rides Archives - Buster and the Banshee

Exterior of the Imagination Pavillion at EPCOT

August 2024

New Things We Are Looking Forward To On Our Next WDW Trip

If you have been following us on Instagram, you know that we are leaving for Walt Disney World in just ONE WEEK! EEEEEEEEEEK! As our excitement builds, of course we are looking forward to many of our old favorites. But we are even more excited about all of the new…

By buster August 4, 2024No Comments

Millennium Falcon at Star Wars Galaxy's Edge

Disney 101

DISNEY 101: Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Single Pass At Walt Disney World

Summary of all of the "get in line" systems at WDW, including the new Lightning Lane Single Pass and Multi Pass RIP Genie+ This past week, Disney announced their long awaited overhaul of their "skip the line" system. Replacing Genie+ and Individual Lightning Lanes will be Lightning Lane Multi Pass…

By buster June 30, 2024No Comments

Rides

Buster’s TOP TEN Least Favorite Attractions at Walt Disney World

While Walt Disney World generally has amazing rides and attractions, we all have those that just don't do it for us. Maybe we find them boring. Perhaps they make us uncomfortable. But we all have those rides that we end up skipping. Today, I (Buster) will be unveiling MY Top…

By buster June 23, 2024No Comments

Magic Kingdom

EVERYTHING You Need To Know About Tiana’s Bayou Adventure

This past week, Disney dropped a whole bunch of new information about Tiana's Bayou Adventure, coming to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. Because the amount of information that is now out there on the inter webs, we at Buster and the Banshee thought that we would do everyone a solid…

By buster May 18, 2024No Comments

Genie+

Best Genie+ Ride Selections For Each Park

Throughout its history, Walt Disney World has had a number of different "skip the line" schemes. First it was "FastPass", where you had to retrieve a paper pass at the ride entrance to get a return time. Then, the next iteration was "FastPass Plus", where you could reserve your return…

By buster January 14, 2024No Comments

Rides

Banshee’s Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Refurb Recommendation

[Say that five times fast!] So Rock 'n' Roller Coaster is offline for repairs again. And seemingly it's down until Summer 2024. That got me thinking: Banshee, would you re-theme it while it's down? If so, what would you do? If the repairs are so extensive that the coaster is down for six…

By banshee December 26, 2023No Comments

Disney 101

DISNEY 101: Virtual Queue vs Genie+ vs Individual Lightning Lane

As Walt Disney World park frequent travelers, there are a lot of things that we just take for granted: terminology, policies, procedures, and so forth. We regulars sometimes forget that many people (most people) visiting WDW don't visit quite so often. They might even be on their first trip. For…

By buster August 13, 20231 Comment

Trip Reports

Ten Things I Learned From Our Most Recent WDW Trip

Unlike the saying, you can always teach this old dog (i.e. Buster) new tricks. Even though we have visited WDW almost a dozen times as a family, each trip is unique. Given how much there is to see and experience at Walt Disney World, there is always something new to…

By buster July 30, 2023No Comments

Theme Parks

Walt Disney World Attraction Draft, 2023 Edition

Banshee and I love sports, particularly the NFL. One of the joys of being a professional football fan is the annual NFL Draft. This is where teams take turns selecting college players to join their team. It is exciting watching to see how your favorite team select players so that…

By admin June 18, 2023No Comments

Rides Theme Parks WDW With Disabilities

Why Walt Disney World Is Great For Our Special Needs Daughter

If you have read our About Us page, you will know that our daughter Little Banshee has Phelan-McDermid Syndrome. Like others with this condition, she has autism, intellectual development delays, low muscle tone, and impaired fine motor skills. The upshot of all this is that she experiences life much differently…

By buster February 19, 2023No Comments