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Paralympian Swept runDisney “Dopey Challenge” for Sixth Straight Year
Another incredible story has emerged from 2022's runDisney Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. Brian Siemann, Push Rim Wheelchair athlete and three-time Paralympian, won his division in every race, sweeping what is known as the “Dopey Challenge” — completing the 5k, 10k, half-marathon, and full marathon. Just a few days
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shopDisney Update: Sneak Peek at the New Mickey Mouse The Main Attraction Space Mountain Collection
A new year means new merchandise from shopDisney, and we are especially excited about the new Mickey Mouse The Main Attraction items! This collection features a new theme each month that fans can order online through shopDisney, and we just got a sneak peek at January's theme thanks to @shopdisneyuk on Instagram: View this post on
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EPCOT
Should EPCOT Host a Lunar New Year Celebration?
Today, the Disneyland Resort began its Lunar New Year celebration at Disney California Adventure Park. As Anaheim prepares for the Year of the Tiger, eyes can't help but turn to Orlando to see no such event taking place at EPCOT. And we at Disney Fanatic began to think… Shouldn't EPCOT host a Lunar New Year Celebration? Related: Hea
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Dining
Eating In? Here Are Some Disney Parks Comfort Foods To Try Out At Home
With the last couple of years being what they’ve been, not to mention the current cold weather conditions keeping so many indoors right now, the decision to stay at home and eat in is at an all-time high. And while getting back to traditional at-home dining with family is an undeniable silver-lining scenario, it may also stoke a new form
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Kermit the Frog Joins the JAMMitors in this Adorable Video from EPCOT!
The Muppets have been making some fun appearances at EPCOT during this year's EPCOT International Festival of the Arts! Earlier this week, Guests were greeted to a new lighting package on Spaceship Earth, illuminating the park's classic geodesic sphere with the colors of the rainbow to the tune of The Muppets' “Rainbow Connection.&#
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Walt Disney World Increases Sign-On Bonuses Amid Continued Staffing Shortage
As the labor shortage continues around the country, especially for jobs in the hospitality and tourism industry, Walt Disney World is ramping up hiring bonuses to attract new Cast Members to work at each theme park and its resorts. Recruiting is gearing up at the Walt Disney World Resort with a new season of Disney College Program Cast Me
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Movies & Entertainment
A “Cool Runnings” Return – Jamaica’s Bobsled Team Going to 2022 Olympics
Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Get on up! It's bobsled time! For the first time in 20 years, Jamaica's four-man bobsled team qualified for the Winter Olympics, and Disney movie fans should be excited. First appearing in the 1988 Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, the incredible underdog story was immortalized further by the 1993 Disney
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Jennifer Lee Talks Replacing John Lasseter
Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios Jennifer Lee took on this top role at the studio just six months after John Lasseter's 2018 departure. Coming from a live-action film background, and with plenty on her plate with Disney Animation, including work on the then-upcoming film Frozen 2 (2019), Lee had quite the buildup of
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Movies & Entertainment
Jennifer Lee: No Quality Difference Between Disney+, Theatrical Features
Disney+ vs. Theatrical Release. Since Spring 2020, the decision to release theatrical-quality features from Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios on the still-young streaming service was argued to be the best option from both a health and safety and financial standpoint. But recently, as people's confidence builds and
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A Popular Character Sighting is Returning to EPCOT’s World Showcase!
Disney character sightings are slowly making their way back to the Walt Disney World Resort and we could not be more excited for it! While we have been enjoying the surprise character cavalcades in the Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and Disney's Hollywood Studios, and the character flotillas in Disney's Animal Kingdom, but are so ready to get back
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