Young and innocent, Epcot Center came bursting to life October 1st, 1982. A project more ambitious than any other theme park created to date, Epcot was barely ready for opening thanks in large part to some of that ambition. As chronicled in Building A Better Mouse, American Adventure, the centerpiece […]
For nearly 15 years, Walt Disney World guests have been greeted nightly by Jiminy Cricket coming over the Magic Kingdom speakers as fireworks burst in the air. May 11th marked the end of that era, as a new show titled Happily Ever After will make its debut on […]
We haven’t had a news update post in a while so I figured it was time for a catch-all news post about the U.S. Disney Parks. By ‘catch-all’ I mean that I’m going to write about the pieces of news that I find interesting. I’m going to go […]
Walt Disney World continued its second straight week in the spotlight, being the subject of several news items. If you missed last week, several opening dates were announced as well as a replacement for Magic Kingdom’s Wishes Nighttime Spectacular. This week brought less significant park news but still […]
An update to this post for 2018 is available here. Disney’s Hollywood Studios is a park in transition and will be throughout the course of 2017. Three years ago, the backlot express tour forever left the park and Hollywood Studios lost a lot of its identity. Honestly, the park […]
Welcome back guest contributor, Matthew Long, to Wandering in Disney! Calling yourself “The Happiest Place on Earth” is a little cocky, but Disneyland lives up to it’s self-bestowed moniker. It’s a land of magic and excitement, where dreams really do come true. It’s full of fun, fun, fun, […]
Every few months I check in on the latest Disney Park news and add a little commentary. What better way to do that than with America’s greatest and most meaningless pastime – power rankings. Based on the most recent news and goings on at the U.S. Disney Parks, […]
Update: Disney has now confirmed that the Main Street Electrical Parade will be heading west and returning to Disneyland in 2017. I have no problem with this move, as long as that parade doesn’t hold on for more than a year. The Main Street Electrical Parade is pretty old […]
I’ll keep this fairly short since we wrote about this in our latest question of the week, but it was confirmed tonight that Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout will be taking over the Tower of Terror attraction in California Adventure (it will not be in Disney World, […]
In the last half-year I’ve tried to come up with a way to give quick updates on the U.S. Disney Theme Parks without sounding like a press release. Due to my excellent and professional writing I found this task to be difficult. I’ve had to turn down countless […]
Like style, food, and virtually everything else on Earth, theme parks have trends. When they were first created theme parks were about storytelling and family-friendly fun. In the 1970’s and 1980’s there were more risks taken and creativity was near an all-time high netting us the wonderful idea […]