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Featured
Your Blood Will Get You Into Dolly Parton’s Dollywood for Free
We are going to lead with the good news because it is genuinely good news. If you donate blood through MEDIC between July 20 and July 24 and the donation is successful, you will receive a free Dollywood ticket. That…
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Disney World Makes Biggest EPCOT Concert Change in Years, Effective August 27
Every year, Disney fans look forward to the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival for one obvious reason: the food. From returning favorites to brand-new dishes, the event has become one of the biggest draws on the Walt Disney World…
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EPCOT
Industrial Accident Reported at EPCOT as Thousands of Guests Remain in Park
A Sunday morning emergency call brought law enforcement to EPCOT while the park was actively hosting guests. Fortunately, the incident appears to have resolved without disrupting anyone’s visit. The Dispatch at 10:51 a.m. At 10:51 a.m. on July 19, the…
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Final Countdown: American Theme Park Nears Permanent Closure
There are theme park closure announcements and then there are theme park closure announcements where one specific attraction makes the whole story bigger than it would otherwise be. This is the second kind. Fun Spot America announced this week that…
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Magic Kingdom
After 54 Years, Disney Removes Original Gravestone From the Haunted Mansion
A piece of the Haunted Mansion queue that has been part of the Magic Kingdom experience since the park opened in 1971 has gone missing. It’s unclear whether it’s been relocated or removed for good. A Familiar Gravestone Is Gone…
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Disney World Area Fire Grows After Lightning Strike, Thousands Affected
Most people who visit Magic Kingdom have no idea what sits directly across the road from the cast parking lot. There is an apartment complex called Buena Vista Place on Reams Road in Windermere, right on the northern edge of…
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Outside the Disney Bubble
Hersheypark Suddenly Halts Operations, Cites Dangerous Conditions
A severe thunderstorm watch over South-Central Pennsylvania forced Hersheypark Stadium to make a last-minute call on Saturday evening, meaning that thousands of vacationers found out their plans had changed just hours in advance. The Concert That Couldn’t Happen Saturday Hersheypark…
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Universal Ride Breakdown Forces Harness Rescue of 70 Guests
This is not a drill. This is what actually happened at Universal Studios Florida on Saturday. Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon lost power mid-operation on July 18. Seventy guests were on board. The Orlando Fire Department responded with…
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News
Frontierland Extinction: New Aerial Photos Reveal How Massive Magic Kingdom Construction is Overtaking the Land and Creeping on the Haunted Mansion
The classic landscape of Magic Kingdom’s west side is disappearing at a breathtaking pace. If you have stepped into Walt Disney World this summer, you have likely noticed that the serene, historic atmosphere of Frontierland has been completely replaced by…
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Unauthorized Businesses Are Operating at Disney Parks, Guests Say
Before you even get through the turnstiles at Disneyland Paris, someone may try to sell you something that has nothing to do with Disney. @dlrpfans posted video to X this week showing what is happening in the walkway between the…
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Spaceship Earth or Figment? Why Disney’s New D23 Host Might Have Just Leaked the Answer
The road to the 2026 D23 Expo has officially reached a fever pitch. With Walt Disney World already in the midst of massive construction projects across Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, all eyes are currently shifting toward…
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Disney Resort Hotels
Disney Makes New Rules About Walking Through the Magic Kingdom Resort Area
Getting from point A to point B at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa got a little more complicated this week. The rerouted pool walkway is just the latest in a series of access changes reshaping the Magic Kingdom Resort…
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Disney Around the Globe
Woody Is Out as Disney Gives Jessie His Theme Park Spot
Woody is no longer the only sheriff in town. Disney has spent decades positioning Woody (Tom Hanks) as the emotional center of the Toy Story franchise. From his rivalry with Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) to his final decision in Toy…
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Disney Resort Hotels
Walt Disney World Resort Closes Major Area, Guests Affected
Most Disney resort news falls into a predictable pattern: a new restaurant, a refurbished pool bar, a room category update. This one is different. The Convention Center at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort is heading into a yearlong refurbishment starting August…
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Film & TV Entertainment
Disney Isn’t Giving Up: Live-Action ‘Princess and the Frog’ Is Official
Disney is taking another swing at live-action – this time, with Princess and the Frog. After years of remaking its animated classics, the studio has reached an awkward point. Some projects have earned more than $1 billion, while others have struggled…
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A Major Airline Just Made Flying More Comfortable, but Only a Few Passengers Will Get It
The journey to Walt Disney World rarely begins beneath Cinderella Castle. It starts hours—or sometimes months—earlier, when a family compares airfare, chooses seats and wonders how much discomfort they can tolerate before the vacation has even begun. For travelers flying…
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Parks
Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s Biggest Project Is Taking Shape Behind Walls
Disney’s Animal Kingdom is in that in-between phase right now, where a big chunk of the park is still a construction zone, but the shape of what’s coming is finally visible enough to get genuinely excited about. The former DinoLand…
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New ‘Jurassic Park’ Sequel Finally Brings Back an Original Character After 33 Years
The upcoming game Jurassic Park: Survival promises players a “fully realized Isla Nublar” featuring iconic locations from the 1993 film alongside areas that audiences have never seen before. But one of the game’s biggest surprises may have nothing to do…
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Film & TV Entertainment
Paramount’s Huge TMNT Expansion Could Lead to Universal Studios Attraction
Universal Studios has already proven that some of the biggest entertainment franchises in the world can become even bigger when they jump from screens into immersive theme park experiences. Now, as the company prepares its upcoming Universal United Kingdom Resort,…
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Film & TV Entertainment
Why Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ Sequels Might Actually Be Better Than the Originals
When Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 and announced a brand-new Star Wars trilogy, expectations were impossibly high. For many fans, the sequel trilogy represented the chance to finally return to the galaxy far, far away and continue the story of…
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