Feb 17, 2023
Excitement for Tron LIghtcycle / Run is mounting as Walt Disney World annual passholders began registering to preview the Magic Kingdom ride. And across the park work is happening on the rebranding of Splash Mountain into Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.
- Tron preview (:34)
- Restraint system (6:08)
- The queue...
Aug 11, 2021
Melissa Valiquette, vice president of Magic Kingdom, discusses “Disney Enchantment,” the 50 golden character statues, Tron and the revamping of Splash Mountain.
- Melissa’s origin story (1:18)
- Defending the cake (5:07)
- ‘Making a 50-year old park look new again’ (8:41)
- Happy places in the Magic...
May 13, 2021
Tourism reporter Dewayne Bevil talks with John Saccheri, who runs the theme parks fan site Big Fat Panda, about recent changes that make the parks feel like they did before the pandemic and changes they hope will happen soon.
- Temperature screenings (1:59)
- Masks off for photos (2:35)
- “Cleanest trash cans in...
Apr 30, 2021
Orlando Sentinel theme park reporter Dewayne Bevil and podcast producer Wesley Alden have two different thoughts on the PeopleMover at Magic Kingdom. Dewayne thinks it is fine. Wesley is indifferent. But there are folks out there that can’t get enough of the ride.
- Transportation of the future (2:51)
- Disney...