News & Rumors Archive
We’re back with our first Walt Disney World news round-up of 2021! This covers a range of stories, from another restaurant opening to a rumored park capacity increase from 35% to 40% of normal attendance limits. Most significantly, we have updates on construction at EPCOT, Magic Kingdom, and Wilderness Lodge–including projects pausing and resuming ahead
Snow White’s Scary Adventures closed for refurbishment earlier this year, with the Fantasyland dark ride behind construction walls before the parks closed. Disneyland has since offered a preview of the park’s only ride-through princess attraction, which has been reimagined and renamed as Snow White’s Enchanted Wish. While Disneyland has been closed, Walt Disney Imagineering has
We’re back at EPCOT for what can only be described as a Festivus Eve Miracle: the reimagined main entrance plaza featuring the prismatic pylon fountain has been fully unveiled! In this Walt Disney World park report, we’ll take a look at that, construction, and Christmas week crowds. For people my age, EPCOT has always been
One of the more common questions since even before the official reopening of Walt Disney World’s four theme parks has been “when will Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach water parks open?” (Updated December 22, 2020.) While many Walt Disney World fans and Annual Passholders held out a sliver of hope that one of the two
It’s time for another Walt Disney World news round-up! This one begins with a Disney+ programming update, Christmas crowd trends and wait time data, plus updates on construction at EPCOT, BoardWalk Inn, and Flamingo Crossings Town Center. Let’s start with a new addition to Disney+ called the Disney Parks Sunrise Series. Here’s the programming description:
Walt Disney World has announced details and dates for the 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival. In this post, we’ll share everything we know thus far, plus the extent to which this “taste of” event resembles the normal full festival. As you might recall, this year’s EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival debuted
We’re back for another Walt Disney World news round-up! This one begins with an update on Mickey Mouse replacing BoardWalk Inn’s creep clown pool, plus goats invading Animal Kingdom, the College Program’s status for 2021, the return of Electrical Water Pageant, and more. Let’s start with the roller coaster saga of the Luna Park Pool
There are updates on the face mask front at Walt Disney World, with new designs, on-ride photo testing, and more. This update takes a look at all of that, plus a suggested rule change and an update on guest compliance at Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios. If you’re looking for info about
The Walt Disney Company held an announcement-dense presentation for Investor Day 2020 lasting over 4 hours and featuring CEO Bob Chapek, Executive Chairman Bob Iger, and others. Holy cow what a long “day” it was, packed with tons of news. This post covers the many things revealed for Disney+ and beyond, plus the potential impact
It’s time for another Walt Disney World news & rumor round-up! This time we have updates on date-based, multi-day ticket policies, non-stop flights between Florida and Hawaii, what’s happening (and isn’t) for New Year’s Eve, a Muppet Christmas miracle, and yet more remarks from legendary Imagineer Tony Baxter about a potential reimagining of Journey into
We’re back for another Walt Disney World news & rumor round-up! This one begins with the new Merchandise Mobile Checkout, park hours for February 2021, an official statement from Disney on the the new (Mickey Mouse?!) look for BoardWalk Inn’s creepy clown pool, and more! Let’s start with some good news. Walt Disney World is
