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It’s not everyday you get to see a Disney park covered in snow! On Monday, up to 8 inches fell across the Tokyo region, blanketing the city and the Tokyo Disney Resort. Beautiful pictures of the parks covered in snow popped up all over social media. It’s the heaviest snowfall in Tokyo in four years, … Read more
To mark the 35th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo Disney Resort will host a special anniversary event from April 15, 2018 through March 25, 2019. The event includes a new daytime parade, a new nighttime spectacular, other new shows, decorations throughout the park, the reopening of it’s a small world, and more. … Read more
Another Disney patent hints at another virtual, interactive experience that may be coming to Disney parks. The patent, filed by Disney on July 6, 2017 and published January 11, 2018, is for a “location-based experience with interactive merchandise.” The experience looks to be a stationary physical location with established boundaries, as shown in the diagram … Read more
As reported by blooloop.com, Disney has filed a U.S. patent for an augmented reality system to allow users to jump into the Star Wars universe armed with their very own lightsabers. The patent, filed Sept. 14, 2017 and published Jan. 4, 2018, “relates to systems and methods for augmenting an appearance of a hilt to … Read more
A video from Fresh Baked shows the construction of the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge area at Disneyland in California, from before construction began through November 2017. Fresh Baked sequenced satellite images from Nearmap, a satellite-imaging company, in seven (yeah, seven) different intervals beginning in November 2015 to show the progress over time on the new … Read more
Disney announced that a new baby Nile hippopotamus was born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom late Saturday night at around 10 p.m. It is the first hippo born at the park in 13 years. The new hippo calf is staying close to its mother, Tuma. Disney’s animal care staff is giving mother and baby room to … Read more
Do you want to join the WDWNT.com team? Now is your opportunity! WDW News Today is continuing to grow in 2018, and we are looking for new staff members to help us keep our finger on the pulse of the Disney Parks and the fans of these amazing places! Here are the positions (some voluntary, … Read more
Access to Club 33 locations is usually members-only, but Adventures by Disney offers a visit to Shanghai Disneyland’s Club 33 location as part of the “Enchanted China” tour. Heather Concannon went on that trip with her family in August, and took some photos inside Club 33 that she shared with WDWNT. Shanghai Disneyland’s Club 33 … Read more
Easter festivities are once again coming to Tokyo Disney Resort for “Disney’s Easter” at Disney TokyoSea, March 27 – June 6, 2018. The event will feature shows, merchandise, special restaurant menus, an egg hunt and decorations throughout the park. The Fashionable Easter show returns to Mediterranean Harbor. During the show, Mickey and Minnie sail into … Read more
New details on the Marvel Summer of Super Heroes coming to Disneyland Paris next year were recently announced. The event is slated to run from June 10 to September 20, 2018 – a few weeks after the premiere of Avengers: Infinity War – as a conclusion to Disneyland Paris’ 25th Anniversary celebrations. The event will … Read more
Pizza Ponte at Disney Springs is now open, the first of Patina Restaurant Group’s three food and beverage venues within the Edison complex to open its doors. The other two Maria and Enzo’s establishments – Maria and Enzo’s and Enzo’s Hideaway – as well as the Edison, are all expected to open by month’s end. The fast-casual … Read more
Union members who work at Walt Disney World voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday and Wednesday to reject a new contract deal that would have raised their wages by 6-10% over the next two years. Nearly 10,000 of the 38,000 Disney workers represented by the Service Trade Council Union (STCU) cast a vote, with 93% rejecting the … Read more
Effective December 15, 2017, ticket prices for Hong Kong Disneyland have increased between 4% to 9%, according to the South China Morning Post. It’s the fifth annual price increase at the resort. Prices for one-day admission are now HK$619 (US $79.24) for adults and HK$458 (US $58.63) for children, up from HK$589 (US $75.40) and … Read more
In the wake of the immensely popular rose gold mouse ears, Disney announced that rose gold spirit jerseys will be coming later this month to select stores in Disneyland and Walt Disney World, as well as Shop Disney Parks. Disney has been offering the spirit jersey style in a number of other colors; the new … Read more
With this week’s announcement of the opening of Shanghai Disneyland’s Toy Story Land on April 26, 2018, the resort released some photos of two of the new attractions. The Slinky Dog Spin, a caterpillar-style ride, is currently under testing, according to the resort. Testing has also begun on Rex’s Racer, where guests will climb into … Read more
Effective June 6, 2018, ticket prices for Shanghai Disneyland will increase and a third tier, Peak Holiday, will be added to the pricing structure. Admission prices are currently based on only two tiers, Regular and Peak. The price increases are set to take effect shortly after the opening of the new Toy Story Land area … Read more
