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Like most Millennial theme park enthusiasts worth their salt, I cut my teeth for park operations in the industry in that most common of test beds: Roller Coaster Tycoon on a Windows 95 desktop computer while Windows Media Player repeated Michelle Branch’s The Spirit Room in the background. If you were unlucky enough to miss …

Disney Abu Dhabi Is Coming (Apparently). Here’s a Primer on the Long Road to a Disneyland of the Middle East. Read More »

September 27, 2025, 6:03 PM · Silver Dollar City provided updates on its new parade and hotel during its first-ever fan fest today.The Branson, Missouri park previously announced that this year would be the final run for its Rudolph’s Holly Jolly Christmas Light Parade. Today, the park unveiled its replacement for 2026’s An Old Time …

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Welcome back! As you probably know, my Build-Out of Epic Universe became so outsized and image-heavy that it attempts to add to it crashed my website. So for the first time ever, I am proud to present… Expanding Epic Universe, Part II! If you haven’t already, I recommend that before you dig into this half …

Expanding Epic Universe, Part II: An Armchair-Imagineered Build-Out of Universal Orlando’s Cosmic Theme Park Read More »

September 26, 2025, 12:40 PM · A match-up for the ages is coming to Universal Studios Hollywood next spring.The California theme park this morning confirmed the return of its Universal Fan Fest Nights events in 2026. The after-hours, hard-ticket event debuted this year, featuring attractions themed to Back to the Future, Star Trek, and Dungeons …

It’s Scooby-Doo v Universal Monsters in Hollywood next year Read More »

As if foretold by the stars, it has arrived… the first major theme park in the U.S. in nearly a quarter of a century is here. Universal Epic Universe is meant to be the park that finally shifts the gravity in Central Florida for good, establishing Universal’s now three-park, eleven-hotel property as more than a …

Expanding Epic Universe – An Armchair-Imagineered Build-Out Read More »

September 24, 2025, 1:54 PM · As a theme park enthusiast, it’s rare for us to travel to a major American city that has a notable theme park that we haven’t visited. This past weekend, my wife and I took a weekend trip to Salt Lake City, Utah, where we visited a theme park that’s …

Utah’s Lagoon is worth a closer look by theme park fans Read More »