A newly published Disney patent application describes technology that could use cameras, AI, and automated notifications to monitor animal behavior. The notifications could alert guests to animal activity and Cast Members to potentially concerning behavior. The filing...
Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World has introduced a brand new Christmas exhibit for 2025. Located in the “Walt Disney Presents” building (a small, walk through museum) is the new “Disney Takes A Holiday” display, showcasing costumes and props from a few classic Disney Christmas movies, and the inclusion of one made for Disney + film.
As the holiday season begins at Walt Disney World, visitors arriving over Thanksgiving weekend in 2025 will find a notable update: Santa Claus will start greeting guests at Magic Kingdom during regular park hours beginning on Thanksgiving Day (November 27th). Santa’s daytime meet-and-greet in Storybook Circus will operate under normal operating hours of the park. This will continue through Christmas Eve, December 24th.
The Lost Continent at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure Park will soon be a thing of the past.
Universal Destinations & Experiences has released new details about its upcoming Universal Kids Resort, scheduled to open in 2026 in Frisco, Texas. The company says this will be its first theme park designed specifically for families with young children.
Disney appears to be preparing to overhaul its theme‑park ticket pricing in the U.S., potentially shifting to a dynamic, real‑time model similar to airline pricing. The change would be a major departure from Disney’s current fixed‑tier system.
As of November 19th, all dates for the 2025 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom are sold out.
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.
A reported Disney World monorail fire early Sunday morning forced the entire monorail system offline after witnesses reported smoke billowing from Monorail Silver near Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort.
Tourists planning a trip to Yomiuriland theme park in Tokyo to check out the new Pokémon area next year may want to start getting their steps in now. Poképark Kanto is a theme park with a physical fitness requirement, age restrictions, and a high price tag. The park...
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.”
With the arrival of Thanksgiving week, Walt Disney World is preparing resort wide for Christmas season. Festive decor is going up across the 43 square mile property, and as Epcot winds down it’s last week of the 2025 International Food and Wine Festival, the park is being prepared for the upcoming 2025 International Festival of the Holidays.
Comedian Nate Bargatze has publicly announced that his company, Nateland Entertainment, is conducting a feasibility study for a proposed theme park in the greater Nashville, Tennessee, area. The project, also named Nateland, is being developed in partnership with Storyland Studios, a Southern California–based design firm.