Personally, I find the history of all-things-Disney completely fascinating. I’ve been reading David Koenig’s book “Realityland” and learning lots of fun tidbits. Since many people won’t take the time to read the entire book, but still love Disney facts, I thought I’d throw together my first ever infographic. Without further ado, please enjoy!
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Every Disney vacation starts with that fundamental question: when is the best time to visit Disneyland or Disney World? Now, there are many variables to this question, things like:
These are all absolutely crucial questions to ask and sometimes its really hard to find the answer. But, if you do some digging, you’ll find that a few people have put together some pretty helpful resources that help you answer these questions so I’ve decided to try and aggregate a few of them here for you.
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Disney World is always an amazing experience and the most crucial part of that are the attractions (yes, even if you’re a huge Disney Dining fan like myself). We all have our own favorite rides and shows, the rides we run to when the rope drops, and even the stuff we tend to avoid. I’m always a fan of trying to make things even better than they already are, so here are five tips I’ve come up with enhance some of my favorite Disney World rides.
Tip #5 – Incorporate fireworks into the rides
Ok, I admit, this one is a bit tricky and to be honest it’s always a bit of a dice roll. But, there have been a few times where I’ve timed Jungle Cruise perfectly during the fireworks display. Can you see the entire fireworks display for the entire ride? No. But, when you can see the fireworks up in the sky while you sail around on the Jungle Cruise, it’s pretty cool, and gives the attraction kind of a whole new feel.
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This summer there has been a lot of announcements about things closing (and opening) at Walt Disney World in Orlando. The Maelstrom / Frozen announcement probably got the most press (and biggest opinions). American Idol Experience closing didn’t get too much buzz and I am actually still confused if Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular is actually closing or not [readers?]. Another ride on the chopping block, and in fact, set to close it’s doors forever tomorrow (Saturday, Sep 27th) is the Studio Backlot Tour at Hollywood Studios.
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Let’s admit it: one of the best parts of every Disney trip is the restaurants and the eating! I full-heartedly (and full-stomachly) agree with this. But, with so many places to pick from it’s always great to get some perspective online before you make those ever-so-valuable advance dining reservations (ADRs). For my first restaurant review, we’ll be talking about Liberty Tree Tavern in the Magic Kingdom.
Note: if you’re looking for an overview of all the Disney reviews I’ve done (which can help provide context for scoring) give my review index a quick glimpse.
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Update: As of October 6th, 2014, Maelstrom is officially closed until it re-opens as the Frozen ride in 2016.
No doubt you’ve heard the news today that Maelstrom is going to be replaced with a Frozen ride. The potentially good news is that Disney used the word “replace” instead of something like “enhance” and the ride will not reopen for at least another 18 months. That means that hopefully we’ll get a major overhaul to house Frozen, instead of the pretty lame enhancement to Pirates, for example, where they just stuck Captain Jack Sparrow in a few random places. At least the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad refurbishment in Disneyland had a lot of pizazz, so hopefully this will the minimum bar set for Maelstrom.
Disney Dork Tom 
Our Top Five Posts of 2014
It is hard to believe, but this was my first (partial) year blogging about all of my favorite Disney things! It’s been a great year and looking forward to 2015. According to this quick little recap of my five most viewed posts in 2015, my readers and I have one thing in common: we LOVE eating at Disney, and we like making sure our experience is top notch. Without further ado, my top five posts of 2014 in case you missed them (or loved them so much you want to read them again):
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