Announcement WDWMAGIC's Search Has Been Completely Rebuilt — Here's What It Can Do Now

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We've rebuilt search across WDWMAGIC from the ground up, and it now covers far more than news. Whether you're looking for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party coverage, a photo of a long-gone attraction, or every location on property serving a Dole Whip, it's all one search box away.


WDWMAGIC - Search Reinvented

One search for the whole site​

Tap the magnifying glass anywhere on the main WDWMAGIC.COM site and start typing. Results appear instantly as you type, and now cover:

• More than 18,000 news articles spanning three decades of Disney World coverage
• Every attraction, restaurant, resort, and shop — including closed and former locations, so a search for a classic like Reflections of Earth or Muppetvision 3D takes you right to its page
• 7,500+ photo galleries and hundreds of videos
• Current restaurant menus, right down to individual dishes
• Active forum discussions from the WDWMAGIC community

Use the tabs under the search box — News, Places, Photos, Videos, Menus, Forums — to narrow things down, and flip between Relevance and Newest depending on whether you want the best match or the latest developments.

A few things the new search is smart about:

• Typos are fine. "Contemporery" finds the Contemporary.
• Fan shorthand works. Try MNSSHP, ROTR, FOP, 7DMT — or resort nicknames like the Poly, GF, or BLT. The search speaks fluent Disney fan.
• Punctuation doesn't matter. "Not-So-Scary" and "not so scary" find the same.

A dedicated dining search, down to the dish​

Head to the Dining page and you'll find a new search box that goes deeper than any dining tool we've offered before. It searches every current menu at Walt Disney World — more than 23,000 dishes across 400+ menus — with prices, constantly updated.

Some searches to try:

• A specific craving: "dole whip" shows every location serving one right now — including a few you probably didn't know about. "Crab cake" turns up all 27 of them, from a $13 appetizer to brunch Benedicts.
• A cuisine: "African food" finds Boma, Tiffins, Nomad Lounge, and more — even where the restaurant's name doesn't give it away. Italian, sushi, Mexican, Mediterranean, and 20 other cuisines work the same way.
• A style of meal: "character dining," "buffet," "signature dining," "prix fixe," "dinner show" — or practical searches like "mobile order."
• A restaurant: type a name and jump straight to its page and menus.

Every dish result links directly to that item on the restaurant's current menu — the right meal period and all — so you're one click from the full context. Results show which meals each dish is served at, its menu section, and its price.

 

[MisterPenguin]

We've rebuilt search across WDWMAGIC from the ground up, and it now covers far more than news. Whether you're looking for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party coverage, a photo of a long-gone attraction, or every location on property serving a Dole Whip, it's all one search box away.


WDWMAGIC - Search Reinvented

One search for the whole site​

Tap the magnifying glass anywhere on the main WDWMAGIC.COM site and start typing. Results appear instantly as you type, and now cover:

• More than 18,000 news articles spanning three decades of Disney World coverage
• Every attraction, restaurant, resort, and shop — including closed and former locations, so a search for a classic like Reflections of Earth or Muppetvision 3D takes you right to its page
• 7,500+ photo galleries and hundreds of videos
• Current restaurant menus, right down to individual dishes
• Active forum discussions from the WDWMAGIC community

Use the tabs under the search box — News, Places, Photos, Videos, Menus, Forums — to narrow things down, and flip between Relevance and Newest depending on whether you want the best match or the latest developments.

A few things the new search is smart about:

• Typos are fine. "Contemporery" finds the Contemporary.
• Fan shorthand works. Try MNSSHP, ROTR, FOP, 7DMT — or resort nicknames like the Poly, GF, or BLT. The search speaks fluent Disney fan.
• Punctuation doesn't matter. "Not-So-Scary" and "not so scary" find the same.

A dedicated dining search, down to the dish​

Head to the Dining page and you'll find a new search box that goes deeper than any dining tool we've offered before. It searches every current menu at Walt Disney World — more than 23,000 dishes across 400+ menus — with prices, constantly updated.

Some searches to try:

• A specific craving: "dole whip" shows every location serving one right now — including a few you probably didn't know about. "Crab cake" turns up all 27 of them, from a $13 appetizer to brunch Benedicts.
• A cuisine: "African food" finds Boma, Tiffins, Nomad Lounge, and more — even where the restaurant's name doesn't give it away. Italian, sushi, Mexican, Mediterranean, and 20 other cuisines work the same way.
• A style of meal: "character dining," "buffet," "signature dining," "prix fixe," "dinner show" — or practical searches like "mobile order."
• A restaurant: type a name and jump straight to its page and menus.

Every dish result links directly to that item on the restaurant's current menu — the right meal period and all — so you're one click from the full context. Results show which meals each dish is served at, its menu section, and its price.

Is there a link to the search page that looks like the one you posted above, or is it the usual all-site search pictured here...

 

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Is there a link to the search page that looks like the one you posted above, or is it the usual all-site search pictured here...

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Not currently. Is that a preferred option?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Not currently. Is that a preferred option?

The current look of the pan-searching page looks a bit... first-drafty.

Compare that to the more polished look of the News page.

It also makes it look like I need to click on one of the subcategories first.

So, initially I was just wondering if a planned new-look was supposed to be in effect based on the News article mock-up, and it didn't properly launch. But, since you ask... A more friendly UX would be nice, but certainly not a high priority.