Tag: Space
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EPCOT’s Space 220 to Begin Offering Out of This World Dining in September
Space 220, the out-of-this-world restaurant that is coming to EPCOT, will be opening in mid-September. The restaurant is located next to Mission: SPACE and will take “fine dining to a whole new level,” the Disney Parks Blog shared this morning. Quite literally. Guests will enter and check into a lounge from Future World first. They…
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Former Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde Named Experience Architect for Virgin Galactic Holdings [Updated]
Joe Rohde is a name that most Disney fans initially equate with incredible worlds built for The Walt Disney Company. Throughout the course of his four decade career with the company, he helped bring to life Disney’s Animal Kingdom and then later Pandora – The World of Avatar. He also was instrumental with Disney’s Aulani…
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Epcot’s Future World to Be Home of Space-Themed Restaurant
Since being announced that an immersive space-themed restaurant would be coming to Walt Disney World, there has been much speculation on where it would land. Now we know. The Disney Parks Blog announced this week that the new space-themed restaurant will be coming to Future World at Epcot. The new restaurant will be built between…
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SpaceX Lights the Skies Up Over the Disneyland Resort
Guests at the Disneyland Resort were treated to a very different nighttime spectacular in the skies tonight. SpaceX launched its new Falcon 9 rocket and the views were spectacular. Within moments social media was exploding. Some people were wondering about UFOs and others knew about the launch. Here are some photos and posts from the…
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Which is the Best Hyperspace Mountain? – DAPs Magic Rankings
With Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge being still a couple years away, the Disney parks have still been riding on the popularity of the movie saga with an overlay of Space Mountain at several parks. Hyperspace Mountain puts guests in the middle of a battle of Jakku which takes place after Return of the Jedi. The…
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Epcot 2014 Picks and Tips
Epcot, in my opinion, is the flagship park for Walt Disney World. Yes, Magic Kingdom is popular, but Epcot is what Walt wanted for the Florida project. It was to be an experimental city. It is now a theme park. But, that’s ok. It is a great, fascinating, and sometimes underrated park. A day in…
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Watcher Wednesday: Is Space Mountain and Figment Worth Reading?
One thing that Disney theme park fans have desired is the story behind attractions. In the same vein are stories that take place in the world the attractions are of. Recently, Disney has released two comic lines that do just that: Space Mountain and Figment. Space Mountain Space Mountain is a high speed, roller coaster…
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Nasa Designs Warp Drive Ship
NASA physicist Harold White told the world last fall that he was working to design a faster than light ship. For any Star Trek fans out there, that clearly translates to… Nasa is designing a warp capable ship. According to Star Trek lore, this ship should break the warp barrier in 2063 but perhaps things could progress…
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The Star Wars Run Around – Geeks Corner – Episode 337
It’s time to geek out about Star Wars! This is the week for it as registration opened and filled very quickly for the Star Wars Half Marathon Weekend at the Disneyland Resort! Like to geek out with us? Subscribe for more weekly geeky videos: http://bit.ly/WsmjJT