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Disney Just Broke the Internet With This Muppets Ride News

Cast of 'The Muppet Show'

Few attractions in Disney park history have carried the kind of personality that Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster built over its run at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. From the moment guests stepped into the G-Force Records lobby and Aerosmith started blasting through the speakers, the ride established itself as something different. It was loud, fast, and completely committed to its bit. The ...

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How Disney Is Quietly Putting Cast Members at the Center of Its Environmental Mission

A diverse group of Disney cast members, mostly young adults, are standing closely together, smiling, and looking ahead. They are all wearing teal uniforms with badges. Some are holding hands, creating a sense of unity and celebration. The background shows more people in similar attire.

There is a version of corporate sustainability that lives entirely in press releases. Lofty pledges, distant deadlines, glossy renderings of solar panels on rooftops nobody ever sees. Disney, for all of its scale and spectacle, has been doing something a little different lately. Quietly, and with a level of detail that tends to get lost in the Earth Month noise, ...

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Disney Just Gave Cat Owners Every Excuse to Spoil Their Pets on National Pet Day

Aristocats

There is a specific kind of Disney fan who does not simply visit the parks and collect merchandise for themselves. They extend the Disney lifestyle outward into every corner of their lives, including the corners occupied by the pets who share their home and who, through no choice of their own, have become participants in the broader Disney aesthetic their ...

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Disney is Set to Cut Off Key Transportation Option at Beloved Disney Resort

Disney's Polynesian Resort bungalows

The Polynesian Village Resort occupies a position within the Walt Disney World ecosystem that most other resorts on property simply cannot match. Its location on the shores of the Seven Seas Lagoon puts it in a geographic relationship with Magic Kingdom that translates into transportation options unavailable to guests staying anywhere else on property except the Contemporary Resort and the ...

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Disneyland Has Decided the Future of Its 48-Year-Old Coaster

A man and a woman in a Disneyland ride vehicle - Space Mountain.

Space Mountain at Disneyland opened on May 27, 1977, making it 48 years old and nearing its 49th birthday. This iconic ride has allowed generations of guests to board rocket-shaped vehicles and experience the sensation of speed in complete darkness. In theme park years, such longevity is rare and reflects Space Mountain’s unique ability to deliver an exhilarating experience that ...

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Disney Just Made Another Major Executive Change To Reshape the Communications Structure

A large archway with "The Walt Disney Co." written in stylized letters and a Mickey Mouse silhouette over a gated entrance, with trees and office buildings in the background. A black car drives past the entrance.

Disney has been moving its executive chess pieces with notable frequency over the past several months and the pattern of promotions, departures, and structural reorganizations that has been playing out at the company’s highest levels tells a story about where Disney’s leadership is headed and how the organization is being rebuilt around the people Bob Iger and his team have ...

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Last Night Disney Finally Delivered a Promise They Made to Fans 9 Months Ago

Several characters on Whimsy the train during the Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away Parade at Magic Kingdom Park

Magic Kingdom went years without a nighttime parade, and the absence was felt by anyone who remembered what the parks felt like when the streets of Main Street, U.S.A. came alive after dark with floats, music, and the specific kind of communal magic that only a Disney nighttime parade can generate. SpectroMagic was a generational touchstone for guests who grew ...

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