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Kevin Yee

Kevin Yee
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Kevin Yee is an author and blogger writing about travel, tourism, and theme parks in Central Florida. He is a founding member of MiceAge and has written numerous books about Disney parks (see http://bit.ly/kevinyee).
By the time you read this, The Last Jedi will be well on its way toward making major profit for Disney and further cementing the status of Star Wars as a cultural phenomenon, the likes of which we've seldom...
Do the Disneyland and Walt Disney World of today seem expensive to you on a "gut-check" level? If so, you're not alone. And you're not wrong. An analysis of prices from a couple of decades ago, adjusted for inflation,...
Hurricane Irma came, saw, and conquered. An old Disney Circle-Vision movie once commented that "nothing on earth stands in the way of a glacier," but hurricanes are a mighty powerful second place when it comes to forces of nature....
In 1990, then-CEO of Disney Michael Eisner announced the start of the "Disney Decade," a marketing campaign designed to usher in new theme park expansions and tentpole movies. In many ways, he was right. The company was slowly righting...
This week Disney released a message reaffirming that the Hall of Presidents (MK) would reopen *with* a speaking role for President Trump, as has been the attraction's tradition since 1993. The re-opening is said to take place in late...
Much digital ink has been spilled about Pandora and its two rides. Let me be the first to reiterate what I said last week: Avatar--Flight of Passage is not only good, it's transcendent. It was even better on my...
Disney's Animal Kingdom's newest land has already had some public previews, and photos and opinions are starting to be published everywhere. The question many folks have been asking since the project was announced (three years ago!) is whether this...
Many of us who have been following Disney parks for years know all about DCA 2.0 - a reboot of the entire theme park, basically, with so many new themes and attractions that the original version looks prosiac by...
Things are moving and shaking at Walt Disney World. You've got Rivers of Light that just opened (see below), and a continuing stream of new tenants in the bustling Disney Springs. The Hall of Presidents will reopen after six...
"Add a zero." In my mind's eye, that's how the conversation ended between high-ranking Disney executives, when trying to decide if they have pushed the boundary far enough, if they have TRULY tested charging "what the market will bear." In...
It's been ages since I've taken up the theme of SeaWorld here in this space, so an update is long overdue. Where do we stand? What's the State of the Oceanic Union? Turns out, as is so often the...
Back in his first Presidential run, Bill Clinton caught fire with voters partly for identifying what actually mattered to the voter rather than his opponent's narrative, and the phrase "it's the economy, stupid" would forever be enshrined in the...
A short time before he died, Walt Disney was given a dress rehearsal of the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean ride, moving at the desired ride speed through the sets. The designers were apologetic for the way that conversations...
It's finally happened! The news has slipped out that the Magic Kingdom in Orlando (though not YET Disneyland in Anaheim) is following the other theme parks into the NeverNever Land of serving alcoholic beverages. In some ways, it's been...
If you can find time to pause your 12,758th replay of the song "We Know the Way" (is it just me, or is the Moana soundtrack the most catchy thing ever?!), you only need a cursory glance at the...
Last week, Disney announced a new upcoming service: you can parkhop from Tomorrowland in Magic Kingdom straight to, say, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at DHS. Since the bus service would use backstage areas and roads, there would be no...
The traditional folk wisdom about brides and weddings ("something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue") applies in a weird way to the two newest offerings at Disney's Hollywood Studios: PizzeRizzo and "Jingle Bell Jingle BAM!" fireworks and projections. In other...
I'm actually a really big supporter of the Disney Springs expansion. You'll find many critics, especially online, but in general I like what they've done with the former Downtown Disney. That said, they've expanded so much, and added so...
On the face of it, there are nothing but positives associated with this week's announcement that Epcot is expanding its holiday food and drink services come the holiday season. They are adding even more festival-style booths than before, and...
About ten years ago, I wrote an article in this space with an idea called "Declining by Degrees." Since it's been a couple years since I've written about it, a fresh look is warranted to see if, on balance,...