The classic Disney “kiss good night” doesn’t come in any more classic a version than an epic fireworks show to cap off a fun (and probably exhausting) day spent with your family and friends in the Parks. What really separates the pyrotechnics of a Disney fireworks spectacular, though, especially from consumer fireworks, is the ability of those high-in-the-sky explosives to ...

According to the lyrics of Frank Loesser’s classic song “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”, the “jackpot question” we’re all asking ourselves this season is just what we’re planning to do on New Year’s Eve. Some of us will be snuggled at home waiting for the world-famous ball to drop in New York City’s Times Square, while others might ...

What does it mean when something becomes public domain? Simply put, for something to be in the public domain basically means that it belongs to the public as a whole and is no longer subject to copyright. It applies to creative work after the intellectual property rights have expired or have been waived, giving the public the right to use ...

If you love Disney’s Tangled (2010), you’ve likely seen incorporations of characters like Princess Rapunzel, Pascal, Maximus, and Flynn Rider across Disney Parks worldwide. In November, the film celebrated over a decade of success, and in that time, all the ways they’ve come to call Disney Parks their home away from the kingdom of Corona! In anticipation of the new ...

In honor of the themed entertainment creative division’s 70 years in operation, current employees at Walt Disney Imagineering received exclusive new nametags. RELATED: PHOTOS: Check Out These Behind the Scenes Photos Commemorating Walt Disney Imagineering’s 70th Anniversary First started as Walt Elias Disney (or W.E.D.) Enterprises in 1953, Walt Disney created a collective of animators, set designers, and engineering to help ...

With the first US version of Disney Parks’ highly anticipated TRON Lightcycle / Run coaster opening at Walt Disney World Resort this spring, will its success prompt additional expansion at Disneyland on the West Coast? In 2016, Disney’s first version of a semi-exposed steel rollercoaster inspired by its films, TRON (1982) and TRON: Legacy (2010), opened at the Shanghai Disney ...

Disney theme parks pride themselves on immersing Guests in detailed and often accurate storylines, especially when an area or attraction’s source material comes from an established film franchise. With so many intricacies in place to make themed areas and attractions totally immersive, Disney fans can be left confused when it seems that some glaring inconsistencies are allowed in. As such, ...

Like the past several years before it, for many of us 2022 was a bit of a bummer. The realities of a world still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic mean that many of our favorite things – like the Disney Parks – are struggling to return to normalcy. Certain rides and attractions remain closed, new ones are delayed, and the ...

You may not know who John Henry Pepper or Giambattista della Porta are, but if you’re a fan of the Disney Parks (and especially of the Haunted Mansion) then you certainly know their work – Pepper’s ghost. No, we’re not talking about an animatronic that can be found amongst the 999 happy haunts at the Disney Parks’ ghoulish mystery manors, ...

With many questioning the resurgence of Y2K fashion styles, such as the controversial “dresses with jeans” trend, the costume designer who defined the look for the Disney Channel in the early 2000s finally addresses where it came from. Recently, early 2000s era, or Y2K, clothing styles have become all the rage with teens and young adults alike on platforms such ...