Michelle Snow is a huge fan of Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars in films and TV, as well as the Disney parks. She's also an award-winning writer who has written several guidebooks on Orlando. Follow her on Twitter @zengrrl. Her blog, CitySurfing Orlando has covered Orlando and the theme parks since 2010. Her favorite rides at the Disney parks are Star Tours, Big Thunder Mountain, and Indiana Jones Adventure, and she may have cried tears of joy when she first saw the Millenium Falcon at Galaxy's Edge. She collects anything to do with Star Wars original trilogy (she saw 1977's "A New Hope" on opening weekend), Snow White, Grumpy, Tinkerbell, and Stitch.
Disney+ has announced it has greenlit a series based on the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series by author Rick Riordan. The live action series will start from the beginning, and tell the story of 12-year-old modern demigod, Percy Jackson, who is the son… Read More »Rick Riordan’s ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Lands Disney+ Series Order
If you’ve got “Encanto” playing on repeat, then you’ll want to join Walt Disney Animation Studios as it hosts a Twitter Watch Party for the film this weekend. The Twitter Watch Party will take place this Sunday, January 30, 2022, at 2pm PT/5pm ET, hosted… Read More »Disney Animation To Host Encanto Twitter Watch Party Jan 30, 2022
Cape May Café and Ale & Compass Restaurant at Walt Disney World have announced changes to the menus. Starting January 31, 2022, Ale & Compass Restaurant at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort will be offering a breakfast buffet like pastries, fresh fruit, yogurt parfaits, overnight oats,… Read More »Walt Disney World Announces Changes to Cape May Café and Ale & Compass Restaurant Menus
The Disney+ series “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” is getting a new duck in the form of actor Josh Duhamel, who will fill the male lead void left by the departure of actor Emilio Estevez. In the upcoming second season of the show, Duhamel will… Read More »Josh Duhamel To Join the Disney+ Series ‘The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers’
Dave Smith, Disney Legend and founder of The Walt Disney Archives, was honored with the unveiling of his very own window at Disneyland, in the early morning hours of January 24, 2022. In the late 1960s, Smith was working on a bibliography on Walt Disney… Read More »Walt Disney Archives Founder and Disney Legend Dave Smith is Honored with Window on Disneyland’s Main Street, U.S.A.
Without much fanfare (or advance announcement) Walt Disney World has temporarily closed the Disney Skyliner International Gateway line through January 28, 2022, for a planned maintenance period. Disney Skyliner transportation between the EPCOT International Gateway, Disney’s Riviera Resort, and Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort will be… Read More »Walt Disney World’s Disney Skyliner International Gateway Line Closed Through January 28, 2022
Disney’s upcoming live-action reboot of the “Haunted Mansion” movie has found its leading actors in LaKeith Stanfield And Tiffany Haddish, with Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, and Rosario Dawson also starring. The Haunted Mansion ride debuted in 1969, and Disney previously adapted the ride into a… Read More »LaKeith Stanfield and Tiffany Haddish to Headline Disney’s ‘Haunted Mansion’ Movie Reboot
Fifteen years ago, Walt Disney World started the Disney Dreamers Academy Program, which provides mentorship events that foster the dreams of Black students and teens from underrepresented communities, and it’s about to welcome a whole new class of students. Each year the Disney Dreamers are… Read More »Disney Dreamers Academy Program Celebrates 15 Years And Welcomes New 2022 Class