Posted: February 27, 2020

I remember riding Star Tours as a child. It must have been 1999 or so. It was my first taste of what a Star Wars ride could be. Sitting on a makeshift starship. Watching the action of a Star Wars battle unfold before your eyes. It was well worth every moment of it. I still remember how excited I felt about that ride. Fast forward to 2020 and my thoughts could not be more different. If Star Wars asks you to take your first step into a larger world, Star

Posted: February 27, 2020

Disney just announced that tickets are on sale for the newest Disney After Dark event - a Star Wars -themed evening. But should the over-$100 price tag include rides on the newest state-of-the-art attraction, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance? Disnyland 's after hours event - Star Wars Nite - takes place later this summer, and already it has created a lot of buzz on social media. Disneyland Resort annual passholders and hopeful guests were pretty

Posted: February 27, 2020

Disneyland plans to bring down the wildly popular new Rise of the Resistance attraction for routine overnight maintenance during an after-hours Star Wars Nite event while the Star Wars Celebration fan conference is taking place at the Anaheim Convention Center. The Disneyland website notes that the new 20-minute-long trackless dark ride will be unavailable during the $109 separate-admission Star Wars Nite event on Aug. 27. “Star Wars: Rise of

Posted: February 27, 2020

Let it go, let it snow. That describes the spirit of the new, nearly 39-foot long “Frozen 2” parade float, on which Elsa, who 's known for singing “Let It Go” in the first film, will make snow fall on Main Street, U.S.A. Later, Cinderella gets her magical moment when she 's inside a giant pumpkin that suddenly becomes a carriage to take her to the ball. Those are among the nine floats in “Magic Happens,” Disneyland 's newest

Posted: February 27, 2020

Walt Disney Imagineering has jammed so many historical nods and hidden Easter Eggs into Mickey and Minnie 's Runaway Railway that the creative team behind the new trackless dark ride figured why not toss in a second story line as well. “This attraction actually has a B story,” Walt Disney Imagineering 's Kevin Rafferty said. “First one ever that has a B story in addition to the A story. It 's very clear and it 's very fun.” Mickey and Minnie 's

Posted: February 27, 2020

Grab your mouse ears and head to the Disneyland Resort to drink in the most imaginative new parade to hit the park in many years. Disneyland is full of magic, and the new parade launching Feb. 28 will bring an all new type of spectacular to the park. Guests who pause along Main Street or along the route to take in the scene will see moments from favorite Disney films throughout the years. Among those you'll witness are "Cinderella," "Sleeping Beauty,"

Posted: February 27, 2020

The latest ticket price increases have Disneyland fans once again complaining about the rising expense of visiting the Happiest Place on Earth, but wait until they see what it could cost to get into Walt Disney 's original theme park on its 100th anniversary in 2055. Data analysis of historical ticket prices found that if Disneyland continues to raise prices at the rate it has for the past 20 years the cost of daily admission could increase nearly tenfold

Posted: February 18, 2020

For the last few weeks, Disneyland has opened each day with a hush falling over the early-morning crowd as visitors tap on their smartphones to access a virtual queuing system in hopes of getting on the park 's newest attraction, Rise of the Resistance. Within minutes after the queuing system begins to accept reservations, the ride reaches capacity for the day. The air fills with cheers from parkgoers who managed to secure a reservation and complaints from