by Jim Smith | Apr 5, 2024 | Best of the Best - Disney and Beyond, Disney, Disney Parks & Resorts, Role Call - The Best of Disney
I was recently asked to do one of the most challenging things I’ve ever been asked to do…list my top five attractions in all of Walt Disney World. I thought about this for a minute (maybe a little less) and quickly concluded that there is no way I could, in good...
by Jim Smith | Jan 30, 2024 | Disney, Extinct Disney Attractions, Spotlight
The screech of tires, the smell of burning rubber, the snap of a gun, a burning wall of flames, and a death defying fall. No, these weren’t film scenes from the dearly departed Great Movie Ride, nor were they demonstrations along the once great Studio Backlot Tour....
by Jim Smith | Dec 2, 2023 | Disney, Disney Parks & Resorts, Extinct Disney Attractions, Spotlight
(A version of this article was shared with Pirates & Princesses and published on December 2, 2023.) One fateful day in 1986, a young girl asked her father if he could please decorate their house with lights for Christmas. Dad said “yes.” But this was no ordinary...
by Jim Smith | Nov 13, 2023 | Disney, Disney Parks & Resorts, Extinct Disney Attractions
(A version of this article was shared with Pirates & Princesses and published on November 15, 2023.) “Hooray for Hollywood!” Since the days of silent films, cinematic stories have faithfully transported viewers from their own lives to another world (at least for a...
by Jim Smith | Jun 10, 2023 | Best of the Best - Disney and Beyond, Disney, Disney Parks & Resorts, Lists, Role Call - The Best of Disney
Welcome back to our list of favorite Disney Parks vehicles. Disney Parks are known for their immersive storytelling, putting guests in the middle of the story through the use of art, design, and…well…Imagineering. But it all starts with the place we the guest are...
