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Figment Popcorn Bucket Value Drops Precipitously
This news just breaking late this evening: Figment Popcorn Buckets have dropped to only costing between $100 and $200 on the largest garage sale website known to humankind... eBay. What was recently a niche product of four-figure value has dropped precipitously since...
The Figment Spork Story
Yes, I have a Figment spork! Have you heard about the latest craze for Disney merchandise? The family recently took our annual January trip to Walt Disney World. It just so happened that the EPCOT 2022 International Festival of Arts had just started. One of the...
What Disney World Is Getting Right That Still Drives Crowds
I've been thinking over the past twenty-four hours about one of the major topics here at That Park Place and how we cover it. When it comes to theme parks globally, there is one place that is the magnum opus, the cat's meow, the big kahuna. Nothing else comes close to...
Epcot’s International Festival of the Arts 2022 Review
There were plenty of oddities to see today at the International Festival of the Arts at Epcot. I never thought I'd see an eight-hour line for a bucket of popcorn, but there it was. People lined up in a queue that wrapped through the park, hoping to acquire a plastic...
The Figment Popcorn Bucket Situation Is Insane
I've seen some crazy things at theme parks in the past. I don't know that I have seen much as crazy as the situation with the Figment popcorn bucket. For those of you who don't know, figment is the dragon mascot for Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park. And for the...
Spaceship Earth Receives Muppets Crossover Rainbow Display
From Disney Parks: "Spaceship Earth will be painted nightly in a spectrum of light. As the festival celebrates the artistry of the world, color and imagination play an important role and the latest Spaceship Earth lighting design reflects those ideas. The core values...
Epcot’s Voices of Liberty “Modernized”
The Voices of Liberty have been performing at the American Adventure pavillion since the beginning of EPCOT. Always they've been dressed in colonial attire, except for special occasions, and they've always performed songs associated with American liberty, patriotism,...
EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
WDW is starting this year with the return of the Festival of the Arts at EPCOT on January 14th. WDW goers can experience wonderful artwork, visit special exhibits and try great food. The festival began in 2017 and continues to deliver a satisfying experience for park...
Rumor: Disney World Reservations Down for March – May
If you're looking to go to Walt Disney World in 2022, there may be a window of opportunity for you to enjoy the parks with less crowds than normal. According to sources around the parks, Walt Disney World may have lower reservations and higher availability for...
Disney World Brings Back Parking Lot Trams!
Disney Parks announced yesterday that they are finally bringing back the parking lot trams at Walt Disney World Resort. That might not seem like a big deal or a huge, newsworthy item... but if you've ever tried to walk to the Giraffe parking lot at Disney's Animal...
Epcot Brings Holiday Cheer All Over the Park
You might not think of Epcot when you're reflecting on the beautiful Christmas decorations of Walt Disney World. However, our friends at WDW Magic have been covering all the returning and new holiday celebrations at the Prototype City of Tomorrow... and Disney's doing...
Cosmic Rewind to Open Summer 2022 at Epcot
The most expensive attraction ever build in theme park history (from our own investigations), which has been under construction for five entire years, is finally going to open at Epcot in Summer 2022. The rotating coaster attraction will feature the Guardians of the...