Disneyland Resort officials said the park recorded about 1.5 million additional ride experiences uptime in 2025 compared with the prior year. Resort leaders attributed the increase to operational changes that reduced unplanned attraction downtime. Executives shared...
When Disney first unveiled plans for an Avatar-themed expansion at Disney California Adventure (DCA), many fans envisioned a sprawling, immersive land akin to Pandora – The World of Avatar at Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom. That’s certainly what the original concept art portrayed. However, recent updates reveal a more modest development, repurposing existing space rather than expanding the park’s footprint. It’s yet another example of Disney releasing concept art that essentially amounts to the theme park version of vaporware. How many more times people are ready to be fooled by this has yet to be seen.
This week, the Disney Parks Blog released long-anticipated details about a multi-year expansion effort that will bring new attractions, a major infrastructure overhaul, and the groundwork for further growth in the years ahead. The announcement confirmed a new parking structure and pedestrian bridge on the east side of the resort, a Coco-themed attraction coming to Disney California Adventure, and a new Avatar destination replacing part of Hollywoodland.
But while Disney’s blog post provided a surface-level overview, That Park Place can now share exclusive insider information from sources close to Walt Disney Imagineering and the resort’s architectural planning division. Details that reveal what’s coming, what it will take to get there, and why this phase of Disneyland Forward is more complicated than it seems.
June has arrived, and with it comes the return of Disney’s annual PRIDE celebration at Walt Disney World. Guests visiting Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom will immediately notice rainbow-colored touches across the resort—from photo backdrops to updated murals and limited-time offerings.
Dolly Parton just got another major victory in her legendary career—this time not on the music charts, but in the Smoky Mountains where Dollywood just defeated Disneyland to be named America’s favorite theme park.
The clearest sign yet that the future Disney CEO could be Josh D’Amaro didn’t come from a boardroom or an earnings call—but from the afterparty of one of its biggest rivals.
During Netflix’s 2025 upfront presentation, industry insiders spotted an unexpected figure walking the halls: Josh D’Amaro, Chairman of Disney Experiences and future Disney CEO hopeful. As Bloomberg reported, D’Amaro’s presence surprised even senior Netflix executives, who had no idea why Disney’s theme park chief would show up to a competitor’s pitch event.
Walt Disney World has quietly updated its Disability Access Service (DAS) program once again, extending its eligibility period to up to one year for qualifying guests. While this longer validity may sound like good news for Annual Passholders, the move does little to address the ongoing criticism surrounding how the service is implemented—and who is now being denied.
President Donald Trump is throwing surprising support behind Disney’s new theme park in Abu Dhabi, praising the project during a trade summit in the United Arab Emirates and revealing that Disney CEO Bob Iger personally presented the plans to him recently in the Oval Office.
The magic of Disney’s concept art has always come with a grain of pixie dust — and sometimes, a lot more imagination than reality. But according to exclusive That Park Place sources, Disneyland Abu Dhabi may feature one of the biggest concept art divergences in the company’s history.
A series of controversial changes to Paint the Night at Disneyland has stirred controversy among the Disney fanbase once more.
The return of Paint the Night at Disneyland should’ve been a triumph—a beloved nighttime parade revived to mark the park’s 70th anniversary with dazzling lights, familiar characters, and a wave of nostalgia. But in typical modern Disney fashion, the company couldn’t resist tinkering with the legacy of its own classics in pursuit of “progress.”
Disneyland’s 70th anniversary celebration is already off to a strange start after a new silhouette installed in the Esplanade suddenly vanished with no public explanation from Disney. The figure, meant to depict Walt Disney holding Mickey Mouse’s hand, drew immediate attention for its peculiar hairline—one many said resembled none other than President Donald J. Trump.
Has President Trump come to Disneyland?
A new artistic decision at Disneyland is raising eyebrows—and more than a few chuckles—as fans react to a revamped silhouette of Walt Disney installed as part of the resort’s 70th anniversary esplanade display. But it’s not the pose or Mickey Mouse that’s catching attention. It’s the hair.
Yes, the hair.
Years of ridicule over the warped Paris scene has finally led to a fix as Disney Imagineering will update the Eiffel Tower in Soarin’ Around the World at Disney California Adventure.
For years, one of Disneyland’s most talked-about visual oddities hasn’t come from a mischievous animatronic or a breakdown on Rise of the Resistance—it’s been the Eiffel Tower itself. The iconic Parisian landmark, featured in Soarin’ Around the World, has long appeared unnaturally curved when viewed from the sides of the theater. Now, Disney has finally decided to straighten things out—literally.