Tom Bricker Archive
The last couple of days have been big for planning Summer 2016 Walt Disney World vacations, as firm opening dates and schedules have finally been given to many new attractions and entertainment, most notably Frozen Ever After and The Jungle Book: Alive with Magic. FastPass+ now is available for both, plus Soarin’ Around the World.
Looking for the best restaurants in Hong Kong Disneyland? In this post, we’ll take a look at our favorites, ranking them from based upon their value for money, cuisine quality, and theme. While Hong Kong Disneyland has the fewest restaurants of any of the worldwide resorts, the overall quality of the food here is pretty
Finding Dory is Pixar’s latest film, a sequel that many of us (myself included) questioned as unnecessary when it was originally announced. This spoiler-free review takes a look at whether Finding Dory lives up to the high bar set by Finding Nemo or if it’s a blatant cash grab that simply swaps title characters. While
If you’re reading this blog, I’m guessing you saw Zootopia in theaters. If you didn’t, you absolutely should see it as soon as possible. Rather than reviewing this critically-acclaimed film (because I’ve already answered the operative question of whether I think it’s worth seeing), I’ll instead focus on whether the Blu-ray is worth owning, and
This post takes a look at the Disney Dream to offer and overview, photos, some tips for those setting sail on this Disney Cruise Line ship. As we’ve already covered a lot of the basics of cruising with Disney in our Top 10 First-Timer Disney Cruise Line Tips and Guide to the Disney Cruise Line
Artist Point is a Signature Restaurant at Walt Disney World’s Wilderness Lodge. In this dining review, we’ll share food photos from our meal here, and weigh the pros and cons of this Pacific Northwestern restaurant. The Artist Point menu has a lot of seafood, game, and other dishes you might expect to find in a
My recent experience staying in the A-frame Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in a Bay Lake View room was wonderful–and worth it. This sentiment is at odds with our full Contemporary review, which reviews our Garden Wing stay. In this post, I try to reconcile these experiences and why the tower stay was a significantly
Many people want great night photos from the Disney parks, but carrying a tripod is either impractical or impossible for them. For this post, I share some tripod alternatives. Since I have a minor “rant” at the end about recent rumors of Disney banning tripods, I’ll skip my normal prefatory remarks, and cut to the
The drill is always pretty much the same: I see some tidbit of news that gives me an excuse to start thinking about a Walt Disney World getaway, so I head to DVCMember.com to check availability. As I expand each resort to reveal my results in the “no availability,” “partial,” and “all dates” sweepstakes, there
Looking for the perfect souvenir from your Walt Disney World or Disneyland vacation? This post offers tips for finding something you’ll cherish for years to come, with our favorite unique categories of merchandise available at the Disney Parks. Obviously, merchandise is a matter of taste, which is entirely subjective, but I’ll point you towards some
I’ll get to the Tokyo Disneyland night photos in a minute, but first I had some random thoughts one night while I was out shooting. I have no where better to put them than here, so that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Scroll down to the first photo if you don’t care about my
