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Happy 50th Birthday, Main Street Electrical Parade!

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On June 17, 1972, Disneyland Resort Guests heard this now-iconic introduction come across the Park sound system for the first time: Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Disneyland proudly presents our spectacular festival pageant of nighttime magic and imagination in thousands of sparkling lights and electro-synthemanetic musical sounds. The Main Street Electrical Parade! That’s right. 50 years ago today, Disney’s ...

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‘Gravity Falls’ Creator Ridicules Disney’s Censorship Department

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The Disney Channel show Gravity Falls has become a cult favorite ever since it was first created by Alex Hirsch in 2012, and the show has remained a mainstay for many viewers even after it ended in 2016. The Disney XD show (which follows two siblings, Dipper and Mable Pines, and their eccentric great uncle Stan Pines in an Oregon town filled ...

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‘Strange World’ Cast Is Announced

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Even though most Disney fans are all abuzz (pun intended!) with the premiere of Lightyear in theaters, another animated Disney movie is on its way — and several A-list actors have just been announced in the adventure movie’s cast! Disney shared the news on Twitter, and it looks like several experienced actors are lending their voices to the animated film. Strange World is ...

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#SaveSplashMountain Falls on Deaf Ears as Holdouts Continue Protest

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Walt Disney Imagineering is continuing to move ahead with its plans to retheme Splash Mountain at the Disneyland Resort and the Walt Disney World Resort after the 2009 animated feature, The Princess and the Frog, and the holdouts against the decision are continuing to make their voices heard against the matter. But even if #SaveSplashMountain trends at a decent rate ...

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Idina Menzel Confirms Interest in ‘Frozen 3’

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Tony winner and Broadway star Idina Menzel is known by many of her fans for her work on stage as a singer and performer, but the award-winning actress is now known by thousands of Disney fans as Princess Elsa in the Frozen animated movies as well — and she has just confirmed that she’d love to come back for a third ...

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2022 ‘SharkFest’ Comes to Disney+

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If the shark scene in Finding Nemo was always your favorite part of the ocean-based Pixar film, then you’ll want to head to the streaming service Disney+ a lot this July and August — because a whole lot of shark is coming for you to watch! National Geographic and Disney are teaming up once again for something that premieres July 10, with ...

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Disney Producer Discusses Plans for ‘Princess and the Frog’ Ride

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The Princess and the Frog attraction that is replacing the Disney ride Splash Mountain in the Magic Kingdom Disney Park has been getting closer and closer with more details slowly being revealed about the ride (including its potential opening date). Now Essence magazine has interviewed Charita Carter, one of the women who is playing a big part in making the new Princess and the ...

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From Accounting to Disney Imagineering: Meet Charita Carter

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Charita Carter is the Executive Producer of Relevancy Activations for Walt Disney Imagineering, and she is leading Disney’s plans to transform the famous Splash Mountain in Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort into a new ride based on the 2009 animated Disney princess movie Princess and the Frog. The California native grew up enjoying Disneyland and watching The Wonderful World of Disney on ...

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‘Atlantis: The Lost Empire’ Celebrates 21st Anniversary

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In honor of the 21st anniversary of the cult-favorite animated Disney movie Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Disney has re-shared an interview with Don Hahn, the man who directed the film known for “introducing fans to a strange and intricate world where crystals power everything, stone can fly, and adventure is around every corner“! According to the interview, Atlantis: The Lost ...

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‘Ms. Marvel’ Joins Interactive Disney Wish Show

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Iman Vellani is Marvel’s new rising star, and the actress who plays Pakistani-American high school student-turned-superhero Kamala Khan in the new Disney+ Original Series Ms. Marvel is now joining a very unique Marvel experience at sea alongside several Marvel celebrities! The Disney Parks Blog has announced that Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, is joining Avengers: Quantum Encounter onboard the Disney Wish. ...

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