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Out with the new, in with the old! WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Big news from our Florida news bureau! [Ed.: Nice touch! Makes it sound like we actually have more than the one office.] Disney’s Hollywood Studios Theme Park and Spa is officially scrapping Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge even before it opens. Instead, they…
The remodeling is more extensive than we thought. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Things are changing at Epcot! At first, it was just the large grave markers Leave a Legacy tombstones monuments being moved outside of the front gates. Then it was Spaceship Earth accidentally being dismantled. All of this is in preparation for massive…
Disneyland’s Critter Country will be renamed for the 1946 film. DISNEYLAND, CA — Shoe manufacturer Nike, perhaps seeking to rehab the publicity hit it took after besmirching Betsy Ross, has announced a partnership with Disney to build a new area at Disneyland themed to the 1946 hit movie Song of the South. “It’s a great…
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There will be no Moana / Tiki Room overlay. It’s Groot and Star Lord instead! WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Fans of (the Magic Kingdom copy of) Walt Disney’s original Tiki Room had their hackles raised earlier this week, as rumors swirled of a Moana overlay coming to the attraction. Thankfully, park officials quickly quashed that story,…
Pictured: Artist’s concept of Star Wars: Rand der Galaxie at Disneyland Bavaria. FUSSEN, GERMANY — Europe’s second Disney park has only been open a few years, but is apparently already getting a new land. According to an article in today’s early edition of The Daily Churro, Disneyland Bavaria is the next park to get its own…