Cast members carry more than most guests realize, and the past few weeks have made that unusually visible. The situation involving a Disneyland Peter Pan performer brought to light a conversation that people in theme park entertainment have been having quietly for years. Character performers work in costume and in character, often without the ability to break the illusion when ...
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The Walt Disney Company CEO Surprises D23 Attendees on Opening Day
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event has finally arrived, and this is the weekend Disney fans build their entire year around. The routine is familiar by now. Months of rumors, leaks, permit-watching, and prediction posts all funnel into a few days when everything either gets confirmed or quietly disappears. Fans arrive with wish lists. Some walk out vindicated. Others watch ...
Read More »Full Recap: Every D23 Entertainment Showcase Announcement
D23: The Ultimate Fan Event has finally arrived, and this is the weekend Disney fans spend all year waiting for. The routine is the same every time. Months of rumors, leaks, permit-watching, and prediction posts build toward a handful of days when everything either gets confirmed or quietly dies. Fans go in with wish lists. Some walk out vindicated. Others ...
Read More »Disney Announces New Celebrities For ‘Hexed’ Casting at D23 2026
D23: Ultimate Fan Event has arrived, and this is the weekend Disney fans have been counting down to all year. Everything gets answered here. Months of speculation, rumor threads, prediction posts, and wish lists all collide inside about seventy-two hours of announcements. Some fans walk away vindicated. Others watch a favorite theory die on stage in real time. And every ...
Read More »New Ride Vehicles and New Concept Art Revealed by Disney for Space Mountain at D23!
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event is finally here, and Disney fans know exactly what that means. This is the weekend the speculation ends. Months of rumor threads, permit watching, wish lists, and prediction posts all get answered within about seventy-two hours. Some fans get exactly what they hoped for. Others watch a favorite theory die in real time. And ...
Read More »Magic Kingdom’s Carousel of Progress Concept Art Debuts at D23, Disney Fans Have Thoughts
The D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event is finally here, and if you have been in the Disney fan community for any length of time, you know what that means. This is the weekend everything drops. Months of speculation, rumor threads, permit watching, and prediction posts all get resolved in the span of about seventy-two hours. Fans build entire wish ...
Read More »Disney Launches Private Disney World Resort Photo Sessions, Starting at $400
Disney is a business, and businesses find revenue. That is not a scandal, it is just how the thing works. Most of the time, that reality sits comfortably in the background. Nobody is shocked that a churro costs what it costs, or that Lightning Lane exists, or that there is a gift shop at the exit of every attraction. Guests ...
Read More »Former Disney CEO Bob Iger Buys the Los Angeles Lakers
Bob Iger’s love of basketball has never been a secret, and Disney Springs is the proof. For a short while, guests walking through Disney Springs passed the NBA Experience, a two-story interactive attraction built around the sport. It had shooting challenges, a virtual draft, replica locker rooms, and a whole lot of branding. It was an unusual fit for a ...
Read More »REPORT: Disney World Faces ‘Extreme’ Heat With ‘No Overnight Relief’ Impacting Guests
Yesterday, we covered a heat advisory with a heat index reaching 110 degrees across the Orlando area, including Disney World and other theme parks. Today it is worse. That is the part worth sitting with before anything else. This is not a single bad afternoon that passes and gets forgotten. It is a pattern that has been building all week, ...
Read More »Disney World Just Handed Fall Visitors a Rare Crowd Break
Crowds are the number one thing guests worry about before a Walt Disney World trip, and that worry has gotten worse. There used to be a reliable slow season. Late January. Early September. The stretch after Labor Day when the parks felt like they belonged to locals again. Those windows still exist, but they are thinner and less predictable than ...
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