Tom Bricker Archive
Walt Disney World’s largest hotel construction project, the re-imagining of Caribbean Beach Resort, is nearly completed! In this post, we’ll share photos of the new Old Port Royale area, including Sebastian’s Bistro, Banana Cabana, and Centertown Market. We’ll also offer thoughts on the new waterfront area and share insight as to whether it’s “safe” to
Newport Bay Club is a deluxe hotel at Disneyland Paris, with a nautical theme very reminiscent of Disney’s Yacht & Club Resorts. This review features room photos, thoughts on its quality, and our experience of staying at the hotel. Recently, the resort underwent a massive, top to bottom refurbishment that lasted multiple years and renovated
Walt Disney World has once again raised food prices across the hotels and parks, with some significant increases at outdoor vending carts and on counter service menus for beverages and popular snacks. In this post, we’ll share the new prices, and add our commentary as to whether we view these price trends as sustainable in
Walt Disney World has confirmed the rumor we reported on a couple months ago that Artist Point will become a character dinner, featuring Snow White, Dopey, Grumpy, and the Queen. In the process, Wilderness Lodge will lose its lone Signature Restaurant, leaving this Deluxe Resort without a fine dining option. In this post, we’ll offer
Toy Story Land’s counter service restaurant, Woody’s Lunch Box, is one of the best dining options for breakfast in Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World. In this review, we’ll share food photos, our post-Extra Magic Hours meal experience, and thoughts on the breakfast menu. (We previously said that for lunch and dinner, Woody’s Lunch
Disney Cruise Line announced its itineraries and ports for 2020, including a brand-new home port in New Orleans (with Caribbean and Bahamian sailings!) plus returns to Hawaii and Puerto Rico. In this post, we’ll offer some general press release style info on the new Disney Cruise Line ports of call and destinations, followed by our
Walt Disney’s Disneyland by Chris Nichols is the latest coffee table art book by TASCHEN. In this review, we’ll share photos of this giant tome, our thoughts on whether it’s worth the money, and where this ranks in our library of over 100 books about Disneyland and Walt Disney World. For those unfamiliar with TASCHEN,
We just returned from a fall trip to France, during which we spent some time at Disneyland Paris. It had been a year since our last visit and major update, so thought we’d share some thoughts on the park post-25th Anniversary, a Phantom Manor refurbishment update, food, etc., along with 30 photos. Our trip began
Walt Disney World has finally announced a roll-out for the date-based ticket pricing hinted at earlier this year. Beginning October 16, 2018 on DisneyWorld.com, guests will purchase multi-day tickets priced by the first date of visit. In this post, we’ll detail the new ticket-buying process, and speculate about what this means for prices and the
New entertainment is coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in 2019! Early in the year, a new Incredibles dance party plus a variety of Pixar meet & greets will be added to the park, along with Lightning McQueen’s Racing Academy, which will debut in Spring 2019. This follows rumors we reported on last week that Walt
Walt Disney World has revealed new entertainment will be coming to Animal Kingdom on January 18, 2019, which follows rumors of cuts to offerings that will occur by this October. In this post, we’ll give you a rundown of the additions and subtractions, and dispel the “rumors” of Zootopia or Wakanda replacing Rafiki’s Planet Watch.
