Author: Mr. Daps
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Disney Pauses COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate in Florida
After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed bills into law requiring companies to allow workers who agree to regular COVID-19 testing and to wear protective gear to be exempt from vaccine requirements, Disney has paused its vaccine mandate in Florida. The new bills are in contrast to Disney’s vaccine mandate it announced during the summer for…
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Walt Disney World Resort Pauses Sales on Select Annual Passes
Following Disneyland Resort pausing sales on its Dream Key sales, Walt Disney World Resort has followed suit and paused sales on most of its annual passes. Walt Disney World updated its website over the weekend with the following message: New sales of select Annual Passes are currently paused.New sales of the Disney Pixie Dust Pass…
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Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade Introduced as Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade Prepares for Return to Magic Kingdom
Over the weekend there was a lot of news that came out of Destination D23. Fans of Disney live entertainment were happy to learn that there was plenty of news about that subject matter. At the event, it was learned that Disney character cavalcades are here to stay and that there will be more in…
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Josh D’Amaro Demonstrates New Lightsaber Training at Destination D23
When guests board the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser next year, one of the experiences they will be able to have is with a lightsaber. They will be able to be trained in the art of using a lightsaber, a weapon that is “not as clumsy or random as a blaster.” Over the weekend, Disney Parks,…
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New Holiday Narration Debuts on Living with the Land at EPCOT
New narration has debuted on Living with the Land at EPCOT. The new narration is holiday focused and also ties into World Showcase. DAPS MAGIC team member Murray is currently at EPCOT and shot video of the attraction with the new narration. Check it out below: Living with the Land opened at EPCOT in what…
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Disney+ Releases Foodtastic Trailer
Indulge in a New Original Series When All Episodes Premiere December 15 Exclusively on Disney+ Today, at Destination D23, Disney+ debuted the trailer for “Foodtastic,” an immersive global competition series in which highly skilled artists create extravagant scene work and larger-than-life sculptures made entirely out of food, launching exclusively on the streaming service December 15.…
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Disney Introduces New Book Series Based on Society of Explorers and Adventurers
This weekend at Destination D23 a new book series was introduced. This middle-grade adventure series will be based on the Society of Explorers and Adventurers or SEA. The first book in the series will be called Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coat and will be available in April 2022 wherever books are sold.…
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Disney Wish to Debut Two New Stage Shows
When the Disney Wish takes guests to the seas next summer, it will also be debuting two new stage shows. The announcement was made this weekend at the Destination D23 event at Walt Disney World Resort. The first new stage show will be Disney The Little Mermaid. This original Broadway-style stage show ill be a…
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Finding Nemo: The Big Blue… and Beyond! Coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Earlier this year it was announced that Finding Nemo: The Musical and as being reimagined. Today at the Destination D23 event, some of the changes that are coming were shared. The new show will be called Finding Nemo: The Big Blue… and Beyond! It will take place during the events of Finding Dory. When guests…
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Details Revealed About Disneyland Hotel Expansion
This morning at Destination D23, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro shared about a lot of new magic that is coming to the Disney Parks around the globe. This includes a reimagined west end of the Downtown Disney District. Another announcement D’Amaro made was about the expansion of the Disneyland Hotel along with…
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Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Blasting Off Summer 2022 at Walt Disney World Resort
This morning at Destination D23 it was announced that Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind will be blasting off at EPCOT in the summer of 2022. In this attraction, guests will be rocking along to the mixtape as they blast through an intergalactic chase through time and space. According to Disney, this is a new…
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West End of Disneyland Resort’s Downtown Disney District to be Reimagined in 2022
The Downtown Disney District will soon be looking different when guests visit the Disneyland Resort. Today during a Destination D23 presentation Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro announced that the west end of Downtown Disney District will be getting reimagined. The enhancements begin in January 2022. The former AMC Theatres building will be…
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Fantasmic! and World of Color Returning to Disneyland Resort in 2022
Fantasmic! and World of Color are officially returning to the Disneyland Resort. Neither has seen performances since before the Disneyland Resort closed in early 2020 due to the pandemic. Now, in 2022 both nighttime spectaculars will be returning it was announced at Destination D23. Since the reopening of the parks earlier this year, entertainment has…
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MagicBand+ and “Hey Disney!” Voice Assistant Coming to Disneyland Resort
For years part of visiting Walt Disney World Resort has been getting and using a MagicBand. As part of the 50th Anniversary announcements, the upgraded MagicBand+ was revealed. Today at the Destination D23 event it was announced by Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro that Walt Disney World Resort wouldn’t be the only…
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Natasha Liu Bordizzo Cast as Sabine Wren in Ahsoka Tano Series for Disney+
There is new casting news for the upcoming Ahsoka Tano series that will be on Disney+. Natasha Liu Bordizzo has been cast as Sabine Wren Deadline is reporting. She joins Rosario Dawson who portrays Ahsoka in the Disney+ Star Wars series. Sabine Wren was originally introduced to Star Wars fans in Star Wars: Rebels. In…
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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance to Test Standby Queue at Disneyland
Starting on Monday November 22, 2021, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance will begin testing a standby queue ahead of the arrival of Disney Genie+ at the Disneyland Resort. According to Disneyland Resort officials, the attraction will begin testing the hybrid standby and virtual queue starting on Monday. The standby queue will be utilized with…
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Drawn to Life Presented by Cirque du Soleil and Disney Opens at Walt Disney World Resort
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Nov. 19, 2021) – The highly anticipated new collaboration from Cirque du Soleil and Disney, Drawn to Life, premiered Thursday night at Disney Springs at Walt Disney World Resort to a full house of enthusiastic fans who demonstrated their appreciation with a lengthy standing ovation. The show is a love letter to…
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Disney Releases Details on ABC’s The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration and Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
It is the merriest time of the year. With this comes some very fun holiday entertainment from Disney. Today, Disney released some details about two holiday programs that will be seen on ABC that come from Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort. The two programs will include a look at Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser,…
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Disney’s Encanto Soundtrack Now Available
BURBANK, CA – Nov. 19, 2021 –Available today from Walt Disney Records, the Encanto Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Encanto Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features eight original songs by Tony®- and Grammy®-winning songwriter/composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Hamilton,” “Moana”) with original score by award-winning composer Germaine Franco (“Dora and the Lost City of Gold,” “Little,” “Tag”). The soundtrack also features “Colombia, Mi…
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D23 Announces 2022 Lineup of Events
Ahead of the beginning of the D23 Destination D event at Walt Disney World Resort, D23 has released what events it will be hosting in 2022. There are quite a few of them! D23: The Official Disney Fan Club will continue to host virtual experiences but it will also bring back in-person events that were…
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Stars and Filmmakers Hit Red Carpet for Hawkeye Launch
Stars Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Vera Farmiga, Tony Dalton, Alaqua Cox, Fra Fee, Brian d’Arcy James, Aleks Paunovic, Piotr Adamczyk, Clayton English, Carlos Navarro, Adetinpo Thomas, Robert Walker-Branchaud and Adelle Drahosand joined director/EP Rhys Thomas and directing duo Bert & Bertie tonight at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre to celebrate the upcoming launch of Marvel Studios’ “Hawkeye” on Disney+. Guests screened…
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Starbucks Magic Kingdom 50th Anniversary Been There Mugs Arrive at Main Street Bakery
The most recent ‘Been There’ mug for Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th Anniversary has arrived at the Magic Kingdom. This marks the fourth park’s mug to arrive at Walt Disney World in the series. Earlier this week EPCOT received its ‘Been There’ mugs for Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th Anniversary. Below is a look at…
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Disneyland Celebrate’s Mickey and Minnie’s Birthday with Cavalcade
Today is Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse’s 93rd birthday. To celebrate, the Disneyland Resort honored the world’s most famous mice with a cavalcade up and down Main Street, USA. Buttons were also handed out at the entrance to the park to commemorate the day. The cavalcade began around 12:30 PM. A special banner and birthday…
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Residents and Offworlders on Batuu Celebrate Life Day at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland
November 17th is the day known as Life Day. This celebration originated as a Wookie holiday traditionally celebrated around the Tree of Life, which represented the first seed of life on the Wookie planet of Kashyyyk. With the fall of the Galactic Empire, this celebration became a galactic holiday celebrated after autumn. Throughout the galaxy,…