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Merchandise
Disney Just Made Jessie’s Cowgirl Boots Wearable and Crocs Is Behind It
Toy Story 5 is coming, and Disney is making sure nobody forgets it. Roundup Reveal Week has been rolling out merchandise announcements across multiple brands, and the latest one just landed from a direction that somehow makes complete sense in retrospect, even though nobody was predicting it. Crocs is dropping a Toy Story footwear collect
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Disney Parks
Riding Early: How to Snag a “Technical Rehearsal” Seat on Big Thunder Mountain This Week
The red rock spires of Frontierland are finally ready to rumble. After a grueling year-long closure that saw the “Wildest Ride in the Wilderness” dismantled and rebuilt from the track up, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is officially set to reopen at the Magic Kingdom on May 3, 2026. Credit: Anna Fox, Flickr But if youโve been a
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Disney Parks
Disney Just Announced a Souvenir Made From Recycled Cast Member Clothing Nobody Saw Coming
Theme park merchandise has always been about giving guests a way to take a piece of the experience home. A magnet, a plush, a shirt with the park's name on it. Things that sit on a shelf or get worn around town trigger the memory of a specific trip at a specific time. Disney does this better than anyone and has for decades. But what Tokyo
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Movies & Entertainment
‘Star Wars’ Plans Shift Again as Surprise Comeback Talks Surface
Gina Carano has confirmed she is in talks to return to Star Wars, years after her high-profile exit from Lucasfilm. The actress, who played Cara Dune in The Mandalorian, said recent conversations with senior creatives have reopened the possibility of reprising the role. The update arrives as the franchise navigates a period of creative an
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Disney Parks
Disney Is Putting the Finishing Touches on Something Big at Hollywood Studios
Construction walls at Disney parks have their own language, and once you know how to read them, the pace of what is happening behind them tells you almost everything about where a project stands. Early phase construction looks the same from the outside, regardless of what is being built. It is quiet, the walls are blank, and the visible p
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Disney Hollywood Studios
Disney World Imposes New System That Changes How Guests Shop
Disney is changing how guests access one of its busiest shopping days of the year. At Walt Disney World Resort, May 4 has become less about attractions and more about limited releases tied to Star Wars. The annual event โ widely known as Star Wars Day โ now draws crowds comparable to peak holiday periods. That shift has forced operational
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Disney Parks
Disneyland Guests Keep Making This Lightning Lane Mistake and It’s Costing Them Their Whole Trip
Every day at Disneyland, guests pull out their phones, open the app, and spend money on Lightning Lane selections for rides with five-minute wait times, while the attractions that genuinely need an upgrade sit at an hour or more in standby. It is one of the most consistent and most expensive mistakes in theme park planning, and it happens
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News
Disney World: Mickey Shorts Theater Getting ‘Star Wars’ Replacement This May
Another change is coming to Disneyโs Hollywood Studios, and this one has nothing to do with construction walls or long-term attraction updates. Instead, Disney is temporarily removing a guest-favorite experience for a different kind of offeringโone that continues to grow in popularity across the parks. The park is adjusting its lineup onc
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Disney Parks
Decades-Old Disney Ride Faces Demolition, Will Be Torn Down and Replaced By Pixar
One long-running Disney attraction has been confirmed to close, and another could be affected by the same set of changes. The update came this week from The Oriental Land Company, which said Aquatopia will permanently shut in September at Tokyo DisneySea. The ride opened in 2001 and uses a concealed trackless system to guide vehicles acro
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