Rumors suggest that Disneyland Paris will gain a “Star Wars” land in their Disneyland Park including a roller-coaster inspired by “The Mandalorian,” as well as a Fantasyland expansion. The Mandalorian Roller Coaster Disneyland Paris Expansion Rumors The rumors, shared by Passport Wonderland on X, also include an expansion to Fantasyland, new backstage buildings, a new … Read more
This morning, many Disney Parks fans and armchair Imagineers alike were treated to a special behind-the-scenes look at many of the first projects developed by WED Enterprises in the first episode of “The Imagineering Story.” (You can catch our full review of it here!) The Walt Disney Imagineering department even rolled out a fascinating new … Read more
It’s almost Halloween here at Tokyo Disneyland! Keyword: almost. The park is in one of their brief transition periods between events, as happens every few months. Normally this would be a rare opportunity to see Tokyo Disneyland in its “vanilla” state, but OLC has gone straight to work, prepping for Halloween! So, let’s take a … Read more
It was only a couple of weeks ago at D23 that we saw a model of the new Tokyo Disneyland expansion coming next year. Now, a new pathway that even goes through parts of Belle’s village has been opened! Let’s explore what we can see now, open to Guests! This is the path that has … Read more
For a few weeks now, construction walls have been up around the fourth floor at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, wrapping around to where the resort’s arcade was. Construction walls came down earlier this month, revealing a crisp, clean new monorail security screening area, but the area hadn’t been in use until now. Today, the monorail security … Read more
When J. Daniel Jenkins was a kid, he would make sand castles but never play with them. It was the building part he liked best. Years later, Daniel would be helping to build dreams into reality as Senior Project Design Manager for Imagineering. Daniel sits down with Nathan to discuss how to tell stories with … Read more
It seems like we may be days (even hours) from the first guests riding the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train in New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom, so it seems like a good time to recap what we already know about this attraction coming to the Magic Kingdom sometime in May 2014. Here are some recent … Read more
WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited the Magic Kingdom and Disney’s animal Kingdom yesterday and has a number of newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look: The lobby lives on… Still no visible progress at the old Wyland Gallery The temporary Captain Cook’s is what is usually where Cast Members eat at … Read more
While visiting the Magic Kingdom yesterday, WDWNT Reporter Joe Hogarty couldn’t help but notice that the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train was being tested with trains full of weights. With more of the construction walls coming down yesterday, we can get a clear look at the trains running through most of the outdoor portion of the … Read more
Disney finally released a video giving us our very first look at some of the audio-animatronic characters we will see when the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train opens in New Fantasyland next month. They are fairly amazing… Similar to the Cars characters that appear in Radiator Springs Racers, the characters have fully audio-animatronic bodies, but the … Read more
WDWNT Reporter Tom Corless visited the Magic Kingdom yesterday afternoon and has a number of newsworthy photos to share with us from his trip, so let’s take a look: It was a really beautiful day in Central Florida yesterday With the monorail out of service in the afternoons for maintenance, the old Discovery River Boats … Read more
Prepare yourself for on-ride footage and some new details about the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train coming to New Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom: Disney released video of most of an early run-through of the attraction side-by-side with video of the “pre-vis” of the ride which they use to guide construction of the attraction: We learned … Read more
WDWNT Reporter Joe Hogarty visited the Magic Kingdom on Monday and has some newsworthy photos to share with us from his trip to the park: A section of the Confectionary is behind tarps The crane can still be found behind Cinderella Castle Legacy FastPass machines being ripped out at Mickey’s Philharmagic But a FastPass+ kiosk … Read more
WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited the Magic Kingdom on Monday and took a few newsworthy photos to share with us while he was there: City Hall remains open while some work is done to the pavement outside While Casey’s is closed, the seating area is undergoing major changes as well This outdoor patio on Cosmic … Read more
Walt Disney Imagineering released a video today showcasing the work that has gone into all of the vehicles for the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train opening this Spring in New Fantasyland. The video also offers us our very first glimpse inside the attraction and a look at the trains in action! Take a look:
I managed to spend the last three busy days citing Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the Magic Kingdom, and Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World and I have some photos to share with you all from my journey, so let’s tai a look at what’s new and exciting: New 2014 iPhone 4/4S and 5 cases have hit … Read more