Brady MacDonald
Brady MacDonald is a freelance writer based in California. He wrote the Funland theme park blog for the Los Angeles Times for a decade. His work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, New York Newsday, Philadelphia Inquirer, Seattle Times, Orlando Sentinel and Orange County Register.
Southern California theme parks have targeted reopening dates as the state moves closer to allowing Disney, Universal and other major parks to finally welcome...
A new theme park reopening plan developed in partnership with Universal Studios, SeaWorld, Six Flags and Cedar Fair lays out nearly 300 guidelines for...
The layout of Cars Land in Disney California Adventure combines a challenging blend of artistry and practicality to recreate a fully functioning theme park...
Opening Disneyland sooner than expected after the coronavirus outbreak will likely require the Anaheim theme parks to scan temperatures, employ virtual queues, bring back...
A drumbeat of social media posts suggests the Shanghai Disneyland theme park is preparing to reopen after a three month closure due to the...
Disney and Universal Studios fans hoped one silver lining of the current theme park closures in California and Florida would be that work crews...
The enormous scale of the global health crisis has Disney accountants rounding to the nearest million to calculate the economic impact of the catastrophe....
Walt Disney Imagineering concocted the sea breeze smell in the Soarin’ attraction at Disney California Adventure and Epcot by dropping cotton socks in the...
Reopening Disneyland before the fall became “unlikely” as California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that mass gatherings with thousands of people are “not in the...
The Haunted Mansion is the most magical of Disneyland rides in the most literal way: The 50-year-old attraction is an optical illusion that constantly...
The massive and complex Rise of the Resistance ride that lies largely hidden behind man-made cliffs and freshly-planted trees at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge...
Star Wars fans will be able to spend hours upon hours hunting for Easter Eggs hidden throughout the new Galaxy’s Edge themed lands coming...
Superland Bowl Theme Park Championship
Welcome to the Fantasyland League and the inaugural Superland Bowl pitting the reigning Universal Orlando Conference champion Wizarding World of...
The new Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run flight simulator ride coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland will put a new generation of pilots,...
The strange group of tourists snapping photos of wobbly door knobs, jumbled knots of electrical wires and rust stains on the weathered walls of...
The otherworldly petrified tree spires and intergalactic outpost marketplaces in the new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge themed lands coming Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios...