In this episode, I welcome Ken from mousehacking.com onto the show! We talk about his history with the parks and starting Mouse Hacking, along with the complications of a Walt Disney World vacation and how he navigates writing about that. The show ends with a 5 round draft of Walt […]
Disney Vacation Club Star View Station – A Member Lounge is now open in Disneyland’s Tomorrowland! That’s right, they made it to opening without cutting down on the 9 word title for a lounge. I’ll try not to make any other jokes about that wordy situation in this […]
Another year, another set of Disney Park Power Rankings™! The Disney Parks changed a good amount in 2022 but the bulk of those changes came in the form of returns, with many nighttime spectaculars and stage shows coming back from the COVID abyss. Where does that leave the […]
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party will once again fill Magic Kingdom with spirit(s) in 2023. In this post, we’ll cover the new dates announced for the party as well as a few details that Disney has released. Here’s the news, largely via the Disney Parks Blog. The Halloween Party […]
Genie+ is a service guests can pay for to skip the line at different Disney Parks. Select attractions use the system, allowing guests to get past most of the standby line once Genie+ is purchased. The process of skipping the line is called Lightning Lane, replacing FastPasses. In […]
The Disney Parks don’t really have an off season anymore. Summer and holidays used to be the busiest time of the year, and they still can be, but between the complexity of a Disney vacation and varying school breaks, a traditional crowd calendar is ever changing. Now that […]
Our Magic Kingdom Itinerary is a touring plan for what attractions, shows, and dining we’d do in our ideal day at the park. This itinerary is our efficient way to experience all of the, what we consider, Magic Kingdom essentials. While other touring plans are more focused on […]
The question I’m asked most frequently about Disney Parks is how much a trip costs. Frankly, there isn’t a quick answer I can give. There are many factors to a Disney vacation that are specific to the people going on them. Where you live, how long you are […]
Genie+ is a service guests can pay for to skip the line at different Disney Parks. Select attractions use the system, allowing guests to get past most of the standby line once Genie+ is purchased. The process of skipping the line is called Lightning Lane, replacing FastPasses. In […]
A closure and change that was announced nearly 3 years ago finally has a final date in sight. May 30th will be the end of the line for Splash Mountain at Disneyland as it transforms to Tiana’s Bayou Adventure over the next year and a half. The transformation […]
World of Color has been a California Adventure mainstay for over a decade now, playing nightly to thousands of people who gather in Paradise Gardens Park. The show uses fountains, lasers, projections and pyro all set to a Disney soundtrack, making animated classics (and a few live action […]