Tom Bricker Archive
Starting Summer 2018, Be Our Guest Restaurant in Magic Kingdom will offer a prix fixe three-course dinner menu with premium French-inspired dishes and new offerings. With this, comes the likelihood that Walt Disney World will have another Signature Restaurant, requiring 2-credits on the Disney Dining Plan. This new menu will be served starting July 27,
We have plenty of restaurant reviews to share from our recent Walt Disney World trip, but wanted to do a quick “food report” before we post more of those since our dining update from last fall’s WDW trip was reasonably popular. Plus, if I don’t post these food pics here, I’ll probably never post them
Splitsville is an upscale bowling alley and restaurant serving American bar food. This review covers Splitsville’s newest location at Disneyland Resort’s Downtown Disney. We share food photos, offer our take on the ambiance of Splitsville at Disneyland, and discuss whether it’s worth your time & money. In terms of basics, Splitsville is about a 10
Norway is an Epcot World Showcase pavilion at Walt Disney World, which is home to the popular Frozen Ever After attraction. In this post, we’ll share some tips and info about shopping, dining, attractions, and entertainment at the Norway pavilion. Our intention here is to mostly focus on shopping and architecture, since we cover the
Disney’s annual park ticket price increase occurred overnight for both Walt Disney World and Disneyland. In this post, we’ll share some details about the new prices, and offer tips for what you can do today to beat the increase. (Last updated February 19, 2018.) Even though the price increase occurred, the good news is that
The Little Mermaid rooms at Art of Animation Resort are the most expensive standard Value Resort rooms in all of Walt Disney World. This review features room photos, our thoughts on the rooms, whether they are worth the money, and other basics about the Little Mermaid rooms at Art of Animation Resort. This review has
It’s refurbishment season at Disneyland! Normally, that means a pretty lengthy list of refurbishments as Disney attempts to do as much routine maintenance and improvements during a time of the year that’s historically off-season (last year being the exception). In addition to the normal refurbishments like Haunted Mansion and it’s a small world (both of
We’re are setting sail with Disney Cruise Line on the Wonder for the 7-night Alaska itinerary later this summer. As temperatures here are currently frigid, naturally we’ve started daydreaming about visiting the tropical waters (wait…that’s not right) of the Last Frontier. Alaska has been on my travel bucket list for a while, and I’m beyond
During our recent stay at Art of Animation, we took some construction photos of the Disney Skyliner gondola station that will connect AoA and Pop Century to Epcot and Hollywood Studios. In this post, we’ll offer a progress report on Walt Disney World’s upcoming gondola network. This is a project we’re anxiously awaiting, as it’s
During Monday’s Parks & Resorts panel during the D23 Expo Japan 2018, Chairman Bob Chapek shared new details about some of the projects already underway at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Hong Kong Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, and Tokyo Disney Resort. While the presentation was light on announcements (we were expecting something Marvelous), there was one semi-interesting
As anticipated, Walt Disney World and Disneyland increased prices overnight. That’s bad news for anyone purchasing tickets or vacation packages directly from Disney today. The good news is that you can still purchase tickets from the “old” inventory at the old prices from ParkSavers (for Walt Disney World or Disneyland) or Get Away Today (for
