Tom Bricker Archive
Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto is a bar & lounge at Walt Disney World’s Polynesian Village Resort. This review features photos from the new tiki bar, my thoughts on the experience, and how it stacks up to the original Trader Sam’s at Disneyland. In terms of some basic background info, since Trader Sam’s Grog Grotto is
Paint the Night parade is a new nighttime parade now running nightly in Disney California Adventure. As part of DCA’s new ‘Pixar-push’ the parade has been relocated from Disneyland, where it was temporarily replaced by Main Street Electrical Parade. Due to its on-again, off-again status for nearly two years, the biggest question with regard to
Eating ice cream is one of my favorite hobbies. If there were a competitive ice cream-eating league (side note: why isn’t there?!) I wouldn’t just be in it, I’d be a first-ballot hall of famer. That is, if I ever retired from the sport. When we’re at Walt Disney World, I eat ice cream at
When it comes to booking DVC resorts at Walt Disney World, members are asking two questions more and more: “why can’t I find any availability at the 7-month mark?” and “why can’t I use my points when the same room has availability with cash?” In this post, we’ll answer both questions, and explain some recent
It’s been a few months since Disney announced a land based upon Marvel super heroes would be replacing ‘a bug’s land’ at Disney California Adventure, and we haven’t heard any concrete details or official updates on the project since. In that announcement, the only details provided were that the Guardians of the Galaxy would be
Today, Walt Disney Company and Comcast have both increased their bids to acquire 21st Century Fox, each raising their previous offers. Disney made a $71.3 billion cash and stock offer this morning, which temporarily bested Comcast’s $65 billion all-cash offer. In this post, we’ll look at the timeline of this bidding war, and the implications
Walt Disney World and Disneyland management is working on adopting a dynamic pricing model similar to airlines, in which prices fluctuate depending on when tickets are purchased. This is what’s being reported in a fascinating new Wall Street Journal article. In this post, we’ll discuss that article a bit, and offer thoughts on dynamic pricing
Walt Disney World has unveiled a new bus wait time feature in the My Disney Experience mobile app that shows real time bus stop departure times. With this feature, Disney will provide up-to-the-minute estimates for when the next buses will depart from their Disney Resort hotel and arrive at their destination. In this post, we’ll
If you visit Japan at the end of October and beginning of November, you have the opportunity for something unique: a vacation with both Halloween and Christmas at Tokyo Disneyland & DisneySea. After years of wanting to do this ‘two-fer’ experience, we finally tested out the viability of such a trip last year. It was
Whether your goal is to lose weight or get in shape for your Disney vacation, or prepare yourself to run in the Walt Disney World Marathon, you need a fitness plan. If you’re a bit unsure of where to start, fear not, as you aren’t alone. In fact, we’ve been there, and have some beginner’s
Minnie’s Holiday Dine is a Christmas-themed character meal Walt Disney World is offering at Hollywood and Vine in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. This review features food photos, a look at the holiday finery Mickey, Minnie & friends done for the festive meal, and our thoughts on whether it’s worth it. For starters, you should probably know
