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Does anyone else love those little tiny details in the Disney parks?
Disneyland Paris
From secret shortcuts to hidden details in concept art, we love hunting for those fine Disney details. We’re shouting with joy because Disney just shared a behind-the-scenes look at how they make one of our FAVORITE details come to life!
Some big changes are taking place at Disneyland Park!
Disneyland
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is under construction and set to open soon, the area around Haunted Mansion is getting an overhaul, and Critter Country is becoming Bayou Country. There are quite a few new additions! And amid all this construction, Disney added an adorable new detail to the park.
Joe Rohde is officially a Disney Legend.
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As part of the D23 Ultimate Fan Event in August of 2024, Disney inducted its latest class of Legends. Among Hollywood heavyweights like Harrison Ford, Jamie Lee Curtis, James L. Brooks, and composer John Williams, Disney Imagineering icon Joe Rohde officially took his rightful place amongst the Disney pantheon.
Pretty sure y’all have been waiting for this one…because I definitely have!! You might discount Disney’s Animal Kingdom, but I am here to tell you that YOU SHOULD NOT. This park is magical, y’all, and I’m going to prove it to you today!
Animal Kingdom
I’ve always known that Disney’s Animal Kingdom is amazing, stupendous, incredible, insert-other-great-adjectives here. But now, I wanna make sure YOU know it, too! While many folks tend to write this park off as a half-day-er (which can be understandable, since it has fewer attractions than its three older sibling parks), you can EASILY fill a full day here, just by tracking down the AWESOME things we’re gonna talk about today!
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We were recently able to get a special glimpse inside Walt Disney’s very own office!
Walt Disney’s preserved private desk.
Even though Walt Disney passed away back in December of 1966, his private office has been lovingly restored and maintained by the dutiful staff of the Walt DisneyArchives. Each detail has been meticulously maintained to achieve historical accuracy, ands give a glimpse into how Walt and his original Imagineers worked during the early golden age of Disney park development.
We often dream about what it would be like to be Disney Imagineers.
Disney Imagineers riding Tiana’s Bayou Adventure in Disney World
Being able to come up with the latest attractions, restaurants, lands, technology, and more is no doubt something to celebrate, but we love celebrating it from the fan side of things just as much! Imagineers are always looking to the future and creating the most innovative ways to bring Disney to life, and we had the lucky opportunity to see some of that new technology firsthand — come with us!
We’ve got some BIG Tiana’s Bayou Adventure news to share, y’all!
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure in Disney World
Thanks to an exclusive invite from Disney to tour Walt Disney Imagineering, we just got an in-person look at the new Tiana animatronic (along with some of the OTHER, never-before-seen character animatronics) that will be coming to Tiana’s Bayou Adventure when the new ride opens in Magic Kingdom and Disneyland later this year!
Many Disney fans spend a lot of time watching for new titles coming to Disney+. Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour film just had a HUGE premiere on Disney+ last month.
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And on April 3rd, Disney’s latest animated film, Wish, became available for streaming! But Disney just announced a NEW series that you might love — and you’ll need to find it on a different platform.
There are some figures in The Walt Disney Company who just stand out as icons.
Walt Disney Company Headquarters ©LA Times
From Walt Disney himself to Mary Blair to the “Nine Old Men,” the early years of the company were filled with many important contributors. But even in modern times, there are some executives, creatives, and Imagineers who will go down in history. One of those people is Joe Rohde…and he’s returning to Walt Disney Imagineering for a limited time!
One of our favorite things about the Disney Parks is the amount of thought and detail that goes into the park theming and decor.
Partners Statue
Throughout each of the Disney Parks, there are small tributes to Walt Disney himself — and, of course, the Mouse that started it all. Statues of Walt and Mickey can be found at a few of the Disney Parks, like the “Partners” Statue that can be found in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. Now, Disney has shared a first look at an all-new statue that’s coming soon to a Disney Park.
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