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
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, ...
Read More »Reminder: This Disney Park On Sunday Is Going to Be a Nightmare
This is not new information. A month ago, this warning went out, and it bears repeating with enough urgency that guests planning a Walt Disney World trip this weekend who may have missed the original heads-up have time to adjust before they find themselves standing outside EPCOT at 9 a.m. on Sunday morning, wondering why the gates are still closed, ...
Read More »Disney Just Gave Cat Owners Every Excuse to Spoil Their Pets on National Pet Day
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 ...
Read More »Disney is Set to Cut Off Key Transportation Option at Beloved Disney Resort
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 ...
Read More »Disneyland Has Decided the Future of Its 48-Year-Old Coaster
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 ...
Read More »Disney Just Gave a Retired Cast Member One of Its Most Prestigious Honors
There is a tradition at Disney’s theme parks that most guests walk past every single day without fully understanding what they are looking at. The windows lining the upper facades of Main Street, U.S.A., at Magic Kingdom are not decorative details meant to make the street feel more like a turn-of-the-century American town. They are a roll call of the ...
Read More »Disney Just Made Another Major Executive Change To Reshape the Communications Structure
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 ...
Read More »Last Night Disney Finally Delivered a Promise They Made to Fans 9 Months Ago
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 ...
Read More »Disney Axes Two Beloved Original Characters From Theme Park
DinoLand U.S.A. has details that only the most observant guests fully appreciate, especially in Chester and Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures. This gift shop, located in DinoLand U.S.A., tells the story of two locals, Chester and Hester, who found dinosaur bones nearby and turned an old gas station into a themed souvenir shop. The store is chaotic and campy, filled with specific ...
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