Jill Diffendal 
As Shanghai Disney Resort celebrates its 5th anniversary, guests will see new and unique experiences coming to the park this summer. This is the “Year of Magical Surprises” for the anniversary, and as a chapter of that, we’ll see a series of special seasonal surprises from June 24th to August 31st The resort will launch … Read more
Disney has just released additional park pass reservations for July 1, the day that Happily Ever After returns to the Magic Kingdom and EPCOT Forever returns to EPCOT. The Theme Park Reservation Availability calendar now shows availability for all four parks for Annual Passholders on July 1. Resort Hotel guests and Theme Park Ticket holders … Read more
As of July 1, Disney’s Magical Express will no longer mail reservation confirmation collateral to guests and travel agents. Instead, guests will be asked to use MagicBands or Magic Mobile to check in at the Disney’s Magical Express Welcome Center. Guests who do not have either will be checked in by retrieving their reservations manually … Read more
According to the Orlando Sentinel, approximately 250 alligators have been trapped and removed from Disney properties in Florida since 2016. That was the year when 2-year-old Lane Thomas Graves was killed when attacked by an alligator at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort. Disney erected a lighthouse memorial at the Grand Floridian to honor the boy. His … Read more
On Good Morning America today, it was revealed that Disney will celebrate those who make a difference in their local communities through the “Disney Magic Makers” contest. 50 winners will be selected from across the country. Winners will receive a free trip to Walt Disney World and a one-year subscription to the Disney+ streaming service. … Read more
Disney announced a new daytime show at Disney’s Animal Kingdom this morning set to debut on October 1 for the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney World. WDWNT originally posted about this expected show in August 2019. Check out this artist rendering of “Disney KiteTails,” which will come alive several times daily at the Discovery River … Read more
Today Disney released new images of Mickey, Minnie, and the gang on Main Street U.S.A. showing off their new costumes for the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney World. Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse will be your hosts for “The World’s Most Magical Celebration,” and they’ll be decked out in sparkling new EARidescent fashions for the … Read more
Disney has just announced a brand new nighttime spectacular, “Disney Enchantment”, which will debut on October 1st for the 50th Anniversary of the Magic Kingdom. Created to launch with “The World’s Most Magical Celebration,” this evening extravaganza will take you on a journey filled with adventure, wonder and empowerment. Inspiring everyone to believe in magic, … Read more
The EPCOT serigraph poster collection continues with two new limited release posters now available on shopDisney. These posters feature fan-favorite Horizons and Mission: Space. The Horizons poster was available last July but quickly sold out; Mission: Space was available last February. Both re-released posters are the beautiful work on Eric Tan. They retail for $99 … Read more
After we broke the story that a guest jumped from a boat on Living with the Land in Epcot to try to steal a cucumber from the greenhouse, we received additional details around the episode from a reader who was riding right behind these guests. According to Meghan Gorny, “We were in the boat and … Read more
Update: Since we first reported on this story, TikTok has removed the video of this incident. A video sent in by Instagram user @alex64gaming shows a guest jumping from the boat on Living with the Land to the greenhouse area. Watch the video on TikTok below: She appears to try to take a cucumber growing … Read more
In an interview published today with the Los Angeles Times, Josh D’Amaro, Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, noted that Disneyland will see some permanent changes as a result of measures introduced during the pandemic. “I don’t want to say we are going to go back to the way it was,” D’Amaro said. Instead, … Read more
In a video interview with Indiana University College of Arts + Sciences, Disney CEO Bob Chapek incorrectly claimed that Splash Mountain is “over 60 years old.” Chapek is an alumni of Indiana University. The video, posted in March, recently surfaced on Twitter. In one part of the interview, Chapek discusses the announced changes to Splash … Read more
Josh D’Amaro, Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, addressed Disney fans around the world on the Disney Parks blog this morning to herald the re-opening of Disneyland Paris. This marks the re-opening of all Disney Parks worldwide, which means that the sun will never set on a Disney park. D’Amaro wrote: “It’s the day … Read more
We are seeing a number of changes today around the Walt Disney World Resort as physical distancing measures are removed and masks are no longer required in most areas for vaccinated guests. While it’s not as big a deal as the return of fireworks to the Magic Kingdom and Epcot, sometimes even the smallest changes … Read more
Effective today, vaccinated guests are no longer required to wear masks on attractions at Walt Disney World. During our visit to the Magic Kingdom today, we saw very few guests wearing masks on attractions, including Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. Guests also enjoyed riding Dumbo without masks. The Barnstormer was much of the same. Guests have … Read more