4+ 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…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (635+ words) The phased project starts in mid-June 2027 and covers both standard rooms and family suites. It joins a resort-wide construction list that now touches nearly every hotel at Walt Disney World. Disney’s Art of Animation Resort is getting its largest room…...

1+ week, 1+ 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, 1+ 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, 1+ 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....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (290+ words) Loungefly has released new pieces inspired by Monster High with designs inspired by Frankie Stein, Clawdeen Wolf, Lagoona Blue’s pet piranha Neptuna, and Draculaura’s pet bat Count Fabulous. Loungefly has teamed up with Mattel to create four new Monster High-inspired…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (734+ words) A Rainforest Cafe is closing at a Disney resort, and the closure date just moved. It is the one at Disneyland Paris, not either of the two in Florida. Search traffic for Rainforest Cafe spiked this week, and a lot…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (297+ words) An animatronic in the early caveman scene of Spaceship Earth in Walt Disney World’s EPCOT park had its head slide off. The attraction continued to run yesterday, August 25, with the animatronic’s head lying on its shoulders. Guests riding Spaceship Earth…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago   (821+ words) Disney announced at D23 that the Yeti animatronic inside Expedition Everest is coming back to life, ending a two-decade run in “B-mode” as the strobe-lit “Disco Yeti.” Gloria Gaynor sang “I Will Survive” to mark the occasion. No timeline was announced....

4+ week, 4+ hour ago   (854+ words) Disney announced at D23 that three fan-favorite Disneyland Resort shows are returning in 2027. “Remember… Dreams Come True” and the original “World of Color” both come back in February, with the “Magic Happens” parade returning by summer. Disneyland’s 2027 entertainment lineup is a…...