Disney Tips Your Guide To A Great Disney Vacation

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 ...

Disney World has been moving fast lately. Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring the Muppets opened. Cool Kids’ Summer kicked off. Bluey’s Wild World arrived at Animal Kingdom with its own food and beverage offerings, and a Muppets-themed snack stand materialized alongside the new attraction. It has been a genuinely big stretch for the parks, and the energy that comes with ...

Disney World fans have spent months watching Cinderella Castle slowly transform behind construction equipment, cranes, drained water, and repainting crews. While the castle itself has remained open throughout most of the work, the project noticeably changed the entire look of the Magic Kingdom hub area for guests walking into the park every day. Credit: Disney Now, though, one of the ...

Some music is so deeply tied to a specific place and moment that hearing it anywhere else stops you cold. For a generation of EPCOT guests, Gavin Greenaway’s score for IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth is exactly that kind of music. It played over the World Showcase Lagoon for 20 years. It soundtracked thousands of final nights at the park, thousands ...

For millions of fans around the world, Mark Hamill will always be Luke Skywalker. Ever since George Lucas’ original Star Wars film (later given the subtitle A New Hope) arrived in theaters in 1977, Hamill has remained synonymous with the Jedi hero and, over the past decade, has reprised the role across movie sequels and two television appearances. Credit: Lucasfilm ...

The Deadpool film series is one of the most successful superhero franchises of the past decade, largely thanks to Ryan Reynolds‘ unforgettable performance as the Marvel antihero. Credit: Marvel Studios Related: Deadpool and Wolverine Have Already Been Recast, as Ryan Reynolds Casts Doubt Over MCU Return The Success of Deadpool & Wolverine The series, which mixes R-rated humor with comic-book action, launched ...

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 ...

Disney’s Animal Kingdom may already be preparing for the next phase of Bluey’s Wild World, and if longtime Disney fans know anything about how the parks operate today, it is that popular experiences rarely stay completely free from the Lightning Lane system for very long. The brand-new Bluey experience just debuted at Conservation Station on May 26 and initially launched ...

Although it wasn’t scheduled to open until May 26, the new Walt Disney Studios Lot courtyard at Disney’s Hollywood Studios soft-opened to guests on May 20. Now that the area is officially open, the reception from Walt Disney World Resort guests has been overwhelmingly positive, with families enjoying the random character encounters and the new “Disney Jr. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse ...

Disney Springs has changed a lot over the years. What used to feel mostly like a place to grab dinner after a park day has slowly turned into a full-day destination on its own. Between the restaurants, entertainment, shopping, and seasonal events, plenty of guests now carve out entire afternoons or evenings just to explore the massive district. That’s especially ...