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Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, AND Avengers Campus?! Y’all, there has been SO MUCH Disney news happening today, we can hardly wrap our heads around it.
Hoop-dee-Doo Musical Revue
However, Disney also just dropped some huge news about the shows and performers that have been canceled or let go in the parks currently.
Disney has several amazing holiday face mask designs available in the parks and online!
Gingerbread face mask
You already know that we love Christmas and holiday merchandise, so having SO MANY new face mask choices has been really great! Recently, Disney released a collection of holiday face masks with Spirit Jersey, and the classic designs must have been pretty popular, because now there’s a new mask to add to the group!
The Disney theme parks tend to stay on the cutting edge of technology in more ways than one.
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Sure, we’re always keeping up with Disney patents for their latest innovations and we’ve experienced some of the CRAZIEST tech firsthand like on Disney World’s Rise of the Resistance. But that tech does need a defining thread to keep moving forward and Imagineers find that thread in the Disney Theme Park Metaverse.
Disney Parks are incorporating some of the coolest technology we’ve ever seen from flying super hero animatronics to ride vehicles that have 360 degree movement.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
While the attractions themselves are going to be next level, Disney is also making its guests’ experiences easy and seamless whenever they’re visiting the parks. On top of the My Disney Experience tool already available to visitors, the Disney Genie feature will make planning simple for all guests (even the people who don’t like planning their Disney vacation to a T).
During today’s IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) Expo, Josh D’Amaro — the current Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products — gave a whole BUNCH of updates about attractions, lands, restaurants, and hotels coming to Disney parks around the world.
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In terms of Disneyland Paris, we got some updates about the new Avengers Campus coming to Disney Studios Park, a peek at the Marvel hotel, and more!
Last year, Disney announced a Zootopia-themed expansion for Shanghai Disneyland.
Zootopia Shanghai Concept Art ©Disney
The expansion will be the first land themed after the Oscar-winning Zootopia. Today we got a construction update complete with photo! [Read more…]
Disneyland Paris has been pretty significantly impacted by the closure of the parks.
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Though the resort remains closed for a second time since the beginning of the global pandemic, work has continued on the postponed Disney’s Hotel New York — The Art of Marvel. Now, amidst a BUNCH of other updates from Disney this morning, we’ve got a glimpse at the current hotel progress!
Disney has continued to make major changes company-wide with its massive amount of layoffs and new health and safety regulations.
Spaceship Earth
Although we’ve received updates on Avengers Campus, Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, and Splash Mountain’s The Princess and the Frog redesign, Disney has also released details on how it will be changing its operations company-wide.
There was lots of buzz about the most recent SpaceX launch this past weekend!
SpaceX Crew-1 ©CollectSpace
We spied a special passenger onboard the SpaceX Dragon “Resilience”—a certain adorable Child! [Read more…]
Today, Josh D’Amaro, the current Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products gave a keynote presentation at the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions expo.
Splash Mountain
D’Amaro provided some KEY updates about some of the future attractions coming to Disney World, including the transformation of Splash Mountain into an attraction themed to “The Princess and the Frog.”
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