Disney Reveals New Images For Star Wars Galaxy's Edge
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Star Wars fans gathered at Disney's Hollywood Studios on Saturday and were rewarded with a few new images of the upcoming Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge land coming in 2019. Disney creative executive Scott Trowbridge shared the images on the Disney Parks Blog, and detailed the event he attended alongside Imagineers Robin Reardon and Chris Beatty as well as Lucasfilm designer Doug Chiang. "We talked a ...
Disney Reveals New Star Tours Destinations
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Disney unveiled some of the new destinations featured in the revamped Star Tours ride that is set to open this summer at Disneyland. Crews are now transforming the 1987 ride into a 3D journey through space based on the "Star Wars" movies the original trilogy and the three prequels. The ride is scheduled to debut June 3. The new sites, announced on the Disney Parks blog, are: The planet ...
Disney Reveals New Star Wars Characters Coming To Galaxys Edge
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Bounty hunter Boba Fett and the mercenary Fennec Shand will join the cast of characters walking around Star Wars: Galaxy 's Edge at Disneyland on Saturday, May 28, Disney officials announced at Star Wars Celebration 2022 in Anaheim on Friday. And that 's not all: Later this year, Din Djarin, also known as the Mandalorian, and Grogu, also known as “the child” - or, let 's be real, Baby Yoda - ...
Disney Reveals Planet Name In Star Wars Galaxy Edge
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While Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge won't arrive to Disney's Hollywood Studios or Disneyland until 2019, but the creative team behind the new panet they're building now has a name. Be prepared to visit Batuu, a planet on the edge of the Star Wars galaxy. The detail was revealed to visitors to Star Tours - The Adventures Continue at both the Orlando and California parks on Friday morning, according to ...
Disney Reveals Rides That Never Happened
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A moon-walking, animatronic Michael Jackson. A uranium exhibit. A crocodile aquarium inside the mouth of a big crocodile model. All were attractions that Disney creators dreamed up. But they never made it into Disneyland. Disney presented rare pictures and concepts of Disneyland rides that never came true during a presentation at a Disney fan club event Saturday. D23, the official Disney fan ...
Disney Ride Game, Digital Crew Chiefs, Mobile MMO TV Show
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A new PC mini-game available at the Disneyland website allows those playing from their home computers to team up with parkgoers on the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters ride at Disneyland's Tomorrowland area. The home players can use the online game to light up special targets in the real-world park, which their teammate can shoot for extra points. Team scores are saved and ranked on a leaderboard, which is ...
Disney Ride Reopens After Safety Fix
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The Alice in Wonderland ride at Disneyland reopened Friday after a month-long closure to fix a potential safety hazard, park officials said. The ride, in the Fantasyland area of the park, was shut starting July 15 so that crews could install a barrier along the outside, elevated track where the rides carriages travel. The barrier is intended to help prevent maintenance workers from falling off the ...
Disney Rolls Out Autonomous Robots
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Context-aware, personality-driven robot aliens are Disney's secret weapon at warming your heart Disney is no stranger to innovation and so it should come as no surprise that it's finally rolled out autonomous, personality-driven robots into its resorts. Robots aren't anything particularly new to Disney World or Disneyland - you see them adorning the side of rides and footpaths all over the park. ...
Disney Rolls Out Their Fun And Not So Scary Mickey Halloween Party
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Spooky projections played on Main Street, U.S.A. and Disney's most famous villains came out at Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland. Disneyland kicked off its not-so-scary Halloween celebration on Friday, the first of a 17-night special ticketed affair that runs on select nights through Oct. 31. But instead of gore and bloody decorations or costumed monsters roaming in the shadows looking for a ...
Disney Says Disneyland Facebook Instagram Accounts Hacked
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Disneyland Resort's Facebook and Instagram accounts were hacked earlier on Thursday with a series of inappropriate posts that were subsequently taken down, Walt Disney Co said. "We worked quickly to remove the reprehensible content, secure our accounts, and our security teams are conducting an investigation," the entertainment giant said in a statement. Screenshots of the ...
Disney Says New Showplace Fit For Princess Or 10
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Alessandra Douglas of Las Vegas was getting a princess makeover at Disneyland a yellow Belle dress, glittered hairstyle and pink sash for her third birthday. She was tapped with a surprise invitation: Want to meet a princess? Alessandra lucked out and was among visitors allowed into the new Fantasy Faire, where the public can meet princesses, as the theme park showed off the attraction to ...
Disney Scares Up A Hearty Good Time
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Spooky times -- G rated, of course -- ahead at Disneyland and it all starts this weekend when villains and goblins come out for a special night of fun in celebration of Friday the 13th. I'm so there. In honor of the day, Disneyland is staying open until 1 a.m. and invites all to "Party Like a Villain." Town Square will be transformed for the party where guests should be on the lookout for ...
Disney Scraps New Attraction Citing An Unsolvable Problem With Guests
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In recent months, Guests who frequent their favorite Disney Park-especially the Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort-have been extremely vocal about their frustrations related to massive crowds and “insanely” long lines for attractions, dining venues, rides, and shows. The introduction of Genie+ and Lightning Lane hasn 't really helped to diffuse long lines in the queues, in the opinion of many ...
Disney Secret Could This Haunted Mansion Theory Be True
When guests ride the Haunted Mansion at Walt Disney World or Disneyland for the first time, it can be an overwhelming experience. There is so much to take in from the incredible sights and theming to the delightful musical sensation that will come home with you if you let it. I 've been enjoying this ride for more than 30 years and still seem to find something new that I 've never known before every single ...
Disney Sets Closing Date For The Magic The Memories, And You Show
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On Aug. 22, Disney Parks Blog announced the ending date for "The Magic, The Memories, and You." The nighttime projection show will have its last performances at Walt Disney World and Disneyland on Labor Day, Sept. 3. "The Magic, The Memories, and You" debuted in early 2011. It features music, lights and an innovative display of park images including those of guests enjoying their vacations ...
Disney Sets Opening Date For Guardians Of The Galaxy Attraction At California Adventure
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Are you ready to dance with superheroes? If so, plan on a trip to Anaheim. Disney has set the opening date for the new "Guardians of the Galaxy"-inspired attraction and the company is going all out to commemorate the occasion, with new character interactions and even a dance party. Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: Breakout will open May 27 at Disney California Adventure, but the attraction is just ...
Disney Sets Plans In Motion For The Museum Of The Weird
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Disney's got some more magic a-brewing, and like Jon Favreau is doing for his upcoming Disney project, Magic Kingdom, the people at Disney are looking back in Magic Kingdom history for inspiration. This time, they're looking at a project that lost ground back in the 60s The Museum of the Weird. The project was an attraction for Disneyland designed by original imagineers Rolly Crump and Claude Coats; ...
Disney Shared A Sneak Peek At The New Princess And The Frog Inspired Redo Of Splash Mountain
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Last summer, Disney dropped the big news that a classic attraction was getting a major overhaul. On June, 24, 2020, the company announced that Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World and Disneyland would be re-themed with a story inspired by the 2009 animated film “The Princess and the Frog” and its star, Princess Tiana. Since then, Walt Disney Imagineers have been hard at work developing the attraction and ...
Disney Shares First Look At Tianas Palace Marquee
Disney has shared a first look at the Tiana 's Palace marquee, a preview of what 's to come at the new Disneyland restaurant. We 're almost there! Earlier this year, Disney revealed that Tiana 's Palace would be opening later in 2023 at Disneyland Resort. The restaurant will be a reimagining of the French Market Restaurant in Disneyland 's New Orleans Square, adding more Princess and the Frog ...
Disney Shaves Facial Hair Ban
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Disneyland is anticipating a new look among some male employees since its announcement that mustaches are no longer banished from the Anaheim, California, theme park's male grooming code. Beards, goatees and shaggy sideburns are still not permitted, but the shift is a significant step, especially for a classic rule in place for 45 years running. The ban on facial hair, originally instituted in 1957 by ...
Disney Shelved Disneyland Handcrafted Documentary For Years
A new documentary film about how Disneyland almost never happened sat on the shelf collecting dust for years and nearly never made it off the cutting room floor, according to the filmmaker.
A 70-minute rough cut of “Disneyland Handcrafted” sat on the shelf in 2020 as Disney put the project on hold indefinitely, according to documentary filmmaker Leslie Iwerks.
“I was ...
Disney Shelves Plans For Luxury Hotel
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Walt Disney World, in Orlando, has more than 30 resorts to house guests on or near its property. Disneyland, in Anaheim, Calif., has three - and now plans for a fourth have been put on hold. The company has put plans for a luxury hotel in Disneyland's shopping district on "indefinite hold" amidst a battle with city officials over $267 million in subsidies. Disney originally planned to build the ...
Disney Style Halloween Offers Spook-tacular Entertainment
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Beginning September 26 and continuing through Sunday, November 2, Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure parks become a one-stop destination to experience spook-tacular entertainment, whimsical decor, a lively mix of Disney characters in Halloween costumes and a variety of festive foods. During regular park hours at Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure, Halloween Time at Disneyland ...
Disney Sued For 3 Million Dollars By Space Mountain Rider Who Alleges Malfunction Led To Injury
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An Alaska woman has sued the Walt Disney Co. seeking $3 million in California federal court, alleging she suffered a head injury while exiting the Space Mountain roller coaster at Disneyland. Sarah Andrews alleges in a complaint filed on Friday that she “violently struck” her head against a low concrete ceiling after the coaster malfunctioned and the ride was diverted into a dimly lit ...
Disney Sued For Death On Train Ride
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Disney sued for death on train ride The family of a man who was killed when the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride derailed at Disneyland in September 2003 has sued Walt Disney Co., Reuters reports. Marcelo Torres' family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court Tuesday. It seeks unspecified general and punitive damages, the report states. Marcelo Torres, 22, was killed, and ...
Disney Sued Over Death On Train Ride
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The family of Disney ride-accident victim Marcelo Torres filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday, alleging that poor maintenance by Disneyland mechanics caused the accident that killed their 22-year-old son last year. Torres was killed on Sept. 5, 2003, when the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster derailed and crashed in a tunnel. State safety investigators found that Disney mechanics had ...
Disney Suggests Anaheim Raise $1 Billion For Resort
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In its initial negotiations with the city, the Walt Disney Co, has suggested that Anaheim raise as much as $1 billion toward the entertainment company's financing of the Disneyland expansion, city sources said Thursday. However, city officials have answered with a public financing package totaling slightly more than half that amount that includes a variety of funding options, including possible federal ...
Disney Teams With Dupont For Another Futuristic House
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News item: Disney is teaming with a leading United States company to show people what a house years ahead might look like. That, as many Disney fans remember, was in 1957. Disney's creative team partnered with Monsanto to build what it called a House of the Future, which was on display at Disneyland for about a decade. It featured many new and exciting concept for better living in the home, ...
Disney Temporarily Closes 8 Attractions
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Disney parks are renovating eight attractions and other venues that are shut down for at least part of March. Many of the areas are already closed and some are slated to reopen later this month in the two parks, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. The closures include eight attractions, four restaurants and one shop. Crews are finishing up a paving project in Tomorrowland in Disneyland ...
Disney Temporarily Closes 8 Attractions, 1 Show
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Eight Disney parks attractions, one show and some hotel pools will be temporarily closed for at least part of February mostly because of maintenance projects. Disney traditionally conducts most of their big renovation projects in the winter months following the busy holidays when tourism slows down. On Friday (today), Disney is reopening two of those attractions -- Redwood Creek Challenge Trail ...
Disney Theme Park Has Bad News About A New Attraction
Fans of Walt Disney Co. theme parks are in constant anticipation of the opening of new rides and attractions and spend a lot of time planning their trips to parks, buying admission tickets and getting their reservations lined up. Both Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif., have big development projects underway, including new rides and attractions ...
