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Animal Kingdom has 8 attractions with Lightning Lane Multi Pass, the lowest number of any park at Walt Disney World. Only a few of those need the line-skipping service, making DAK the worst park for buying paid FastPass. This list ranks the rides in terms of time-saved and how quickly each books up. If you’re […]

This ranks every single hotel at Walt Disney World–Values, Moderates, Deluxes, and Villas–from worst to best for those planning vacations this year or in 2027. These resort rankings consider theme, amenities, location, transportation, pools, dining, guest rooms, and more to determine the top accommodations near the theme parks in Florida. Notably, this gives significant weight

Walt Disney World is making speedy progress on the Cars and Villains Lands in Magic Kingdom, with one of the defining features of Piston Peak National Park appearing to take shape: a waterway replacing the guest-facing side of the Rivers of America! After closing and demolishing that and Tom Sawyer Island, new aerial photos reveal

Fans have been waiting 21 long years for Michael Eisner to air his grievances about Disney. Decades after leaving under, ahem, inauspicious circumstances, the former CEO finally sat down for a wide-ranging interview. This shares the highlights and offers our post-mortem on the Eisner era. The interview covered everything from Bob Iger initially being rejected

Walt Disney World has had a lot of ‘Starlight Schedule Shenanigans’ since the new night parade debuted at Magic Kingdom. There have been operational and showtime changes, some of which are normal and some of which are a result of WDW Operations trying to find its footing and manage crowds. This covers the latest adjustments,

Disney has filed a patent application for an innovative new ride system that describes and illustrates an articulating arm attraction (say that 5 times fast) that could move a ride vehicle up and down, and side to side along a ride path. Here are full details and diagrams, along with our thoughts on where this

Like clockwork, Disney Vacation Club made the one-two punch of its annual price increase along with new discounts and stackable bonus savings. This offers a rundown of the higher and, I guess, lower prices on joining or adding on points. Before we get going, I want to make a plug for our 2026 Disney Vacation

The Elon Musk-owned Boring Company was selected to (presumably) dig tunnels connecting Epic Universe with the rest of Universal Orlando Resort. This underground transportation network would make it more efficient to get between Islands of Adventure, Universal Studios Florida, CityWalk and the many up there with the Epic Universe campus. If it happens. Here’s the

There were a couple of confusing open-ended refurbishments to Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and Oga’s Cantina in Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland. Both now have reopening dates, returning before the upcoming original trilogy timeline changes. Here’s the latest about the closures, what to expect and not expect. Let’s start with Star Wars: Rise of

For the first time in forever February 2026, Walt Disney World has (soft) reopened Frozen Ever After to guests, ending its approximately two-week refurbishment at EPCOT. Disney also shared first look photos of the updated Arendellian Audio Animatronics of Anna, Elsa and Kristoff. Here’s a not-so-sneak peek, plus our commentary about why this update is