On Thursday, the Walt Disney Company announced the extension of current CEO Bob Iger’s contract to July 2, 2019. The complex nature of finding a suitable replacement has proven challenging in the years since Mr. Iger first announced his desire to retire. Since it is a “robust process of identifying a successor and ensuring a … Read more
As of right now, registration is open for 10 days of annual passholder previews of Pandora: the World of AVATAR between May 13th and May 22nd, 2017. Some details on the event from Disney: Passholder In-Park Preview for Pandora – The World of Avatar You’re invited to get an early peek of a groundbreaking destination–Pandora … Read more
Tonight, the Disney Parks Blog hosted a live stream of Wishes, and at the very end they gave us an exclusive sneak peek at their new fireworks spectacular, Happily Ever After. The sneak peak isn’t until the end of the stream at around 19:56, but you are more than welcome to watch the fireworks beforehand … Read more
Last night on WDW News Tonight… We revealed our bracket for the 2017 WDWNT March Madness: Table Service Restaurants tournament and played the first round. See the full bracket here. We reveal our newest somewhat-offensive t-shirt now available at our TeePublic store. We also started our 2nd annual March Tragic Tee Shirt tournament to select … Read more
Mission: SPACE at Epcot will be closed for two months in the Summer of 2017 for a refurbishment. Mission: SPACE will be closed June 5th through July 31st, 2017. No exact reasoning was given for the closure.
DISNEY·PIXAR’S “CARS 3” FUELS UP FOR NATIONWIDE TOUR Road to the Races Takes Off March 23, 2017 Title Sponsors Include Alamo Rent A Car SM, Coppertone®, Crest®/Oral-B®, DOLE® and Mattel Disney•Pixar’s “Cars 3” is hitting the road this month with Road to the Races, a nationwide tour inviting fans of #95 to gear up for … Read more
Say it isn’t so! The director of the upcoming live action “Mulan” movie says there will be no songs from the original Disney animated film. Not only that, but he cut the role of Captain Li Shang, Mulan’s love interest, in his version of the film. The following casting call shows a new character will … Read more
FastPass+ reservations for the two attractions in Pandora: The World of AVATAR at Disney’s Animal Kingdom will become available for booking tomorrow, March 24th. The Na’vi River Journey and Flight of Passage will be separated in the FastPass+ reservation system so guests can not book both initially. Once guests use all their FastPasses for the … Read more
Last week, we told you that it was rumored that Disney’s Animal Kingdom would offer nightly Extra Magic Hours to resort guests so that they could more fully enjoy Pandora: The World of AVATAR once it opened. Today, the Swan and Dolphin resorts are confirming our suspicions… With Animal Kingdom park hours locked at an … Read more
The official Disney World website now has the full menu for the Satu’li Canteen, the main counter service eatery that will be a part of Pandora: The World of AVATAR at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Here’s the full Satu’li Canteen menu from online: You can see the full menu here.
Some new entertainment will be coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios this summer in a limited time engagement. This new event called “The Music of Pixar Live!” will showcase some of the wonderful, yet memorable music from a selection of Pixar Films. There will be a live orchestra, as well as appearances from beloved Pixar character … Read more
Guests at Disney California Adventure got a big surprise today when Kristoff from Frozen made his meet and greet debut at the Character Close-Up inside the Animation Building. Kristoff now joins Olaf in the first meet and greet room before guests head to meet Anna and Elsa in the following. The meet and greet was … Read more
Something including Honda’s ASIMO is coming to Disneyland’s Autopia… Exciting changes are happening @Disneyland park’s #Autopia, powered by Honda. Stay tuned for the announcement on 3/23. pic.twitter.com/pEk44sA5Ev — ASIMO (@ASIMO) March 22, 2017 What could the changes be? Honda and Disney will be making an announcement on March 23rd, 2017. Honda took over sponsorship of … Read more
The recent opening of Geyser Point Bar & Grill, a quick-service restaurant located at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, has enabled the Walt Disney World Resort to re-imagine the former Trout Pass Pool Bar, which will soon become the “Salon by the Springs”. “Salon by the Springs” will offer a variety of manicure, pedicure, and hair services. … Read more
Tonight on WDW News Tonight, we begin the pick our next offensive t-shirt, we talk about all of the fun happening right now at the Disneyland Resort, and March Madness 2017 begins! If you are in the Orlando area, you can tune in to 105.5 FM or AM 1520 WBZW at showtime. For those outside … Read more
Walt Disney World annual passholders will be getting a first-look at Pandora: The World of AVATAR with exclusive previews of the land scheduled to happen in just-a-little-over two weeks time. Online registration should open very soon for annual passholders to sign up for one of two preview dates for Pandora: The World of AVATAR, April … Read more