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Walt Disney World Announced Shorts to Be Added at Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival

The Disney World monorail glides by Epcot’s glass pyramids and vibrant walls, framed by trees—a classic park highlight.

Disney has finally announced the two new shorts that will be added to the Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival at the Imagination! pavilion in Epcot’s Future World located within Walt Disney World.  The attraction closed for refurbishment and replacing two of the three existing shorts is part of the refurbishment.  We previously reported that “La Luna” and “For the ...

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Walt Disney World Adds FuelRod Locations to Select Resorts

FuelRod portable charger with USB cable and "Power ready to Go" text, ready for Disney World adventures in the parks.

Disney has been adding FuelRod kiosks around Walt Disney World within the parks and Disney Springs.  The FuelRod devices are portable batteries that can charge mobile and other electronic devices.  The portable batteries can be swapped out as needed at the locations so that guest always have fresh power.  This is such a huge help to guests all over the ...

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Walt Disney World Scraps Mobile Stage for Star Wars Galaxy Far Far Away Show

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We recently reported that the Star Wars Galaxy Far Far Way show at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World was temporarily closing and stage removed from the area.  Disney planned to create a mobile stage that would allow them to remove the stage in the evenings to make more room for guests to view the evening fireworks show with ...

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Flame Tree Barbecue to Offer Mobile Ordering at Walt Disney World

The vibrant Flame Tree Barbecue sign with playful animals welcomes guests among lush trees at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

We have learned that Flame Tree Barbecue will be the next restaurant to be added to the recently released Mobile Ordering service at Walt Disney World.  This makes Flame Tree Barbecue as the third restaurant to be fully onboarded into the system.  Mobile Ordering begins on June 20th at the location.  This will allow guests to pre-order and pay for ...

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Walt Disney World Evacuates Monorail Blue After Large Piece Falls Off

The Disney World Monorail glides above shimmering water under sunny skies, kicking off a legendary Monorail Bar Crawl.

This is an important alert for all guests that are currently staying at Walt Disney World.  The monorail system is currently completely shut down with no service on any of the monorail lines.  Monorail Blue was running as normal and then had to be evacuated after pieces started to fall from the monorail.  The pieces fell as the monorail was ...

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Intelligent Robots May Be in the Future for Walt Disney World

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Disney has been partnering with Hanson Robotics to collaborate on artificial intelligence for Disney character robots.  Dr. David Hanson, CEO of Hanson Robotics gave an update on the the partnership when speaking at a tech conference in London, TechXLR8.  The work has been to create robots that can mimic human expressions and interactions in a manner in which they can ...

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Free Cars 3 Button at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios on June 16th

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If you will be visiting Disney’s Hollywood Studios on June 16th, you will be in for a real treat.  Guests that are at the park on Friday, June 16th will receive a a free Cars 3 button to commemorate the official opening of the movie.  The movie is officially opening in theaters on the same day and everyone at Disney’s ...

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Ride Photos Will be Added to Pirates of the Caribbean at Walt Disney World

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We absolutely love ride photos, and we are so excited to announce that another attraction at Walt Disney World will add a ride photo during the attraction.  Disney Parks Blog announced today that Pirates of the Caribbean will be the next attraction to join the ride photo family.  This new ride photo opportunity will begin on June 19th.  It will ...

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Walt Disney World’s Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival to Add New Short Films

Water flows down a striking brown fountain at Epcot, one of Disney World's eye-catching attractions and hidden favorites.

We recently reported that the Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival is closed for a refurbishment. It looks like we may have an idea as to why this refurbishment was scheduled.  It looks like there will be 2 new shorts added to the show.  It looks like “La Luna” and “For the Birds” will be replaced with two new shorts. ...

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Lighthouse Statue to Honor Child Killed by Alligator Planned for Walt Disney World

The Lane Thomas Foundation lighthouse statue, with two blue stars, celebrates Disney magic and hope for families.

Disney announced that a memorial will be added to Walt Disney World to remember the toddler who was taken underwater by an alligator in June of 2016.  The one year anniversary of 2 year old Lane Graves’ passing is today, June 14th.  This was nothing short of a tragedy, but the Graves family has tried to bring hope to other ...

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