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Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro Reveals Disney Parks’ Biggest Changes Are Still Ahead
Disney's theme parks are already undergoing one of the largest transformations in company history, but with CEO Josh D'Amaro, the biggest announcements may not be behind us. During The Walt Disney Company's latest quarterly earnings call, D'Amaro once again pointed to the enormous pipeline of projects headed to Disney parks around the wor
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Lucasfilm Makes It Official: Harrison Ford Recast in Upcoming ‘Star Wars’ Film
A surprise casting announcement from Lucasfilm has fans doing a double-take. One of the most recognizable characters in Star Wars history is officially being played by someone new, marking an unexpected milestone for a franchise long associated with familiar faces. While the news may sound like it's tied to a brand-new movie or Disney+ se
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Disney Confirms Fantasyland Classic Is Close to Returning at Magic Kingdom
Magic Kingdom guests have been waiting months for one colorful Fantasyland favorite to return, and Disney has finally provided the biggest sign yet that the reopening is getting closer. Big Top Souvenirs has been closed since February as crews worked on refurbishing the Storybook Circus gift shop. While Disney previously said the location
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Disney California Adventure Park
Disneyland Gives Its Second Theme Park a Makeover, Effective August 2026
Disney California Adventure Park has a new look this week. The overnight installation that greeted Southern California theme park guests on Wednesday morning signals that Oogie Boogie Bash season has officially begun at Disneyland Resort, even if the first event night is still two weeks away. What Changed at Disney California Adventure Pa
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Outside the Disney Bubble
Universal Studios Hollywood Pulls Hollywood Drift From HHN Express Promise—but One Premium Option Remains
Universal Studios Hollywood guests have spent months watching Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift twist across the hillside, waiting for the moment when construction walls, test runs, and technical rehearsals finally give way to dependable operation. Some visitors were already planning to combine the new coaster with Halloween Horror Nights.
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Disney Parks
Everyone Thought ‘Avatar’ Land Was Dead … Disney Says Otherwise
Disney just quietly killed the biggest rumor in the parks community, and it took exactly one graphic. Let me back up. Look, the worst thing that can happen to a Disney project isn't bad press. It is silent. Disney announces something, then goes dark for years, and fans fill the void themselves. What they fill it with is almost always pess
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Magic Kingdom Park
After 54 Years, Disney World Updates Haunted Mansion Stretching Room Scene
One of the most controversial scenes in Disney Park history just got a quiet upgrade. The change Walt Disney World Resort made on August 5 puts to rest, at least for now, the years-long debate over whether the hanging corpse would ever be removed from the Stretching Room of the Haunted Mansion. Two Weeks of Uncertainty The saga began on J
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Josh D’Amaro Addresses AI Future as Disney Brings ‘J.A.R.V.I.S.’ System to Imagineering
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a behind-the-scenes tool for Disney. The company is becoming increasingly open about how the technology is helping shape everything from attraction development to vacation planning, giving fans a better understanding of where AI fits into the future of Disney Experiences. During the company's late
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Disney Reverses Course With Rare Lightning Lane Price Cut at Magic Kingdom
Here's something Disney guests don't see very often: a price drop. As vacation costs continue to rise across Walt Disney World, Disney has quietly lowered the price of its Lightning Lane Premier Pass at two of its four theme parks. The change gives guests the lowest Premier Pass prices ever offered at Magic Kingdom and ties the lowest pri
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Magic Kingdom Park
A New Look for a 54-Year-Old Icon: Disney Reimagines the Haunted Mansion
The Haunted Mansion, which has been part of Magic Kingdom Park since opening day in 1971, has been quietly undergoing an exterior refurbishment for several months. This week, Walt Disney World Resort guests are finally seeing what all that scaffolding, scrim, and construction activity was for. The Reveal That Guests Have Been Waiting For
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