Disney’s crackdown on certain activities at Walt Disney World has been picking up steam, and the company’s latest move suggests no resort is off limits. Credit: Erica Lauren, Inside the Magic For years, guests found creative ways to enjoy amenities outside their own hotel, and pool hopping became something of an unofficial rite of passage during a Walt Disney World ...
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The Walt Disney World Resort will be a completely different place by its 60th anniversary. Credit: Inside the Magic When 2021 rolled around, Disney World guests enjoyed The World’s Most Magical Celebration–an 18-month-long anniversary event celebrating the Orlando resort’s 50th birthday. While it was a momentous occasion for the Disney Experiences brand, the 50th celebration happened not long after the ...
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More closure news out of Disney World. Credit: Joe Schlabotnik, Flickr Walt Disney World continues to push forward with an ambitious stretch of transformation across its four theme parks, and EPCOT–despite not featuring anything quite as extensive as Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, or Hollywood Studios–remains a key part of that evolution. Since Disney kicked off its multi-year overhaul of the ...
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These guests got more than they bargained for while visiting the EPCOT theme park at Disney World this month. Credit: Erica Lauren, Inside the Magic Attraction downtime is a routine part of any theme park day. Sometimes it’s a maintenance error that needs troubleshooting (and maybe for multiple days, as was the case with Slinky Dog Dash recently); other times, ...
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A new Animal Kingdom attraction officially lifts off. Credit: Steven Miller, Flickr Disney used its Horizons: Disney Experiences Showcase presentation at D23 to reveal official names and new story details for the three attractions coming to Tropical Americas, the land replacing DinoLand U.S.A. at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The land was first announced at D23 2024, with the Encanto and Indiana ...
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Another closure is hitting the Walt Disney World Resort, and it’s coming soon. Across the Walt Disney World Resort, closures are being made left and right. Not only are attractions shutting down–some permanently–but so too are locations at the many hotel resorts across the property. A Longtime French Quarter Favorite Scat Cat’s Club – Café and Scat Cat’s Club – ...
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Destin Daniel Cretton’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) keeps rewriting the record books. Since its late-July debut, the fourth entry in Sony and Marvel Studios’ Tom Holland-led Spider-Man series has torn through the $1 billion and $2 billion marks, dethroned Avengers: Endgame on the domestic charts, and — just days ago — passed James Cameron’s Titanic (1997) to reach fourth ...
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Star Wars has decided to remake its Mandalorian universe. The Rise and Wobble of Disney+ Star Wars The Mandalorian premiered in 2019 and, for a moment, looked like it had solved Star Wars television. Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin, Grogu, and beskar armor became cultural shorthand almost overnight, and Lucasfilm leaned in hard, building out a slate of spinoffs on the ...
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Changes are being made at the iconic Disney attraction. Credit: David Aughinbaugh II, Flickr The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror has anchored Sunset Boulevard at Disney’s Hollywood Studios since it opened in 1994, five years after the theme park opened at Walt Disney World Resort. It remains one of the most requested attractions in the park more than three decades ...
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Walt Disney World has confirmed the next round of scheduled downtime for the Disney Skyliner, and if you’ve been paying attention to the past couple of closure announcements, the pattern should look familiar by now. Credit: Disney Dining Another Year of January Closures Before getting into the newest dates, it’s worth looking at how we got here. The Skyliner closed ...
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