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Mar- 2024 -10 March
Lightning Strikes Spaceship Earth In This Crazy Viral Video
A lightning strike can happen anywhere, even at “The Most Magical Place on Earth.” One guest caught it all on video as a lightning strike hit a classic Disney attraction. Even though Florida is called the Sunshine State, it is known to have some less-than-friendly weather. After all, it is also known as the lightning capital of the United States of America. That stormy weather often fi
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10 March
This Old Disney Commercial Still Makes Us Tear Up
This commercial still wins our hearts as one of the sweetest Disney commercials ever made. Disney Fanatics know that a Disney experience, film, or photo has a way of tugging at the heartstrings. With lovable characters like Mickey Mouse and his friends, along with iconic Disney structures and attractions, there's no doubt Disney is embedded in our DNA! So, in 2018, when a commercial called “
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10 March
Scooter Crash Leads to Fiery Magic Kingdom Fight
Every day, tens of thousands of people visit the Walt Disney World Resort. Some head to one of the resort's four amazing theme parks — the Magic Kingdom, Disney's Hollywood Studios, EPCOT, and Animal Kingdom. Others head to one of two water parks, get some shopping and dining done at Disney Springs, or maybe play a few rounds of miniature golf. Not everyone who visits Disney World can walk a
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10 March
Johnny Depp to Hit the Big Screen In Weeks!
For years, there was no one bigger and better than Johnny Depp. The actor seemed to be able to do no wrong, making hit movie after hit movie, including Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). But Depp is probably most well-known for portraying Captain Jack Sparrow in Disne
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10 March
Future of Disney’s Newest Attraction Revealed After Running Over “Small” Guest
One of Disney's newest attractions has just been caught on video running over what seemed to be the smallest guest aboard, and here is why every guest in the ride vehicle did nothing wrong. One issue that we have seen in the past is guests jumping out of their ride vehicle to retrieve a lost item; when this happens, guests are put at risk as the ride vehicle could hit them, or they could injure th
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10 March
Disney Park Exposed in Court, Ordered To Pay Guests Millions
More than 100,000 former Dream Key holders will get a check from Disneyland Resort after a class-action lawsuit settlement was finalized this week. The Annual Passholder who filed the lawsuit, Jenale Nielsen of Santa Clara County, claimed that The Walt Disney Company deceived and misled Dream Key holders by advertising that the Annual Pass had no block-out dates but limiting Magic Key holder atten
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10 March
Disney Takeover Update: Billionaire Investor Promises Not To Fire Bob Iger
The future of the Walt Disney Company will be determined by a momentous shareholder vote on April 3, but the billionaire investor trying to seize control says that he has no intention of firing CEO Bob Iger. For months now, Disney shareholders have been wooed by Nelson Peltz, the co-founder of Trian Fund Management, a vastly wealthy hedge fund with a reputation for forcing its way onto the board o
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9 March
At A Critical Time, Disney Loses Its Head of Imagineering
At a crucial time for the Walt Disney Company, it is losing one of the people who is responsible for creating and expanding Disney's theme park operations. In an announcement on Linkedin and Instagram this morning, Barbara Bouza announced that she was leaving as President of Walt Disney Imagineering. Bouza had been in the job since 2021, when she replaced Bob Weis. Barbara Bouza announced she will
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9 March
Disney Walks Back Another Iger Park Expansion Announcement
This week, Disney CEO Bob Iger made waves with two long-awaited announcements about expansion plans at Walt Disney World and Disneyland. These were the plans that Disney fans had waited for, but no sooner did the words come out of Iger's mouth than Disney was already walking back one of his announcements. And now, they're taking back the second. Related: Sorry Disney Fans, A Day After Iger Announc
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9 March
What’s Up With the Disney Trump Animatronic Conspiracy?
The conspiracy theory surrounding Walt Disney World's Trump animatronic has resurfaced online, so we decided to do a little deep dive into its origin. Numerous conspiracy theories and rumors have circulated online over the years. From Cinderella Castle catching fire and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sending the National Guard to block entrances to Disney World, some strange stories have found purchase
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