Try to think of one place at Disney Springs where you can sit for an hour without buying something. Go ahead and count. There are benches along the water, and they are usually full. There is the occasional low wall. If you want to actually sit down in air conditioning for any meaningful stretch of time, you are buying a ...
Read More »Disney World Confirms Complete Park Shutdown Through October as Mass Ride Closures Impact Guests
An entire Disney World park will be closed throughout October, including a slew of rides and locations. Here’s what’s closed through the spookiest month of the year so you can plan ahead. Credit: Disney A Noticeable List of Closures Through October at Disney World Walt Disney World Resort guests arriving in October 2026 will find a notable list of closures, ...
Read More »Official ‘Star Wars’ “What If…?” Series Confirmed for January 2027
For years, fans have wondered what Star Wars might look like if Lucasfilm embraced the kind of alternate-universe storytelling that has become a major part of Marvel. While the franchise has explored plenty of unusual possibilities, it has never quite received a What If…? series of its own. Credit: Lucasfilm The closest examples have arguably been projects such as Star ...
Read More »Official ‘James Bond’ Series Arrives in October, 16 Episodes Confirmed
The world’s most famous secret agent is in the midst of one of the biggest periods of change in the franchise’s history, with Amazon MGM preparing to introduce a new actor as 007 and several other projects expanding the character’s world across different forms of entertainment. Credit: MGM/EON Productions Daniel Craig’s final Bond movie, No Time to Die (2021), brought ...
Read More »Record Ridership, $2.26 Billion Owed: What Brightline’s Bankruptcy Means for Disney Trips
Three days ago, this was a report regarding Brightline. Bloomberg said Brightline was preparing a Chapter 11 filing, possibly within the week. Brightline had not confirmed anything. The reporting relied on unnamed sources, and the honest advice at the time was that travelers with tickets had no reason to panic because the filing was structured to keep trains moving. That ...
Read More »Disney World Confirms Changes for Iconic Pirates of the Caribbean Attraction at Magic Kingdom
Pirates of the Caribbean remains one of the most enduring attractions at Walt Disney World, and new paperwork suggests the Magic Kingdom classic could soon see some behind-the-scenes attention. Credit: nick99nack, Flickr Tucked into the Caribbean Plaza corner of Adventureland, the boat ride has anchored the land since it opened in December 1973, arriving just over two years after the ...
Read More »‘James Bond’ Reboot Officially Casts ‘Harry Potter’ Actor, Six Cast Members Confirmed
Amazon MGM’s 007 film reboot, commonly referred to as James Bond 26, is in early development. But while the project has assembled its creative team, we still have yet to learn who will inherit the role of James Bond following Daniel Craig’s five-film run in Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and No Time to ...
Read More »System-Wide Meltdown: Over 30 Disney World Attractions Closed Yesterday
A trip to Walt Disney World is supposed to be filled with seamless magic, but thousands of parkgoers faced an operational nightmare yesterday when over 30 rides across all four theme parks unexpectedly closed. Credit: Disney A compounding mix of severe afternoon weather holds, computer sensor resets, and mechanical breakdowns created massive bottlenecks across the resort. With major thrill rides ...
Read More »Disney World Sponsorship Forces Major College Football Team to Alter Gameday Gear
College football fans have grown used to seeing corporate names around stadiums. They appear on scoreboards, fields, video boards, broadcasts, and nearly everywhere else advertisers can find space. Now, one of the biggest names in the theme park industry is getting much closer to the action. Walt Disney World is expanding its presence into a place that college football fans ...
Read More »“Greed Has No Limits”: Disney Fans Are Done With Disney’s Streaming Service
Disney+ launched in November 2019 at $6.99 a month. That number is worth sitting with for a second, because it was the entire pitch. Disney did not have to convince anyone that Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars, and the animated library were worth watching. People already knew. The only question was whether adding one more subscription was painless enough to say ...
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