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When the Walt Disney Company announced it would be closing Splash Mountain in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resort, the fans’ backlash was immediate and harsh. Fans took to social media to blast Disney for removing the beloved attraction from the theme parks. Related: Disney Tries to Erase the Last Remnants of Splash Mountain at Every ...

Everyone knows that when you take a trip to Walt Disney World, it’s the cast members that help to make the experience magical. They go above and beyond to ensure that every guest has the best possible experience and wants to return to Disney World every year. However, finding these cast members has become increasingly difficult for the Walt Disney ...

Going on a trip to Walt Disney World is a personal experience that most people share with a few friends or family members, but every Disney World trip has a communal aspect. We all share spaces and experiences with complete strangers, and sometimes Disney fans have great conversations or moments with someone they’ve never met before. However, in that communal ...

The Walt Disney Company has some big plans for its Florida theme parks. Disney has already started working on expansion plans for the Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Animal Kingdom and ride updates at EPCOT. But before a shovel is put in the ground at the Walt Disney World Resort, Disney has to get approval from local and state governments, and ...

Anyone who has been to Florida knows that any body of water could have alligators, which can make swimming in those waters dangerous. Walt Disney World has had a number of gator sightings in the waterways around the theme parks and resorts, and there was even a fatal incident with gators. In 2016, two-year-old Lane Thomas Graves was building a ...

“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” This line comes from the John Ford western The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), but it could easily apply to Walt Disney. Since his death in 1966, the man behind Mickey Mouse and Disney World has become a mythological legend, primarily through his own design and creation. During his lifetime, Walt ...

With just weeks left before it opens, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at the Magic Kingdom has hit a few milestones in the past few weeks. Fans at Disney World could see the ride vehicles running through rehearsals, and for the first time, music could be heard coming from the ride. So, with Tiana’s Bayou Adventure’s ride animatronics ready to go, Disney ...

Whether or not you’re a fan of Marvel films, you must admit that each has a distinctive look and feel that is impossible to replicate. With some of the movies set on Earth and others on distant plants, each created its own world and made fans believe they were a part of that world. Ray Chan was the man behind ...

Disney is facing even more backlash for its decision to include characters at meet-and-greets whose biological sex does not match that of the traditional character. That backlash took off this week after a video surfaced from a family’s trip to the Story Book Dining at Artist Point at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge within Walt Disney World Resort. Related: Transgender Evil Queen ...

When politicians sign a bill, they want everyone to know about it. They will hold grand bill-signing ceremonies with dignitaries and hand out pens to everyone who helped pass the bill. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is no different. Two weeks ago, when DeSantis signed a bill promoting harsher penalties for shoplifting, he did it at a local Walgreens, surrounded by ...