News & Rumors Archive
This Walt Disney World ride refurbishment calendar lists the closure schedule for 2024 at Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios & Animal Kingdom. Attractions close for routine maintenance, safety upgrades, improvements, and reimaginings. (Updated March 15, 2024.) While no one wants attraction downtime during their trip to Walt Disney World, refurbishments are necessary to keep the
New rumors point to a Star Wars miniland featuring a Mandalorian and Baby Yoda roller coaster behind Discoveryland as well as Fantasyland expansion in Disneyland Paris. This post breaks down the rumor, whether it makes any sense, and offers our commentary about whether this would be a good or bad addition for DLP. Let’s start
Disney Cruise Line announced itineraries through Summer 2024 for the Magic, Wonder, Dream, Fantasy legacy ships, plus the newer Treasure and Wish. There are sailings to popular ports of call in the Greek Isles, Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Alaska, and the Caribbean. This post covers the destinations, followed by commentary on pricing, our recommended destinations, and
In a new filing with the SEC, the Walt Disney Company has offered a breakdown on the allocation of its planned $60 billion investment in Parks & Resorts as part of a 10-year investment plan. This post shares the latest details, as the future of Walt Disney World and Disneyland start to come into focus.
Walt Disney World has released the full menus of entrees, sides, desserts & drinks for breakfast and dinner at 1900 Park Fare, the character restaurant at Grand Floridian Resort. This shares a sneak peek at food photos, lists of what you’ll find on the menus at each meal, prices, plus commentary about the changes. (Updated
Genie+ has sold out again at Walt Disney World as peak season pricing has kicked in for the 2024 Spring Break season at Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, EPCOT, Animal Kingdom, and on the Park Hopping option. This post covers all of the sold out dates & times along with what to expect for the rest
Walt Disney World has introduced new special offers on two different discounted multi-Day ‘Magic’ tickets for Spring to Fall 2024 available for the general public to purchase that don’t require reservations. This shares details about the deal and whether it’s too good to be true, plus our commentary about why it’s being offered and if
DisneylandForward took a crucial step towards becoming reality, with the City of Anaheim Planning Commission approving the proposal by a 5-1 vote after almost three years of reviews and analysis. This covers highlights of the meeting and what Disney has promised as part of its 10-year plan that will bring new theme park, retail, and
Disney has announced more upgrades to the Advance Dining Reservations systems at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland, which will simplify and improve the search for restaurant availability. Here we’ll share the news and offer commentary about these updates, and the potential impact on ADR availability. (Updated March 11, 2024.) This is actually the third
Walt Disney World has announced the ‘Play Pavilion’ will replace Wonders of Life at EPCOT. This post shares basic info, concept art, construction progress (or lack thereof), and commentary about this news related to the overhaul of the former Future World. (Updated March 11, 2024.) This new pavilion will replace the defunct Wonders of Life,
Walt Disney World has extended hours at Magic Kingdom, Hollywood Studios & Animal Kingdom for the peak of Spring Break season through Easter week in late March 2024. This covers the additions plus zig when they zag strategy for the parks and everything else you should know. We’ll start with the latest release of new
