Disney Springs is constantly changing. New restaurants open, stores move around, seasonal experiences pop up, and longtime locations sometimes disappear altogether. Even guests who visit Walt Disney World every year usually notice something different every time they stop by the shopping and dining district. Now, another major update is officially on the way. A brand-new retail location is preparing to ...

Disney’s Animal Kingdom looked ready for absolute chaos when Bluey’s Wild World officially dropped its virtual queue system this week. For days, many Disney World fans assumed the new Bluey experience would become one of the hardest things to do anywhere on property once standby officially launched. The attraction had already generated massive attention after opening on May 26, especially ...

Liberty Square’s premier spooky landmark is continuing to slip behind construction walls. While Walt Disney World’s Haunted Mansion remains fully operational on the inside, the physical scale of its exterior refurbishment has expanded yet again as the peak summer travel season kicks off. Credit: Disney Guests visiting Magic Kingdom are discovering that even more of the iconic attraction has been ...

The worlds of elite pop music and cinematic animation have officially collided in a massive summer crossover. Following days of cryptic global clues and frantic fan theories, Taylor Swift has officially confirmed her involvement in Disney and Pixar’s highly anticipated upcoming feature, Toy Story 5. Credit: Disney+ The multi-Grammy-winning superstar has written and performed a brand-new original song titled “I ...

The old theme park playbook for driving attendance spikes used to be simple: bring out the wrecking ball. For decades, operators relied on flattening old attractions and spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build shiny new rides from scratch. But in today’s economic climate, building a ground-up mega-attraction is an unsustainable financial gamble. Credit: Disney Instead, The Walt Disney ...

Summer has officially arrived in Southern California, signaling the start of the peak travel season at the Disneyland Resort. As schools empty out and vacationers pack the parks, the resort aims to keep every turnstile spinning and every ride vehicle fully operational to handle the massive crowds. Credit: Justin Ennis, Flickr However, if you have an Anaheim getaway planned for ...

The unthinkable has officially happened to the world’s most powerful cinematic franchise. For decades, the arrival of a new live-action Star Wars movie in theaters was an untouchable pop culture event—an automatic guarantee of packed premium theaters and shattering box office records. Credit: Lucasfilm But the theatrical landscape of 2026 has delivered a brutal reality check to Lucasfilm. Jon Favreau’s ...

For decades, the standard playbook for theme park growth was simple: bring out the wrecking ball. To keep attendance numbers high and convince families to shell out thousands for a vacation, parks relied on building massive attractions from the ground up. Credit: Disney But clearing land and spending half a billion dollars on an E-ticket ride is an expensive, multi-year ...

A United States veteran visiting Walt Disney World had several taser guns pulled on him by police as a situation unfolded inside EPCOT. Disney World Guest Behavior: When Taser Guns Are Pulled For many Disney World fans, summer represents the ultimate vacation season. It’s when families save up all year for a week inside the parks, when kids are finally ...

Insects creating giant welts on guests at Disney World are finally being combated as the summer season arrives. Disney World Gets Serious About Invasion of Pest Causing Welts on Guests For many Walt Disney World guests, summer vacations are filled with familiar sights and sounds. The hum of the Disney Skyliner overhead. The gentle wake of resort boats crossing the ...