For its latest venture, Disney has done something truly audacious and created a deeply immersive, two-day Star Wars experience. Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser has generated a lot of buzz, partly for its high price point….
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The Top 10 Rides at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
The third theme park to open at the vast Walt Disney World Resort, Disney’s Hollywood Studios has changed considerably through the years. The recent additions of Toy Story Land and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge has…
Read MoreDisney to build prototype communities of today
The Mouse announced its latest venture, “Storyliving by Disney,” Disney-branded, master-planned home communities. Residents will be able to live inside the Disney bubble 24/7. The first such community, Cotino, will be in the Coachella Valley…
Read MoreThese are the best coasters at Cedar Point
Ohio’s Cedar Point has an incredible collection of thrill machines. Through the years, it has set records with many of them, including Magnum XL-200 (the first to break 200 feet and the ride that launched…
Read MoreRiseNY takes flight in Times Square
When Disney California Adventure launched Soarin’ Over California, it established a new category of themed attractions: the flying theater. There have been a number of rides that incorporate the concept, including some standalone ones in…
Read MoreFlorida’s newest coaster tops them all
In March 2020, Busch Gardens Tampa was set to unleash Iron Gwazi, a beast of a roller coaster. Instead, the park shut down, and the highly anticipated thrill machine went into a pandemic-induced hibernation. Some…
Read MoreA roller coaster on a cruise ship? Yup.
The influence of theme parks and attractions can be seen in so many other experiences. There are themed restaurants, fanciful hotels, highly interactive museum exhibits, casinos with roller coasters and other rides, malls that are…
Read MoreMining theme park fun at Silver Dollar City
Nestled in the Ozark Mountains on the site of a 19th-century mining village, Silver Dollar City brings the era to life in a charming and compelling fashion. The historic theme winds through everything the park…
Read MoreNew game on at Chuck E. Cheese
It was all started by a mouse. (No, not that mouse.) But 45 years after it began, the pandemic nearly brought the Chuck E. Cheese chain to an end. As I outline in my Funworld…
Read More2022 park preview
With a number of high-profile attractions delayed due to the pandemic finally scheduled to open in 2022 combined with a slew of new roller coasters and other rides, the year is shaping up to be…
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