Animal Kingdom and Disney Hollywood Studios Exceptional, Acceptable, Regrettable

Over the last couple of months, I have been making observations of things that have struck my fancy in the Disney Parks. The goal...

Disney Extracurriculars

After a few trips to visit the Mouse, you might want to throw something new into the mix to shake up your trips a...

Walt Disney: Theme Park Character

WALT DISNEY: THEME PARK CHARACTER With the “new” Disney California Adventure now a year old, I thought it would be interesting to take a look...

Universal Orlando Halloween Horror Nights, Springfield and Diagon Alley

Universal Orlando is moving forward on their 2014 plans and beyond, even as summer crowds swarm the parks.  Let's take a stroll around Universal...

Season Pass Podcast: The Tony Baxter Interview – Part 1

Everyone knows that we wouldn't have the moments and memories of the most amazing attractions in the world if it wasn't for Walt Disney...

Universal Confirms EVIL DEAD Maze Coming to Halloween Horror Nights

UPDATE:  Universal has finally confirmed that a maze based on the 2013 film Evil Dead will be walk through attractions at both Universal Hollywood...

Disney California Adventure wraps up Cars Land as Disneyland celebrates its...

Disney California Adventure's new 12-acre Cars Land is getting a final finishing touch over a year after opening but guests inside the park won't...

Marvel World: Are You Ready for San Diego Comic-Con?

San Diego Comic-Con 2013 is just around the corner, July 17 -21, and announcements about the event are coming fast and furious. Are you a...

Welcome to the Wakefield Report

Welcome to the Wakefield Report, from Chris Wakefield, the newest member of the MicePod. We think you'll agree that this show is a very...

SeaWorld Orlando Summer Update and Antarctica Changes

Summer crowds have descended on the SeaWorld Orlando resort, with Aquatica closing at capacity most days during the busy 4th of July holiday week....

Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast #60 – HHN, Cabana Bay and Springfield

On the newest episode of the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast, we have all the recent Halloween Horror Nights news, as well as more information...

Maurice Sendak Exhibit at Disney Family Museum Highlights Walt Connection

The Walt Disney Family Museum is really working hard to present some interesting and thought-provoking programming. Along these lines, the Museum recently presented "The...

Disneyland Resort Anniversary, Splash Troubles, and Updates

Disneyland and Disney California Adventure survived the 4th of July holiday mega-week and came out just fine.  The lighter than normal crowds were helped,...

Dateline Disney World: Epcot News and Photos

This week, we'll look at what's going on over at Epcot. Construction, obstructions and refurbishments! About 50 photos for you, so let's get started! If...

Two Myths about World Showcase at Epcot

Disney hasn’t added any countries to World Showcase at Epcot since Norway in 1988—that was 25 years ago. On the Internet, two reasons are...

Knotts Berry Farm Announces Halloween Haunt 2013 Details

Last night, Knott's Berry Farm held a huge announcement event in the Charles Schultz Theatre to reveal all of their dastardly plans for the...

Sam Compares Parks, Disney, Universal, Knotts, Magic Mountain

Let's face it: Tickets for theme parks are expensive. Every year, we have come to expect price increases that exceed inflation, and every year,...

Walt Disney World for Grownups

Remember a couple of weeks ago when I hopped a plane from the Sooner State for a week of kid-free fun at the Most...

Season Pass Podcast: SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Designers PGAV

Please welcome back the Season Pass Podcast. This time around, the team speaks with a theme park design firm who has worked closely with...

Design: Those were the Times No. 13 – 1955 Surviving Toxic...

Disney legend, Bob Gurr, proves the point that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. Or does it? Journey back to the toxic 1950's...