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Many Disney enthusiasts already could surmise that Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort were struggling with understaffed maintenance departments and a lack of theme park ride mechanics, even before reports of that shortage were shared in this article. After all, the “ridiculous” number of Disney Park ride breakdowns have been increasing, so much so that many Disney Park Guests ...

This month, The Walt Disney Company finally launched an ad-supported tier of its flagship streaming platform, Disney+, and gave current subscribers the option to switch rather than absorb the price hike that was placed on the original ad-free service. However, new reports show that some Disney+ subscribers are unable to take full advantage of the ad-supported service if they connect ...

What do attractions like Haunted Mansion, The Enchanted Tiki Room, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Jungle Cruise have in common? They provide Disney fans with original characters and stories that originated in the Theme Parks rather than in a movie or on TV. As we look to 2023 and the next 100 years of Disney, the return of that originality ...

After years of waiting, James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water is finally heading to theaters, and Walt Disney World Resort has geared up to help promote the highly anticipated sequel of the highest-grossing movie of all time. Pandora: The World of Avatar, over at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, will feature special food and merchandise options for the movie, as well as ...

As we countdown the days until Christmas and New Year’s, so too we must countdown how many Theme Park Reservations are left for the Walt Disney World Resort Theme Parks: Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom. So, if you are dreaming of a last-minute holiday blitz to The Most Magical Place On Earth, here are some ...

The reigning pop-star Taylor Swift has reportedly signed on to write and direct her first movie with Searchlight Pictures. Disney and its related production houses have had a whole slew of exciting releases recently. Just a few days ago, they announced an Indian Disney princess feature directed by Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chada. And now, Disney-owned Searchlight Pictures announced ...

Apparently, run-of-the-mill Disney World and Disneyland visitors are not the only Disney customers who are going to miss Splash Mountain. Disney Legend Josh Gad (a Disney darling who is known for voicing Olaf the snowman in all of the Frozen films or shorts, and who played Le Fou in the 2018 Beauty and the Beast adaptation) was just paying a visit to the ...

There has been a changing of the [Life] Guard at The Walt Disney World Resort recently, as Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park closed for refurbishments and Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park finally reopened. But when Blizzard Beach reopened, Disney unveiled some new characters now included in the Park. The melting ski Resort now has a touch of Walt Disney Animation ...

A Disney Guest reported that he was “yelled at” by Cast Members and fellow fans for taking a photo at a Disney Park. The Walt Disney World Resort with its four Parks—Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios—and the Disneyland Resort—with Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure—are known to be some of the most accepting and inclusive places on Earth ...

Avatar fans have been waiting for news about the very-long-awaited sequel (make that multiple sequels) to the original 2009 Avatar film — especially since Walt Disney World Resort only whetted fans’ appetites by installing the popular Flight of Passage simulator ride in the Animal Kingdom, which can have as high as a four-hour wait in line and allows Guests to experience riding Banshees ...