Category: Articles
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Cedar Fair + Six Flags Merger: The Positive View
As I’m sure you’re all aware by now the Cedar Fair company is set to merge with the Six Flags company to create one company, valued at $8 billion dollars. This company will operate a total of 27 amusement parks, 15 water parks and 9 resort properties across 17 states in the USA, Canada and…
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Disneyland Paris – The Forgotten Disney Park
Disneyland Paris Resort is currently receiving a lot of attention within both Disney Village and the Walt Disney Studios Park. Even all of the resorts’ hotels are being refurbished. However the main park, Disneyland park, has received no major plans for any change. Disneyland Park may currently be in a much better state than the…
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Walt Disney World is Heading in the Right Direction? (Destination D23 Recap)
During the Disney Parks panel at Orlando’s Destination D23 event, Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Josh D’Amaro gave fans some exciting peeks at what is to come for the Disney parks. As with any big announcements, fan opinion has been pretty divided. The promise that the parks would be expanding was exciting to…
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The Dark Secrets of Berlin’s Communist Theme Park
Berlin, the capital of Germany, is a city with a complex history. Devastated and divided after World War Two, the city was split in two by the Berlin Wall. Western Germany was formed by the Western allies, America, Britain and France and Eastern Germany were part of the Soviet sector. Following German reunification in 1990,…
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Disney’s Failed Card Game – Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom
Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom was an interactive card game created by Disney. But unlike most trading card games, this one couldn’t be found on the shelves of your local supermarket or toy shop. Instead, it was only found within Walt Disney World, with the main game being playable within the Magic Kingdom. When it…
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The Heartbreaking Demise of EPCOT
From an over reliance on IP to attraction down grades, the history of Epcot has been plagued with bad decisions. What started out as a hopeful vision of the future is now an empty shell of its former self. So, what exactly went wrong? For more great theme park content please subscribe to my channel.
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U.K. Theme Parks are BAD!
Considering the size of the country, the U.K. has a fairly large amount of theme parks, ranging from the kid friendly to the more thrill orientated. However, unlike in North America and Europe, not one of these parks in my opinion can be considered truly world class. Now, this isn’t to say there aren’t some…
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Is Tiana’s Bayou Adventure a Recipe for Disaster?
The closure of Splash Mountain and its re-themeing to Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is one of the biggest stories to come from the theme park world in recent years, which has even leaked out of our niche community and into the mainstream. In this video, the question I want to explore is, will the attraction be…
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Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser – Disney’s Billion Dollar FAILURE!
The Galactic Star Cruiser, Disney’s immersive Star Wars hotel, is losing money and set to close just over a year after its opening. Following cancellations, half empty cruises and hefty discounts, this comes as no surprise. Yet only a year ago, then Disney-CEO Bob Chapek told Forbes that customer interest in the hotel was ‘phenomenal’.…
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How Disney’s Ski Resort Failure Led to the Creation of the Country Bear Jamboree
The Country Bear Jamboree is a classic Disney attraction and it’s hard to imagine the Magic Kingdom without it, but this now iconic show was actually never meant to be in a Disney park. Its origins actually take us back to the time when Disney planned to build an alpine-style resort tucked deep in California’s…