June 1 kicked off 2023’s Pride Month. Although Walt Disney World Resort has hosted special events and merchandise celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in the past, this year, they are introducing new ways to celebrate. RELATED: Disney Fights Back Against DeSantis EPCOT Mural A new mural was recently introduced near Connections Eatery in EPCOT. It shows the top of Spaceship Earth with ...
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DeSantis Scores a Win in Disney Lawsuit
On Thursday, June 1, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis scored a win in his legal battle against the Walt Disney Company. RELATED: Disney More Polarizing Than Twitter, Pfizer, and Facebook DeSantis Demands The Florida Governor’s legal team requested the judge in the Disney v. DeSantis lawsuit recuse himself over comments he made that some attorneys argued implied bias. The judge presiding over ...
Read More »New Annual Passholder Lounge at EPCOT
There are many perks to being an Annual Passholder at Walt Disney World Resort. Among them is access to a new private lounge area not accessible to other Guests. RELATED: Attention, Annual Passholders! More Discounts Are Coming to Walt Disney World At EPCOT, a temporary Walt Disney World Annual Passholder lounge has opened in The Land Pavilion. This is due in ...
Read More »Will the Live Action ‘Moana’ Be Hamilton-ized?
What’s Hamilton-ized? A word this writer just made up defined as “having a similarity or relation to the Broadway musical Hamilton.” Moana Re-made Earlier this year, Disney announced plans to create another live action remake. This time, they focused on the animated film Moana (2016). Dwayne Johnson is set to return as Maui, the demigod of the wind and sea, ...
Read More »How Much Money Does Bob Iger Make?
As of last Friday, May 26, 2023, The Walt Disney Company has officially completed its 7,000 layoffs. RELATED: Disney Stock Drops After Bad News The 7,000 Cast Members The Walt Disney Company’s decision to let go of 3.2% of its workforce was announced by CEO Bob Iger earlier this year. The layoffs were set to target the media and entertainment divisions ...
Read More »Guests Crash Walt Disney World Website
On May 31, Disney World fans had the first opportunity to book their 2024 vacations to the happiest place on Earth. RELATED: Delicious Disney Dining Details Disney Crashes But very quickly, many experienced a booking problem as Disney Guests flooded the website. Guests had a higher-than-normal interest in booking their 2024 Walt Disney World trips. Why? Perhaps it’s the many changes ...
Read More »Will ‘The Little Mermaid’ Have Legs or Flounder?
For months, The Little Mermaid (2023) has been discussed, debated, and analyzed by Disney fans and movie buffs. It has also seen a fair share of controversy and pushback regarding casting choices, quality of the computer animation, and changes to the original film’s songs by Lin Manuel Miranda. Disney’s new live action remake stars Halle Bailey as Ariel, Melissa McCarthy ...
Read More »Disney Pushes Forward Educational Agenda
The Walt Disney Company has been focused on education for years, particularly in underprivileged communities. While in Florida, Disney continues to battle with Governor Ron DeSantis; sparked by an education-focused bill, Disney VoluntEARS is trying to make a difference in California. RELATED: Disney Fights Back Against DeSantis First Book For over 20 years, Disney has generously contributed millions of books to ...
Read More »Disney More Polarizing Than Twitter, Pfizer, and Facebook
The Walt Disney Company has been in the news a lot over the past year. Whether one agrees or disagrees with their decision to dump Bob Chapek, bring back Bob Iger, push back against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, or double down on live-action remakes, much of their press could have been better. Disney used to be a company on the ...
Read More »Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ Gets Mixed Reviews
The newest animation from Pixar, Elemental (2023), debuted at Cannes Film Festival on May 27. RELATED: Sneak Peak at New Pixar Hotel When trailers for the film initially came out, many people saw the movie as a mix between Inside Out (2015) and Zootopia (2016). Now that some reviews are pouring in, it seems like they may have been right… RELATED: Is ...
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