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Purchase on Amazon* Walt Disney dreamed for decades about opening the ultimate entertainment venue, but it wasn’t until the early 1950s that his handpicked team began to bring his vision to life. Together, artists, architects, and engineers transformed a dusty tract of orange groves about an hour south of
Disneyland
Disney has just announced that beginning today, they will be offering Shopping Reservations to shop limited edition merchandise at the former ESPN Zone Restaurant. When the shop opens it will feature limited edition pins celebrating popular attractions from the park's early years; take a look: All the pins
Global
According to Deadline, Disney is reportedly going to restore executive pay that was cut in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic on August 23. Disney previously cut executive pay as a cost-cutting measure due to major losses brought on by COVID-19. Here are the pay cuts that executives took:
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge
There's a new must-have book for Disney Parks and Star Wars fans, "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge: Traveler's Guide to Batuu" by Cole Horton, an in-universe guide to the planet Batuu. Here's the book's description: "Set your course
Shanghai Disney Resort
Shanghai Disney Resort has announced that they will be increasing park capacity to 50% in compliance with local and national government directives. Shanghai Disneyland had this to say: "China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently issued the “Notice on Further Business Resumption of Tourism Enterprises,” which raises the
Disney Vacation Club
According to a post at DVCnews.com, Disney is reportedly planning to raise the minimum point requirements for accessing "Magical Extras" soon from 100 points to 125 points. This would come on the heels of the news that Disney has been forced to cancel all DVC Events "
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Imagineer and friend of Monorail News, Don Carson, has been hard at work during quarantine recreating a classic Disneyland attraction, the original 1958 version of Alice in Wonderland Fantasyland dark ride! Check it out on YouTube on your computer, phone, or best of all, a VR headset!
Featured
Cast Members have confirmed that select Walt Disney World Resort in-park restaurants will continue seating up to an hour after their respective park closes beginning on September 8th, the first day of the newly reduced park hours. At this time only a few select restaurants in Magic Kingdom and Disney&
Sponsored
This week our friends at Walt Life sent me one of their Kingdom Box subscription boxes so I could check it out and tell you what we thought. I'll make this short and sweet... I love it! Walt Life really hit it out of the park with this
Global
Wearing a face covering has become part of our new normal. It’s also an important piece of Disney’s multi-layered approach to health and safety, and one of the ways to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. Today Disney shared a peek behind the magic and an innovative way
Walt Disney World
Disney is opening a free COVID-19 testing site for Cast Members and their families at their Maingate Complex in Kissimmee, FL. Disney Cast Members, Operating Participant employees, and family members. (Family members are defined as spouses, domestic partners, parents, and children.) are eligable for the free test. Cast Members can
Walt Disney World
Last night a pretty spooky bolt of lightning struck one Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge's giant petrified trees and sent Rise of the Resistance down for the rest of the night and into the next day (today). ABC News had video of the lightning strike: Although Disney