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The continued integration of Movie characters and stories into the Disney Theme Parks has been a topic of some debate among “Disney Adults,” with many seeing the lack of Park original rides and stories reminiscent of Disneyland glory days as a sign of creative laziness. But returning Disney CEO Bob Iger has made it clear he thinks otherwise. Speaking during ...

Ahoy, Disney Cruise Line sailors! In just a short time, Castaway Cay will no longer be your only private island destination in the Caribbean! We have known for a while now that Disney Cruise Line was planning to build a second exclusive port of call in The Bahamas called “Lighthouse Point,” on the island of Eleuthera. And the launching of ...

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) officially scrapped a project intended to ease the flow of traffic into and out of Disney World property, seemingly the first tax-funded infrastructure project to be scrapped since the Reedy Creek Improvement District was taken over by the Florida State Government. According to Spectrum News 13, FDOT initially planned on installing a fly-over ramp ...

When Florida state lawmakers terminated The Walt Disney Company’s special autonomy, they changed the name of The Reedy Creek Improvement District to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District for a very specific reason. From now on, the new Board of Supervisors will be tasked by the Governor–in this case, Governor Ron DeSantis–to make all decisions that appropriately fall to them ...

Walt Disney Imagineers announced that they are bringing Pandora: The World of Avatar to the Disneyland Resort, but where the heck are they going to put it? Disneyland Park arguably has little to no room for any outward expansion. Its acreage is essentially boxed in with many “backstage” buildings like the Casting office providing crucial burn blocking to I-5 and ...

It seems that grownups continue to find ways to make magical Disney Park character experiences increasingly problematic, and I mean that beyond simply the not-so-unique variety of one-liners dished out by creepy dads while their little kids visit princesses. Tens of thousands of Guests visit a single Disney Theme Park each day, with lines to meet “face characters” like the ...

There is a new sheriff in town for Walt Disney Imagineering. Or rather, the return of an old one. Walt Disney Imagineering is the creative powerhouse responsible for everything that Guests experience in Disney Theme Parks around the world. Since its founding by Walt himself, the team has been championed by several legendary figures, including Marty Sklar and Bob Weiss. ...

Sometimes, it really does pay to spend the extra money for a Theme Park view room at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Disney’s Polynesian Resort, or Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa. Walt Disney World Resort Guests appeared to have gotten a special preview of the Magic Kingdom’s returning fireworks spectacular, “Happily Ever After” in the early morning hours as Walt Disney ...

As Splash Mountain continues to fade away from the Disney Theme Parks, an iconic Theme Park song and Disney Anthem is going away as well. Previously, we shared that the song from Splash Mountain and its film inspiration, Song of the South, “Zip-a-dee-doo-dah” was going extinct from Disney Parks, especially at Magic Kingdom Park in the Walt Disney World Resort. ...

It was like a scene from Charlie’s Angels or any other “girl-power” movie. Three nurses from Fort Myers were on a girls’ trip to Walt Disney World Resort when they suddenly needed to swing into action to save an old man’s life, and now their heroic actions are being rewarded. One year ago, sisters Kristin Barlow and Cassie Kaspar and their friend ...