In just one day, the official name of Walt Disney World’s shopping, dining, and entertainment district Downtown Disney will officially change to Disney Springs. With the new name comes a new backstory, one that works much better with both the setting and the new slightly… Read More »Downtown Disney will officially give way to Disney Springs as of September 29
After the TRON sequel “TRON Legacy” failed to generate superior results at the box office, we fans knew it would be a close-call as to whether Disney would approve a third TRON movie. We did get “TRON: Uprising” a really well-done animated TV series. There… Read More »Could TRON-3 still be alive?
Day 81: George Lucas was inspired to write the original Star Wars movie because he wanted to create his own version of Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. In order to add story structure that would stand the test of time, Lucas used theories taken from… Read More »100 Days of Star Wars trivia – Day 81: Myth
Day 82: Every previous Star Wars film has been released in the month of May. Star Wars hit theaters on 5/25/1977, The Empire Strikes Back on 5/21/1980, and Return of the Jedi on 5/23/1983. There was then a 16 year pause until Episode I –… Read More »100 Days of Star Wars trivia – Day 82: Release
EPCOT’s 20th annual International Food & Wine Festival kicked off this week and all reports are that the food selections are once again out of this world. Part of that may be attributed to the chefs, mixologists, and food innovators who are developing a new… Read More »Walt Disney World expands its culinary horizons with new Flavor Lab
Day 83: Actor Mark Hamill, who portrays farmboy-turned-jedi-knight Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars saga, turned 64 today. That’s a couple years older than Alec Guinness was when he began work on the original Star Wars film. Like Guinness’ Obi-Wan, Hamill sports a “contractually obligated”… Read More »100 Days of Star Wars Trivia – Day 83: Mark Hamill
Chase cardmembers get an added bonus when attending EPCOT during the International Food & Wine festival — access to a special lounge inside the American Adventure Pavilion. Nice to have your bank sponsor a Disney event, isn’t it. For the past three years, the lounge… Read More »Disney enhances Chase Lounge for EPCOT Food & Wine
We knew from Disney CEO Bob Iger that Disney is excited to get the new Star Wars franchise into the theme parks. In fact, groundbreaking was expected to take place in 2016. We know have an idea of how soon that will be and what… Read More »Star Wars Lands construction sends six Disneyland attractions into hiatus