A pair of videos shared to Instagram earlier this week by a guest visiting Walt Disney World reveals what must have been a concerning moment for guests aboard the Disney monorail. A train departing the TTC and running the EPCOT loop had an open door… Read More »Passenger videos Disney monorail with open door while the train is in motion
Earlier this afternoon Monorail Blue was traveling on the EPCOT monorail loop when a person reported that a piece of metal and some other parts broke off the monorail landing about 10 feet away from him in the Amaze parking lot. @WESH this just flew… Read More »Monorail Blue loses parts becomes stuck at Walt Disney World
This week has been a rough one for Orlando. We’ve been dealing with the one-year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting and two other events that by themselves would have sent shockwaves across the community, but instead ended up as loud echoes to the larger… Read More »Disney to honor child killed by Alligator on property last year
I’ve been writing The Disney Blog since June 2004 and I would put this past year right up there with the craziest of them all. The top stories on the blog in 2016 reflect tragedy, severe weather, augmented reality and theme park expansion. The following… Read More »Year in review: Top Stories of 2016 on The Disney Blog
A second guest has been arrested this week for trying to bring handgun into a Disney theme park — this time Disney’s Animal Kingdom. A woman visiting from Mobile, Alabama was arrested after they found in gun in her backpack at the bag check security… Read More »Not DejaVu: Guest arrested trying to bring gun into Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Update: Second guest arrested this week for trying to bring a gun into a Disney theme park in Orlando. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Monday morning a 61-year-old man from Louisiana was arrested after trying to bring a concealed firearm into EPCOT. The suspect had… Read More »Man arrested trying to bring pistol into EPCOT
According to live reports via Twitter, guests have been evacuated off the Soarin’ and Living with the Land attractions and the entire Land Pavilion closed at EPCOT after a small fire was spotted in the propulsion system for Living with the Land. Update. the Land… Read More »The Land Pavilion closed after reported fire on Living with the Land
Update: Orlando International Airport and Stanford Airport are both open with departing and arriving flights. Call your airline for your flight details. Every central Florida attraction, with the exception of Kennedy Space Center, is expected to re-open today. The Disney parks, SeaWorld, LEGOLAND, and Universal… Read More »Walt Disney World, Orlando theme parks open for business after Hurricane Matthew