food IS a theme park
We have so many fond memories of the original Club Cool. What’s better than drinking unique Coca-Cola beverages from around the world?
We miss you, Club Cool!
Although you can still get some tasty Coca-Cola beverages at the Coca-Cola Store and Rooftop Beverage Bar in Disney Springs, we were pretty sad when Club Cool at EPCOT closed due to the massive transformation going on there. Recently, though, we got word that a “revitalized” Club Cool was on its way!
Disney World is a BIG place with a whole lot of detail.
Main Street, U.S.A.
There are lots of hidden secrets tucked into the four parks and die-hard Disney fans know a LOT of them. Maybe you’re the one who’s spouting about Hidden Mickeys and Imagineer touches, or Disney World secret menus, but we’ve got a few facts that even Disney World LOCALS might not know.
We’ve been keeping up with the 50th anniversary makeover that Cinderella Castle has been getting. It is LOOKING AMAZING!
LOOK at these gorgeous details!
It all started with a new paint job, but then we watched as beautiful drapes were added to the towers and pretty gold ribbons were added to the spires. This ain’t the Pepto-pink castle from 25 years ago!
It was a rocky year for Hong Kong Disneyland. The park closed in January 2020, reopened in June, closed again in July, reopened in September, and then closed again in December. It reopened once more in February 2021.
Hong Kong Disneyland Reopening in June ©Disney
During that time, though, something extraordinary was going on behind the scenes — Disney Imagineers were building a NEW castle for the park! That castle, now known as the Castle of Magical Dreams, opened to guests in November 2020.
It may be warm and sunny in Disney World, but if you’re in a lot of the U.S. right now, chances are it’s cold. And snowy. And dark.
Snowman in Dinoland
So, if you’re looking for something fun to do (beyond reading DFB, that is), Disney Imagineers have teamed up with local ABC networks for a fun new series called “Imagine from Home!”
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is one of the most immersive experiences in Disney World and Disneyland.
Millennium Falcon
After opening in 2019, this new land has wowed guests with unique eats, characters experiences, and mind-blowing attractions like Rise of the Resistance. But do you ever wonder about the story behind the magic?
We’ve got some bittersweet news for you today.
©Disney
Famous Walt Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde has announced his retirement from the Walt Disney Company. You know him from projects such as Animal Kingdom and Aulani — and now, he’s moving on.
Last week, Disney announced that it would lay off 28,000 Cast Members in the Parks, Experiences, and Products division.
Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom
As we started to get more details about the situation, we realized that many of these lay-offs would affect Cast Members at Disney World in Florida.
Walt Disney Imagineering is often at the forefront of advancing technology. These Imagineers are the reason we have marvels like Rise of the Resistance and Flight of Passage. They’re also the reason we have moderately frightening images like this:
©Disney
We’ll explain in a little. 🙂 The point is, Imagineers spend their days figuring out how to make high-tech experiences accessible to Disney consumers worldwide. Today, five new patents have popped up that might give us an idea of the sort of tech we could see in the not-so-distant future of Disney parks and products — and they could mean immersion like never before.
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Earlier this week, Disney announced that approximately 28,000 Cast Members in the Parks, Experiences and Products division would be laid off.
Cinderella Castle
We’re starting to get more details about what this could mean for Cast Members in Disney World, Disneyland, and elsewhere. We know that this is a very difficult time for Cast Members throughout the country, and we know that information is coming in fits and starts, bits and pieces, and third-party games of telephone from other Cast Members.
We wanted to create a curated page where we can unpack any details we’re getting about the announcement, and where interested Cast Members can find all of the information we currently know about the layoffs.
We’ll continue to update this page as we get more details.
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