This week will be a little light on content as I’m out-of-town and won’t have much time to write. We’ll be back to a more normal schedule next week! D23 ended less than 2 weeks ago but Disney is already making more news. Word came today that a […]
Updated on 7/10 to add the Tron Lightcycle rumor. The D23 Expo is about two weeks away and the rumor mill is heating up! That’s not necessarily true but it sure was an exciting way to start a blog post. For the uninitiated, the D23 Expo is a […]
Disney’s iconic castle parks are made up of memorable lands – Main Street, Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, and Tomorrowland. There are tweaks to each castle park (Liberty Square, New Orleans Square, etc.) but the 5 lands above are all part of a tried and true formula. Most of these […]
Memorial Day has become an unofficial start to the theme park summer and that’s especially true this year as many attractions, areas and parks all open for the first time to the public today. Here’s a quick breakdown of what has opened and how it may affect your […]
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, […]
