Author: Mr. Daps
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“Death on the Nile” Heading for Home Entertainment in March and April
Death on the Nile will soon be available for digital download and then 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD. It will be available for digital download on March 29th and then for home entertainment in various formats on April 5. Based on Agatha Christie’s novel, this movie is directed by Kenneth Branagh and has an…
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After Disney, Bob Iger Heads to the Metaverse
After ending his career at The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger has left the house of mouse and instead headed to the metaverse. His next step is with 3D avatar start-up Genies, which announced that Iger had joined its board on Monday. Genies was founded in 2017. It has a mobile app that allows users…
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Disney Updates Mask Policy on Disney Skyliner
Walt Disney World has again updated its mask policy, this time for the Disney Skyliner. For fully vaccinated guests, face masks are now optional aboard this highway in the sky. Guests who are not fully vaccinated are still required to wear face masks aboard the Disney Skyliner. The news comes from the Walt Disney World…
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New Disney Vacation Club Villas Coming to Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
This week it was announced that Disney Vacation Club (DVC) plans to develop new villas at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort at Walt Disney World Resort. This popular resort sits along the shores of the Seven Seas Lagoon and has views of Magic Kingdom. The new villas are expected to be available for DVC sometime in…
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Disney+ Announces “Sketchbook” Drawing Experience
Disney+ has announced a new drawing experience called Sketchbook. It will be arriving on the streaming service on April 27, 2022, and comes from the creators of Chef’s Table. This unique experience will teach viewers how to draw some of their favorite Disney characters through the course of its six episodes. This will include Kuzco from…
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Finds Its Captain Kirk in Paul Wesley
Captain Kirk will be coming to the bridge of the Enterprise in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. This new Star Trek series takes place during the era when Captain Pike (Anson Mount) was in command of the Enterprise. For this series, Captain Kirk will be played by Paul Wesley. Executive producer Alex Kurtzman and showrunners…
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A Green Corndog? – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1223 (#599)
Welcome to GEEKS CORNER! This week, the geeks are celebrating St. Patrick’s Day and wearing their best green outfits! The question with this that must be asked is, what is your favorite food for this holiday? As the GEEKS move into the main show there is a lot of ground to cover. Disneyland is now…
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Holey Moley! The Muppets Are Covering Mini-Golf!
The Muppets will soon try their hand as commentators for ABC’s mini-golf show Holey Moley. The Muppets will be joining regular commentators Rob Riggle and Joe Tessitore on the show. They will be accompanied by sideline correspondent Jeannie Mai as well. Season 4 of Holey Moley will be arriving on ABC on May 3rd with three…
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Trailer and Poster Released for Ms. Marvel Ahead of June 8 Arrival on Disney+
Today Disney+ and Marvel Studios announced that Ms. Marvel will be arriving on Disney’s streaming service on June 8th. With the announcement came the release of both a trailer and also a poster for the series. Both of these can be seen below, along with some images from the series that stars Iman Vellani as…
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Sing-Along Versions of Favorite Walt Disney Studios Musicals Coming to Disney+ Starting with Encanto
Disney is going to be releasing sing-along versions of some fan-favorite animated films on Disney+. The first film to be released as a sing-along will be Encanto. The sing-along version of this film will be released on Disney+ on March 18. According to Disney, on average viewers have watched Encanto “five times with the title accumulating over…
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Turning Red – Mr. DAPs Review
In Turning Red, Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang) is a 13-year-old adolescent who is struggling with being the girl her mother wants her to be and also adolescence. And if adolescence and an over-protective mother aren’t enough, it turns out that Mei also turns into a giant red panda when she gets too excited.…
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Two Years Later: Looking Back at the Closing of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure
Two years ago today as the clock struck midnight Disneyland closed for what was thought to be two weeks. Looking back two years later, it is funny to think how far from reality that ended up being. The Disneyland Resort parks were closed for over a year. The reopening has been in phases as health…
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“Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red” Documentary Now on Disney+
Along with the arrival of Pixar’s Turning Red on Disney+ this weekend, a new documentary was also released. Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red is “a feature documentary about the all-woman team at the helm of Pixar’s original feature, “Turning Red.” With behind-the-scenes access to Director Domee Shi and her core leadership crew, this story…
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Marvel’s Halloween Special to Be Directed By Composer Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino has built quite a reputation for himself composing scores for many iconic films. This includes recent Star Trek films, The Incredibles, Up, Star Wars: Rogue One, the MCU Spider-Man films, Doctor Strange, and many others. However, soon he won’t be only known for the music he creates. According to the Hollywood Reporter, one…
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TRON Lightcycle / Run Vehicles Coming to Magic Kingdom
Progress continues to be made on TRON Lightcycle / Run at Magic Kingdom. Soon, guests will see the ride vehicles soaring above Tomorrowland as Imagineers enter the next phase of ride testing. In a post on the Disney Parks Blog, the next phase of ride testing was explained. The next phase is a process called…
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As Crisis in Ukraine Continues, Disney Pauses Business in Russia but Retains Employees
The Walt Disney Company has decided to pause business in Russia. This comes as President Putin continues to use Russian forces to invade Ukraine. In an announcement this week, a Disney spokesperson shared that Disney is “taking steps to pause all other businesses in Russia.” Businesses impacted by this decision include Disney Cruise Line activities,…
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Merlin’s Marvelous Miscellany Now Open in Fantasyland at Disneyland
A new store has opened in Fantasyland at Disneyland. Just behind Sleeping Beauty Castle Merlin’s Marvelous Miscellany is now open. The store is inspired by Merlin from The Sword in the Stone. When the park opened in 1995, this was the home of Merlin’s Magic Shop and the new location gives a nod to that.…
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The Walt Disney Company Releases Statement on Support For The LGBTQ+ Community
After much controversy this week, The Walt Disney Company has released a statement on its support for the LGBTQ+ community. The statement comes from Disney CEO Bob Chapek and was sent to employees. The full statement can be read here: To my fellow colleagues, but especially our LGBTQ+ community, Thank you to all who have…
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Mirabel Now Meeting Guests in Frontierland at Disneyland
Mirabel recently was found in Disney California Adventure’s Disney ¡Viva Navidad! during Disney Festival of Holidays. Today, she found a new home in Frontierland at Disneyland. This new location has been themed to Disney’s Encanto just across from where Miguel is now meeting in a Coco inspired photo location. Both locations are found between Rancho Del Zocalo…
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Disney Cruise Line Shares More Details About New Musical “Disney Seas the Adventure” on Disney Wish
The Disney Wish will be setting sail this summer and when it does, there will be plenty of magical entertainment to enjoy. Recently, details about the new musical based on The Little Mermaid were released. Now, details have been released about Disney Seas the Adventure. Disney shared the following premise of the show on the…
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Disneyland Resort Begins Enforcing Magic Key No-Show Policy
After six months, the Disneyland Resort has begun enforcing the no-show policy for its Magic Key program. The policy had been quietly unenforced for the first half of the year of the program’s existence. This grace period has ended now Disney officials shared this week. The no-show policy starts clean this week with no penalties…
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Walt Disney World’s EPCOT Experience to Close on March 14
The EPCOT Experience debuted in 2019 at the Odyssey Pavilion. Since then, it has given glimpses of what will be coming in the future at EPCOT. As those future glimpses become reality, it was announced today by Imagineer Zach Riddley that the EPCOT Experience will end its run on March 14, 2022. The closure of…
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Disneynature Shares New Conservation Effort Ahead of “Polar Bear” Debut
BURBANK, Calif. (March 10, 2022) – Disney+ debuted a new trailer, poster and image from Disneynature’s all-new feature film “Polar Bear,” which streams exclusively on Disney+ beginning April 22, 2022, as part of the streamer’s Earth Day celebration. Narrated by two-time Academy Award® nominee Catherine Keener (“Capote,” “Being John Malkovich”), “Polar Bear” tells the story of a…
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Trailer Explores the Possibilities of Space Travel and the Wonder it Brings
A trailer has been released for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. This new Star Trek series, which arrives on Paramount+ in May, tells of the adventures of Captain Pike and his crew aboard the Enterprise. These are before the iconic exploits of Captain Kirk, who would captain the Enterprise after Pike. Aboard the Enterprise, Captain…