Last night was the first 2026 Oogie Boogie Bash Halloween Party of the year! We were on hand for the hard ticket event in Disney California Adventure at Disneyland, and wanted to share photos & thoughts about the changes & new offerings. Specifically, I’ll admit that I was wrong about “Madame Leota’s Swinging Wake – A Haunted Mansion Street Party.” That’s really the bulk of this post, as not a whole…

Over the last several years, our coverage of the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival has mostly been complaints about what’s been lost in the post-COVID era of the event. There have been plenty of bright spots, mostly via the Global Marketplaces, but the tone and tenor have definitely skewed negative. And we aren’t alone in that sentiment! The reason for this, bluntly, is that Walt Disney World has been phoning it…