Shannen Michaelsen 
Celebrate Easter this year with a new Easter bunny Minnie Mouse plush available at Walt Disney World. We found Minnie in the Emporium at Magic Kingdom. Easter Bunny Minnie Mouse Plush – $29.99 Minnie is depicted wearing a fuzzy purple bunny costume. The inside of the ears, the chest, and the bottoms of the feet … Read more
DLP Rescue Rangers have shared more concept art on Twitter of the Disneyland Hotel in Disneyland Paris, which is currently closed for a “royal transformation.” We already saw concept art of the hotel’s new “Beauty and the Beast” lobby. This art shows that the new version of California Grill will also be inspired by the … Read more
CEO of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger will participate in a question and answer session during the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference next week. Iger’s Q&A will be at approximately 12:45 p.m. ET / 9:45 a.m. PT on Thursday, March 9, 2023. It will be streamed live at www.disney.com/investors and a recording … Read more
Universal Parks & Resorts has filed two more patents to potentially expand the interactive wand experience at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Orlando Business Journal shared the details of the two patents: The goal of the first patent seems to be to improve on the pre-existing system in place for interactive wands at The … Read more
One of the appointees selected by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to sit on the new Central Florida Tourism Oversight Board — which is taking over Walt Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District — has called homosexuality “evil” and spread a conspiracy theory that tap water could make people gay. A CNN KFile review uncovered several … Read more
One of the original Disneyland Resort steam engines, the E.P. Ripley, is returning to service after five years. The engine is named after Edward Payson Ripley, one of the original founders of the Atchison and Topeka Railroad (later the Santa Fe Railroad, established in 1859). The engine was taken off track about five years ago … Read more
The 2023 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival has begun which means there’s plenty to eat, but also plenty to buy! Here is all of the new merchandise available at the festival. We found all of these items at the festival market near The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel’s Undersea Adventure. Most of the merchandise … Read more
The Grand Cottage, serving up sweet treats, and the hand-crafted Easter egg display will return to Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa on March 7. Disney shared photos on Instagram of the food items we can expect to find at The Grand Cottage. Of course, there will be a giant chocolate bunny. Can’t forget carrot … Read more
Though Walt Disney World originally stated Annual Passholders who signed up for a TRON Lightcycle / Run preview during a blockout date for their pass tier would have their preview automatically canceled, Disney is now offering complimentary 1-day tickets to these Passholders. Some Passholders reportedly had trouble when registering a group for the TRON Lightcycle … Read more
It’s officially Halloween Horror Nights speculation season, and Horror Night Nightmares (@HNNightmares) has released the first speculation map for Halloween Horror Nights 2023 at Universal Studios Hollywood. They released the speculation map for Universal Studios Florida last month. Many of the same houses are listed on both speculation maps. The scare zones and shows are currently … Read more
Princess Character Dining has finally returned to Cinderella’s Royal Table at the Magic Kingdom. The restaurant reopened in September 2020 for dinner service with no characters, and in August 2021 for breakfast. Cinderella made brief, distanced appearances in the room, but traditional character dining was unavailable. Starting today, characters have returned for breakfast, lunch, and … Read more
Three new MagicBand+ inspired by Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Pixar characters, and Princess Tiana are available at Walt Disney World. We found all of these in the Emporium at Magic Kingdom. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad MagicBand+ – $44.99 This band features the peaks and valleys of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad in various shades of tan … Read more
Although the MCU’s “Fantastic Four” film is set to be released just a few months before “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty,” the famous family “probably” won’t be appearing in the Avengers film, according to screenwriter Jeff Loveness. Loveness just wrote the debut of Kang in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and is writing “Avengers: The Kang … Read more
The marquee sign for Café Daisy has been installed above the new quick-service location in Mickey’s Toontown at Disneyland. The sign features Daisy Duck dressed as a chef. Small daisy flowers encircle her and the entire sign. Disney released the full menu with prices for Café Daisy as well as the menu for Good Boy! … Read more
A few exclusive treats are available to Walt Disney World Annual Passholders at Disney Springs this month. These offerings are available through March 31, 2023. The Ganachery is offering Passholders a chocolate ganache square featuring Minnie Mouse. The creamy, white-chocolate square is infused with raspberry, then enrobed in The Ganachery’s custom dark 65% chocolate and … Read more
Angie Keilhauer (a.k.a. Angie K), one of the singers of the “Happily Ever After” nighttime spectacular theme song, surprised a couple during their wedding at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resort. Keilhauer shared a video on TikTok of the moment when she came out to perform an acoustic version of “Happily Ever After” while the … Read more
