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
If you've been keeping track of the Disney parks, you may have noticed that Disney did not bring back the FastPass system when reopening the parks in 2020. Recently, the company announced a FastPass replacement. This new system is called "Genie". Like all changes to the Disney parks, this has been met with a lot of criticism. Let's break down some features of Genie to see if it will actually be an improvement or a hinderance. FastPasses Walt Disney World's previous system of FastPasses was fairly simple to use. If you had a park ticket, you could select up to three FastPasses 30 days in advance. There were a certain number of passes for each attraction and for each time slot. Each FastPass had an hour long time slot. For example, if you booked a FastPass for a ride from 1:00-2:00, you could get in line anytime during that hour. Sometimes Cast Members would allow a 15 minute grace period on either end. So you could potentially get in line as early as 12:45 or as