Frozen Ever After is such a fun ride @ EPCOT! As a huge Disney fan, I love how it brings the world…read moreof Frozen to life & makes you feel like you're actually in Arendelle. The boat ride takes you through scenes featuring Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, Sven, and all the familiar Frozen songs. The animatronics, scenery, music, & little details make it really fun to look @, and of course, hearing the songs throughout the ride makes it even better. I also love that it's not just a ride for little kids. There's something about seeing all the characters you know & love come to life that makes it enjoyable for adults too. The ride is relaxing, entertaining, & has just enough excitement to keep it interesting. The big drop was the highlight of the ride for me. I got lucky & was in the 1st row. Frozen Ever After is 1 of those EPCOT attractions I always enjoy doing when I'm @ the park. If you love Frozen, it's def worth riding!

Frozen Ever After is a boat ride that showcases incredible animations, music, and visuals inspired…read moreby the film Frozen Ever After. The boat ride is good for all ages and everyone will enjoy the ride. Since we didn't have the premium pass, we ended up waiting in line for about an hour before we finally got to ride the boat. That boat ride was awesome. It was a really nice break from the hot day and perfect to enjoy with the kids. The animations were totally spot on, and the ride itself was pretty smooth, even with a few backward bits and drops.

This show was incredible! The projections on the water were epic in presentation. Having the…read moreinfamous water bucket scene from Fantasia come to life would have been enough, but then so many other stories and moments were told across the Disney spectrum. From the oldest to the newest Disney films, this show appeals to many ages. This production combines projections, fireworks, waterworks, boats, live performances, and little mini stories being told throughout. And it's not short! I think this is my favorite nighttime production of any of the parks so far. Definitely worth the long wait, although sitting on the hard stadium benches was difficult, and of course children- mine and others around us- got antsy during the wait. When people started doing the wave, my kids were pretty excited, but I would think there could be some simple during-wait activities that could help with the boredom factor, or ramp up the excitement, even if it was an activity on the Disney App with all the interactive park experiences. Although, by the end of the night, my phone was pretty dead, and I didn't notice any charging stations at my bench LOL. So bring snacks and activities and a phone charger for the wait, but don't skip the show! We went to the first show of the night because my kids were not going to make it to the later one.

"Some imagination, huh?"…read more For my 1700th review on Yelp, I wanted do somewhere special. How about something Fantasmic?! For my first trip to Walt Disney World, I wanted to ensure to not only see Fantasmic, but to have stellar seats. I booked a Fantasmic! dining package at The Hollywood Brown Derby, which was truly an incredible early dinner to have us ready to see the nighttime spectacular at Hollywood Studios. We arrived right as our arrival time as I wanted to ensure we had a good view, and we managed to get the first row (full row as I believe the small ones are for VIP or disabled guest who had dining packages). Always amazing when you have an unobstructed view, and I'm amazed at the sheer size of this amphitheater! As a Disneylander, I was impressed with the dedicated space and bench seating! It's definitely FAR SUPERIOR to Disneyland (gotta give WDW the win). This show is timeless for me as I've seen since my first trip to Disneyland in the 1990s. If you are doing a day at Hollywood Studios, I would recommend seeing this show. If it's your first visit, I highly recommend splurging on a dining package! It's not every year, you'll find yourself here so make it truly FANTASMIC! It's been two months since this experience, and we still talk about it weekly. A forever memory I'll hold fondly with the time shared with my parents! "Nothing is more powerful than the imagination!"

I love this park! If you do as well, the Boardwalk Inn, Beach & Yacht Club, and Swan hotel are…read moregreat options for staying on property. Also I believe these are all deluxe resorts, which offer exclusive late hours on a specific night. A quick 10 minute walk brings you to the International Gateway entrance, skip the long lines at the main entrance putting you right between France and the UK. I always find myself spending a lot of time in each country, all offering their own food, attraction, shopping, etc. In France, the shopping and Ratatouille ride. Japan has a great store to walk through. America offers a free concert series at their amphitheater during festival season. Try a Moonshine sour from the Regal Eagle Smokehouse. Norway for the Frozen ride & their princess breakfast is delicious(try the cheesy potato casserole, It's my Favorite!). Creations toward the front of the park is one of THE BEST merchandise stores throughout all 4 parks. A large selection of all things Disney collaborated into one store, if I'm looking for a specific item I can typically find it here. Don't skip out on Club Cool right across the way sponsored by Coca-Cola offering free samples of sodas from around the world.

We arrived at Epcot during a graduation trip for my daughter and her three friends and were stopped…read morefrom entering because of a note placed on our account by Tyler at Animal Kingdom. That is why this review belongs here. A dispute at one park followed us to another and disrupted the celebration we had paid for. We had been Disney annual passholders for over five years and had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars with the company. This trip was my graduation gift to Yasmine and her three friends: a week at Myrtle Beach followed by a week at Disney. The original dispute began at Animal Kingdom when a ride was down as we tried to use our paid Lightning Lane access. I asked for a replacement pass. The interaction escalated into residency questions after I mentioned we had flown in. We had flown from Myrtle Beach as part of this two-state graduation trip and had one-way plane tickets documenting the journey. Then we were stopped at Epcot because of Tyler's note. Other members of our group were subsequently cleared after providing documentation. Yasmine remained blocked. She had turned 18 less than 30 days earlier and had been an annual passholder with us for years. I accepted that turning 18 meant she could be required to provide her own residency proof. What I challenged was why she had to provide a Florida-issued ID when the other seven members of our group were cleared without one, and Disney's website lists alternative residency documents. During this ordeal, Yasmine and her friends were made to sit outside in the heat for three hours. Later that day, they passed out and became severely ill after that prolonged heat exposure. Disney wanted approximately $500 for Yasmine to enter for two days. This was supposed to be a celebration of their graduation. These are the memories we were left with instead. I escalated our complaint. On October 5, Rick from Executive Correspondence called. When I asked about the different documentation requirement, he said Disney had the right to ask. He told me the website required one of three Florida IDs. I read him the provision allowing alternative proof of residency. He said he was looking at the website and did not see what I was seeing. He repeatedly disagreed that we had been discriminated against and refused compensation or a refund. I still did not receive a specific explanation of why Yasmine's documents were insufficient under the published alternatives. We canceled. You do not have to be a Florida resident to care about how a company handles a family's problem. Consider how you would feel arriving at another park and finding that an earlier dispute now prevented entry, then discovering that even an executive escalation could not get you a clear explanation. Our experience left me feeling that Disney was more concerned with keeping our money than meaningfully addressing what happened. After years of loyalty, I no longer trust it with our family's celebrations or vacation budget.

This is a pretty fun 3-D ride that's not over the top fast and scary…read more There is a lot of movement and roller coaster action, but I would say it's pretty mild too most of the rides in the park . I would compare it mostly to the Spider-Man ride, but it is a bit more intense, but it is a lot more thrilling!

This is one of my favorite rides in Universal Studios…read more The queue while waiting for this ride is incredible! I loved going through the Gringotts bank and how realistic the goblins were! The story to this ride is really good. Definitely a must ride while in Universal Studios.

What a fun adventure. It's more than just a ride it's an interactive game. You become part of the…read moreride. We aren't competitive so he won by his good aim, but we were not close to the winners of the day. I wonder how that person got that high score and how many times it took them to get that score. They must come when it's pouring out to get on the ride over and over to practice. Other than that it would be a long wait in line to keep going to get better and better. I on the other hand didn't get any awards other than a good time. You really need to have a quick draw to play the games. We had the Premier Pass so we didn't have to wait too long in line which was good as it was quite a line. I'd say depending on the length of line it's worth it if you don't buy the lightening lane passes. It's so fun and cute. It's one of my favorite rides/experiences. I'll come back on my next trip to Disney World or Disneyland. They have the same ride at Disneyland. It is one of those rides you wish you could go on numerous times, but the lightening lane passes only let you go on it once. I can see on t his ride why they put that limit on or people would keep coming back to improve their score. It's a video game and I know how people get addicted to those things. This would be one of the addicting ones.

I enjoyed Toy Story Mania!, probably because I got the Best in Vehicle high score of 151,400. :)…read moreHowever, that score paled in comparison to the other best scores. This review is for the original version that opened at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida on May 31, 2008. Other versions exist at Disney California Adventure (which opened June 17, 2008) and Tokyo DisneySea (which opened July 9, 2012). This is a 4D shooter dark ride. It reminds me of the Men in Black: Alien Attack ride at Universal Studios Florida, which we rode less than a year prior. You have to wear 3D glasses, and the 4D aspect comes in the form of air blasts and water sprays. The games are classic carnival games in digital form. I was so focused on shooting and trying to get a high score that I don't remember much other than looking for high numbers and trying to shoot them. The vehicle spins you into various sections, much like the Men in Black ride. The line and pathway before and after the ride, respectively, are neat because you're "shrunk down" and immersed in the world of Toy Story. There are real brand names like Monopoly, Tinkertoy, and Uno, and everything is giant - like the Uno playing cards. We had Lightning Lane passes on a non-holiday Sunday at 6:44 p.m. and experienced a minimal wait. I saw in a YouTube video and heard from my wife that the regular line has more to see. This one was fun, though if you're competitive, your hands, wrists, and even forearms will get tired from the hundreds of rapid trigger pulls. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the games still run on Windows XP machines.

Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid is OK. Ariel looks weird, mainly in the face…read more While I still enjoyed this ride and thought it was fun, the overall quality of the animatronics was a step below most other rides at Disney World. I thought maybe that was because this ride opened around the same time as the movie in 1989. However, I was a bit surprised to learn after the fact that this ride actually opened 23 years after the movie, in late 2012. On the ride, you board clamshells that take you on an adventure under the sea. Pretty much all the characters from the movie make an appearance and the ride is filled with Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's popular songs like "Part of Your World," "Under the Sea," "Poor Unfortunate Souls," and "Kiss the Girl." The "Under the Sea" song and dance segment is bright and colorful. It reminds me of going to E.T.'s planet in the E.T. Adventure ride at Universal Studios. It's a festive party; both rides have that neon-colored, crowded "creature party" aesthetic. During our visit, the animatronic Ariel in this section was broken and inanimate. Kind of funny and creepy. During the "Kiss the Girl" segment, the plastic water coming out of the fishes' mouths didn't look great. It added to the overall sort of "knock-off" and kitschy look of the ride. Also, right before the end of the final scene with King Triton and the wedding of Ariel and Eric, the ride stopped on us. So, I was able to get a good, long look at the different animatronics and scenery. Finally, I thought the transitions between the high-quality video and the actual practical physical ride props were a bit jarring. Other rides do it better like, for example, the Gran Fiesta Tour Starring the Three Caballeros at EPCOT. We had Lightning Lane passes at around 1:47 PM on a non-holiday Monday and experienced no line and no wait.

If you're a Little Mermaid fan, or you have little kids, than this is your ride! This attraction is…read morelocated in Fantasyland and takes you through the Little Mermaid movie. It is a slow moving ride that goes on a flat track and will move your clamshell 365 degrees, as well as going backwards and tipping backwards as well. It does not spin fast and as someone who gets motion sickness, you should be fine. The seat has a lap bar for the entire row and is not comfortable at all. It is a very hard bench. I find this ride becoming more of a favorite probably since it is super cute and the line is never very long. The line can get long at times, but I recommend waiting until the wait drops below 20 minutes. The line starts outside which has little shade and is very hot in the summer, but then moves inside, where the majority of the line is. Inside it is covered and much cooler. It is actually really dark inside and my eyes always have to adjust. This ride is very colorful, very musical and very fun. If you know this movie, you are going through the story quickly. There are a few dark areas throughout the ride as well as a couple of loud parts. This rides also "stops" as well. There is not a time we have been on this that it did not have a stop for a a minute or so. This ride is designed for children, however, as an adult, it is becoming a favorite of mine. It is nice long ride, that you can sit and relax. This is a must go in the summer for us! Cool, AC, sitting down, sign me up! I would recommend this ride but only when the line is 20 minutes or less. Otherwise, wait and come back later.

Walking into Pandora doesn't feel like entering another section of Animal Kingdom, it feels like…read morestepping onto another planet. From the very first moment, the floating mountains completely stop you in your tracks. Pictures don't do them justice. Standing beneath them while waterfalls cascade below and vines wrap around the massive rock formations creates one of the most believable themed environments Disney has ever built. Every direction offers another incredible photo opportunity. What really impressed me was the attention to detail. Giant alien plants, strange wildlife, weathered pathways, and even the smallest rock formations make Pandora feel like a living ecosystem instead of a movie set. The Imagineers clearly obsessed over every inch of this land, and it shows. Then there's Avatar Flight of Passage. The queue deserves almost as much praise as the ride itself. Disney doesn't simply have you standing in line, they immerse you in the story. As you move through caves, laboratories, and the Avatar Program research facility, you're constantly discovering something new. From the massive Mountain Banshee skeletons to the scientific equipment, the incredible Avatar floating in the laboratory tank, and countless hidden details, the queue becomes part of the attraction rather than just a wait. Because you're always exploring and taking in the environment, the line feels noticeably shorter than it actually is. Disney also made the queue surprisingly practical. About midway through, you'll find a restroom, along with a water fountain and bottle refill station, so you can take a quick break without having to leave the line. It's a thoughtful touch that makes waiting much more comfortable, especially on a hot Florida day. Most of the line is under the shade. And then you board. Flight of Passage is simply one of the greatest theme park attractions ever created. The sensation of linking with your banshee and soaring across Pandora is incredibly convincing. The movement, visuals, wind effects, scents, and breathtaking musical score combine into something that feels more like a real adventure than a theme park ride. By the time it's over, you'll probably already be planning your next ride. One of my favorite aspects of Pandora is that it rewards people who slow down. Instead of rushing from attraction to attraction, take time to wander. Look up at the floating mountains. Listen to the waterfalls. Notice the alien vegetation and hidden pathways. Every corner feels alive, making the land itself just as much of an attraction as the rides. We also had lunch at Satu'li Canteen, which was another highlight. The food was fresh, flavorful, and a refreshing break from the usual theme park fare. The Ocean Moon Bowl was packed with flavor, the Cheeseburger Pods were unique and fun to try, and both desserts, the Blueberry Cream Cheese Mousse and the Mangkwan Mousse--were outstanding. It completed the immersive experience perfectly. Myself and my Son both enjoyed Pandora and will return. If I had one criticism, it's simply that Pandora leaves you wanting more. With only two attractions, you can experience everything relatively quickly, but the world itself is so breathtaking that you'll find yourself lingering just to soak it all in.

I will never understand Pandora The World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom. I'm not a fan of…read morethe movies, and it really makes no sense within the parameters of this theme park. I guess since it's a Disney IP they gotta milk it for all it is worth, and they definitely are doing that here. I'll admit that it is one of the most visually stunning areas in AK, especially at night. I guess if you're a fan of the "Avatar" films, you'll really dig it. Otherwise, it's just a bunch of funky psychedelic fake plants and what not. The floating mountains are the main showstopper with their massive rock formations covered in vines and waterfalls that look like they're defying gravity. It's the kind of thing that makes you feel like you've actually stepped onto another planet. During the day, it's lush and colorful but at night, everything glows with bioluminescent lights which turns the area into this dreamy, neon wonderland. There are only two rides here but they are among the park's most popular. There's Flight of Passage and then the Na'vi River Journey, with the former being much better than the latter. Both attractions always have super long lines, but I'm not so sure that's a sign of their overall quality more than the fact that AK doesn't have many rides to begin with. There are some Avatar-themed food options that are creative and the atmospheric music adds a lot to set the tone. This area of the park is newer so that also means it was well designed for crowd control and flow. It never seems overly crowded over here.

This is such a fun ride and I 'm so afraid of roller coasters and big gut dropping rides but had so…read moremuch fun each time I have ridden this since its renovation-it goes really fast and makes crazy turns and stops but i always go back for more!

Test Track is the high speed driving simulator ride at EPCOT. It has reopened in the last few…read moremonths after a long period of refurbishment. Since it's reopening, it has seen very very long lines. We finally got to experience it. We were there literally at open. Because of the early morning hours for resort guests, at park open, the line was already at an hour. It's newly redesigned so it wasn't surprising. The actual wait was probably closer to 40-minutes. The line is very nice. It is all pretty much inside (great in the summer), they have futuristic looking cars, things to ready about and more. It keeps you "occupied" while waiting. Since the redesign they did take out the section where you get to create your own vehicle. The ride takes you through a fun joyride with thrills of what cars could do, what they could look like, you go through the open roads and fun innovations. It has high speeds, stops, turns but nothing crazy. It is really like riding in a convertible. I actually really enjoy the changes. I remember the original Test Track with all the test dummies and I do wish they would have brought some of the original aspects back but the new updated it beautiful. The last part of the ride is the outside driving part that takes up to speeds of 65 MPH. Right before you break through the barrier, the new design is just absolutely amazing! It is a glimpse into the future and I don't want to spoil it. It is absolutely beautiful.