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Jan- 2022 -11 January
shopDisney Update: Princess Tiana Gets a Limited-Edition Collectible Doll
Disney fans whose love for Disney specifically lies in the Disney princess category already most likely know that Disney princess merchandise includes a wide variety of Disney consumer products (ranging from makeup wipes to a Disney princess cookbook to candles to jewelry), and if you're among that Disney princess fanbase, then you also probably already know that many Disney princess products are
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11 January
Salt & Straw Ice Cream Opening Soon in Disney Springs
Ice cream lovers rejoice! A new handmade ice cream spot is coming soon to the Walt Disney World Resort. Since the closing of fan-favorite ice cream shop Ample Hills Creamery at Disney's BoardWalk in 2020, Guests with a sweet tooth have been hoping for a similar replacement (especially when it was thought that Ample Hills may be opening a location later on at Disney Springs.) We can now confirm tha
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11 January
The Grand Floridian Spa is Reopening This Month at Walt Disney World
Hoping to indulge in some relaxing spa services on your next Walt Disney World vacation? Spa services around the Walt Disney World Resort were initially shut down at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, and since the reopening of the parks and resorts that summer we have slowly seen spas return to operation around property. One of the most iconic spas at Walt Disney World, the Grand F
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11 January
Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’ Cast Honors Educators in a Unique Singalong
Broadway fans or musical theater fans are probably already familiar with the Disney Broadway shows Frozen, The Lion King, and Aladdin, which are all based on their respective animated Disney movies. Ever since the Broadway shows made their emotionally-moving returns to the stage after the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the shows have continued to face COVID-19 obstacles like canceled performances due
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11 January
Price Increases for Mears Connect Express Service, Replacement for Disney’s Magical Express
Just about one week into life without Disney's Magical Express in operation, we are seeing the first price increase to one of the system's major replacements. Disney's Magical Express offered Walt Disney World Resort Guests complimentary transportation between the Orlando International Airport and their resorts since the service began in 2005. For the majority of the time Guest could use Disney's
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11 January
New Details Revealed for DISNEY ON BROADWAY Dining Packages at the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts
The EPCOT International Festival of the Arts runs January 14-February 21, 2022, and this year's festival is extra special as it marks the return of the DISNEY ON BROADWAY Concert Series! When Walt Disney World reopened following its closure early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, EPCOT's annual festivals returned without some of their most notable events, including live performances by popular bands an
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11 January
Disney Override: Pixar ‘Shocked’ “Turning Red” Sent to Disney+
Since the release of Toy Story 2, Pixar Animation Studios held fast to one rule: No straight-to-video feature-length films. One score later, fans still have not seen a new Pixar film go straight to DVD, but they aren't hitting the theaters either, and its storytellers are letting people know that it is not their idea. Shortly after Disney announced that Pixar's latest feature, Turning Red, would g
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11 January
shopDisney Update: New Mickey Mouse & Friends Germany Dooney & Bourke Bags!
We have a habit of checking on new arrivals on shopDisney on a regular (daily) basis, and one of the newest finds on the site has us ready for our next trip to EPCOT's World Showcase! The newest Disney Dooney & Bourke bags to pop up on shopDisney feature vintage character designs of Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, and Pluto all dressed in outfits inspired by traditional German cult
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11 January
Darker Side of Disney: Cinderella’s Lily James Plays Pamela Anderson
Most Disney fans know English actress Lily James for her roles as the Disney princess Cinderella in the 2015 live-action adaptation of the Disney animated film, or perhaps for her role as Lady Rose on the popular period drama Downton Abbey (2012-2015), or for her role as young Donna (with the original Donna being played by Meryl Streep) in Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again (2018). In all of her projects
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10 January
Disney Metaverse? Company Filed Patent for ‘Virtual-World Simulator”
It appears, as 2021 drew to a close, the Walt Disney Company filed a patent for a “virtual-world simulator” that could signal Disney's jump into the Metaverse in the near future. According to patft.uspto.gov, patent # 11,210,843 is described as the following: “In one implementation, a virtual-world simulator includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a memory s
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