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Feb- 2022 -8 February
“We Don’t Talk About Bruno” Is Being Snubbed in Awards Season: Here’s Why
Although the Walt Disney Animation Studios movie Encanto has been garnering awards and award nominations for itself throughout the 2022 awards season, the Disney movie's original song “We Don't Talk About Bruno” has definitely stolen the movie's thunder by breaking records, constantly topping the Billboard and Spotify charts, and inspiring fan-made mashups online. The original song fro
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8 February
Update: Stitch Has Officially Arrived in McDonald’s!
The galaxy's most adorably destructive alien is officially back at McDonald's, and we're not just talking about his local Hawaiian locations! Happymeal.com confirms that a collection of eight different Stitch toys are now available with your kid's happy meal. The toys feature Experiment 626 in different moods and outfits, from him busting out of an intergalactic prison ship to him happily playing
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8 February
Should Walt Disney World Have Passholder-Only Traffic Lanes at Park Entrances?
For Annual Passholders visiting Walt Disney World, taking up time with minor aspects to getting around the theme parks can add up to some serious inconveniences. One of the major perks of being an Annual Passholder, especially if you are local to Orlando, is having the ability to head to a Disney park last-minute, without taking too much time or additional spending out of your day. In recent years
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8 February
Plan for Even More Crowds This Month at Walt Disney World
This February is shaping up to be a busy month at Walt Disney World with multiple special events taking place around the resort, school vacation weeks across the country, and more. We're outlining everything that's going on at Disney World this month so you can plan your visit around the extra crowds. Walt Disney World experienced a very busy January this year, and the crowd calendar seems to be t
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8 February
Disney and Marvel Movies Head to the Oscars
As awards season has continued, the Disney movies or Pixar movies that have been taking the lead are the 2021 movies Encanto, Cruella, Luca, Raya and the Last Dragon, and Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings. Now that the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards were just announced, we know that Encanto, Cruella, and Shang-Chi: Legend of the Ten Rings are all in the running for at least one Academy A
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8 February
Video: New Buzz Lightyear Movie Trailer Reveals Emperor Zurg
On Tuesday, February 8, 2022, Disney and Pixar released a new trailer for its upcoming animated film, Lightyear. And we can just about confirm that the origin story of everybody's favorite space ranger, Buzz Lightyear, will feature the Evil Emperor Zurg as the film's chief antagonist! Check it out: A Closer Look at Chris Evans' Buzz Voice, Other Characters The new trailer also gives Disney Fanatic
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8 February
The Smithsonian Wants to See Your Disney Parks Photos!
Curators at the National Museum of American History are looking for your photos from both the Disneyland Resort and the Walt Disney World Resort for an upcoming project on ‘Disney Parks and American Stories.' If you submit photos from your past Disney vacations, you may see them on display at the museum! The team working on the project is hoping to collect a number of photos that capture the
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7 February
Fire Department Called to Space Mountain – What We Know So Far
5:17 pm 2/7/22 – This article has been updated since its publication. An unexpectedly eventful afternoon appears to be taking shape at Magic Kingdom Park as Walt Disney World's official fire team, the Reedy Creek Fire Department, made a visit to Tomorrowland after a fire alarm was set off. According to one source, @GottaGoOrlando, “Space Mountain & The PeopleMover at Magic Kingdom are
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7 February
Video: Cop Says Fan’s ‘Lightning McQueen’ Car Not Street Legal
Disney Fanatics are known for emulating their favorite characters through their outfits, either through straight cosplay or through DisneyBounding. But it appears one fan has taken Disney cosplay to the streets, literally. IG and TikTok user @ninefivegarage transformed his Subaru BRX into the Piston Cup Champion Lightning McQueen in every way, including putting his eyes on the windshield. Unfortun
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7 February
Video: Disney+ ‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ Trailer Released
Another trailer for another Disney+ Original reboot has just dropped as Disney takes over yet another former 20th Century Fox franchise. On Monday, February 7, 2022, the first teaser trailer for Cheaper by the Dozen was released to social media. Starring Zach Braff and Gabrielle Union, the Disney+ original will be the third cinematic take on the semi-biographical 1948 novel by Ernestine Gilbreth C
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