Kicking the Tires at Cars Land
Friday June 29, 2012
The Season Pass Podcast guys, Doug Barnes and Brent Young, invited me to join them to talk about Cars Land, Buena Vista Street, and other developments at Disney California Adventure ... Read More
Back from the Dead
Thursday June 28, 2012
It's always good news when a defunct theme park gets a new lease on life. That's why I'm happy to report that the shuttered Ghost Town in the Sky (which ... Read More
(Buena Vista) Street Cred
Tuesday June 26, 2012
My coverage of Disney California Adventure's grand reopening continues with a photo tour and musings about Buena Vista Street and Carthay Circle, the vastly improved front section of the ... Read More
Aliens to Invade Australia
Monday June 25, 2012
Most of the world's best theme park attractions can be traced to either the Disney or Universal parks. There are a handful of independent ride designers, however, that sometimes develop ... Read More
Holiday World Sings the Blues for KY Park
Friday June 22, 2012
Years of benign neglect from Six Flags and the Kentucky State Fair Board led to the sad decline of Kentucky Kingdom. Six Flags coasted away altogether before the start of ... Read More
A Road Trip through Cars Land
Tuesday June 19, 2012
My coverage continues of Disney California Adventure's grand reopening with a photo tour and running commentary of Cars Land. See the highly photogenic new land and learn more about ... Read More
Imagineers Rev Up Disney California Adventure
Monday June 18, 2012
After five years of anticipation, the centerpiece attraction of Disney California Adventure's radical makeover, Radiator Springs Racers, finally debuted last week. It was worth the wait. If you get ... Read More
Steve Jobs and Cars Land
Thursday June 14, 2012
When Steve Jobs passed away, I wrote about the ties that bound the Apple visionary to the Walt Disney Company. That connection was driven home today when I had the ... Read More
Coney Island Charity Event -- with a Twist
Tuesday June 12, 2012
A ride aboard the historic Cyclone at Brooklyn's Coney Island is sure to be a treasured memory and perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime thrill. Riding it more than once, as I did ... Read More
Sand Castles and Wave Riding -- in Pittsburgh?
Monday June 11, 2012
At first glance, Pittsburgh and beach activities might seem incongruent. But at the edge of the city, nestled along the Monongahela River, Sandcastle offers urban dwellers a refuge from the ... Read More
The Latest Park Deals
Thursday June 7, 2012
I've already written about Disney World raising its prices. And the tellers at Gringotts Wizarding Bank are working overtime tallying the receipts from the recent price hike at Universal Orlando. ... Read More
Journey to Colorado for a Wild Water Park
Tuesday June 5, 2012
You typically don't find lumbering dinosaurs or ancient mummies at a water park. (That's more the province of Disney and Universal theme parks.) But Water World Colorado, near Denver, ... Read More
It Now Costs $89 to Ride Space Mountain
Monday June 4, 2012
It doesn't seem like all that long ago that Disney World raised its one-day, one-park ticket price to the head-turning threshold of $50. (In fact, it was 2002, a ... Read More