If you get tired walking around your local mall or fighting the crowds during the holidays, you better sit down. The world’s largest mall, with 1,500 stores, just opened in China, offering roughly 6.5 million square feet of shopping and amusement, just north of Hong Kong in the booming factory-belt area known as Donggun City….
I met Walt Disney when I was a kid at Disneyland. From that day on, I loved all things Disney. Though the Down Under Disneyana Fan Club Members didn’t have my life-changing experience, they’re also mad about the Mouse House. So they just completed a month-long journey to visit the five Disney theme parks, from…
I’ve stayed at the Disneyland Hotel decades ago when I met Walt Disney, plus another Disney resort next to it a few years ago. But the fairest of them all is now Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, which Ava, Vagablond’s co-founder calls “the Catskills meeting the most Magical Place on Earth”. It offers you:•…
A few people I know have been to Club 33 at 33 Royal Street next to the Blue Bayou Restaurant, near the Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion attractions at Disneyland. It’s a private club and the ONLY place you can legally get an alcoholic drink to make “The Happiest Place on Earth”…
As both a Walt Disney and a Disneyland fan, I’m thrilled to share this news… The success of the first “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie in 2003 has prompted Disney Imagineers to upgrade and update the ride that launched tens of thousands of ships. So, as of today when it reopened, it now includes Captain…
When I met Walt Disney as a kid in Disneyland, he had a glint in his eye. As the genius behind America’s first commercially successful theme park, Walt knew that families wanted all kinds of entertainment — slow rides geared towards the youngest travelers and fast roller coasters to attract teens or parents. Because The…
It is a small world, after all. During a year where more hurricanes than ever pounded the Sunshine State of Florida and the Gulf Coast, attendance at North America’s 50 most popular amusement parks was up 4.2%. Catalysts for the positive results included new rides at major theme parks, Disneyland’s 50th Anniverary being celebrated in…
Ever since I met Walt at Disneyland when I was a kid, I’ve been a fan of all things Mickey. Now there’s more reason to celebrate as Hong Kong Disneyland opens today, with a nod to feng shui experts who chose this date and advice for the park to face the ocean with the mountains…