Walt Disney World & Disney Cruise Line News

• 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…
• Catherine Laga'aia Tours Journey of Water at EPCOT and Talks Becoming Moana — Catherine Laga'aia, who plays the title role in Disney's live-action Moana, tours Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana at EPCOT in a new Disney Parks video. Bet…
• Inside the Mobilator, Disney Live Entertainment's First Fully Autonomous Onstage Character — Walt Disney Imagineering has released a behind-the-scenes look at the Mobilator, the fully autonomous platform that drives WALL-E's wagon in Remember: A Disney…
• Disney Sets Its Comic-Con 2026 Slate: Percy Jackson Opens Hall H, Hulu Animayhem Takes Over the Gaslamp — Disney Entertainment Television has locked in its San Diego Comic-Con 2026 plans. Percy Jackson and the Olympians opens Hall H on Thursday, July 23, Hulu Anima…
• Spy School Is Becoming a Disney+ Series From Chuck Creator Chris Fedak and Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort — Disney+ is developing Spy School, a drama based on Stuart Gibbs' bestselling middle-grade books about a kid recruited into a CIA academy disguised as a science…
• Fort Wilderness Expands Its Meadow Swimmin' Pool and Refreshes the Reception Outpost — Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground has expanded its Meadow Swimmin' Pool with a new zero-entry pool and more deck space, and refreshed the Receptio…
• Disney Store Teases an Alice in Wonderland 75th Anniversary Limited Edition Doll, Revealing July 14 — Disney Store has teased an Alice in Wonderland 75th Anniversary Limited Edition Doll, with a full reveal set for July 14 to mark 75 years of the 1951 animated…
• Josh Gad Grills Disney's Josh D'Amaro on His First 100 Days — With the Questions Fans Actually Want — Actor Josh Gad — the voice of Olaf — turned interviewer to mark Disney's Josh D'Amaro's first 100 days, trading corporate talk for fan-first questions. In the…
• Star Wars: The Experience Exhibition Sets World Premiere at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute — The Franklin Institute has announced STAR WARS: The Experience – A Journey Through the Galaxy, a new exhibition making its world premiere in Philadelphia on Fe…
• planDisney's 2027 Panel Search Opens July 10: How Fans Can Apply — Disney's annual hunt for its next class of planDisney panelists is here. Applications for the 2027 panel open at noon EST on July 10, 2026, and close July 15,…
• Toy Story x Crocs Styles Land at Disney Store on July 13 — Disney Store is bringing the Toy Story collection from Crocs to shopDisney on July 13. The lineup turns Sheriff Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, and the Aliens i…
• GANNI x Disney Send Daisy Duck and Minnie Mouse to Paris in Final Capsule Drop — GANNI and Disney have released the third and final chapter of their Daisy Duck collaboration: a 12-piece Parisian capsule co-starring Minnie Mouse. The drop cl…
• Summer Reading Guide: A Disney Book Stack for Every Parks Travel Personality — From rope droppers to resort-pool regulars, this summer reading guide matches Disney books to six distinct parks travel personalities. Picks span Birnbaum guid…
• Duffy & Friends Collection Heads to Mickey's of Glendale at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event — Disney Parks has teased a whimsical, pastel Duffy & Friends collection debuting at Mickey's of Glendale during D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, August 14-16…
• Hallmark and Walt Disney World Team Up for "Holiday Ever After," a First-Ever Christmas Movie Filmed at the Resort — Disney Parks teased "Holiday Ever After: A Disney World Wish Come True," the first original movie created jointly by Hallmark Channel and Walt Disney World. La…
• A Great Big Beautiful Goodbye: Fans Celebrate Carousel of Progress as It Closes for Its Biggest Reimagining in 30 Years — Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress closed at Magic Kingdom on July 6, 2026 for its most ambitious refresh in more than three decades. When it reopens in 2027,…
• The Bradford Exchange Unveils a Light-Up, Musical Alice in Wonderland Glitter Globe — The Bradford Exchange has unveiled the Disney Alice in Wonderland Illuminated Musical Glitter Globe, an officially licensed collectible whose Cheshire Cat ligh…
• Air Force Flyover Salutes America's 250th Over Magic Kingdom and EPCOT — With Toy Story Stars Aboard — Disney Parks has released an official recap of the U.S. Air Force Reserve flyover that soared over Magic Kingdom and EPCOT on July 4, 2026, honoring America's…
• Disney Goes Backstage With EPCOT's Voices of Liberty for the First Time Ever — A new Disney Parks special, "The Voices Behind EPCOT's Voices of Liberty," delivers the first-ever behind-the-scenes look at the acclaimed a cappella ensemble…
• Imagineering Reveals the 150-Ton Machine That Powers The American Adventure at EPCOT — Walt Disney Imagineering has released a behind-the-scenes video breaking down how The American Adventure works — including the roughly 150-ton scene carriage,…