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May- 2023 -2 May
How Apple, Google are Trying to Make Disney Vacations Safer
Since their release, Apple AirTags have shown to have a threatening side, especially in public places like Disney Parks. Stories have been shared across multiple platforms by people, especially young girls discovering they were being tracked after an unknown person attached an Apple AirTag to them. In one case, we at Disney Fanatic shared how a 17-year-old Tennessee girl named Madison found out th
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2 May
‘American Born Chinese’ Author Campaigns For Upgraded Disney Princesses
American Born Chinese (a new Disney+ series, based on the award-winning graphic novel written by Gene Luen Yang) might be showing audiences Disney's newest princesses and heroes when it premieres on May 24 on the streaming service! In a recent interview, the author of the graphic novel made it clear that American Born Chinese characters need to be made just as big a priority as Disney princesses l
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2 May
Disney Begins Taking Guests to Mirabel’s Colombian Homeland
Adventures by Disney trips are typically pretty pricey, but if you're a big Encanto fan, then you might want to save up for this 2024 vacation! The Disney Parks Blog has just announced that “Colombia, the country that inspired the Walt Disney Animation Studios film Encanto, is one of Adventures by Disney’s newest destinations”! Beginning in 2024, guests can enjoy a “family-friend
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2 May
President Trump 2024? Poll Shows DeSantis’s Disney Feud May Have Confirmed Opponent’s Candidacy
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's feud with the Walt Disney Company is practically all anyone can talk about at the moment. The fight has raged on for over a year; what began with the “Don't Say Gay” debacle, known by opponents as the Parental Rights in Education Act, has turned into a full-blown legal battle with Disney suing Governor DeSantis. Disney stated that DeSantis's actions, includi
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2 May
Bob Iger Supports Controversial Designer During Met Gala and Ignores DeSantis Questions
Apparently, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger is not done causing scandals or political upsets! Iger, who returned from semi-retirement to replace now-former Disney CEO Bob Chapek at the helm of the Walt Disney Company, just attended the 2023 Met Gala at the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Unfortunately, Iger was attending a Met Gala honoring a particularly-problematic deceased
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2 May
Disney Channel Original Movies Millennials Love!
If you were a kid who grew up in the late 1990s/early 2000s, then you know that it was an incredible time to be a Disney fan. Especially a Disney Channel fan. There are so many shows from that time that we remember and love. Shows like Boy Meets World, Even Stevens, Lizzie McGuire, Smart Guy, and so many more. We also grew up during a time when Disney Channel Original Movies were all the rage. I m
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1 May
Firefighter Union Reaches Agreement with DeSantis’s Hand-Picked Board
The Walt Disney World Resort has been in the news a lot recently for the Disney vs. DeSantis feud. Recently, the Walt Disney Company—specifically Walt Disney World—sued DeSantis for the board trying to go back on their previous agreement with the Mouse House. This came about after an ingenious maneuver on the part of the Walt Disney Company to continue to allow them to have their self-governing st
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1 May
“Who Does He Think He Is?”: Fans Take Bob Iger to Task for ‘Song of the South’
Of all of Disney's controversial decisions in the last few years, one of the most opposed decisions by far has been Disney’s treatment of the movie Song of the South (1946). The film has been criticized for being racist and made in poor taste, so much so that Walt Disney Studios never released it on VHS or DVD in the United States. The movie is said to have racist depictions of African American pe
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1 May
Fans Debate Another Disney Dad’s Actions in the Parks
Once again, a parental faux pas has been caught by a passerby's camera and shared to social media to fuel more fury over the state of Disney Park Guest behavior. Uploaded to a subreddit appropriately called “mildly infuriating,” we see a Disney Dad holding his kid up to look at something, but the kid appears to be balancing on a public drinking fountain. This dad helping his kid stand
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1 May
Missing Disney World Cast Member Found Dead
The Walt Disney World Resort and the Disneyland Resort are two of the most magical places in the world for a Disney vacation. Any Theme Park—be that Magic Kingdom Park or Disney’s Hollywood Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World, or Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park at Disneyland—at both Disney Resorts is a wonderful place to take in the Disney magic and have the quintessential
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