Commentary Archive
Disney Jollywood Nights is the new hard ticket Christmas event with special holiday entertainment, food & beverage, and adult atmosphere at Walt Disney World. This reviews our experience with the party, covering bright spots and what went wrong during the opening night meltdown. We’ll also address whether it’s worth the money, how much you can
After an operational meltdown on the inaugural night of the Jollywood Nights hard ticket event, Walt Disney World made a ton of improvements and additions for the second Christmas party. This covers all of the changes, how they enhanced the guest experience, and our commentary about where the hard ticket offering goes from here. For
A possible recession or economic downturn could impact Walt Disney World, especially as pent-up demand fizzles out, travel slows, and consumer confidence dips. This post tries to answer the titular question based on history, past precedent, and our expectations. (Updated November 19, 2023.) We’ve been saying for months that there’s likely to be a spending
Disney CEO Bob Iger teased that a new Frozen 4 movie may be in the works. He shared this while attending the World of Frozen grand opening event at Hong Kong Disneyland, which is the first of a few Arendelle areas coming to the international parks. This post covers all of that, as well as the possibility
Disney Parks has posted a series of videos featuring Figment arriving to California with a suitcase an idea bag & book and a dream his imagination. In these videos, the character visits the Walt Disney Studios corporate headquarters in Burbank and Walt Disney Imagineering campus in Glendale. The first in a series of five videos
Slowly but surely, Walt Disney World continues to restore normalcy. With this year’s Halloween Party not just returning to its 2019 state but actually adding new things, we thought it’d be worthwhile to look at the 2023 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party to see what’s still missing and what’s been added. Now that I’ve attended
Disney’s Hollywood Studios has a new event to “compete” with Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom. Jollywood Nights is a brand-new hard ticket nighttime party that’ll be held after hours at DHS on select evenings this holiday season. (Updated November 12, 2023.) As discussed in our post detailing Reasons Why You Should Do
Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea’s operator, Oriental Land Company (OLC), has released its financial results for the first half of the current fiscal year, which have some interesting takeaways. This post summarizes the key points about the record profit, attendance numbers, and plans to increase investment in the theme parks. For starters, everything in the financial
We hate Disney Enchantment. Between the two of us, our collective desire to see the Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary fireworks ever again is zero, zip, zilch, nada, nothing. So then why on earth do we think it’s actually a good thing that this nighttime spectacular is returning for 2024 After Hours at Magic Kingdom?
Disney’s all-new short film Once Upon a Studio is something special. It’s the perfect love letter to 100 years of the Walt Disney Animation Studios, and something that’ll tug on the heartstrings of anyone who grew up on Disney. We both found it really moving–Disney magic in its purest form–and wanted to take a minute
Last week, Imagineers debuted three new free-roaming two-legged droids in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland and the robot research team showcased their bipedal technology at a tech conference. Now, executives from the company are reviewing the results and evaluating the next steps. This post covers the quick progression of the playtest, and why these
