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2022's Most Exciting New Roller Coasters
After pandemic delays, there's a slew of hotly anticipated thrill rides opening at U.S. theme parks.
PHOTOS: Peppa Pig's New Florida Theme Park Might Be the Most Adorable Ever
Orlando just got a new competitor for the family theme park dollar, and she's one sassy pig. The new Peppa Pig Theme Park opens this week in Winter Haven, Florida, about 40 miles south…
Disney Raises Prices Again! Even Die-Hard Fans Now Turning Against Poor Quality
Disney quietly raises theme park prices nearly every year—but this year, it hits differently. The price of tickets for multiday Walt Disney World parks admission, which used to start…
A Wonderful Reason to Vacation at Dollywood This Year
Country music icon Dolly Parton has a long history of good works, not the least of which was donating $1 million to help speed the research and development of Moderna's Covid-19…
How to Get to Walt Disney World from the Airport Now That Magical Express Is Gone
Disney pulled the plug on Magical Express, the free bus service to its resort. Now you have to pay extra to get from Orlando's airport to Walt Disney World. Here are your options.
San Diego Water Park Reborn as the West Coast’s First Sesame Street Theme Park
To the venerable query "Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?", a new theme park in Southern California has an answer: by inner tube. SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is…
Year in Review: 2021’s Top Travel Stories, According to Frommer’s Readers
In 2021, as in 2020, the seemingly never-ending Covid-19 pandemic dominated every aspect of public life, from the economy to the arts. Here at Frommer’s, we covered all the…
Fully Revised for 2022, Our Guide to Disney World, Universal, and Orlando Is Now on Shelves
In July 2020, months before Covid-19 vaccination was available, grateful crowds tearfully swarmed back into the theme parks of Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando. Nothing, it…
Disney's New Star Wars Hotel Slammed As "a Galactic Failure"
For years, Americans have watched the price of a Disney vacation climb upward, and yet the parks remained packed. When it came to Disney charging luxury rates, it seemed the sky was…
The Glitchy Genie+/ Lightning Lane System Arrives at Disneyland
In October, Florida's Walt Disney World rolled out its paid version of the formerly free FastPass system, now called Lightning Lane. The Disney company had delayed expanding the new…
Can a Computer-Literate Great-Grandmother Figure Out Disney World's Genie+?
I took a 70-something who has been going to Disney World for 50 years back to the Magic Kingdom to see if she could figure out Disney's new booking and itinerary system.
Cirque du Soleil's New "Drawn to Life" Is the Best Show at Walt Disney World
At the end of 2017, French-Canadian entertainment juggernaut Cirque du Soleil closed La Nouba, the family-friendly acrobatics spectacular that played on Walt Disney World resort…
Look Inside Walt Disney World's Swan Reserve Hotel
In early 1990, when Florida's Walt Disney World cut the ribbons on the 1,509-room Dolphin and the 756-room Swan hotels, the resort made architecture history. The two towering…
Disney's Pay-to-Skip-Lines System Launches: 10 Crucial Discoveries from the Reactions
Lightning Lane, Disney's new automated system that charges visitors extra to jump the line, has debuted at Walt Disney World. Here's what observers learned about how it works (and…
Make The Delicious Drinks, Cocktails, and Mocktails from Disney’s U.S. Parks
LeFou’s Brew at Magic Kingdom, Peanut Butter and Jelly Milkshakes at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Frozen Sunshine from Beaches Cream at Disney's Beach Club —Disney certainly knows how…
Walt Disney World's First 50 Years—Through the Lens of Orlando's Newspaper
Nowadays, Florida's Walt Disney World —the most popular theme park destination on the planet—cultivates its global image through heavyweight marketing, synergistic sister brands, and a…
Walt Disney World’s 50th Birthday Is an Anticlimax—So When Should You Go?
In 2021, Walt Disney World in Florida turns a half-century old. On October 1, 1971, Walt Disney's brother and business partner, Roy, dedicated the East Coast version of California's…
Disney Officially Kills FastPass, Will Charge Extra to Use the New "Lightning Lane"
As part of a huge shake-up of its systems and pricing, Disney launches tech that will monetize access to shorter lines.
The Prices for Disney's New Star Wars Hotel Are Out of This World
Disney’s groundbreaking Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser hotel sounds like the coolest idea in hotels since pillows. Starting next spring, the new luxury hotel, which was recently…
3 Ways Disney's New Paid FastPass System Is Problematic
Update, August 24, 2021: After this story was published, Disney expanded paid FastPass to its theme parks in the United States. For coverage, read Disney Officially Kills FastPass,…
9 Ghost Towns to Explore During Road Trips Through the American West
To the triumphalist tale of America’s westward expansion, ghost towns offer a chilly rejoinder: Sometimes things don’t work out. The gold mine runs out of gold, the train begins…
As Disney World Strips Away Its Perks, What Will Replacing Them Cost You?
This week, it was confirmed that Disney Parks will receive a $580 million tax break from the state of Florida to relocate about 2,000 key workers from Southern California, where the…
Going to Disney Is Different Now. Someone Should Warn You About These 10 Things
The return of travel brings the return of reassuring old habits. Just as some people feel incomplete until they can root for their favorite baseball team in person again at their local…
Almost Fully Assembled, Legoland New York to Open This Summer
Legoland New York Resort, a 150-acre theme park devoted to colorful plastic bricks in the Hudson Valley north of New York City, was supposed to open on July 4, 2020. But like an older…
Make Your Summer Vacation Reservations Now—Or You Could Overpay or Get Shut Out
2021 is turning into a year unlike any other. With so many people vacationing domestically, it's never been more important for travelers to make early bookings.