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
Disney announced today that a new themed port inspired by “a magical spring leading to a world of Disney fantasy” will add Frozen, Tangled and Peter Pan mini-lands to Tokyo DisneySea with an adjacent in-park luxury hotel. This new FantaSEA Springs (as we’ll call it) port will open in 2022, and will be the largest
Walt Disney World’s most popular counter service restaurants aren’t always the best ones. To the contrary, many of the busiest dining options serve stereotypical fast food, with crowds flocking to these spots for straightforward, crowd-pleasing options. In terms of quality, many of Walt Disney World’s better quick service eateries are among the less popular ones.
Star Wars Weekends is a summer event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World. This post features photos from the festivities, info about the entertainment & character meals, our tips for visiting, and more. The event is a lot of fun whether you’re a hardcore Star Wars fan or just a fan of fun
We have an official opening date for Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios! The grand opening will be June 30, 2018, which is later than expected. (Last updated June 8, 2018–see new section at bottom of post.) In fact, following the progress update at last summer’s D23 Expo, I wrote: “I would not be
We’re back with another Walt Disney World rumor; this time, an update on the IllumiNations: Windows on the World nighttime spectacular coming to Epcot. We shared vague rumors about this a few months ago, which focused on the possibility of a new show in 2020 with an interim fireworks show prior to then due to
Two of our favorite vacations of all time have been our Norwegian Fjords and Alaska Disney Cruise Line sailings. While beginning to write our cruise report for the latter, I caught myself comparing it to Norway. Rather that going on several tangents throughout the report, I figured I’d break down everything that I think is
