Disney was busy this morning, putting out bits of information on various things coming to their resorts in the (near) future. We'll take a quick run through of all of this various news and throw in some commentary where it's needed.
Home Is Where The Castle Is
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Disney World News Round Up March 2025
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Virtual Queue to End at Tiana's Bayou Adventure and Guardians of the Galaxy
Disney dropped some big news yesterday - the virtual queue system (VQ) that had been in use on both Tiana's Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at Epcot are coming to an end on February 25. This post will talk about what that means for each of these rides and parks specifically, as well as whether this is a good thing for guests and the future of VQ in general.
If you're not already aware (though if you're reading this, you probably are), a VQ is a system that Disney (and other theme parks) use in place of a standby line, usually on new/incredibly popular attractions or attractions that have reliability issues. When a VQ is in place, there is no standby line at all - this means that a guest can't wait for hours to ride one of these attractions, even if they were so inclined.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Tumbleweeds: A Changing Frontierland
Walt Disney World is starting to undergo some major refurbishments that will change the landscape of its parks, hopefully for the better, for many years to come. A lot of this has been talked about for the last couple of years, most notably at the recent D23 event where some of the biggest projects were officially confirmed, including a Villains Land at Magic Kingdom and Tropical Americas replacing Dinoland at Animal Kingdom.
One of the bigger surprises announced there was a new Cars themed mini-land in Frontierland at Magic Kingdom. The good vibes turned a little sour after it came out a little while later that this would be replacing the Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island. I won't rehash all of that post here, but suffice it to say that my reaction (and that of many others) was negative, as we will be losing a place of calm tranquility in the midst of the world's busiest theme park.
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Holiday Crowd Levels 2024
We're back, and today we're taking a look at wait times and crowd levels over what is typically the busiest week of the year for Disney, the week between Christmas and New Year. In this post, we'll pull up the raw data and compare these numbers to last year. We'll also see if we can figure out whether the recent trend of "soft" crowds at Disney World carried over to the busiest time of year.
Friday, November 22, 2024
Muppet & Monster Mayhem at Hollywood Studios
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Art courtesy of Disney Parks Blog |
Disney dropped an announcement today that's really two announcements in one, and for many people, this is a "good news/bad news" situation. The bad news section is the long rumored replacement of MuppetVision 3D at Hollywood Studios with the new Monsters Inc. mini-land that was announced back at D23. The other half of that is that the Muppets will be "taking over" the Rock N Roller Coaster in the same park. We'll talk about all of this here.
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Quiet Spots at Walt Disney World
If you've ever been on a Walt Disney World vacation (and it's likely, if you're reading this), you'll know that there's not a lot of peace and quiet when you're at the parks. Your resort can be peaceful, especially at night (this was one of my knocks against the Boardwalk, as it's often bustling even late into the night) but the parks are always full of people, even on a "slow" day. What if you need to take a breather and just have some time to yourself? Is that even possible at the parks?
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Lightning Lane Premier Pass Coming to Walt Disney World
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