For one night only (and after hours), Spaceship Earth will receive a digital projection makeover into the Death Star to celebrate Star Wars. At an invite-only Star Wars meet up tomorrow night (December 5th), Disney will be sharing updates on current and upcoming Star Wars experiences at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Disney Parks will be live […]
Continue readingUniversal Studios Hollywood has made a surprising positive change to its Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey attraction. The big Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction has lost the one thing it had that Orlando’s version of the attraction didn’t, 3D. Universal had this to say on the removal of 3D from the ride: […]
Continue readingDisney has today announced that they are allowing guests faster transfers between theme parks for a price, something I didn’t think Disney would ever do. Express Bus Transportation comes at a cost of $15 per person, per day and will pick guests up directly from the parks. You can add the service on when purchasing […]
Continue readingAlthough I would argue that the walk between Disney’s Port Orleans French Quarter and Riverside is one of the most beautiful and relaxing walks you can take at Walt Disney World, it is no good if you are in a rush or the weather is bad and you don’t have a car! Disney has slowly […]
Continue readingIt may have an awful name, but the “Starbright Holidays – An Intel Collaboration” show at Disney Springs looks fantastic, while also being innovative by featuring 300 drones. This is our first taste of drones at Disney, and it opens up a whole new range of possibilities for new and existing shows across the resort. […]
Continue readingWay back in May, Universal announced that they were partnering with Nintendo to “bring the world of Nintendo to life at Universal theme parks”. Since then we’ve heard a few rumors around possible locations and possible new attractions based on patent applications, but nothing official. Well today, Universal and Nintendo have broken their silence and revealed what’s in […]
Continue readingAlways wanted to eat at all three hotels at the Magic Kingdom? Love riding the monorail? Fan of Wishes? For $150 you can now combine all three with the Highway in the Sky Dine-Around! Though $150 (plus tax and gratuity) seems like a large sum of money, the amount that is included within the Highway […]
Continue readingIt looks like Universal’s Superstar Parade is to finally receive some much needed additions! Characters from The Secret Life of Pets will be joining in on the fun with the addition of two new floats next month! The first float is going to be themed on Central Park where Max and Duke will be on […]
Continue readingJoin us for the 42nd episode of the Theme Park Trader podcast! This week we host a D23 Destination D special where Dan and I discuss all of the news revealed at the event as well as a couple of extra news stories. Stories covered: Pandora: The World of Avatar Disney announced quite a few […]
Continue readingVisiting a theme park these days, whether that’s Disney, Universal or one of the many others, you’ll find yourself going on quite a few screen based attractions. Whether it’s just a standard film based show, or a 3D or even 4D ride, it’s a cheaper way to build a new attraction that often appeals to […]
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