Tag: Disney
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U.S. Postal Service Announces Star Wars Droids Stamps
“These are the droids you are looking for” might soon be heard in post offices around the country. It was announced yesterday by the U.S. Postal Service that a new line of Star Wars stamps will be released. These stamps will celebrate the droids of Star Wars. The stamps were designed by Greg Breeding with William Gicker…
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Adventures in Cruising – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1117 (#540)
Welcome to this week’s episode of GEEKS CORNER! This week, there is a lot to talk about and a lot of change happening. The geeks tackle these topics head on and discuss a lot of these changes coming. The main changes that are coming are for Disneyland and Walt Disney World. At both Disneyland and…
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Disney Gives a Look at What’s Coming for Taste of EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival
The Taste of EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival is one of the most beautiful festivals to be experienced at Walt Disney World Resort. With magical topiaries, beautiful gardens, delectable dishes, and so much more to enjoy, it is a fantastic festival to experience (and a favorite of the DAPS MAGIC team). Today, Disney released…
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Tickets Are Now Available For Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park
Tickets are now available for guests wishing to visit Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park when it reopens on March 7, 2021. Tickets start with the One-Day Water Park Ticket that is $69 (plus tax) for an adult and $63 (plus tax) for children ages 3-9. For those who had water park tickets when the parks…
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All Episodes of Modern Family Coming to Hulu and Peacock
Acclaimed Series Will Be Available to Hulu and Peacock Subscribers in Its Entirety Beginning February 3 Santa Monica, CA, and New York, NY—The long-running hit comedy series “Modern Family” will be available to Hulu and Peacock subscribers beginning February 3, it was jointly announced today by Hulu and Peacock. As part of the unprecedented multi-year…
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New Trailer Arrives for Raya and the Last Dragon!
Today, Walt Disney Animation Studios released a new trailer for its upcoming fantasy-adventure film Raya and the Last Dragon. Along with the trailer, a new poster and images were shared. Raya and the Last Dragon has an incredible voice cast. It features the vocal talents of Kelly Marie Tran as Raya. She is joined by Awkwafina…
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Magic Kingdom Says Goodbye to Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom
Over the weekend the Magic Kingdom shuttered its interactive experience Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom. Guests visiting the Magic Kingdom on Monday noted that the place where the game would begin, the Main Street Firehouse, was shuttered. The doors were closed and no cards were being distributed to be used interactively throughout the park. The closure…
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Disney+ Pulls Peter Pan, Dumbo, The Aristocats, and The Swiss Family Robinson From Children’s Profiles
Disney+ has removed several movies from its children’s profiles for the way that they negatively depict certain cultures. The Aristocats, Dumbo, Peter Pan, and Swiss Family Robinson have all been given a 6+ rating. This basically has the same effect of giving these films a PG rating in how children’s profiles are no longer able to access them. The…
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Blue Corn Pupusa – GEEK EATS Disney Recipe
A popular dish at this year’s Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts this year is the Blue Corn Pupusa. This delicious dish can be found at the Vibrante & Vívido Food Studio. It is a Salvadoran dish with grilled blue masa corn cakes that is stuffed with white cheddar and then topped with…
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Walt Disney World: A Portrait of the First Half Century Debuts Ahead of Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary
Walt Disney World: A Portrait of the First Half Century is a book celebrating 50 years of Walt Disney World Resort and it will be arriving just days before the 50th anniversary of the resort. This hardcover book is written by Kevin M. Kern, Tim O’Day and Steven Vagnini. The book is published by Disney…
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An Entertaining Week – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to the DISNEY Reporter! Each week we highlight the top five headlines from Disney and geek news. This week the news spans the globe and beyond. In parks news, we start off at Walt Disney World Resort. Festival of the Lion King is returning to Disney’s Animal Kingdom this summer. Over at Magic Kingdom,…
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Disneyland Survey Gives Hints at What Could Be Coming for Future Pass Program
This week Disneyland President Ken Potrock gave an interview to the Orange County Register about the future of Disneyland’s membership program after the end of the Annual Pass program. Following the interview, it appears that surveys about a future Passport program have begun to arrive in email boxes. Ken Potrock said the following in the…
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Disney Finds Streaming Success with Soul on Disney+
Disney-Pixar’s Soul may not have had the theatrical release that Disney initially expected, but it still found success through being offered on its streaming service, Disney+. The most recent Pixar film was released on Christmas Day and made history on Nielsen’s weekly U.S. streaming ratings. There, it became the first feature film to rank number one…
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“WandaVision” Original Soundtracks (Episodes 1 & 2) Now Available
WANDAVISION: EPISODE 1 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK AND WANDAVISION: EPISODE 2 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE TODAY ALBUMS FEATURE SCORE BY COMPOSER CHRISTOPHE BECK AND ORIGINAL THEME AND SONGS BY KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ AND ROBERT LOPEZ BURBANK, CA – January 22, 2021 — Walt Disney Records releases today WandaVision: Episode 1 Original Soundtrack and WandaVision: Episode 2 Original Soundtrack. Debuting Jan. 15 exclusively on Disney+,…
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Titles Added to WandaVision Episodes on Disney+
Those who checked out WandaVision in the last week most likely noticed that there were no episode titles or descriptions for Marvel’s first television show on Disney+. This has now changed. The titles for the first three episodes can now be found on the WandaVision screen on Disney’s streaming service. For those who don’t want…
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Festival of the Lion King Returns to Walt Disney World Resort This Summer!
One of the things that have been missing since Walt Disney World reopened last July is the traditional entertainment offerings Disney is so well known for. There has been the return of Disney characters, cavalcades, and other re-imagined ways to experience Disney characters. The Main Street Philharmonic has also made a return. Stage shows have…
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Alan Tudyk Not Appearing in Season One of Andor Star Wars Series on Disney+
Alan Tudyk has confirmed that he will not be appearing at K-2SO in the first season of Andor on Disney+. While initially it had been reported that the humorous android would be appearing in the prequel Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, things have changed. The big change is that K-2SO simply isn’t included in…
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Snow Comes Down at Disneyland Paris
Snow has come down at Disneyland Paris creating a beautiful winter wonderland. While Disneyland Paris is closed to guests, the Disneyland Paris Ambassador shared some wintery scenes from different parts of Disneyland Paris. Check out this video below of some of the snow scenes at Disneyland Paris. View this post on Instagram A post shared…
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Disney Confirms President Biden to Be Added to Magic Kingdom’s Hall of Presidents
Disney has confirmed that the likeness of President Biden will be added as an audio-animatronic in the Magic Kingdom’s Hall of Presidents. This comes after Walt Disney World Resort’s website and app both showed the attraction as closed for refurbishment after Magic Kingdom closed on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. This coincided with the end of…
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No Bonuses for Top Executives as Pandemic Continues to Hamper Disney’s Business Efforts
As COVID-19 continues to have a major impact on the business endeavors of The Walt Disney Company, top executives did not receive cash bonuses for the most recent fiscal year. The result of this is that overall compensation was much lower for Disney’s top executives, where pay is based on performance over base salaries. Bob…
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Disney Gives First Look at Tom Holland as Peter Parker in WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure
When Avengers Campus opens at Disney California Adventure this year, WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure will let guests go on a tour of the World Engineering Brigade, or WEB, where they will see Peter Parker himself played by Tom Holland (as was previously reported). This week, Disney shared a “first look” at Tom Holland’s Peter…
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Magic Kingdom’s Hall of Presidents Closes for Refurbishment
Tonight the Magic Kingdom’s Hall of Presidents closed for refurbishment after the park ended its operating hours. A notice was placed on the Walt Disney World Resort website and app stating that “The Hall of Presidents is currently closed for refurbishment.”* Mr. DAPs shared the news on this week’s GEEKS CORNER and then he and…
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“Pixar Popcorn” to Debut on Disney+ Streaming Service on January 22
Happy National Popcorn Day everyone! To celebrate this special and delicious day, Disney+ wanted to share some special news! This Friday, January 22, “Pixar Popcorn” will debut on the streaming service, giving fans a whole new way to see characters they know and love! “Pixar Popcorn” will be a collection of ten mini shorts featuring…
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The Muppet Show, All of It, is Coming to Disney+!
For years Muppet fans have clamoured for Disney to release all five seasons of The Muppet Show. Today, they got their wish. This morning it was announced that all five seasons of the show will be coming to Disney+. It will arrive on the streaming platform on February 19, 2021. This marks the first time…