DHS Archive
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
Walt Disney World has just announced the reopening of a few fan-favorite restaurants at both Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in September and October 2020. In this post, we’ll offer dates and details, plus what else we can expect from WDW dining for the rest of 2020. As you might recall, Walt Disney World
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
We’re back at Hollywood Studios for our first visit since DHS Reopening Report: A Tale of Two Visits. In this Walt Disney World photo update, we’ll share a look at the brand new Society Orchestra Beauty and the Beast stage show, another attraction being retired, low crowds & wait times, and more. Since our last
Walt Disney World announced there will be no FastPass+ and only standby lines during the phased reopening, but there’s one exception: Disney’s Hollywood Studios will offer a new virtual queue for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. In this post, we’ll cover how it’ll work & differ from the previous boarding pass system, and offer
Wondering what it’s like to join the virtual queue for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, walk-through the modified line, and do the attraction with the ‘temporary abnormal’ health safety measures at Walt Disney World? In this post, we’ll show you with photos and details about our latest experience doing the Disney’s Hollywood Studios headliner.
Our final park to visit post-reopening of Walt Disney World is Hollywood Studios, following our days in Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Epcot. In this post, we’ll cover our first two visits to DHS, the frustrations and pleasant surprises we encountered, health safety rule & mask compliance, plus our experiences with the Star Wars: Rise
BaseLine Tap House is a bar, lounge, and quasi-counter service restaurant in Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World. In this WDW dining review, we’ll share food photos, thoughts on ambiance, beer value for money, and why this has become a favorite hidden gem among many Walt Disney World fans. (Updated July 18, 2020.) Now that
We’re back with another Walt Disney World news & rumor roundup! In this post, we’ll share tidbits we’ve gleaned from reopening, new permits being filed for Star Wars & Toy Story Land projects, the Grand Floridian to Magic Kingdom walkway, NBA bubble life, and more! Let’s start with the NBA. The topic many of you
Guests have now been “dropping in” to the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Walt Disney World for over 25 years. As I believe this is a seminal Disney attraction that showcases Walt Disney Imagineering at its peak, and since there are a few very different incarnations of the Tower of Terror, I thought it’d
If you want to experience Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, plus headliners in both Epcot and Hollywood Studios, this 1-Day Park Hopper Itinerary is for you. In it, we’ll offer a step-by-step plan of attack for leveraging FastPass+ and rope drop to experience some of Walt Disney World’s most popular rides–and make the Resistance
