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Our free Disneyland crowd calendars cover best & worst dates to visit in 2025 & 2026. This helps you choose when to go and days to avoid for shorter lines & lower wait times at Disney California Adventure and Disneyland. These monthly guides offer info about ride closures & what’s new, events, weather, prices, and […]

Magic Kingdom is widely considered the Christmas park at Walt Disney World. This guide to the holiday season at MK covers decorations, ride overlays and entertainment in November and December 2025. Here are our recommendations for making the most of your time, dates to visit & avoid, and special dates during which you can see the special

Walt Disney World has begun testing a new feature in My Disney Experience, which should make it easier to find must-buy merchandise…in theory. Here we’ll share the news and offer commentary about these updates, and the latest on MDX updates. This is actually the sixth or seventh round of modernizations to the My Disney Experience

Gingerbread houses are being built at Walt Disney World for Christmas 2025, with new and returning lifesize displays in the hotels. This post covers details of those, plus the special holiday foods coming to the resorts. Before we dig in, it’s worth mentioning that as of November 3rd, decorations are already starting to go up

November and December 2025 are going to be busy months at Walt Disney World. School recesses, long weekends and full week breaks cause crowd levels to spike, and can catch guests by surprise. We’re anticipating dates with high wait times in Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios–the worst in 6 months! This post

Walt Disney World has shared an update on the fan-favorite 2025 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, quietly confirming the return of something we anxiously await all year long: Figment’s Ugly Christmas Sweater. And this holiday season, there’s going to be an entire merchandise collection dedicated to the design! Here’s a first look, along with

Disney announced the development of a fourth themed resort hotel, located immediately adjacent to the entrance to Shanghai Disneyland, along with a new development plan that’ll add a second ‘wing’ to the Disneytown shopping and dining district. Here are full details from the press release, followed by our commentary. Upon completion, the fourth hotel at

Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party is Magic Kingdom’s holiday special event in November & December 2025 at Walt Disney World. This info guide offers tips, strategy, photos, dates & ticket prices, and our review of whether it’s worth the money based upon attending MVMCP annually for 15 years. In terms of basics, the 2025 Mickey’s

The holiday season is unofficially underway at Walt Disney World, the Bricker household, and on Amazon with the start of the Holiday Deals or early Black Friday sales. This shares a quick list of the best deals we’ve found thus far on books, LEGOs, clothing, and more–with an emphasis on things you’ll want before Christmas. Some

Whether to stay in an on-site or off-site hotel is an important decision when planning your 2026 Walt Disney World vacation. This weighs pros & cons, with an unbiased look at third party accommodations, Universal vs. Disney resorts, and other picks near the parks around Orlando, Florida. There’s a stigma around off-site hotels for many