A new collection of recycling tips has been added to the menu screens and placemats at Galactic Grill. Galactic Grill is located in Tomorrowland at Disneyland Park. This quick-service location often sells space-themed burgers, desserts, and snacks. Galactic Grill is also often home to seasonal “Star Wars” offerings during events like Season of the Force … Read more
Disney has relaunched their global “Protect the Pride” campaign in celebration of “Mufasa: The Lion King,” arriving in theaters on December 20. Disney’s “Protect the Pride” Campaign This conservation campaign aims to support the Wildlife Conservation Network’s (WCN) Lion Recovery Fund (LRF) and LRF’s partners working across Africa to double the number of lions in the wild … Read more
A new lion trio began appearing on Kilimanjaro Safaris at Disney’s Animal Kingdom on Tuesday, December 3. Disney has shared more details about them, including their names, as well as new photos. New Lions at Disney’s Animal Kingdom The lion trio consists of one male and two females. Their names are Mshango, Zahara, and Neema. … Read more
Walt Disney World is donating $500,000 total to five Central Florida conservation organizations, bringing their total donations to Florida nonprofits since the start of the 50th anniversary celebration to more than $6 million. The grant recipients are Conservation Florida, Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, Trout Lake Nature Center, and Wekiva Wilderness Trust. Each organization will receive $100,000. The money will … 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
This year’s button from the Disney Conservation Fund features an African elephant and is available now at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The button’s artwork is by Imagineer Morgan Lee Richardson, who designs each “Conservation Hero” button. Richardson shared a closer look at his colorful artwork on Instagram. Some fans who attended his Art of Conservation panel … Read more
Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from April 20-26. If you’ve been following our news coverage over the past few weeks, you’re … Read more
The boundaries of the Walt Disney World Resort may have gotten just a little wider. Orlando Business Journal’s Jack Witthaus and Richard Bilbao report that The Walt Disney Company’s Compass Rose Corp. purchased approximately 235 acres of land just south of Reedy Lake, on the northwest edge of the resort property. The sale, completed on Monday, … Read more
In celebration of the release of The Lion King, The Walt Disney Company has announced The Lion King: Protect the Pride: a global conservation initiative dedicated to supporting and protecting the endangered lion population across Africa. Since the release of the original The Lion King 25 years ago, over half of Africa’s lions have disappeared … Read more
Barrels by the Bay, a non-profit organization committed to using rain barrels to educate individuals about conservation and sustainability, is teaming up with Walt Disney World Resort, Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC, and Orlando City Mayor Buddy Dyer’s Green Works Initiative for its third “Brighten a Barrel” event during the 2019 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival. … Read more
Earlier this week, we told you that park specific reusable bags would be coming to Walt Disney World Resort and on Sunday we got our first look at their Parks and Resorts themed bags. Well, the reusable bags have made it to the West Coast and they have us considering a trip over just to … Read more
Back in December, we reported on Disney’s monumental, 965-acre land purchase through the acquisition of BK Ranch, just southeast of Celebration, for $23 million. Now it turns out that Disney has purchased even more land adjacent to the plot: a whopping 1,500+ acres to the east of BK Ranch. Per GrowthSpotter, the land was owned by … Read more
Earlier this year, Disney asked for some help in picking out the name of the new Masai giraffe calf at Animal Kingdom. Today, we finally got to learn her name and see some pictures of her assimilating to life as part of the herd. We won’t keep you in suspense any longer…. her name is … Read more
Today, Disney announced their intentions to completely eliminate the use of single-use plastic straws and stirrers globally by mid-2019. This policy will reduce plastic straw use globally by 175 million and plastic stirrer use by 13 million. Disney also announced their intentions to eliminate or reduce other single-use plastic products in the coming years. These … Read more