The New York World’s Fair of 1964/1965, held in Flushing Meadows park in New York City, looms large in the history of the Walt Disney Company and the Disney Parks. It’s there that, after opening Disneyland and successfully operating it for the better part of a decade, Walt Disney and his hand-picked team of Imagineers set their sites on the ...
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Walt Disney World Employees Are Rallying In The Streets as Unions Negotiate New Contracts
The discussion of money and wage disparity in the United States has always been sensitive, and things are no different at the Most Magical Place on Earth. Earlier this month, there were reports of a planned rally fighting for higher wages at Walt Disney World. Yesterday, those plans came to fruition. RELATED: Disney World Dining Location Accused of Serving Spoiled ...
Read More »Is Hand-Drawn Animation Finally Returning to Walt Disney Animation?
As a part of the Disney 100 Years of Wonder celebration, Walt Disney Animation Studios brought back a familiar face after a whopping 95 years. Walt Disney’s Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is back! 🐰 For the first time in nearly 95 years, Oswald stars in an all-new hand-drawn short from Walt Disney Animation Studios in celebration of Disney 100 Years ...
Read More »What Can Disney Fans Expect to See at ‘Disney100:’ The Exhibition?
D23 recently released more information on Disney100: The Exhibition opening on February 18 at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute in honor of the Walt Disney Company’s “100 Years of Wonder” Celebration. The Exhibition, which will showcase rare Disney artifacts alongside behind-the-scenes sneak peeks into the Company’s inner creative world, comprises 15,000 square feet across ten of the Institute’s galleries. The Walt Disney ...
Read More »Disney CEO Bob Iger Addresses Reedy Creek Concerns
Today, the newly returned CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger, addressed concerns over the Reedy Creek Improvement District during a Town Hall meeting open to all Disney Cast Members. In 1967, Disney filed the Reedy Creek Improvement Act with the local state legislature, which allows Walt Disney World to essentially self-govern the district and retain a significant amount ...
Read More »Bob Chapek Reportedly Did This In An Attempt to Financially Boost Disney+
Recently, during Disney’s Q4 Earnings Report for the end of the 2022 fiscal year, the general public learned where Disney gained revenue and where it lost income. For example, did you know that Hurricane Ian cost the Walt Disney Company $65 million? It’s true! RELATED: Bob Iger Has Just Confirmed That Disney Will Proceed With a Hiring Freeze, Says “That ...
Read More »Did Bob Iger Just Throw Shade at Chapek with Hamilton?
It seems former Disney CEO Bob Chapek is no longer in “the room where it happens.” In what some have called the most shocking Disney news to date, Bob Chapek was quickly fired last week as CEO of The Walt Disney Company, and his predecessor, Bob Iger, has taken over as CEO for two years. According to sources, the sudden ...
Read More »Bob Iger on ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Controversy; ‘We Change the World for the Good, and That Must Continue’
Bob Iger has returned as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, and one of his first orders of business has been to host a Town Hall for Disney Cast Members and employees. The Town Hall took place on Monday, November 28, 2022, and gave Cast Members the opportunity to ask Iger directly their own specific questions as he returns to ...
Read More »The Biggest Sign That Something Bad Went Down Between Disney and Chapek
The “Battle of the Bobs” culminated last week with one of the biggest shocks in Disney history. Bob Iger is returning to once again head the Disney empire after The Walt Disney Company released an official notice on Sunday, November 20, 2022, revealing that Bob Chapek would be stepping down immediately as CEO. Chapek has been replaced by Bob Iger, who ...
Read More »PHOTOS: 1st Birthday Celebration for Nutmeg, the Babirusa Piglet, in Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park just hosted an adorable birthday celebration for one of its youngest residents, and you have to see the photos! Nutmeg, the second babirusa piglet ever to be born at Animal Kingdom, just turned one, and Disney just shared that she celebrated the occasion with family and special treats. RELATED: Try This Different Way To Plan a ...
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