Disney Tips Your Guide To A Great Disney Vacation

Luke Skywalker is returning to Disney+ this September, but the legendary Jedi won’t appear the way Star Wars fans remember him. Nearly five decades after Mark Hamill first brought Luke to life in Star Wars (1977), Lucasfilm is revisiting one of the character’s biggest modern moments. This time, however, Hamill isn’t the performer behind Luke. Disney is retelling part of ...

Disney’s Hollywood Studios has always had a certain nostalgic charm around Echo Lake, from the reflective water views to the quirky, boat shaped Dockside Diner floating along its edge. That familiar scene looks noticeably different right now, since the lake itself has been drained for refurbishment work, leaving an empty lake bed and construction scaffolding in place of the usual ...

Getting from Orlando International Airport to Walt Disney World has never been the magical part of a Disney trip. The bags come off the carousel. Someone watches the kids while someone else wrestles suitcases. You sort out the transportation situation, load everything up, and eventually everyone and everything lands at the resort. It works. It is not exactly seamless, and ...

Disney has confirmed that Monstropolis will open its doors to guests at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in 2027, bringing the world of Monsters, Inc. (2001) to Walt Disney World in a much bigger way. Construction still has plenty of ground to cover before guests can explore the finished land. Crews continue working throughout the former Muppets area as Disney transforms the ...

Disney World’s Moderate Resort is getting a facelift, but guest access will be limited for a while. A refurbishment project is underway at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside, with construction currently focused on the wooden walkway surrounding the Riverside Mill Food Court. The boardwalk is a familiar feature of the resort, winding around the exterior of Riverside Mill and ...

A new James Bond has entered MI6. Since Sean Connery first brought Ian Fleming’s iconic, globe-trotting spy to the big screen in 1962’s Dr. No, 007 has been portrayed by seven actors in the official film series, with George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig each putting their own stamp on the character. Craig’s 15-year tenure ...

Lucasfilm is preparing to revisit one of the most important stories in Star Wars history, but this time, things are going to look very different. While fans continue to wait for the next major chapter of the galaxy far, far away on the big screen, set to arrive in May 2027 in the form of Shawn Levy’s Star Wars: Starfighter ...

Amid reports of Disney World’s Space Mountain attraction at Magic Kingdom getting totally overhauled, Disney Experiences has confirmed that a second Space Mountain attraction will be getting the retheme treatment. Credit: daryl_mitchell, Flickr There is something rather fitting about Space Mountain returning to the Moon at Disneyland Paris. After a decade spent blasting guests into a galaxy far, far away ...

Cast members carry more than most guests realize, and the past few weeks have made that unusually visible. The situation involving a Disneyland Peter Pan performer brought to light a conversation that people in theme park entertainment have been having quietly for years. Character performers work in costume and in character, often without the ability to break the illusion when ...

Picking a Walt Disney World hotel can sometimes feel almost as important as choosing which parks to visit. After spending thousands of dollars on a vacation, most guests want somewhere they can come back to after a long park day, relax, grab dinner, and enjoy the atmosphere. Construction walls, unavailable areas, and the possibility of daytime noise probably aren’t part ...