Tag: Disney’s Hollywood Studios
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Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Seeking Commander
When it opens the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser will offer Star Wars fan the uptime Star Wars experience. Guests will get to go on a cruise through the galaxy and visit Batuu when they go in this ultimate Star Wars experience. It has already been announced that later this year the Galactic Starcruiser will be…
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Disney’s Hollywood Studios to Say Goodbye to “Star Wars: A Galaxy Far, Far Away”
“Star Wars: A Galaxy Far, Far Away” will be saying goodbye soon at the Walt Disney World Resort. The show, which brings characters from many different Star Wars together will be saying goodbye on February 22nd, according to the Walt Disney World website. The show includes heroes, villains, and droids from the Star Wars universe.…
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Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway Marquee Debuts at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway will be opening at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on March 4, 2020. Ahead of its grand opening, the new marquee debuted above the entrance on the Chinese Theatre. This new attraction will be the first ride-through attraction in Disney history that will be focused on Mickey and Minnie Mouse. The details…
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MVP Patrick Mahomes Celebrates Super Bowl LIV Win at Walt Disney World Resort
Super Bowl LIV MVP Patrick Mahomes joined a Super Bowl tradition on Monday and went to Walt Disney World after the Kansas City Chiefs won the big game. This year was even more special as he shared the special day with a Make-A-Wish child. Nathaniel, a young man from Texas, joined Mahomes, Mickey Mouse, Minnie…
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Training Begins for Opening Team Cast Members of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
This weekend, Disney’s Hollywood Studios hit another major milestone! With Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway opening in just over a month, training has officially begun for the opening cast on this attraction! In the video below, we get to meet some of the trainers and a special trainee that may look familiar to guests of…
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Roger’s Top 5 Walt Disney World Experiences
I recently spent a week at Walt Disney World, and while it’s one of my favorite places to visit, I try to find a highlight of each visit. This time around, I will share my top 5 favorite experiences. Number 5 Number 5 on my top 5 at Walt Disney World is a tie between…
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Disney Parks to Offer First Look at Disney-Pixar’s Onward!
Disney-Pixar’s Onward will be arriving in theaters on March 6, 2020. This new animated feature will tell the story of two elf brothers who embark on a magical quest to experience on more day with their departed dad. This story takes place in a modern magical world that Ian and Barley live in. Starting on…
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FastPass+ Now Available for Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
For many fans, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge has been the place to live out their intergalactic dreams! Whether you want to join the Resistance, drink blue milk, or walk around with the heroes you’ve met in the films, this land has something for everyone. Since the land opened, fans have been wanting an option that could…
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It All Makes Sense… Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
On Friday January 17, 2020 Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance will open at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at the Disneyland Resort. With its arrival, the largest land expansion at Disneyland will be completely open. It will join Disney’s Hollywood Studios with Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge being completely open and available to be experienced by the…
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New Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway Poster Released Ahead of March Opening
A new poster for Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway was released today. This comes ahead of the March 4th opening for the attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort. The poster is the second in a series of four posters that are being released ahead of the opening of the attraction.…
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Top 5 Disney Stories of 2019 – #2: Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge (and Review of Rise of the Resistance)
As we continue to reflect and countdown to the top story of the year, Galaxy’s Edge at both Disneyland and Disney’s Hollywood Studios is a bit of a no-brainer. It had been anticipated for a few years and was teased throughout the year before its May opening. This is a highly immersive environment that has…
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Disney Updates Virtual Queue Procedures for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Since opening earlier this month, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance has been an instant hit with Disney guests visiting Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Utilizing a virtual queue, guests have been able to enjoy the park as they wait for their boarding group to be called to experience Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. It has…
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New Video Gives First Look at Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway
This week during the Disney Channel Holiday Party @Walt Disney World, viewers got a first look at Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway. This new attraction will be arriving at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on March 4, 2020, and then at Disneyland in 2022. On this attraction, guests will be pulled into a cartoon with Mickey and…
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The Square Where it Happened – GEEKS CORNER – Episode 1010 (#481)
Welcome to another episode of GEEKS CORNER! This week, there is a lot of spirited conversation going on. First off, the geeks discuss the Candlelight Processional at Disneyland with Lin-Manuel Miranda. In Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, new droids have arrived. The geeks talk about the process of building the world at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge…
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Resistance Rising – DISNEY Reporter
Welcome to the DISNEY Reporter! This week is an exciting week for Disney and geek news! Things start out with the opening of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at the Walt Disney World Resort. This new attraction allows guests to be immersed in the midst of Star Wars like never before. That isn’t the…
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Virtual Queue Introduced for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Walt Disney World
This week Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance opened at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort. This new attraction, a family-friendly E-ticket attraction, immerses guests into the middle of the Star Wars adventure like nothing has ever done before. Billed as one of the most ambitious projects Disney has ever tackled in…
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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Dedicated at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance was dedicated tonight at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. With the help of Resistance fighters, Disney Parks, Products, and Experience Chairman Bob Chapek led a ceremony dedicating this new attraction “that can only be described as epic.” The ceremony began with Resistance fighters preparing to take new recruits aboard a transport…
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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance to Give Guests a Galactic Experience Like Never Before!
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance will be officially open to the galaxy on December 5, 2019 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Starting January 17, 2020 guests will be able to experience the attraction at Disneyland as well in California. With the opening of this attraction at Walt Disney World, there are a lot of details…
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Mickey Shorts Theater Coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in March 2020
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway will be arriving at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on March 4, 2020. However, that isn’t the only offering coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios in March. Mickey Shorts Theater will also be opening at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in March at the Walt Disney World Resort. The Mickey Shorts Theater will evoke the…
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Walt Disney World to Stream Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Dedication Ceremony From Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
On Wednesday, December 4, the dedication ceremony for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance be held. When it happens, Walt Disney World will be livestreaming the event. The event will bring celebrities, entertainment, and a new look at the attraction throughout the course of the livestream. This special livestream will take place on Wednesday at…
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Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Theme Earns John Williams a GRAMMY Nomination
There is nothing more Star Wars than the music of John Williams. It is just as important as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, or Darth Vader. When Disney Parks decided to create a new land (two of them even!) based on a galaxy far, far away it made complete sense that John Williams would…
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Walt Disney World Adds Third Super Zoom Magic Shot
The Walt Disney World Resort has launched its third Super Zoom Magic Shot. These shots zoom in and out on iconic Walt Disney World Resort locations and the guests standing within the shot. They can be acquired through Disney Photopass, Memory Maker, or Memory Maker One Day. The Super Zoom Magic Shots will be included…
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Frozen 2 Preview Coming to Disney Parks
Frozen 2 will be arriving in theaters on November 22, 2019. Until then, fans will be eagerly awaiting the arrival of this sequel to the hit from 2013. The Disney Parks Blog released a special video with Josh Gad and Kristen Bell with a bit of a tease about what is coming to the Disney…
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Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – A Tale of Two Lands
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is now open at both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts. In each case, this land represents a massive expansion for its respective parks. The land is built around the Black Spire Outpost along with the Resistance encampment just outside of town. When guests visit, they can find themselves face…