Gil Mercado, a 22-year-old culinary Cast Member at Disney’s Yacht Club resort was recently welcomed back to his home resort by the Walt Disney Company following a six-month deployment in Afghanistan. Mercado just served his second tour of duty in the Middle East with the U.S. Army Reserves and other Cast Members and Disney leaders were thrilled to honor him ...
Read More »This Disney/Pixar Parody Has Been Viewed 6 Million Times
Disney movies are often considered classics, but many people have also acknowledged that some of the films’ characters or plotlines deserve some mockery. Disney itself has also taken some of its more well-known stories and released retellings of them, such as in the “Twisted Tale” book series and the new “Queen’s Council” series. However, there’s one satirical retelling of Aladdin ...
Read More »Spider-Man Takes A Turn As the Legendary Nathan Drake
Tom Holland has become a household name since he’s played the charmingly naive, acrobatic Spider-man in Marvel’s Spider-man and Avengers movies–but he’s also becoming more well known in a very specific, less arachnid-focused audience. Fans of Naughty Dog’s widely-acclaimed “Uncharted” video games have been waiting for the games’ affable action hero and treasure hunter Nathan Drake to get some movie ...
Read More »Walt Disney World Dedicates Fab 50 Character Statues to Cast Members
Cast Members are at the heart of the magic in what makes visiting the Walt Disney World Resort such a memorable place to visit for Guests from all over the world. To honor the people who help make the magic, Cast Members were honored in a ceremony with former President of the Walt Disney World Resort (and current President of ...
Read More »Behind the Attraction on Disney+ Appears to Use Fan’s Artwork Without Permission
One of the high points of Disney+ since the service came out in 2019 has been the series and documentaries that dive into the history and design process behind Disney theme park attractions. The Imagineering Story and The Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom were instant fan-favorites, so when it was announced earlier this year that Behind the Attraction would be ...
Read More »Disney World Adds Extra Perks For Visitors During Its 50th Anniversary
Walt Disney World already has a lot of bonuses in place for any Disney Guests who visit on or after October 1st of this year, since it marks their 50th anniversary, but now they’ve added additional sweeteners for anyone who stays at the Disney Resorts Collection hotels! Anyone who is staying at a Disney Resorts Collection hotel during the “World’s ...
Read More »This Indie Brand Has One-of-A-Kind Alice in Wonderland Makeup
As we all know by now, Disney doesn’t just stick to one category when they’re advertising a Disney movie or a Disney character. One only needs to look at the thousands of items with Disney princesses on them to see that there’s a wide variety of offerings, and one of the biggest categories is makeup! However, even though official Disney ...
Read More »Now Open! Tenaya Stone Spa at Disney’s Grand Californian Resort & Spa
The Disney Parks Blog just shared the news that the brand new Tenaya Spa at Disney’s Grand Californian Resort is now open! Guests visiting the Disneyland Resort will now be able to take advantages of spa services at this newly designed full-service spa. While designing the site, Imagineers looked to nature and Indigenous cultures from California for inspiration, along with ...
Read More »Walt Disney World Celebrates Hispanic Latinx Heritage Month with “Together We Are Magia”
Walt Disney World just announced a new promotion in celebration of Hispanic Latinx Heritage Month with special offerings and festivities taking place around the resort called, “Together We Are Magia!” The festivities take place at Disney theme parks, Disney Springs, and at select resort hotels, and we are excited to share them with you: In EPCOT, head over to San ...
Read More »Some Disney Cast Members Are Planning to Protest the Company’s Vaccine Mandate
The Walt Disney Company and Cast Member unions put a vaccine mandate in place requiring Cast Members to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by next month, and some Cast Members are planning to protest the requirement. This protest is planned for Walt Disney World, and sources in the company say another is planned on the west coast for Anaheim Cast ...
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