We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Tuesday, December 21, 2021.
Walt Disney World
EPCOT
- The former Future World at EPCOT is a wonderland of ongoing construction at the moment as the overhaul of the front half of the park takes place.
- It’s hard to believe that 2022 will begin in less than two weeks, but over at EPCOT, preparations are already underway for New Year’s Eve.
Walt Disney World Resort Hotels
- Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort will reopen on March 31, 2022, marking the last Walt Disney World hotel to reopen after the COVID-19 closures.
- At Landscape of Flavors at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, a new cupcake has arrived featuring a penguin enjoying a winter landscape.
Other Walt Disney World News
- Just weeks after being moved to a “substantial” COVID-19 tier, Florida’s Orange County has once again moved to the “high” tier of case transmission, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Check out our Disney Springs & Disney’s Hollywood Studios photo report from Saturday, December 18!
Disneyland Resort
- In anticipation of heavy crowds coming for the week of Christmas to the Disneyland Resort, individual Lightning Lane prices have increased substantially for two attractions at Disney California Adventure.
Tokyo Disney Resort
- With the Toy Story Hotel set to open in April after around two years of construction, we figured it would be nice to pop over to the sleepy corner of the Bayside area of Tokyo Disney Resort and check out the latest progress on this project!
Disneyland Paris
- Beginning tonight, the skies above Disneyland Paris will be lit up once more as Disney Illuminations returns to Disneyland Park.
New Merchandise
- Check out today’s merchandise roundup!
Entertainment and Media
- With “Spider-Man: No Way Home” dominating at the box office, Sony and Marvel Studios have already begun planning the next phase of the famous wall-crawler’s storyline, but the film’s star, Tom Holland, believes the time is right to consider a different path for the future.
The Walt Disney Company
- CNBC has released a clip from an interview with former Disney CEO, Bob Iger, where he declares his desire for a “blank canvas.”
- Bob Iger knew it was time to retire when he “stopped listening to other people.”
- Over the years, it’s been speculated that The Walt Disney Company and Apple could merge. Now, with just over a week until his exit from Disney, Bob Iger has lent credence to that rumor.
- The Walt Disney Company has announced that they have extended Chief Financial Officer and Senior Executive Vice President Christine McCarthy’s contract through June 30, 2024, according to Deadline‘s Jill Goldsmith.
- With Christmas just around the corner, Marine Toys for Tots has recognized Disney VoluntEARS for donating over 2,000 work hours and 10,000 toys as part of this year’s campaign.
WDW News Today
- Watch tonight’s episode of Timekeeping!
That’s it for today; we hope you enjoyed this Daily Recap. Thanks for stopping by, and we’ll see you tomorrow!
iger knows he will have a hell of a time fixing the chapek mess. stopping the tumble of disney stock prices and disneys image will be very hard.