Earth Week is coming up next month, along with the 24th anniversary of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, which opened on Earth Day in 1998. The park celebrates and supports the natural world and the animals who live in it every day, but Earth Week is a particularly special time of the year and the park has some new and memorable experiences ...
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EPCOT’s Cultural Representative Program Returning!
EPCOT’s World Showcase will once again be filled with people from the pavilions’ respective countries, and it looks like the cultural representatives will return just in time for EPCOT’s Food and Wine Festival! Disney Programs announced that the Disney Cultural Representative Program would return in phases beginning in August 2022. In a press release, they said, in part: Right now, ...
Read More »First Look: Original EPCOT Concepts Featured in the Design of Connections Cafe
EPCOT is currently undergoing one of the most extensive reimaginings of any Walt Disney World theme park, and with that comes new attractions, shops, restaurants, and unique experiences for Guests to enjoy. One of the new restaurants coming soon to EPCOT is the Connections Cafe and Eatery, which follows a classic EPCOT theme while bridging connections between the more futuristic ...
Read More »Video: Behind the Scenes Look at Walt Disney World Railroad Testing
The Walt Disney World Railroad in Magic Kingdom Park has remained closed while construction moves ahead on the new TRON Lightcycle / Run attraction coming to Tomorrowland, but Cast Members are still working on the railroad behind the scenes. Disney just shared a backstage look at how each classic locomotive prepares for testing (and soon for Guests to ride!) Watch ...
Read More »Video: Extremely RARE Character Sighting in Magic Kingdom!
“I’ve seen a peanut stand. I heard a rubber band. I seen a needle that winks its eye. But I be done seen about everything when I see a elephant fly”— especially in a Disney World Theme Park! The Walt Disney World Resort plays host to several unforgettable character interactions, from Mickey Mouse to Cinderella’s Ugly Step Sisters. But some ...
Read More »Photos: This Magical Snow White-Inspired Cottage is Now on the Market
It might not come with animals to help with the housework, but a gorgeous cottage reminiscent of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) is on the market! This fairytale-inspired cottage just went up for sale in Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles with a listing price of $1,395,000. Let’s take a look inside! Realtor.com shared the listing that ...
Read More »Guests Reawaken Dragon Beneath Disney Castle!
Across the world, six Disney castles stand as the romantic centerpieces of their respective Disney Theme Park. Two Sleeping Beauty Castle variants stand in the Disneyland Park found in California and Paris, France. Cinderella Castle variants tower over Magic Kingdom Park, Walt Disney World, and Tokyo Disneyland. Hong Kong Disneyland features the Castle of Magical Dreams, and Shanghai Disneyland boasts ...
Read More »Two Oscar Nominees’ Surprising Disney Connection
You probably already know that Spanish actress Penelope Cruz (who is currently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in Parallel Mothers) has had some involvement with Disney in the form of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011). You may also know that The Eyes of Tammy Faye actress Jessica Chastain (who is competing against Penelope Cruz in ...
Read More »‘Aladdin’ Guest Wins a Disney Wish Cruise
Anitcipationg among Disney fans is high as the unveiling of the newest Disney cruise ship in the Disney Cruise Line fleet approaches — and to celebrate the inauguration of the Disney Wish as well as the eighth anniversary of Broadway’s Aladdin, the Broadway show has just given one audience member a Disney Wish cruise for her and her family! ...
Read More »Ukrainian Family Flew to Disney World–Then the Russians Invaded
It began as a Disney Vacation. Iryna Lyubobetska and her husband decided to leave their home in Ukraine and take their children to The Most Magical Place On Earth for a family trip. They were in Central Florida when they learned that the Russians had begun their invasion. Unsure of what was going to happen to their homeland, Lyubobetska told ...
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