Disney+, The Walt Disney Company’s new streaming service, doesn’t even have an official launch date yet, but it’s already locked down another new series. A docu-series based on Disney’s Imagineers is coming to the streaming service, joining a previously-announced show about the women of Disney animation and several high-profile narrative shows set in the worlds […]
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16 Reasons to Stay at a Walt Disney World Resort Property
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A priest accused of sexually abusing 3 boys in the 1970s worked at Walt Disney World for 15 years with a reference from the church
REUTERS/Jim Young The Reverend Edward Ganster is among hundreds of priests named in the Pennsylvania grand jury investigation that revealed a mass child abuse scandal across six Catholic Church dioceses. Ganster was first accused of abusing a teenage boy in 1977 when he was a priest at St. Joseph’s Church in Easton. He left the […]
Theme Park Bits: Walt Disney World Brings Minnie Vans to the People, Exclusive ‘Toy Story’ Land Annual Pass Dates
In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Prepare to puzzle further over continuity issues between Epcot and Avengers: Infinity War. Now’s a good time for a children’s book narrated by John Lasseter to be store-bound, right? Disney World Annual Passholders will have exclusive access to Toy Story Land on some dates. Are you ready to […]
Is Black Panther’s Wakanda Being Planned for Walt Disney World?
Black Panther is an enormous hit at the box office, earning a whopping $ 1.18 billion in just five weeks of release. This week, the film should surpass The Avengers to become not only the largest grossing film from Disney’s Marvel Studios, but the highest grossing superhero film of all time. One of the things […]
Video: See our full interview with Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham
Video shot by Joshua Ballinger, edited and produced by Jing Niu and David Minick. Transcript will be available shortly. (video link) Around NASA and its contractors, the phrase “Return to Flight” carries special meaning. It’s used very seriously in very specific circumstances: a “Return to Flight” mission is a resumption of normal scheduled missions after […]
20 things you never knew about Walt Disney
Hulton Archive/Getty Images December 5th would have been Walt Disney’s 116th birthday. We found some little-known and surprising facts about the iconic animator, theme park designer, and businessman. Walt Disney holds the record for the most Academy Awards wins by a single person ever. He also created propaganda for the United States government during World […]
Marty Sklar, Legendary Imagineer and Walt Disney’s Right-Hand Man, Dies at 83
Marty Sklar, the legendary Imagineer who learned his craft by working directly under Walt Disney, has passed away at the age of 83. If you’ve ever enjoyed a Disney theme park, you’ve enjoyed the work of this bonafide Disney Legend, who worked on many iconic attractions and oversaw the design and development of numerous theme parks all over […]
First Mickey Mouse Theme Park Ride to Premiere at Walt Disney World [D23 Expo 2017]
After 89 years as Walt Disney World’s iconic mascot, Mickey Mouse will finally get a solo theme park attraction built entirely around him. Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway will be Mickey’s Mouse’s first theme park attraction ever, despite the thousands of Hidden Mickey’s scattered across Walt Disney World and Disneyland rides throughout the country. But […]
A ‘Tron’ Ride is Coming to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World [D23 Expo 2017]
Tron is coming to the Magic Kingdom. Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek announced at D23 that the popular Tron Lightcycle Power Run attraction that debuted at Shanghai Disneyland last year will be making its way to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. It won’t be replacing an old ride, but will sit in a new […]