Crossroads Shopping Center Closing for Disney Road Enhancements

Crossroads Shopping Center Closing for Disney Road Enhancements

In many cases in the news articles here on WDW News Today, we tell you when attractions, eateries, shows, etc. will be closing, but often there is not enough advance notice for you to say your goodbyes.  This time, however, you have at least a few years to say farewell to the Crossroads at Lake … Read more

Disney Creating Animatronic Figures That Can Follow You

Disney Creating Animatronic Figures That Can Follow You

The Walt Disney Company was recently awarded US Patent Number 9,424,467, entitled “GAZE TRACKING AND RECOGNITION WITH IMAGE LOCATION,” for a system that can track where guests are looking. Several excerpts from the patent explain how this system will work: Various entertainment environments, e.g., theme parks, attempt to track where various participants are looking within such … Read more

Monorail Cast Members To Receive New Costumes

Monorail Cast Members To Receive New Costumes

Say goodbye to the old maroon and white monorail cast costumes… Walt Disney World Monorail cast members are set to get new costumes, replacing the current color scheme which has been around for 20+ years.  The new costume will be white, blue, and yellow.  The costume will also incorporate a conductor’s hat similar to those … Read more

Get Your WDWNT Swag During Our Black Friday Sale!

Don’t spend all day waiting in long lines at the mall!  Check off lots of names on your gift list with one-stop shopping during our Black Friday Sale at the WDWNT store on TeePublic. We were so excited for this sale that we put together a commercial featuring some of our designs… Our most popular design is the … Read more

VIDEO: First Look at Amazing AVATAR Animatronic Figure for Disney World

VIDEO: First Look at Amazing AVATAR Animatronic Figure for Disney World

As posted today on the Disney Parks Blog: Alpha Centauri Expeditions Offers the First Look At The Na’vi River Journey Shaman Earlier today Alpha Centauri Expeditions (A.C.E.) Founder Marshall Lamm joined filmmaker James Cameron and Imagineer Joe Rohde to share details on upcoming travel to Pandora – The World of Avatar, the amazing world that … Read more

BREAKING: FAA Approves Disney World's Nighttime Show Drones, "Flixels"

The Federal Aviation Administration has granted Walt Disney Parks & Resorts permission for “Night small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) operations” and “Operations of multiple small unmanned aircraft systems within Special Security Notice Flight Restriction Areas and Class G airspace.” This FAA Part 107 Waiver allows Disney to fly multiple unmanned drones at night over Disney parks … Read more

$14 T-Shirts for Disney Fans Available During WDWNT-Exclusive TeePublic Halloween Sale

As our Halloween treat to you, we have negotiated a special WDWNT-exclusive sale at the WDWNT store on TeePublic. No other TeePublic store has these prices!  Just in time for the election, for only $14 you can grab this awesome t-shirt celebrating the Great Movie Ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios… In addition to our newest offering, you can actually … Read more

Disney May Be Buying Twitter After All

As reported late last night by Investor’s Business Daily: Twitter (TWTR) shares rose late after a report that Walt Disney (DIS) is once again interested in buying the struggling social network. The website Betaville reported, citing sources, that Twitter and Disney are “thrashing out a deal” after agreeing on a price “thought to be in the … Read more

New YesterEars Disney Parks Tees Now Available at DisneyStore.com

DisneyStore.com is now offering two new T-Shirts in the YesterEars collection, in addition to a new sweatshirt!   The sweatshirt features a 1970’s Walt Disney World logo with Cinderella Castle icon.  The Tencennial tee transports you back to 1981 with the original “Tencennial” logo, and the 25th Tee sports the historic Cinderella Coach logo from 1996. These … Read more