Photo Reports Archive
Weekend crowds and wait times have been increasing throughout Walt Disney World this fall, so we return to rope drop Magic Kingdom to see how ‘bad’ the park really is on what should be the one of the busiest days of the week. In this photo report, we’ll share our step-by-step morning and afternoon in
We’re back at the Walt Disney World theme park we visit most frequently, with another EPCOT crowd and construction update. In this photo report, we cover wait times, project progress, new food, and strategy for extending your day post-sunset in World Showcase. It’s been over two weeks since our last EPCOT update, but it feels
This hotel stay report covers our recent experience at Disney’s Riviera Resort, where we check out the new health safety protocol, enhanced cleaning, dining, pool crowds, and more as Walt Disney World continues its phased reopening. We’ll focus extensively on the highlights of this particular property. While we’ve been critical of the Riviera in the
Halloween got a “late” start at Walt Disney World this year, kicking off in mid-September instead of the “normal” mid-August. We visited Magic Kingdom to see the park decked out in pumpkin decor, the new character cavalcades, and see whether it’s a trick or a treat. Here we’ll share photos, preliminary crowd & viewing advice,
Labor Day weekend is the last hurrah for summer crowds before off-season begins at Walt Disney World. Our Labor Day Crowd Predictions anticipated high attendance, long lines, and elevated wait times. After experiencing the ‘eye of the storm’ crowd-wise, let’s take a look at the holiday’s peak. For starters, our expectation for heavy attendance was
As Walt Disney World’s phased reopening continues, so too do our hotel stays. In this resort report, we return to Yacht Club to check out the new health safety protocol, enhanced room cleaning, dining, Stormalong Bay pool crowds, and more. Our stay at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort was at the beginning of September 2020, shortly
It’s time for another Disney Springs photo report. Walt Disney World’s shopping, dining, and entertainment district has now been operating for exactly 3 months since reopening, and had yet to do another photo report since Our Ghost Town Visit to Disney Springs. If anything, this update is overdue–we’ve been back several times since then, and
Magic Kingdom has now been open for over one month and despite the last several months crawling, it really doesn’t feel like it’s been that long. Nevertheless, we head back to Walt Disney World’s most popular park on a weekend to see how things are going on what should be the busiest day of the
We pick up where our Caribbean Beach Resort Stay Report left off, aboard the Skyliner to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Having boarded the gondola at 9:42 am, it was a race against the clock to make it to the park in time for rope drop and the Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance virtual queue ‘boarding
Following Part 1 of our Caribbean Beach Resort Stay Report, we continue here with a look at the hotel’s restaurants and bus transportation. We’ll also share rope drop lines and wait times for the Skyliner to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and our race against the clock to arrive in time for a spot in the virtual
Regular readers know we’re big fans of Caribbean Beach Resort. For the last few years, it was our most-visited hotel at Walt Disney World. With new health safety protocol, potential crowd issues, and reader questions, we booked a weekend stay at CBR to assess its changes. In the first part of this quasi-trip report, we’ll
