The Swiss Family Treehouse recently returned from refurbishment. Just the usual. Replace some leaves. Paint some props. Fix that water wheel. Again. Oh, and somebody — a beautiful, wonderful somebody — added an entirely new scene. To understand what this means, you have to consider what we’re up against. Blockbusters in Adventureland By the time the […]
Author: Shane
Disney Rolls the Dice on Rumored Gondola Transportation System
The internet is abuzz with a rumored gondola system coming to Walt Disney World. According to this article, the Gondolas would link the Caribbean Beach Resort, Pop Century, and Art of Animation with Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. While we think the gondolas have some curb appeal, we’re just a tiny bit cynical about how […]
You Won’t Believe How Long It Takes to Open a New Land
Yesterday, Disney announced the opening date for Pandora: The World of Avatar and the target opening year for Star Wars Land at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. We at Parkeology have only one question…
Watch Out For These 5 Offensive Pre-Shows at Disney Theme Parks
Last summer, Disney shockingly altered the pre-show to Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith to remove a crude hand gesture by the band’s lead singer. Now that it’s safe to enjoy the underwear-sponsored attraction and its family-friendly Aerosmith songs about steamy love-making in a roller coaster, Disney can finally turn its attention to the remaining […]
The World’s First Strategy Guide to Pandora: The World of Avatar
With the grand opening of Pandora: The World of Avatar fast approaching, Parkeology is pleased to offer the world’s very first comprehensive strategy guide for touring this amazing new land. Sure, we resorted to educated guesses for most of it. But that’s a sacrifice we’re willing to make in order to be first. Now you […]
Disney’s Secret Plans to Rename The Last Jedi
Lucasfilm is one of only two brands in the world that can drop three mysterious words — The Last Jedi — and immediately melt down the internet as everyone tries to decipher what it all means. The good folks at the Walt Disney Imagineering Department of Namin’ Things! (DON’T!) solved this problem long ago. If Lucasfilm had […]
6 Times Rogue One Ripped Off Old Disney Attractions
The media tells me that Rogue One is the Star Wars prequel fans have been dreaming about since 1977. This assumes that fans have not been dreaming about galactic trade disputes between quasi-political federations. Rogue One is actually pretty great. But in the words of Luke Skywalker, there’s something familiar about this place. That desperate band […]
Nintendo Announces Disney Version of NES Classic Edition
The hottest gift this holiday season is the NES Classic Edition, a video game system that Nintendo created by jamming a USB cable directly into my brain and downloading my childhood. The NES Classic Edition contains 30 timeless games from the Nintendo Entertainment System’s heyday. And if I don’t get one for Christmas, I will […]
Man Achieves Lifelong Dream of Trading with Jawas
History was made this past weekend as an Orlando man finally completed a 40-year quest, trading worthless garbage with non-verbal junk dealers known as Jawas. The man, described as a parkeologist in his early 40s, first heard of trading with Jawas while watching the 1977 film Star Wars, a space fantasy by George Lucas. In […]