A trip to the Walt Disney World is expensive. That statement is not necessarily newsworthy; it’s just a basic fact about heading to Central Florida. But what truly makes it expensive isn’t necessarily the tickets—even those are pricey—but the add-ons that start to mount up over the course of a trip. Paying for Disney Genie Plus Lightning Lane access can ...

Walt Disney Imagineering has once again proven why it’s the best at what it does with this secret society woven into the parks… if you know where to look. One of the best things about the Disney experience is how wholly immersive it is for guests and fans. It’s one of the reasons that the Disney Parks have earned the ...

A Walt Disney World Resort Magic Kingdom transportation service has finally returned after being refurbished for five years. Read this next: Disney+ Revives Beloved Remake Amid ‘Snow White’s’ Scandal Roger E. Broggie Locomotive Returns to Magic Kingdom After 60-Month Refurbishment After undergoing extensive refurbishment for nearly five years, the Roger E. Broggie locomotive has returned to service at Magic Kingdom. ...

Former Disney Imagineer Joe Lanzisero recently explained how his time with the Mouse House helps him in his current venture, particularly in bringing immersive experiences to healthcare. Walt Disney Imagineering are the creative minds behind the Disney Park experiences we love so much. From the incredible rides and attractions at any Disney theme park to the incredible lands and experiences on ...

Disney Legend and Walt Disney Imagineering’s former senior vice president of creative development, Tony Baxter, thinks Song of the South was worth saving. Song of the South and its Disney Parks ride, Splash Mountain, have been very controversial and have been the subject of many a debate among the Disney community. When the Walt Disney Company decided to remove Splash Mountain ...

If you need to summon a Disney World or Disneyland fan (or a Disney Fanatic in general) from within a crowd, yelling something about the ride called Splash Mountain is a surefire way to make them speak up. Disney fans were extremely divided when it came to the permanent closure of the Magic Kingdom ride that was based on the ...

With 200+ million dollar productions oiling the family entertainment machine that the Walt Disney Company has evolved into, it isn’t easy to imagine that most iconic films were sketched on a cocktail napkin. That’s right—the Roy E. Animation building may have housed some high-quality Disney brainstorming. Still, it’s not where Walt Disney and the original Imagineers dreamed up the magic ...

It’s no secret that many Disney Fanatics have made quite a fuss about the permanent closure of the Splash Mountain ride in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and Disneyland Park. Whether they’ve been selling containers of water for thousands of dollars with claims that it’s water from the classic ride’s two locations, frantically collecting Br’er Rabbit memorabilia, very foolishly drinking the ...

Many hardcore Disney Fanatics are intimately familiar with the Imagineers who work behind the scenes on Disney rides or attractions in the famous department known as Walt Disney Imagineering. Some Imagineers have become iconic in the eyes of Disney fans — but now there is a whole new kind of Imagineer on the scene! In a Disney Parks Blog article ...

On Earth Day 2023, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park will celebrate its 25th Anniversary. However, the milestone birthday party will commence without the famous Imagineer who led its entire development. Retired Walt Disney Imagineer Joe Rhode took the creative lead on Disney World’s fourth Theme Park, taking expeditions all over the world and recruiting the finest people in zoology, his ...