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Walt Disney World Parks: The Basics

Are you planning a trip to Walt Disney World? Or just want to learn more about the parks and don't know where to start? Disney Darling breaks down the basics for you! Disneyland vs. Walt Disney World Disneyland and Disney World are two different parks, located on opposite sides of the country. As mentioned in this post , it is a common misconception that Disneyland and Disney World are the same thing.  Disneyland is the first Disney theme park ever, opening in 1955. It is located in Anaheim, California, near Los Angeles.  Disneyland has two different parks: Disneyland Park (with the castle), and Disney's California Adventure (or DCA). Disneyland also has three hotels and the Downtown Disney shopping district.  Walt Disney World is located in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. It opened in 1971, after Walt's passing. Walt Disney World has 4 different theme parks, 2 water parks, 28 hotels, and the Disney Springs shopping district.  There are quite a few more differences, but lo

7 Things I Want To See In The New Princess And The Frog Re-Theme of Splash Mountain

A Fun Queue Disney Parks have been updating their queues recently to be interactive and interesting to look at it while waiting. The Splash Mountain queue has some great Frontierland theming and look-throughs into the character’s homes. The queue could be gussied up a bit, especially since long wait times will be predicted once the re-theme is opened. I’m not exactly sure what I would want in the queue, but it needs to be updated from just brown cave walls.    New Animatronics Splash Mountain has always had plenty of frogs and alligators. These could easily be recycled for the re-theme, and save Disney some money. But I hope they completely change them out. The Splash animatronics look very dated, and that will only become more noticeable when they are placed next to updated ones. .  Charlotte Lottie is such a great character! She brings comedy, liveliness and fabulousness to the PATF ensemble. I hope she makes an appearance in the ride.   Ray and Evangeline The events of the attractio

Are the Disney Princesses Good Role Models? Part 6: Jasmine

I’ve struggled with a long time on how to defend Jasmine. If I’m being honest, she’s probably my least favorite Disney Princess. I don’t have much sentimentality for as Aladdin was never my go-to childhood movie. My stereotypical feminine toddler self much preferred Disney movies that featured cats or ball gowns over movies about streetrats.   Jasmine also has the unique position of being the only Disney Princess whose movie is not really about her. Aladdin is, well, about Aladdin. I could say that hinders me from doing a proper analysis of her character, but I easily unearthed much out of Aurora’s character when she only speaks 18 lines – and her movie is supposed to be about her!   Jasmine ranked so low in my personal ratings on the grounds that she doesn’t do anything. Maybe this is ironic coming from someone who passionately defended the “do-nothing” Princesses like Aurora and Snow White, but they do something . They walk the walk, whereas Jasmine just talks the talk. She’s credi