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Fire Set Ablaze Below Disney Skyliner, Explosion Risk

Disney World Skyliner Bush Fire

On Wednesday evening, Walt Disney World Resort guests riding the Disney Skyliner dangled just feet above a blazing fire. A witness recorded the blaze from a safe distance and shared footage on social media. The fire ignited in a bushy area on EPCOT Resorts Blvd., according to Citizen user @Sips_tea. It burned just feet from the Speedway gas station on ...

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Florida School Mandates Permission Slips to Watch Disney Movie

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Parents were quite thoroughly fed up with their children’s high school when the institution required permission slips for a Disney movie. In Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Florida, it seems that schools now mandate permission slips for teenagers to watch even the most socially acceptable, safe movies: Disney classics. Related: Frustrated Audiences Believe Even Artificial Intelligence Has “More Soul” Than Disney ...

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Strangers at Disney Help Terrified Guest “Conquer” Fear

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“Thank you, kind strangers”: A guest wrote about how strangers at Disneyland Resort helped them conquer their fears. The Disney Parks are places of magic and wonder. Any Disney guest would attest to this fact. From the amazing rides and attractions to the wonderful lands at both the Walt Disney World Resort and the Disneyland Resort, there’s a lot to ...

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Frustrated Audiences Believe Even Artificial Intelligence Has “More Soul” Than Disney

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Audiences are so fed up with the quality of a lot of Disney’s productions that some believe that AI can do a better job than the Mouse House. The Walt Disney Company has been facing a lot of criticism lately for the quality of its productions and films. The company has been criticized for the lackluster storytelling and “woke” narratives ...

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Report Accuses Disney of Passing On Oscar-Nominated Actor For ‘Fantastic Four’ Because He Was ‘Too White’

Marvel Studios Fantastic Four cast

On Valentine’s Day, Marvel Studios officially announced its cast and release date for the new Fantastic Four (2025) film. The cast includes Pedro Pascal from The Mandalorian, Vanessa Kirby from The Crown and Napoleon (2023), Joseph Quinn from Stranger Things, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach from Hulu/FX’s award-winning show The Bear.  Happy Valentine’s Day from Marvel’s First Family! Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn are The Fantastic ...

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Disney Developing a ‘Tangled’ Musical For Broadway

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Near the very bottom of an article on The Hollywood Reporter website, there was a throw-away line, but the line had a deeper meaning to fans of Disney and Broadway. The story was about the Actor’s Equity Union, representing thousands of Broadway actors, authorizing a strike against the Broadway League. The Actrors’ Equity Union wants pay increases for developmental work. ...

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The Shocking Truth Behind Disney’s Original Plans for Princess Tiana

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These days, the 2009 animated Disney movie  The Princess and the Frog is a hot topic due to Princess Tiana’s upcoming Magic Kingdom ride, which will be called Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and will reportedly open this summer. Princess Tiana has become an iconic Disney princess, with many Disney fans appreciating the movie’s old-school animation style as opposed to the more modern ...

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Gruesome Video Shows Beloved Disney Animatronic’s Arm Torn Off

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Typically, Disney’s more recent attractions, such as the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind receive nothing but praise. But as of recently, The Walt Disney Company has been under fire in the past couple of years over not keeping up with its usual standards. This has been the case with its theme parks, special events, ...

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