for one reason or another, have never actually come to fruition. But, just because those ideas never made it from page to stage doesn’t mean they should be forgotten forever.
The 7 things that slowly drive you insane while standing in line
No one wants to wait in line at a theme park. It doesn’t matter whether the queue is as intricately themed as Hogwarts Castle or as haphazard as Magic Carpets of Aladdin — lines just aren’t fun.
But there are some things that make even a modest wait time become an excruciating ordeal.
Why Walt Disney World is a Better Vacation Experience than Disneyland
It’s often fun to compare the two — and when you do, you usually come to the conclusion that while Disneyland is the better individual theme park, the Walt Disney World resort is far, far better as a vacation destination.
5 Key Landmarks Outside Disney Parks Every Disney Fan Should Visit
It can be tempting to assume that the history of Disney begins and ends with places like Club 33 at Disneyland or the Dream Suite in the Magic Kingdom.
That couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, there are tons of places that have tremendous Disney history that are nowhere near the parks.
5 Reasons Why Disney's Boardwalk Resort is the Best Hotel on Disney Property
It takes quite a lot for a resort to dethrone any one of the traditional Crown Jewels of the Walt Disney World resort landscape: The monorail resorts. But, while the Grand Floridian, Polynesian, and Contemporary Resort are all wonderful, the Boardwalk Inn has a few key advantages.
The 7 Biggest Ripoffs at Walt Disney World
Disney is a business that a lot of us feel a deep, emotional connection to. We’ve enjoyed their movies and have childhood memories that are strongly linked to Disney’s characters and stories. But, while Disney is a business we love, it’s still a business. And Disney, like other businesses, thrives because it’s able to extract money from your wallet.
