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Apr- 2023 -27 April
Disney Cancels Fantasmic! Shows Until Mid-May After Devastating Fire
Disney knows how to do so many things really well. They know how to create immersive and exciting rides and attractions. Disney is great at creating new worlds Guests can visit, like Black Spire Outpost in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. Disney Imagineers also know how to create stunning nighttime spectaculars, like Wondrous Journeys, Happily Ever After, and Fantasmic!. However, sometimes these amazing
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27 April
Legal Experts: Ron DeSantis Will Lose to Disney
It's been more than a year since Florida Governor Ron DeSantis started a heated fight with The Walt Disney Company. Just when we thought things couldn't get any worse between the two, they did. On April 26, Walt Disney World filed a lawsuit in federal court against the governor. In its lawsuit, Disney claimed that the governor was retaliating against Disney because Disney exercised its First Amend
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27 April
VIDEO: Disney Releases Teaser Trailer For Newest Movie, ‘Wish’!
If there is one thing that Disney knows how to do really well, it's create incredible animated films. The Walt Disney Company has been doing it since the early 1900s, when they created Steamboat Willie. Since then, they have created dozens of memorable films. Films like Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Frog, and so many more. And now, Disney has g
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26 April
Governor DeSantis Responds to Disney World Lawsuit
On April 6, Walt Disney World Resort made an unprecedented move. The Most Magical Place on Earth announced that it was suing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. For more than a year, the governor has been going after Disney because ex-CEO Bob Chapek spoke out against the Parental Rights in Education bill — also called the “Don't Say Gay” bill. Chapek denounced the bill and said that D
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26 April
Sit Down Disney, Universal is the New King of Animation
For decades, Disney was the only game in town. The Mouse House was the undisputed king of the animation world. Even during the dark years after Walt Disney's death, Disney was still the champion. Disney continued its domination into the 1990s with Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), Lion King (1994), and Pocahontas (1995). Then, in 1995, a new player entered the game. With the release of
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26 April
Disney World Officially Suing Ron DeSantis
For more than a year, The Walt Disney Company — Walt Disney World Resort specifically — has been in a heated battle against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. What started out as Disney voicing its opinion against a controversial Florida bill — the Parental Rights in Education bill — has devolved in an all out war. The governor has stripped Walt Disney World of its right to self-govern, threatened to
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26 April
Florida Business Owners Take DeSantis’s Board to Task
The feud between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company has been long documented. With numerous back-and-forths between both parties, with each trying to out-maneuver the other, much came to a head recently. While it seemed like at first DeSantis had won with the dissolution of the Reedy Creek Improvement District and board and the formation of the Central Florida Tourism Oversi
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26 April
DeSantis’ Board Voids Disney’s Last-Minute Power Grab
On Wednesday, April 26, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District's new Board of Supervisors confirmed that Disney's highly-praised last-minute development agreement with the now-terminated Reedy Creek Improvement District is completely void. It was seen as a last-minute power grab, both positively and negatively, in the final days of Disney's puppet government and the Reedy Creek Improvement
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26 April
DeSantis’ District Board Set to Overrule Disney Deals
On Wednesday, April 26, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD) Board of Supervisors will meet to nullify all of the eleventh-hour plans set by The Walt Disney Company and its now-terminated Reedy Creek Improvement District Board. Appointed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the new supervising board of the Central Florida district, which houses the Walt Disney World Resort, was crea
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26 April
Former Disney Executive’s Cause of Death Revealed
In mid-February, it was announced that the former executive of The Walt Disney Company, Dave Hollis, passed away at the age of 47. Now, the reason for his passing has become clear. Read More: Former Senior Disney Executive Dies at 47 According to NBC, Disney's former distribution chief died of an accidental drug overdose in his home just outside Austin, Texas. Travis County Medical Examiner's Off
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