Staying at Walt Disney World comes with a few advantages that can make the higher price of an on-property hotel easier to justify. For many vacationers, those benefits become part of the strategy. Guests plan around them, hoping to save time and make an already expensive trip run a little more smoothly. But one of Disney’s most appealing hotel perks ...

There is a specific sequence Disney follows before an attraction opens, and people who follow the parks closely know it by heart. Construction walls come down. Signage goes up. Landscaping appears seemingly overnight. Then, at some point in the final stretch, cast members start walking inside. That last step is the one that matters, because cast member previews are not ...

We may finally have an update on the status of Rey’s long-awaited return to the Star Wars franchise. Announced at Star Wars Celebration in 2023, the film – often described as Star Wars: New Jedi Order – is set roughly 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker. Daisy Ridley will reprise Rey, now a Jedi Master attempting to rebuild the Jedi Order ...

Gina Carano’s future in Star Wars has been the subject of speculation for years, but Lucasfilm appears to have finally delivered its clearest answer yet. Gina Carano’s Firing Carano, who played the ex-Rebel shock trooper Cara Dune, a close ally of Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and a fan-favorite character in The Mandalorian (2019), was fired by Lucasfilm in February 2021 ...

Walt Disney World is executing a property-wide crackdown on unauthorized resort hopping, and hotel swimming pools are the latest target. Cast Members at Disney’s BoardWalk Resort have confirmed a renewed, aggressive push to enforce the resort’s long-standing “no pool hopping” policy, turning away unregistered guests at pool entrances across the property. Credit: Michael, Flickr Stopped at the Gate at Luna ...

The best theming at Walt Disney World is the kind you find rather than the kind you are shown. That is what makes the Walt Disney Studios Lot at Disney’s Hollywood Studios work as well as it does. Since the courtyard opened in May, Imagineering has been quietly filling it with character statues tucked into places most guests would walk ...

Superhero fans were blindsided this week with the confirmation that Sony’s latest addition to the Spider-Man franchise will end. Sony has controlled Spider-Man’s film rights for decades, but since 2015 has shared Tom Holland’s Peter Parker with Marvel Studios. That agreement brought Spider-Man into the MCU, while Sony continued financing and distributing Holland’s solo movies, including Homecoming (2017), Far From Home ...

Labor Day weekend is officially your last chance to experience Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon before it closes its gates indefinitely. Starting Wednesday, September 9, 2026, the popular tropical water park will shut down for an extended seasonal refurbishment. With Disney’s Blizzard Beach remaining open as the sole water park at the resort, Typhoon Lagoon’s future is temporarily going dark—with no 2027 ...

Walt Disney World has spent the past few years proving that even longtime attractions aren’t guaranteed to survive forever. Disney is replacing and modernizing experiences across its four theme parks. Some classics have disappeared, while others are getting major updates. Disney hasn’t announced closures for the five attractions below, so their futures remain speculative. However, their age, location, or nearby ...

For years, buying paid line-skipping passes like Lightning Lane Multi Pass felt like a non-negotiable expense for a Walt Disney World vacation. But this September, buying those passes is officially a money-wasting trap. Theme park attendance across all four parks has plummeted, bringing standby wait times down to historic multi-year lows. If you are visiting Disney World this month, keeping ...