Everyone has had to walk through the security screening checkpoints at Walt Disney World and Disneyland. But as you rapidly pass through the body scanner, do you ever wonder how exactly these work and how effective this scanner is? Well, some of these answers are becoming clearer as the company behind that security screening technology, Evolv Technology, tries to reel ...
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Homeless Disney World Cast Members Could be Sleeping in Someone’s Garage
The Walt Disney World Resort is so large that it stretches across two Central Florida counties, Orange and Osceola. Both counties are grappling with an issue directly impacting Disney World cast members. Related: After Criminalizing Homeless Disney World Cast Members, Florida Wants to Make it Easier to Commit them to Mental Hospitals Since 2019, Osceola County has seen a 70 ...
Read More »Universal Orlando Receives Minimal Penalty After Gruesome Workplace Injury
Employees are always at risk from workplace accidents, especially in industrial kitchens. When these accidents happen, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigates to ensure that they don’t happen again and that all workers are safe. However, after the investigations are complete, it is up to OSHA to determine what actions should be taken by the employers to protect ...
Read More »Dolly Parton Takes Herself off the Stage for the Foreseeable Future
There are so few people left in America who are universally beloved—people who, when someone mentions their name, everyone, across all beliefs and political aisles, simply says, “I love them.” Betty White held the mantle of American Treasure for decades until her death in 2021. But now, that title belongs to country music legend Dolly Parton. Throughout her legendary career, ...
Read More »Pro-Palestinian Protestors Arrive at Disney’s Front Door
The nation has been gripped by the pro-Palestinian protests that have erupted on college campuses across the country. From Columbia in New York to UCLA in Los Angeles to the University of Florida, thousands of college students have been arrested protesting the Israel/Hamas War. Those pro-Palestinian protests have started to come for the Walt Disney Company and its films and ...
Read More »Disney Neglects Disabled Guests’: Guests Fight Back After DAS Cuts
For years, guests who desperately needed Disney World’s Disability Access Service have complained about the rampant fraud in that program. In response to those complaints, Disney has decided to change the DAS program, but those changes will exclude most people with disabilities who need the Service. DAS was previously defined to assist guests who have difficulty tolerating long queues due ...
Read More »‘The Muppets’ Creator Passes Away at 78 from Cancer Complications
After the passing of Jim Henson in 1990, the company he created was without its moral center. It was comparable to when Walt Disney died in 1966. It took years for the Walt Disney Company to recover from the loss of its creator. It took several creative people to get the Jim Henson Company back into feature films and on ...
Read More »Considering a Move Near Disney World? Floridians Offer a Clear Message: Don’t
It’s a dream that every Disney World fan has: to pick up your life and move to Central Florida to spend your days basking in the glory of Walt Disney World. Or to retire from your 9-5 in a cold state and pick up and move to the sunshine of Florida. Related: Disney World Cast Members Are Being Pushed Out of ...
Read More »Disney Plans to Restart Political Donations in Florida, Despite Support for ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law
Now that the Walt Disney Company’s feud with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is over, there is both fear and hope that Disney is about to restart its political donations to Florida lawmakers. During the nearly two-year spat with Gov Ron DeSantis, they halted all political donations to Florida lawmakers they believed weren’t sympathetic to their cause or who support the ...
Read More »Disney Fans Outraged: Iger’s Response to Epic Universe Deemed ‘Absolutely Horrible
The big takeaway from April 3’s Disney shareholders meeting was that Bob Iger won. Iger and the Disney Board were able to fight off the proxy battle from activist investor Nelson Peltz and his Trian Management Fund. But while Bob Iger’s win over Nelson Petlz will get all the headlines, this isn’t going to dramatically affect Disney fans on a ...
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