Walt Disney World & Disney Cruise Line News

Where to Find Every Character Greeting at Disney's Animal Kingdom — Disney's Animal Kingdom hosts character greetings found nowhere else at Walt Disney World, including Pocahontas in the Oasis, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde near th…
Inside the BDX droids' droidspeak: a look from Walt Disney Imagineering — Walt Disney Imagineering shared a short behind-the-scenes clip on how the BDX droids' droidspeak is voiced and sound-designed. The free-roaming robots currentl…
Meet the California Grill Lead Sushi Chef Who Reads the Table Before He Builds the Roll — Jose Fernandez Daboin covered a sushi station on short notice years ago and never went back to the hot line. Now lead sushi chef at California Grill, he studie…
Disney Cruise Line details its 25-year footprint in The Bahamas — A Disney Cruise Line report outlines the community programs, local hiring, and conservation work behind its 25-year presence in The Bahamas, home to Disney Cas…
Disney Cruise Line's Alaska sailings back food banks, youth programs, and conservation — Disney Cruise Line has sailed Southeast Alaska since 2011, and its port work now spans the Southeast Alaska Food Bank, Alaska Youth Stewards, and salmon habita…
Disney Cruise Line's Florida footprint: ports, conservation, and community work — Disney Cruise Line's two U.S. homeports, Port Canaveral and Port Everglades, anchor community, conservation, and tourism work across Florida. The company suppo…
850 Acres and a 400-Acre Blank Space: Why the Fifth-Gate Rumor Is Back — A 600 page Walt Disney World development agreement headed to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District sets aside up to 850 acres and leaves room for a fi…
Every Halloween treat at Mickey's Not-So-Scary this year, land by land — Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party runs select nights from August 9 through October 31 at Magic Kingdom, and nearly every restaurant in the park picks up a…
63 Games and a Two-Story Bar: Level99 Opens in the Old DisneyQuest Building at Disney Springs — Level99 has opened on the Disney Springs West Side with 63 physical and mental challenge games across two floors, an RFID wristband system that tracks scores b…
Disney's Water Park Benefit Lets Resort Guests Make a Splash on Check-In Day — Walt Disney World's water park benefit gives registered overnight resort guests admission to either Typhoon Lagoon or Blizzard Beach on their check-in day, eve…
Disney and Kraft Heinz Strike a Multi-Year Alliance Spanning Parks, Cruises, and Streaming — The Walt Disney Company and Kraft Heinz have announced a long-term strategic alliance that brings ten Kraft Heinz brands, including HEINZ and Kraft Mac & Chees…
Heinz Is Headed for the Parks: Disney Signs a Multiyear Kraft Heinz Alliance — The Walt Disney Company and Kraft Heinz have signed a multiyear strategic alliance covering 10 brands, including Heinz, Philadelphia and Kraft Mac and Cheese,…
Imagineers Launch Disney .YNSD, a New Lifestyle Brand Debuting at D23 2026 — Walt Disney Imagineering is introducing Disney .YNSD, a design-first apparel and accessories brand created by a collective of Imagineers, at D23: The Ultimate…
Your Guide to Shopping at D23 2026: Every Store, Exclusive, and How to Get In — D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event returns to Anaheim from August 14 to 16, 2026, with its biggest shopping lineup yet. Returning favorites like the D23 Market…
Imagineers launch Disney .YNSD, a lifestyle brand debuting at D23 — Walt Disney Imagineering has created its own clothing label, Disney .YNSD, pronounced "yen-sid" after the sorcerer from Fantasia. The brand debuts at Mickey's…
Five Walt Disney World Chefs on What Actually Makes a Park Meal Memorable — Walt Disney World spotlighted five chefs for National Culinary Arts Month, from a Be Our Guest sous chef leading nearly 100 cast members to a chocolatier at Th…
Smoke Over the Dolphin Hotel: Bourbon Steak Closed Indefinitely After a Kitchen Fire at Walt Disney World — A kitchen fire at Bourbon Steak inside the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel forced the evacuation of the lobby and several guest room floors on Friday morning,…
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party 2026: All 38 Dates and a New Stitch Dance Party — Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party runs 38 nights at Magic Kingdom in 2026, from August 7 through Halloween. Stitch hosts a new theme-swapping dance party i…
Case Closed on Main Street: Guest Drops Trolley Track Trip and Fall Suit Against Disney World — Rhonda Smith has voluntarily dismissed her trip and fall lawsuit against Walt Disney World with prejudice, ending the case over an alleged October 2025 fall on…
The Meg Gilbert Crofton Gets Its Second Deck as Magic Kingdom's Fourth Ferryboat Takes Shape — New aerial photos show a second deck now assembled on the Meg Gilbert Crofton, the fourth Magic Kingdom ferryboat, giving the vessel the two-level profile of t…
Forty Cones on the Best Spaces: Oversight District Reserves Prime Disney Springs Parking — The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District has reserved roughly 40 parking spaces in the Orange Garage at Disney Springs, taking the rows closest to the AM…
Piston Peak's Pipes Vanish Underground as Magic Kingdom's Cars Land Site Is Regraded — Utility pipes staged across the Piston Peak National Park construction site at Magic Kingdom have been buried, with only scattered stubs visible above regraded…
Inside Cool KIDS' SUMMER: A First Disney World Trip at Pop Century — Walt Disney World's Cool KIDS' SUMMER layers free resort activities, arrival gifts, and a nightly pajama party onto a standard stay. A cast member tested it wi…
Disney Store Opens Its Mickey Family Halloween Collection July 27 — Disney Store launches the Mickey Family Halloween Collection on July 27, with select pieces reaching Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort shops. The…
Disney Store launches series 2 of its Disney Parks trash can mystery vinyl figures — Disney Store has launched series 2 of its Disney Parks Trash Can Mystery Vinyl Collectible Figures, six $14.99 blind-box replicas of the themed trash cans foun…
A Guest Death on it's a small world Leads Florida's Latest Theme Park Injury Report — Florida's quarterly theme park injury report, released this week, records the death of a 54-year-old man with a pre-existing condition who had a cardiac emerge…
Disney Shuts Its London Flagship After a 15-Hour Lorcana Queue Descends Into Chaos — Disney closed its Oxford Street flagship in London after crowds waiting overnight for the limited Disney Lorcana Curator's Collection: Heroines Edition turned…
Meet Captain Maria Gotor, the Former Lawyer Now Steering Disney Cruise Line's Disney Wish — Captain Maria Gotor is Disney Cruise Line's newest ship captain, commanding the Disney Wish after an unlikely path from practicing law in Spain to ocean naviga…
Alice in Wonderland Afternoon Tea Returns to the Grand Floridian's Garden View Lounge — The Garden View Lounge at Disney's Grand Floridian has reopened with an Alice in Wonderland themed afternoon tea, pairing eight Twinings blends with a three-ti…
Oga's Cantina pours a new Alderaanian Fizz for Oga's birthday — Disney Parks has revealed a new limited-time cocktail at Oga's Cantina in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. The Alderaanian Fizz mixes mandarin orange vodka, blue cura…
Disney Cruise Line's Very Merrytime Cruises Return for the Holidays: What to Expect Onboard — Disney Cruise Line's Very Merrytime sailings return from November through the end of the year, adding Christmas trees, tree-lighting ceremonies, holiday deck p…
Air Taxis at MCO: Orlando's Airport Is Building a Landing Pad, and Disney Travelers Are Watching — Orlando International Airport is building a temporary "vertistop" for electric air taxis, with demonstration flights possible by the end of the year pending FA…
The Vine Finally Fights Back: Lorcana's Attack of the Vine Closes a Year-Long Story and Rotates the Format — Ravensburger's next Disney Lorcana set, Attack of the Vine!, caps a year-long storyline and introduces glimmers from Pixar's Up, Monsters, Inc., and Turning Re…
Marvel Comics Is Leaving New York for Burbank After Nearly 90 Years — Marvel told staff at a New York town hall that its comics publishing division is relocating to Burbank, California, moving just over 100 employees by July 2027…
Darth Vader Drafted by the Raiders: Inside the Disney and Champion NFL Collection — Disney, the NFL, Champion, and Fanatics unveiled the Disney | Champion NFL Collection at Fanatics Fest NYC, pairing eight teams with characters including Darth…
Mickey and friends tennis plush take the court in Disney Store's new video — Disney Store staged a plush tennis match in a new video on X, sending its Mickey and friends tennis plush through a full rally under the caption "Game. Set. Cu…
The Magic of Disney Animation returns to Hollywood Studios on September 14 — Disney Parks confirmed a September 14 opening for The Magic of Disney Animation, a reimagined experience at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The building brings bac…
ColourPop's Little Mermaid makeup collection lands at Disney Store — Disney Store now carries the ColourPop x Disney's The Little Mermaid collection, an under-the-sea makeup line themed to Ariel. The lineup includes an Under the…
Every Place to Get DOLE Whip at Walt Disney World: All Four Parks, Both Water Parks and Nine Resort Locations — DOLE Whip has been on Walt Disney World menus since 1984, and it now turns up at more than 25 locations across three theme parks, both water parks, Disney Spri…
Disney and Dole debut new DOLE Whip treats for DOLE Whip Day and their 50th anniversary — Disney and Dole are marking National DOLE Whip Day on July 16 with a run of new pineapple and peach creations across both U.S. resorts. Disneyland gets an excl…
Disney Cruise Line Named Top Cruise Brand on Two 2026 Forbes Best Brands Lists — Forbes has ranked Disney Cruise Line the No. 1 cruise line on its 2026 Best Brands for Social Impact and America's Best Brands for Value lists, with a seventh-…
Disney Store puts a $99 Partners figure on shelves July 14 — Disney Store's new Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse Partners Figure recreates the hub statue from the Disney parks at desktop size. Priced at $99 with a copper-ton…
The Muppets Studio Signature Collection heads to Mickey's of Glendale for D23 2026 — The Muppets Studio Signature Collection is coming to the Mickey's of Glendale pop-up at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, running August 14 to 16, 2026, in A…
Disney Store brings the parks' castles home with Light-Up Snow Globes — Disney Store's new Sleeping Beauty Castle and Cinderella Castle Light-Up Snow Globes turn the Disneyland and Magic Kingdom landmarks into illuminated display p…
Where to Find Disney PhotoPass at Walt Disney World, From the Parks to Disney Springs — Disney PhotoPass photographers are stationed at more than 175 spots across Walt Disney World's four theme parks, plus resort-hotel portrait sessions and a walk…
Locals Take Note: Disney World's Summer Florida Resident Tickets Start at $65 a Day With No Blockout Dates — Walt Disney World is offering Florida residents multi-day tickets from $65 per day, valid May 17 through October 3 with no blockout dates. Residents can also s…
Alice in Wonderland Urupocha-chan Plush Hop to Disney Store on July 14 — Disney Store will release its Alice in Wonderland Urupocha-chan plush on July 14, announcing the date with a stop-motion garden teaser on X. The palm-sized Jap…
Brews and Views Pairs Beauty and the Beast With Fort Point Beer at The Walt Disney Family Museum — The Walt Disney Family Museum's Perfect Pairing series matches the 1991 Beauty and the Beast with San Francisco's Fort Point Beer Company on July 27, including…
How Imagineering wrote Smugglers Run's new 80-page Mandalorian mission — Walt Disney Imagineering has revealed how the new Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run mission was scripted. In a behind-the-scenes featurette, senior story lead R…
Behind the Build: How Disney's 350 New Fort Wilderness Cabins Come Together — Disney is building more than 350 new cabins at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort for Disney Vacation Club members and guests, prefabricated off-site in an Orland…