Tag: Disney
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VIDEO TOUR: Mickey’s ToonTown Post Refurbishment and With Holiday Decorations
Mickey’s Toontown continues to see tweaks and more magical additions since reopening earlier this year. As the Holidays at the Disneyland Resort arrived on November 10, 2023. With the arrival of the holiday season at the Disneyland Resort, holiday decorations have appeared throughout the resort, including Mickey’s Toontown. On the first day of the Holidays…
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Disney Cruise Line Celebrates Opening of New Cruise Terminal at Port Everglades
Disney Cruise Line announces new community investments in Junior Achievement South Florida and Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Nov. 13, 2023) — The magic of Disney Cruise Line has officially arrived at Broward County’s Port Everglades in greater Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Earlier today, Disney Cruise Line, along with port and community leaders,…
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Check Out Disneyland’s Adventureland Treehouse at Night!
The Adventureland Treehouse is now open at Disneyland in Adventureland. Since opening to the public on November 10, 2023, this has become a popular destination for Disney fans of all ages. Once again, they can climb up into the branches among the leaves. It is also now possible to do this at night and feel…
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Phat Cat Swinger Brings The Nights to Life at Disney California Adventure for Disney Festival of Holidays
Phat Cat Swinger returned to the stage at Paradise Bay on Friday November 10, 2023 and helped kick off Disney Festival of Holidays. The West Coast’s Little Big Band brought energy and magic to the night as they performed two full sets of holiday music. People danced, cheered, and took selfies with the band as…
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Disney Releases New Trailer for ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever’
Disney has released a new trailer for Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever. The trailer comes before the arrival of the film on December 8, 2023 exclusively on Disney+. This is the latest movie to be released based on Jeff Kinney’s wildly successful book series. This is an original adventure that will be heartwarming…
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EPCOT’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Wins Major Award
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT at Walt Disney World will be honored with a prestigious Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement – Attraction in 2024 by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA). The TEA Awards are internationally recognized and acknowledge exceptional achievements in the themed entertainment industry and celebrate the creative teams who bring…
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New Study: Disney Generates $40 Billion in Annual Economic Impact in Florida and Over Quarter of a Million Jobs
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Nov. 14, 2023) – Walt Disney World Resort, one of the world’s most visited vacation destinations, generated $40 billion in economic impact across the state and more than a quarter of a million total jobs in fiscal year 2022, according to a new study from Oxford Economicsannounced today. The study found that Disney,…
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Disney Reveals Home Designs For Cotino, the First Storyliving by Disney Community
Work continues on outside of Palm Springs, California on Cotino, the First Storyliving by Disney Community. As progress continues, more details continue to trickle out about this first community of its kind. The newest reveal gives a look at what the home designs for Cotino will be. Walt and Lillian Disney would visit the greater…
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Downtown Disney District Lawn and Stage Now Open at Disneyland Resort
On Friday, November 10, 2023, a new stage and lawn area opened in the west end of Downtown Disney District. This comes as the Downtown Disney District continues to be transformed. It is expected to be completed by the holidays in 2024. The space will be a location for various groups to entertain, events to…
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Check Out All ‘The Marvels’ Merchandise on shopDisney!
The Marvels is now in theaters. The Marvels are also meeting with potential recruits in Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure. There is also quite a lot of merchandise to be found for this new Marvel Cinematic Universe movie on shopDisney. Some of this merchandise can be seen below. All of it can be found…
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‘Loki’ Ends Twisty Second Season With Strong Numbers for Marvel and Disney+
After a second season filled with ups and downs, backwards and forwards and time shifting galore, the second season of Loki ended with a bang for Marvel Studios and Disney+. The finale of Loki season 2 nabbed 11.2 million global views on Disney+ in its first three days — an increase from the premiere episode. The finale— which stars Tom Hiddleston as…
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Disney+ Kicks Off Holiday Season With Special Screening of “Dashing Through the Snow” in Atlanta
Lil Rel Howery, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Madison Skye Validum, Director/Executive Producer Tim Story, and Producers John Jacobs and Will Packer Attend Yuletide Celebration of Original Family Holiday Comedy “Dashing Through the Snow” Debuts November 17, 2023, on Disney+ “Dashing Through the Snow” stars Lil Rel Howery, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, and Madison Skye Validum, director/executive producer Tim Story,…
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Let’s Celebrate With Colors – Day Fourteen – 23 Days of Thanksgiving
On my recent trip to Tokyo DisneySea I saw a water parade/show that happened twice throughout the day at the park. This show, called Let’s Celebrate With Colors, is happy and full of Disney magic. It also had me instantly hooked. I will admit, at first I really wasn’t sure why I was hooked. However,…
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Disneyland Paris Announces Holiday Festivities
Disneyland Paris announced today its plans for its holiday festivities. This includes not just the traditional holidays it usually celebrates but also the birthdays of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, the arrival of Asha from Disney’s Wish, a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Frozen, and also a New Year’s Eve celebration. Below is a…
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Asha From Disney’s ‘Wish’ Gets Arrival Date for Disneyland Paris
Asha, from Disney’s Wish, now has an arrival date at Disneyland Paris. She is already meeting people at EPCOT in Walt Disney World Resort. Now it is known that she will be meeting guests at Disneyland Paris starting on November 29, 2023. This coincides with the arrival of Wish in theaters in France. Her visit…
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Disney Supports Next Generation of Military Veteran Leaders with $1 Million Donation to Student Veterans of America
The Walt Disney Company today announced a $1 million donation to Student Veterans of America (SVA) as part of its commitment to helping veterans find meaningful careers following their military service. With this donation, Disney becomes the founding sponsor of the upcoming SVA Career Center, which will empower veterans with the tools and guidance they need to…
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Disneyland Paris to Improve Guest Experience With Weatherproofing Plans
Disneyland Paris has embarked on a new venture to create better guest experiences. This comes from the recognition of the different weather that comes to the area around Disneyland Paris. Because of this, Disneyland Paris has announced plans to weatherproof multiple areas to make for a more enjoyable and magical visit to Disneyland Paris. This…
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Check Out the 2023 Disney Festival of Holidays New Menu Items
This last weekend Disney Festival of Holidays kicked off its 2023 season at the Disneyland Resort. Disney Festival of Holidays has fantastic entertainment (including Phat Cat Swinger), fun merchandise and activities, and incredible food. This year there are multiple new menu items that can be found at the festival. Below is a look at all…
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shopDisney Starts Black Friday Savings Early
Black Friday traditionally happens the day after Thanksgiving. This year, however, shopDisney is starting to offer its Black Friday deals early! In fact, they are already being offered. These discounts offer a variety of savings of up to 40% out on a variety of merchandise found on the website throughout the month of November. Below…
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Disney Looks at Possibility of Licensing Content to Netflix
Disney is looking at licensing content to Netflix, Disney CEO Bob Iger has shared. In a recent earnings call, Iger shared that Disney is exploring a relationship with Netflix that could see different Disney titles on the competitor’s streaming service. However, not all titles from the House of Mouse would be ending up on Netflix.…
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Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Hearing Delayed After District and Governor DeSantis Drag Feet
A judge has ruled that the hearing for a lawsuit will be moved from December 2023 to March 2024 after Disney filed a motion for continuance. Disney said that it filed this motion “because the district has not yet produced vital discovery [and] the current date deprives Disney of the opportunity to ‘present facts essential…
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The Magic of Projections – Day 13 – 23 Days of Thanksgiving
There is a lot to be thankful for when thinking about nighttime spectaculars. In fact, I wrote about how much I love them in last year’s Days of Thanksgiving series, which you can read here if you’re so inclined. Generally, when people imagine the epitome of a modern Disney nighttime spectacular, firework shows often come…
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PORT OF SAN FRANSOKYO Letters Arrive at Disney California Adventure
San Fransokyo Square was given a big addition this weekend making it now look very similar to its concept art. Letters spelling out PORT OF SAN FRANSOKYO now are on the railing of the area over the bay. They look quite nice during the day but become absolutely magical at night. Daps Magic team member…
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Magic Kingdom’s Cinderella Castle Lights Up at Night During ‘Frozen Holiday Surprise’
Cinderella Castle is coming to life nightly in a completely new and magical way during a new show moment. Frozen Holiday Surprise has Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf, and hundreds of Snowgie siblings help bring the castle to life in a magical way. This show is about seven minutes long and is offered nightly at 6:15…