It’s hard to understate the importance of the Walt Disney World Resort to the Orlando area. Walt Disney turned a patch of orange groves into one of the world’s top tourist destinations, bringing millions of annual visitors to Central Florida. Until recent spats with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, it has been a win/win for Disney World and Florida. The state ...

The following Disney World attractions will close their doors in 2024 for various amounts of time: here’s what you need to know. Closures are part and parcel of the Disney experience. All Disney guests are used to the rides closing down temporarily for refurbishments and occasionally—unfortunately—even permanently, as with Splash Mountain or The Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Fantasyland, Magic ...

UPDATE: An earlier version of this erroneously listed CS/SB 76: State Park Campsite Reservations as a law that would affect the Disney Campgrounds as well; however, since these are private campgrounds, the law will not affect them.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed some new laws into existence beginning January 1, 2024, that will affect Disney World guests. While going ...

A veteran and former Disney World cast member who went missing five years ago is yet to be found, seemingly vanishing without a trace. Often, we at Disney Fanatic share wonderful and magical happenings from the Disney Parks or about the Walt Disney Company. However, today, we have news of a more serious nature on which to report. In the ...

A Disney lifeguard lost her job because of a viral video of her in a hot tub circulated by a Disney fan hoping to gain some traction on TikTok. Cast members and Disney employees truly make the Disney experience. Many times, guests have called out cast members for going that extra mile to bring the Disney magic. Of course, the ...

Richard Foglesong, a renowned Disney World scholar, recently shared further insight into the current happenings in the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (formerly known as the Reedy Creek Improvement District). While the more dramatic aspects of the Disney-DeSantis battle have certainly calmed down, the question still remains about how the issue will be resolved and, more importantly, what the future ...

The idea of the Illuminati is a conspiracy theory that goes back almost 250 years to the creation of America as a country and has become a moniker for an elite class of citizens. The elite class is seen as much richer, more exclusive, and more secretive than the general public. Conspiracy theorists believe the secret society made up of ...

Cinderella Castle is an iconic that, for many, symbolizes magic, joy, and happiness. This iconic will now be visible at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and as it heads to Roku City. Roku City Roku is a streaming system that allows viewers to stream their favorite shows easily via their televisions. Roku City is Roku’s dark cityscape landscape used as the ...

Recently, a fan jumped in to ask whether the rumor that Disney increases posted wait times to encourage Genie+ purchases was true. Naturally, we jumped in to investigate. Both the Walt Disney World Resort (with its amazing theme parks like Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park) and the Disneyland Resort (with Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park) ...

Visiting any Disney park seems to become more and more costly as new additions continue to be added, and now, Tokyo Disney Resort is offering an upcharge that will cost guests nearly $200.00 extra per person, if they want to enjoy the new addition of Fantasy Springs without multi-hour waits. Disney has been altering a lot of their theme parks ...