“Hey, Alexa, transfer my life savings to my Walt Disney World account. We’re eating at Victoria & Albert’s.” WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — Amazon and Disney have a history of working together, most notably having Amazon Prime deliveries by drone while you wait in an attraction queue. And now they have announced a new partnership,…
Pictured: a typical evening crowd in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. DISNEYLAND, CA — Disneyland Resort and Spa in Anaheim, CA, used to have a perfect record when it came to accidents involving Light Sabers. In fact, in the entire 64-year history of Disneyland Park, records show that not a single person reported an injury from…
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The shutdown earlier this year may not have been because of Tron. WALT DISNEY WORLD, FL — When the Tomorrowland Speedway was closed at the beginning of this year, Disney gave construction of the new Tron roller coaster as the reason. And just like that coaster’s delays were not construction issues but a ransomware attack,…
Yippie-ki-yay, M…ickey. Today’s question: “Hey, Walt, now that Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is almost open, what land should Disney build next?” Submitted by Link Artletter, Los Angeles, CA Hi Link, Thanks for asking. I’ve been walking the empty sidewalks of Main Street all week pondering this same question. I’ve popped in and out of Imagineering…
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Pixar’s first live-action feature will tell a “dark tale of betrayal and vengeance.” EMERYVILLE, CA — For over two decades, Pixar Studios has been the undisputed leader in computer-generated animated feature films. In fact, they literally invented the genre, beginning with 1995’s Toy Story. With the coming release of Toy Story 4, and with script issues…