Walt Disney World is ramping up for its 50th Anniversary by adding a handful of new attractions. One of the most widely anticipated is the TRON style roller-coaster announced for Tomorrowland. Construction is under way outside the berm on an expansion pad located between Storybook Circus and Space Mountain. This…
The 23rd Epcot International Food & Wine Festival is starting earlier than ever. The first tastes are served on August 30, 2018 igniting a symphony of global flavors, demonstrations, special events, and nightly Eat to the Beat concerts. EPCOT’s culinary directory Chef Gregg Hannon gives us an overview of the…
The Disney Blog recently had an opportunity to go backstage and see how Disney’s Youth Programs play an important role in introducing the students of today to the performing arts. If you’ve been to the parks while a high school band marched ahead of the parade or a high school…
A new 60-second sneak peek of “Ralph Breaks the Internet” introduces Gal Gadot (“Justice League,” “Wonder Woman”) as the voice of Shank, the tough and talented driver in an intense online racing game called Slaughter Race, plus new footage of the Disney princesses and more. Ralph and Vanellope encounter Shank…
Walt Disney Studios, in a bit of genius marketing, has a new video featuring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson introducing viewers to the amazing size and scale of the practical set for the upcoming movie “Jungle Cruise.” Using a drone, the video starts focused in on The Rock who introduces the…
Monkey Rock, it’s about mid-point on the Kilimanjaro Safaris attraction and signals the transition from the African Savannah to Elephant Territory. Often times the trucks drive by without a sighting of the Mandrill family that occupies the enclosure and when you do see them, it’s a brief view before attention…
The NFL has announced that the Pro Bowl is returning to Orlando for the third year in a row, which is good news for Walt Disney World and ESPN Wide World of Sports as the Pro Bowl Week activities will primarily be held at Disney in 2019. The sports complex…
A name change for Disney-MGM Studios was announced eleven years ago today, August 9th 2007. The theme park gate at Walt Disney World opened in 1989 and originally featured a partnership with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio that allowed Disney to us the MGM name and some of the studios’ properties (for…