A new feature introduced at Super Nintendo World by Universal Studios allows users to engage in interactive areas and experiences throughout the land in a way extremely similar to Disney’s MagicBand+. During the 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Walt Disney World Resort, Disney introduced MagicBand+, an upgraded version of their wearable Park admission. In addition to entering a theme park, ...

After shutting down nearly every one of its locations worldwide during the height of the pandemic, the Disney Store has finally opened a new standalone location. As Disney fans and bereaved Cast Members will recall, after a consistent run from 1987 up until 2020, the Walt Disney Company made the decision to permanently close almost all of their Disney Store ...

Amidst demands for a living wage, a Cast Member union representing over 40,000 Walt Disney World employees held an unsuccessful protest which did not convince the Company to renegotiate their contracts after four months of work. Since August of 2022, the Service Trade Unions Council (STCU) Collective, including Disney World’s Local 737 union, has made a stand for wage increases ...

The Walt Disney Company now faces a lawsuit from an investor to subpoena documents relating to its “Don’t Say Gay Bill” response. The lawsuit hinges on the subsequent tensions between Disney and DeSantis over Walt Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District. Recently, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the introduction of a bill that would target the rights of LGBTQ+ people ...

A month ago, we reported on price hikes that were coming to Disney’s streaming service. Today, those price hikes have gone into effect with some consequences. RELATED: VIDEO: Watch ‘Oswald the Lucky Rabbit’ in His First Hand-Drawn Short Since 1928 Disney+ contains over 600 titles from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and more. Not only that, but the streaming ...

“Boomerang CEO” Bob Iger has only recently returned to the top position within the Walt Disney Company and he is already working on changes to the company’s leadership structure, meeting with Cast Members and employees, and even speaking out on gun control. Bob Iger attended the Sandy Hook Promise Benefit, an evening of awareness and fundraising by the organization that ...

The Palm Springs Air Museum and Phoenix Air have plans to restore the personal plane of Walt Disney to its original, historic form. As part of the “100 Years of Wonder” event, the Palm Springs Air Museum opened a new exhibit featuring “The Mouse,” Walt’s Grumman Gulfstream I to celebrate Walt Disney’s 121st birthday. Additionally, the Palm Springs Air Museum ...

A new study on “re-aging” technology published by Disney Research Studios proposes an AI program that could render on-screen actors younger or older in a matter of moments. Disney is no stranger to aging their characters either up or down: they utilized a “younger” Samuel L. Jackson in Captain Marvel (2019), set a decade before the first events within the ...

When Bob Iger abruptly returned to replace Bob Chapek as the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, many Disney fans immediately wondered what would happen next. RELATED: Bob Iger Shares Message on Walt Disney’s 121st Birthday As Iger began regaining his bearings and answering the public’s questions, it quickly became public knowledge that Bob Iger would serve as the Walt Disney ...

In 1967, a handful of years before Walt Disney World opened, Disney worked with the local Florida legislature to file the Reedy Creek Improvement Act. This act allows Walt Disney World to self-govern its district, giving the company control over safety procedures, construction guidelines, and taxes. Essentially, thanks to the Reedy Creek Improvement Act, Walt Disney World is a self-governing ...