12+ hour, 38+ min ago   (807+ words) Both halves of the Scat Cat’s Club will shut for refurbishment, with the café returning in December and the lounge in January. The beignets will relocate to the Sassagoula Floatworks & Food Factory, and a temporary bar will open in the…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (804+ words) Disney was in late-stage talks with two autonomous shuttle makers in 2018. One of them went out of business. Nothing has been announced since, and Minnie Vans still have drivers. Disney was close to putting self-driving shuttles on Walt Disney World…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (888+ words) Balloon tests over the Villains Land construction site suggest the fortress will be visible from Fantasyland and Tomorrowland. An Imagineer says they already lowered the designs once. Disney sent balloons up over the Magic Kingdom dirt pit, and the results…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (581+ words) Construction walls came down at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and cast members walked through the finished space Friday morning. The name returns 11 years after the original closed. Cast members walked through The Magic of Disney Animation on Friday morning, and the…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (736+ words) Jennifer Creegan spent two decades at Microsoft and led Xbox strategy before Disney created a role for her. Disney filled a job that did not exist a year ago. Jennifer Creegan becomes the company’s first head of marketing technology and…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (715+ words) Disney showed first-look footage at D23 with Teagan Croft as Rapunzel and Kathryn Hahn as Mother Gothel. The cast list includes someone who was not in the 2010 film. Disney has dated its live-action “Tangled” for March 31, 2028, and the cast includes a…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (687+ words) The company posted a notice on its own careers site about people falsely claiming to recruit for Disney and asking for money or personal information. Here are the only email domains its recruiters use. Disney has put a scam warning…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (635+ words) The Imagineer who modeled Abraham Lincoln’s hands in 1964 died in July at 96. Disney is now building its first Walt Disney animatronic using technology he helped invent. The hands on Abraham Lincoln at Disneyland are not a sculptor’s invention. They were…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (720+ words) A limited-edition Cinderella doll marking 55 years goes on sale Sept. 7. Walt Disney World opened Oct. 1, 1971. It turns 55 in 27 days, and so far the celebration consists of a doll. A Cinderella Limited Edition Doll, designed specifically to honor 55 years of the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (753+ words) Disney is retiring the app after eight years without announcing a reason or a replacement. Batuu Bounty Hunters survives through MagicBand+. Your saved achievements do not. The Play Disney Parks app disappears in 12 days. Disney is retiring it on Sept....