After nearly a year of being absent from the attraction, the missing African elephant animatronic has returned to Magic Kingdom’s Jungle Cruise. Jungle Cruise Elephant After traveling through the ancient temple ruins, guests aboard their boat will enter an area filled with bathing elephants. Elephant animatronics are situated on either side of the boat, including … Read more
The final Tiana animatronic on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure in Disneyland has been broken for over a month. Broken Tiana Animatronic The broken Audio-Animatronic is in the finale scene, standing on the patio of her New Orleans house with the band of critters. While Tiana’s eyes and mouth still move — appearing to sing the attraction’s song … Read more
TikTok user @beaconemmie, Emmie, was recently evacuated from Spaceship Earth at EPCOT and paid tribute to the “window girl” audio-animatronic entombed at the top of the attraction. Spaceship Earth’s “Window Girl” Emmie shared clips from being evacuated in the video embedded below, lamenting that they didn’t get a “personal stepladder tour up to the tomb … Read more
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 Saturday, December 30, 2023. Walt Disney World Magic … Read more
At an event for the grand opening of Zootopia at Shanghai Disneyland, Chairperson of Walt Disney Parks, Experiences & Products Josh D’Amaro introduced audiences to an incredible roaming Duke Weaselton Audio-Animatronic character. Duke Weaselton Audio-Animatronic for Zootopia Land Imagineer Dustin Schofield shared a video of the animatronic on Instagram. In the video, Duke appears from … Read more
Over a year after his arrival was first announced, the Hatbox Ghost has joined the happy haunts of the Haunted Mansion at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. Hatbox Ghost Arrives at Magic Kingdom Guests can now encounter the Hatbox Ghost in the Endless Hallway scene, standing beside the neverending passage and grinning at guests … Read more
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 Saturday, November 25, 2023. Walt Disney World Magic … Read more
At EPCOT, Frozen Ever After recently seemed to be experiencing some kind of dark magic that even Elsa doesn’t have the power to change — technology. Frozen Ever After Character Faces Malfunction In the finale sequence of Frozen Ever After, the Anna and Elsa animatronics malfunctioned during a ride, and their faces were replaced with … Read more
In a TikTok post, user @TheHorizoneer shared a video of an ostrich animated figure test behind the walls of the still-closed Adventureland Treehouse. Ostrich Animatronic Testing The ostrich figure, who the The Horizoneer calls ‘Clementine,’ can be seen in the video walking around a small enclosure, bobbing her head up and down. The figure is … Read more
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 Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Walt Disney World Magic … Read more
According to Mice Chat, the Disneyland Resort is currently testing out an audio-animatronic resembling Baby Groot from the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Disney California Adventure has been conducting small group testing of this incredible little animatronic. The lucky participants have been invited to jam out with Groot as part of a special Guardians of … Read more
The iconic Sonny Eclipse audio-animatronic began to emanate smoke and discharge fluid last night before slumping over his keyboard entirely at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café in Magic Kingdom. Sonny Eclipse Surrenders The meltdown was witnessed in Tomorrowland around 7:29 p.m. Saturday evening. In the videos, relatively large amounts of smoke can be seen traveling from … Read more
The new version of Frozen Ever After at Hong Kong Disneyland will have an updated Elsa audio-animatronic (and possibly the ride’s other animatronics) that does not have a projected face. Arendelle: World of “Frozen” is currently under construction at Hong Kong Disneyland. In addition to Wandering Oaken’s Sliding Sleighs, a new roller coaster, it will … Read more
Video of an impressive new Banshee animatronic has surfaced, sadly not from Pandora: The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in the Walt Disney World Resort, but from the newly opened Avatar Experience at Gardens By The Bay in Singapore. Avatar: The Experience opened on October 28, 2022, at Cloud Forest in Gardens by … Read more
Shanghai Disneyland released footage of an Officer Clawhauser audio-animatronic that will appear on the new “Zootopia” attraction in the “Zootopia” land. Officer Clawhauser is a life-size cheetah animatronic, as seen next to two Cast Members in the video. Watch him move and talk in the embedded tweet below. A “Zootopia” ride vehicle maquette and concept … Read more
Today a malfunctioning Ariel animatronic was spotted inside Under the Sea – Journey of the Little Mermaid at Magic Kingdom. YouTube user AllCentralFlorida shared this video earlier today, where a guest captured the floundering mermaid. She is seen leaning back and motionless while ride vehicles pass the scene where she sings “Part of Your World”. … Read more