As covered recently, Refurbishment Season is in Full Force at Walt Disney World. Winter is a common time for ride closures and resort maintenance projects, and there are several that just started or were recently calendared. When it comes to the hotels, the big ones this time of year are usually pools. This makes sense, as cold […]

Walt Disney World’s popular table service restaurants aren’t always best. To the contrary, many difficult Advance Dining Reservations are due to hype and FOMO, characters or location. Some are able to “get away with” serving uninspired cuisine, as they’ll book up regardless. Ask any longtime Walt Disney World fan and they can name at least

Tokyo DisneySea is Disney’s best theme park anywhere in the world. It’s rare for me to make an unqualified statement when calling something the best, but this park is so good that I’m confident in that statement without any sort of hedging my bets. When this was first published 12 years ago, that was a

Two staples of our ‘best of’ lists of Walt Disney World restaurants, and two of my favorite dining rooms from an ambiance perspective, are closing for multi-month refurbishments that will likely reimagine their interiors and (maybe) introduce new menus. Here’s the latest, followed by our commentary. These closures are at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort, and

On the 5th anniversary of Gideon’s Bakehouse opening at Walt Disney World, its owner has announced Six Ravens, a brand-new hand pie concept opening at Disney Springs in 2026. This shares details about the food and drinks that’ll be served at the upcoming restaurant, its Florida roots, and our commentary. Gideon’s Bakehouse opening a second

Walt Disney World has released several different discounts offering room-only or hotel + ticket package savings for Summer 2026. This post compares & contrasts these special offers, with quick back-of-envelope math so you can decide which is best and worst for your unique circumstances. This is a tough task, as there’s currently an unprecedented 19

Walt Disney World keeps moving forward on the Monstropolis land at Hollywood Studios, continuing demolition in Muppets Courtyard and construction backstage on the Monsters, Inc. Door Coaster. Based on new public records, it appears that the transformation of the venue replacing MuppetVision will cost $22.4 million. Here’s the latest. As regular readers are likely aware,

Walt Disney World has revealed a sneak peek at the new Figment popcorn bucket, which is sure to heat up the freezing opening weekend of the 2026 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts. Here’s a first look at the cool design, how you can pick one up for yourself, and fresh Journey into Imagination hot

Disney is “unlocking” the timeline of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in the biggest way yet, to include the classic era and characters from the original trilogy of films. This post covers dates and details of the upcoming changes, plus our commentary. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is set on the remote planet of Batuu, located around

Disney just made the bombshell announcement that they’re finally “unlocking” the timeline of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge to include original trilogy characters, classic era storytelling, John Williams’ iconic scores, and more…at Disneyland.  Unsurprisingly, this has many Walt Disney World fans wondering when the changes will come to the version of the land (known colloquially among