While Disney is often known for its focus on entertainment for Disney Guests (whether it’s in the form of movies or in-person attractions), did you know that Disney also places a lot of focus on giving back in regards to issues like climate change? For Walt Disney World’s 50th anniversary, Disney World kicked off the celebrations with donations totaling 3 ...
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Just the Basics: A Cheat Sheet of Essential Disney Lingo
Are you making plans for an upcoming Disney vacation? Whether you’re heading to Walt Disney World Resort during the 50th Anniversary Celebrations or sometime later on (or even considering a future trip to Disneyland or aboard a Disney Cruise), there are certain terms and phrases you may want to familiarize yourself with beforehand. Some of the vocabulary exclusive to Disney ...
Read More »Fan-Favorite “Merry Menagerie” Will Return to Disney’s Animal Kingdom for the Holidays
During the phased reopening of the Walt Disney World Resort for the holidays last year, we missed a number of holiday traditions around the resort. One of those missing events last year was actually something relatively new. The Merry Menagerie at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, streetmosphere entertainment with performers bringing life-sized handmade puppets of different wildlife around Discovery Island, only debuted ...
Read More »Extra Perks Continue for Animal Kingdom Guests During Disney’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations
After all of the excitement built up around Walt Disney World’s 50th anniversary, it’s no surprise that the Disney Guests and Disney Cast Members have kept the festivities going in full swing even after the actual anniversary date on October 1st! If you’re at Walt Disney World for the next eighteen months, the Animal Kingdom theme park is definitely the ...
Read More »Guests Continue to Be Frustrated by the Lack of Parking Trams at Walt Disney World
One of the amenities noticeably missing since the Walt Disney World Resort reopened following its closure due to COVID-19 last spring were the parking trams that transport Guests from the parking lot to the entrance of Disney theme parks. While their absence did not cause too many problems when the parks first reopened and capacity was very limited (since fewer ...
Read More »New Disney Parks Collection is Now Available on Disney+
Fans of Walt Disney World have been waiting for a dedicated Disney Parks section of Disney+ since the platform launched, and now we finally have it! Most of the programming is not new necessarily, but “Disney Parks” is now a genre on the streaming service so that makes us think that more Disney Parks content will hopefully coming our way ...
Read More »Chakranadi, Kora Tinga Tinga, and Tam Tam Drummers Set for Return to Disney’s Animal Kingdom
In a series of announcements direct from Disney this morning, we are thrilled to share the news that lots of entertainment will soon be returning to Disney’s Animal Kingdom! Set for a return next week (no official date as of yet), Guests can expect to take in the music of Chakranadi, and see Kora Tinga Tinga in Africa. The Tam ...
Read More »Ways to Celebrate Your Inner Space Cadet At Disney World’s Four Theme Parks
Did you know that October 4th through 10th is World Space Week? Officially defined as “an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition,” World Space Week is recognized by more than 95 nations across the globe. At Walt Disney World Resort, EPCOT is unquestionably the most obvious Park of choice to ...
Read More »New Looks at Beacons of Magic in All Four Walt Disney World Theme Parks
Disney just shared a new look at some of the Beacons of Magic coming to park icons at all four Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in celebration of the 50th anniversary on October 1, 2021, and they are stunning! You may have seen a sneak peek at Spaceship Earth glowing with Beacons of Magic during last night’s Disney Parks ...
Read More »Primeval Whirl is Now Being Demolished at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Primeval Whirl over in DinoLand U.S.A. in Disney’s Animal Kingdom closed with the rest of the Walt Disney World Resort on March 15, 2020 when non-essential activities were put on hold across the country in response to COVID-19. Well over a year later the ride has remained closed, and today we learned that crews are at work demolishing the DinoLand ...
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