Theme Parks

Big Thunder Mountain Reopening Pushed Back? New Permits Extend Refurbishment Window Despite Vehicle Testing

Big Thunder Mountain Reopening Pushed Back? New Permits Extend Refurbishment Window Despite Vehicle Testing

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the flagship attraction of Frontierland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, has been down for nearly a year. Having closed at the tail end of last year’s holiday season on January 6, 2025 this extended Big Thunder Mountain refurbishment was scheduled to last for about a year, but it’s now looking like it could go quite a bit longer before reopening.

Disney Roasted Online After Branding Magic Kingdom Christmas Tree as ‘Holiday Tree’

Disney Roasted Online After Branding Magic Kingdom Christmas Tree as ‘Holiday Tree’

By now, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Disney has managed to take a routine holiday post and turn it into another public-relations misstep. The latest kerfuffle comes from a simple caption on the official Disney Parks X account — a caption that avoided the phrase “Christmas Tree” and instead opted for the sanitized, corporate-friendly label: “holiday tree.”

Disney CFO Confirms Theme Parks Prioritize High-Income Guests Over Average American Families

Disney CFO Confirms Theme Parks Prioritize High-Income Guests Over Average American Families

Disney finally said the quiet part out loud, admitting that it values high-income guests at its theme parks over average American families

For decades, Walt Disney World and Disneyland were synonymous with the dream American vacation — a place where families saved, planned, and counted down the days to that once-in-a-lifetime trip. But according to Disney’s own financial team, those days are slipping further into the past. And now, the company isn’t even pretending otherwise.