Disney is not perfect, and fans are extremely good at proving it. That is not a criticism so much as an observation about how this fandom operates. Disney fans notice things. They notice when a paint color changes on Main Street, U.S.A. They notice when an audio track gets remixed. They notice when a font on a sign is not ...

The D23 Expo in Anaheim felt like a massive victory lap for theme park purists. During the “Horizons” showcase, Disney Experience leadership officially confirmed four dream projects fans have been demanding for decades: overhauling Disneyland’s Tomorrowland, bringing back EPCOT’s Dreamfinder, repairing Expedition Everest’s broken Yeti, and updating Spaceship Earth. Credit: Steven Miller, Flickr However, once the initial cheers faded, parkgoers ...

Disney just admitted it will be tracking your every move as it combines the Disney+ experience with the Disney parks experience. Here’s what you need to be made aware of. Credit: Disney Disney+ and Disney Parks Will Soon Combine Into One Mega-Source to Track Your Every Move Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro is making the company’s “one Disney” strategy much more ...

Every now and then, social media captures thrilling moments that grab the attention of anyone, including Disney World Magic Kingdom guests. A woman was pulled from the water feature within an attraction at Magic Kingdom, prompting a small rescue operation. Credit: Disney Woman Rescued From Magic Kingdom Water Feature on Attraction A video posted to TikTok appears to show an ...

The D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event is finally here, and if you have been in the Disney fan community for any length of time, you know what that means. This is the weekend everything drops. Months of speculation, rumor threads, permit watching, and prediction posts all get resolved in the span of about seventy-two hours. Fans build entire wish ...

Disney is a business, and businesses find revenue. That is not a scandal, it is just how the thing works. Most of the time, that reality sits comfortably in the background. Nobody is shocked that a churro costs what it costs, or that Lightning Lane exists, or that there is a gift shop at the exit of every attraction. Guests ...

Crowds are the number one thing guests worry about before a Walt Disney World trip, and that worry has gotten worse. There used to be a reliable slow season. Late January. Early September. The stretch after Labor Day when the parks felt like they belonged to locals again. Those windows still exist, but they are thinner and less predictable than ...

Walt Disney World’s premium resort guests have long enjoyed some of the best perks on the property. The crown jewel of these benefits is Extended Evening Theme Park Hours, a highly coveted perk that grants guests staying at top-tier hotels up to two extra hours in select theme parks after they close to the general public. Credit: Disney Historically, when ...

When Walt Disney World cracked down on complimentary resort transportation earlier this summer, the goal was simple: stop offsite visitors from using Disney Springs as a free park-and-ride hub. By forcing guests to prove they were staying at a Disney hotel or had a dining reservation, the resort aimed to free up seats for paying customers. Credit: Disney However, recent ...

For most of its history, Magic Kingdom did not serve alcohol at all. That was intentional, and it was Walt’s position. The park opened in 1971 as a place where the rules were different from the rest of the world, and no alcohol was part of that identity. For decades, if you wanted a drink at Walt Disney World, you ...