Unless you’ve been living under a Sandcrawler, you know that Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens first at Disneyland Park this week on May 31st. Well, you may be surprised to know that Disney is already anticipating success with this addition on both coasts and is scheduling an expansion of the massive 14-acre themed lands for … Read more
Here at WDWNT, we’re huge fans of Coronado Springs and have been following the construction throughout the resort closely as we near the opening of Gran Destino Tower. We’re happy to report that the bridges linking the various areas across the resort have finally opened up, making walking around the resort a breeze! Let’s take … Read more
While Phase 1 of Epcot’s drastic reimagining is well underway, grander changes are being envisioned for the park’s future after a new entrance, Project Gamma, the Guardians of the Galaxy roller coaster, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, the Play Pavilion, and the new nighttime spectaculars are all completed. The future may not include two of the staple … Read more
Located on the burial grounds of The Maliboomer, construction on the Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind has been progressing rapidly. This family-friendly spinner style attraction has been coming together quickly in the past few weeks, with the Memory Orb wall and attraction spinning base installed, as well as ride vehicle orbs and spinning elements added recently. The Inside … Read more
Welcome to Disney’s Hollywood Studios! Big things are in the works for this park in the near future. In the meantime, let’s see what’s in store for us today. There’s a new billboard on the backside of the Chinese Theater. Disney doesn’t want you to forget that Toy Story 4 is coming out next month! … Read more
Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all of the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from May 20-26! Countdown to Galaxy’s Edge Check out our primer on everything you need … Read more
Greetings, Programs! In just a few days, the TRON Lightcycle Power Run attraction at the Magic Kingdom has had a lot of construction, or coding if you will, done in the last few days. Just last week, we saw the very first sections of the track being installed, and just the other day, we saw … Read more
Last month, we showed you how there were some changes happening at Epcot’s International Gateway. As part of Disney’s strategy to improve all the park entrances, construction has been underway at this “back entrance” to Epcot’s World Showcase. With projects like this, you can always expect some changes to guest traffic patterns. Today, the construction … Read more
We recently brought you photos of an all-white Merchant of Venus (prime love bug location, by the way), but we’re pleased to show you that the latest progress to the Tomorrowland paint project has brought a splash of orange and teal flanking the sides of the classic shop. These same walls had been primed in … Read more
With all of the progress being made at Pixar Pals parking structure, including the construction of the pedestrian bridge and the addition of Character parking level signs, we are excited (if not relieved) at the prospect of finally have more parking options available at the Disneyland Resort. This new structure will be adding 5,000 much-needed parking … Read more
The Disneyland Moonliner Rocket, whose current iteration (Moonliner III) has been in the park since 1998, (but with roots going as far back as the opening of Disneyland in 1955) has officially gotten the IP treatment, thanks to ongoing enhancements to Alien Pizza Planet in Tomorrowland. The rocket has since lost its classic TWA (Trans … Read more
We got a sneak peek of the first Zootopia-themed land construction wall to appear at Shanghai Disneyland just a few weeks ago, but with the area now fully plotted and walled off, even more details have popped up along new construction walls. Zootopia at #ShanghaiDisneyland is plotted and walled off, ready for construction! Notice the … Read more
It’s a fine summer day. A good day for a trip around the world––both Future World and World Showcase. Let’s see what’s happening in Epcot today! Park Entrance Changes You may have noticed if you’ve been to Epcot recently that there are quite a few construction walls up around the entrance. They’re currently working on … Read more
Things are moving along at a steady pace in the France pavilion on “Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure”, the new attraction coming to Epcot next year. We recently told you how the attraction is progressing ahead of schedule, and looking at the construction site today, that would certainly seem to be the case. Quite a bit has … Read more
Now that’s what I call progress. Since we last spotted the first piece of track being staged on the coaster layout, even more track has shown up. This time, it’s a swooping upward section that seems thrilling just by the look of it. Let’s take a closer look. Here, you can see the contractors matching … Read more
Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Leave A Legacy monolith removal began just last night, with walls going up surrounding the west side of the entrance area. These walls are set to stay in place through summer of 2019, with work on the east side of Leave A Legacy continuing right after. Do keep in … Read more