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Popular Disney Park Attraction Closing Date Announced

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The fan-favorite and incredibly popular Haunted Mansion will be closing soon. But fret not, Foolish Mortals! It’s reopening soon after. The Haunted Mansion is unique. It would not be an overstatement to say that the ghoulish attraction is one of Disney fans’ most favored haunts. Found both at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World Resort in Central Florida as well ...

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Favored Iger Replacement and Popular Executive to Speak at Upcoming Conference

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A key Disney executive—also known to be immensely popular with fans—will be speaking at an upcoming conference soon. It’s been a rough few months for the Walt Disney Company. The Mouse House has been at the center of controversy after controversy, be that with Reedy Creek and its fight with Florida Gov Ron De Santis, its issues with the “Don’t ...

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Attention Disney World Guests: Some of You Get Free PhotoPass Services

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Walt Disney World Resort Guests will have another perk coming their way for the Disney 100 celebration. Over the holiday season, returned Disney CEO Bob Iger said, “it has never been a better time to be a Disney fan,” and perhaps the Walt Disney Company is proving that right. Disney fans have been inundated with much exciting news from the ...

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Family Shares The Best Part of Their Disney World Trip Was a Day at Universal Orlando

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In a loss for Disney in the Disney vs. Orlando debate, a family shared that their kids had more fun at Universal than at Walt Disney World. The Disney vs. Universal debate is endless. It’s ramped up even more since former Disney CEO Bob Chapek began instituting changes that left many Disney families and devoted fans outpriced and excluded from ...

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Free Parking Returns to Disney World Hotels!

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On top of relieving Annual Passholders from booking a Theme Park Reservation for Park visits after 2 pm, The Walt Disney World Resort announced today, January 10, that complimentary self-parking would return to Resort Hotels on property. And that convenience would also resume today! Related: Disney World Releases New Hotel Discounts for Spring and Summer Disney Parks Blog states, Beginning ...

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Disney Guests to Receive Free Ride Pictures This Year!

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It’s The Walt Disney Company’s 100th Birthday Celebration, and Theme Park Guests are the ones getting a very special gift. In honor of the Disney100 Celebration, Disneyland Guests will receive complimentary ride photos. According to Disney Parks Blog, starting February 4, Disneyland Guests will receive “Complimentary Disney PhotoPass digital attraction photos” in honor of the centennial celebration: So many of ...

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Disney World Annual Passholders Free From Park Reservations (Kinda)

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Annual Passholders (i.e. Walt Disney World Resort enthusiasts who buy Annual Passes and receive special status) or Magic Key Holders (i.e. Disneyland Resort enthusiasts who enjoy a similar special status) have not been especially pleased with the Walt Disney Company lately. Regular Disney Guests have not been pleased overall, either, but Disney has just announced something that will sweeten the ...

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Disney Resort Lifting Park Hopper Restrictions

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For years now, Disney’s iconic Park Hopping experience has been restricted due to enduring policies left over from the COVID-19 pandemic. Since it returned, Guests at both Disneyland Resort and The Walt Disney World Resort were unable to move from one Theme Park to another until 2:00 pm local time, and after visiting the Theme Park for which they secured ...

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Passengers Cause Shocking Malfunction On Disney World Ride

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It will be no surprise to Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Resort, or non-Disney theme park Guests to learn that theme parks can get a bit crowded. Long wait times — sometimes hours long — have unfortunately become the norm in many theme parks, and particularly in Disney Parks. During the holidays at Walt Disney World Resort, the issue of ...

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