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Mar- 2023 -9 March
Disney’s ‘Happily Ever After’ Returns Soon, Here’s How They’re Getting Ready for It
The Walt Disney World Resort and the Disneyland Resort are known to be prime spots for a magical Disney vacation. Any Theme Park and the attractions at these Disney Resorts—think Haunted Mansion at Disney's Magic Kingdom Park and Disneyland Park, shows like “Fantasmic!” at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, a nighttime spectacular like Disney Enchantment, or lands like Pandora at Animal Kingdom Park or A
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9 March
New Disney Cruise Line Private Island Gets Opening Date
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 project was speculated to push up Walt Disn
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9 March
First Disney World Project Canceled Since State Takeover
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 on
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8 March
Disney Union Announces “Rally For a Raise”
For months, The Walt Disney Company has been battling some of its Walt Disney World Resort Cast Members over wages paid at The Most Magical Place on Earth. Cast Members have been consistently asking for higher wages as inflation and the cost of living have continued to go up. Disney currently has a starting wage of $15 for most Walt Disney World Resort Cast Members, and, while that is higher than
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8 March
Disney Guest Gets Apology Message From Senior Disney Executive
Temporary closures are part of life in any Disney Parks. Guests are used to occasionally dealing with these occurrences when rides malfunction or attractions close for safety checks (or in the case of longer closures, maintenance, or even rethemes). However, for such a common happenstance at the Disney Parks, a Guest received a peculiar and unexpected message when a Walt Disney World attraction wa
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8 March
“Thank You”: Twitter CEO Elon Musk Expresses Gratitude to Disney
Even though Elon Musk is not a name one would often associate with Disney and the latest news from Disney, the founder, and CEO of Space X and owner and CEO of Twitter was recently in the news for comments he made about his most recent acquisition. In an interview that has been gaining more and more traction online, Elon Musk not only spoke about how Twitter was going but, in a call for advertiser
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8 March
Disney Channel Star Reveals Brother Was “Huge Bully; Would Beat Up Other Children
The early 200os were a great time to be a fan of the Disney Channel, with a ton of hits making their mark in the lives of children around the world. The early 200os were full of hit shows like Hannah Montana, That’s So Raven, Lizzie McGuire, Kim Possible, Even Stevens, The Proud Family, and more. Many of those Disney Channel stars have gone on to have very successful acting and singing careers. Wh
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8 March
Disney’s Latest Teaser Offers a Sneak Peek at Upcoming Character Meet ‘n’ Greet
Character meet ‘n' greets are undoubtedly some of the best parts of a Disney vacation. Whether Walt Disney World Resort or Disneyland Resort, all Disney fans can agree that meeting your favorites is an unbelievably big draw of the Disney Parks experience. Disney is also constantly introducing new characters for Guests to enjoy interacting with. For example, recently, Disney confirmed a new m
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8 March
Universal Gets Go Ahead to Build New Park, And Residents Aren’t Happy
Back in January, Universal announced that they were going to build a brand-new theme park, one that would focus on families with young children. The Park would be completely different from anything Universal had built. While each Universal theme park — like the ones in Hollywood, California, and Orlando, Florida — has an area for children, this new Park will be focused solely on younge
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8 March
Disney World’s New Government Promises “Broader Representation”
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 b
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