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My husband and I are thrilled with this, too. His birthday was last month and he requested this as his gift, so he could fully "prepare" for Dark Universe!

Like most people who like to keep up on Disney (and Universal), I have several favorite sources, although they tend to be journalistic-minded bloggers, podcasters, or website operators who do videos on the side, rather than the 100% video-based influencers. I tend to find the influencers who...

Her vocal is lovely, but the modern synthesized instrumentation is totally wrong for what's supposed to be a live band using acoustic instruments at a jamboree. Why even bother with the bears at this point? I'm surprised Disney didn't just go straight to a video screen and get rid of the...

The way some of the queue switchbacks are designed, there's very little room for a person with an "encumbrance" of any size -- a backpack, a baby in a front carrier, etc. -- to turn around without whacking somebody, especially if the line is moving slowly (causing people to tend to lean against...

Universal quite wisely does the opposite: dribbles out very little information until the last minute (e.g., Velocicoaster was built in plain sight for months before Universal would admit it was anything other than a new churro cart, which became a running joke), or until (as with Epic) something...

FWIW, my husband doesn't do coasters with big drops or inversions either, and we still find so much to do at Universal (in terms of gentler rides, shows, smaller attractions and dining) that we started buying Seasonal Annual passes (which only cost us $100 more than a 3 or 4 day park ticket) so...

The worst decision for my family was WDW's pennywise and pound foolish monetizing of shorter wait times by introducing ILL/G+... while making changes to staffing and capacity that it knew would increase standby wait times, and structuring queues to ensure that standby guests would be able to see...

Correct. If they wanted to be more detailed, at this point they could really call it a, "All the people who use the right buzz words when we ask them about their limitations, and the 3 other people they opt to bring with them Assistance Program," but who wants to say all that? Unfortunately, in...

LOL, I'm not saying it needs to look OLD. It just needs to look like a shiny new attraction sign would have in the 1920s, and the motifs, fonts, and colors they've used ain't it, although they'd make a lovely decoration for Party City to sell for $19.99 in its Mardi Gras section. This is Old...

Yes, but NOT 1920s Jazz Age New Orleans-ey, which takes it out of the story it's supposed to be telling. The outdoor mural and even the stroller parking sign also fail miserably by that measure. There just seems to be a lack of thought and care for the theming throughout.

I agree that our culture has become far more selfish, greedy, and nasty. However, in some ways, Disney did this to itself. It builds attractions it knows will be popular, with capacity that it knows will be insufficient. Then it inserts guests into a caste system/rat race that visibly pits the...

Makes sense that the spice is us, because I feel pretty darn spicy about everything Disney has done to one of my favorite attractions! I support the addition of characters from under-represented communities. I support the removal of attraction elements that are culturally insensitive. I support...

Agreed. These songs have no place in Frontierland. Here's yet another unique, cohesive, and well-themed - and I daresay, culturally educational - attraction ("featuring a bit of Americana, our musical heritage of the past"), destroyed by Disney cramming randomly-selected IP where it doesn't...

You won't mind not having a view from the room -- as you'll discover, the resort is full of lookout points in the hallways and common areas from which you can watch the animals. We've stayed at a number of deluxes, and as far as food is concerned, AKL blew all of the rest out of the water...

Per Google, the square footage and footprint are exactly the same as before -- about 504 SF of living space (some sources measure it as being a tad bigger, but still describe it as the same SF as before), plus the deck.

I really enjoy the ride system. While some of the screens and transitions are a bit clunky to me, it's forgivable given the fact that it was ground-breaking for its time, and I agree that the best parts of the attraction are those where you're thisclose to real, 3D set pieces and effects.

Good point. For so long, we (and all the reputable crowd calendar makers and Disney touring guide publishers) have measured WDW "crowds" in terms of attraction wait times. It's a hard habit to break, and I think it will be some time before guests change their mindset to understand that nowadays...

Completely agree! My family all thought the same, the first time we rode the DL version. I'm honestly surprised to see so many folks responding with the opposite opinion.

As long as you don't mind leaving the parks repeatedly to go to resorts for dining (which, if you take an afternoon break anyway, is probably not inconvenient), I think it's an excellent list. For me, an "excellent" list encompasses a number of different types of cuisine and different dining...