Since its launch in 2017, Kevin Perjurer’s Defunctland YouTube channel has made in-depth videos detailing the histories of both failed and successful amusement parks and their rides, including Disneyland and Disney World. With extremely thorough narratives, Perjurer asks questions that should interest even those who aren’t theme park enthusiasts: Who crafts the societal vision of…
Big changes are coming to Toontown at Disneyland. With a brand new Mickey and Minnie-themed ride coming to Toontown in 2023, the Walt Disney Co. announced Monday that it is adding a new experience in the place where Disney’s characters, such as Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Donald, play and live. Disney said their team of…
Disney missed Wall Street forecasts in its fiscal fourth quarter amid a slowdown in streaming, despite a swing back to profit from the depths of the Covid-bedeviled 2020 quarter. The company’s stock slipped almost 5% in after-hours trading due to the report. It had fallen a fraction during the trading day to close at $174.53…
Disney World visitors and cast members clashed in tension-filled moments over rules about masks and parade route enforcement, according to law-enforcement reports that depict three incidents happening within less than three weeks at the Magic Kingdom. Nobody appears to be arrested after the encounters although the sheriff’s deputies responded and three tourists — including one…
The voices of Belle, the Beast, Gaston and more speak to The Hollywood Reporter about their memories and what it means to be involved with the acclaimed 1991 movie. Disney’s 1991 animated take on Beauty and the Beast, celebrating its 30th anniversary this month, spawned a Broadway musical and a live-action remake and earned nearly…
Disney Plus is celebrating its second anniversary on Friday with Disney Plus Day, a morning full of looks at upcoming shows and films for its streaming service. Disney is also releasing new titles for subscribers to watch right now, such as “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and “Jungle Cruise.” Many of the…
More bad news for Disney Plus and Marvel as it is learned the woke Hawkeye series is a huge fail and is presently performing as the worst of the live-action MCU shows on the streaming service. Hawkeye, which stars Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop who replaces Jeremy Renner’s character in the MCU – basically a…
Walt Disney World has paused sales of select annual passes until at least 2022. Announced in a message posted to the park’s website this week, the move is aimed at managing park capacity as the holiday travel season gets underway. Existing pass holders will be able to renew their passes, but anyone who doesn’t already…
Los Angeles (CNN) — Without an official announcement or fanfare, US Disney parks are including a Black Santa Claus in Christmas celebrations this year for the first time in the company’s 66-year theme park history.At both Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, and Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, a Black Santa has…
Despite having been released in 2013, with a follow-up sequel in 2019, Frozen fever is still sweeping the nation, with children and adults alike still enamored by the story of the Snow Queen and her sister, Queen of Arendelle — and now, Collider can exclusively reveal the next installment in the chilly franchise, from middle-grade…