Walt Disney World Archive
Disney reported its first quarter fiscal year 2023 earnings for last October through December on February 8, 2023. This covers the good & bad of these results from the first year of the Walt Disney Company’s second century, including Genie+ sales at Walt Disney World & Disneyland, another quarter of increased revenue from theme parks,
Several new character meet & greets and distanced encounters are arriving at Disney’s Hollywood Studios throughout February 2023, some for a limited time and others on a permanent basis. This post takes a look at the regular and rare characters at DHS, plus our commentary about what else this park needs on the entertainment front.
Walt Disney World has announced that full housekeeping will return to all resorts in the near future, following the restoration of the services most hotels over the course of the last 6 months. This post shares the latest update, plus our commentary and recent reader reports on Mousekeeping experiences. Let’s start with the official announcement
Florida lawmakers kicked off a two-week special legislative session today (February 6, 2023) aimed at introducing a variety of bills, including one that details how Governor Ron DeSantis and the State of Florida plan to take control of Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID), which gives Walt Disney World its own government. Today’s bill is simply
There are a lot of free things to do at Walt Disney World. This post offers tips for finding and taking advantage of freebies, all of which require no money and have no strings attached. Some are relatively unknown, being under-promoted offerings at hotels. Others are worthwhile experiences that won’t cost you a dime but
Disney has revealed new storyline details for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, the reimagined Splash Mountain at Magic Kingdom and Disneyland. This shares all of the details, ‘company’ concept art, and commentary about the backstory of the attraction and Imagineering’s use of storytelling. As previously shared, the reimagined ride will be named Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, and will
Our Disney’s Hollywood Studios ride guide contains reviews of top attractions, as well as numerical scores for every show and ride in the park. If you’re planning a trip to Walt Disney World, it’s a great place to start when making a rough roadmap for the best things to do. (Updated February 2, 2023.) If
The exhaustion of pent-up demand at Walt Disney World has been a hot topic for months, with potential impacts to discounts, crowd levels, return of Dining Plan, and pullback on nickel & diming and price increases. Now, consumer spending is starting to slow and the engine of the U.S. economy is stalling. This post covers
The corporate campus for Walt Disney Imagineering and other employees in the Parks & Resorts division will soon start to take shape. Thanks to newly-released plans, we now know that the move from California to Florida will proceed as planned, with details about the buildings and design of Disney’s Lake Nona campus coming to light.
The Campsites at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground is not exactly roughing it in the strictest sense of the term. Still, tent camping is pretty far from a posh Walt Disney World resort experience–or even staying in the reimagined value resort rooms. Regardless, it was likewise fun and memorable. This was far from our
Animal Kingdom has a lot going for it, but it’s also arguably the most tiring park at Walt Disney World. That’s especially true if you get up at the crack of dawn for Early Entry, race around at rope drop, or bounce around redeeming Genie+ Lightning Lane selections. Suffice to say, a day at DAK
