When Disney was forced to close its theme parks around the globe because of the pandemic, it took the time to take a look at changing things up. One of those things was its Annual Pass system. Disney decided to do away with its current Annual Pass system at Disneyland Resort and changed up Annual Passes at Walt Disney World ...
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Disney Announces Opening Date For Connections Café!
Back in February 2020, Disney announced that it would be closing one of EPCOT’s most iconic restaurants — the Electric Umbrella. The Electric Umbrella had been an EPCOT staple since 1984, but it would be replaced with a new restaurant that would specialize in cuisine from around the globe. That new restaurant would be called Connections Café and Eatery. Connections ...
Read More »Members of U.S. Congress won’t support copyright extension for Mickey Mouse, citing Disney’s “woke corporate actions”
A group of Republican Congressional members has told Disney CEO Bob Chapek that they will not support an extension of Disney’s copyright protection for Mickey Mouse, and that protection is set to expire in just 20 short months. In a letter to the embattled CEO of The Walt Disney Company, members of Congress who serve on the Republican Study Commission ...
Read More »DeSantis Can Try To Punish Disney All He Wants, But It Is Unlikely Reedy Creek Will Be Dissolved
Another day, another punch thrown in the war between Disney and Florida Republicans. In case you have not been following along, Disney and the Sunshine State have been in a heated battle over Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill. Disney has been outspoken against the bill, paused political donations in the state, and vowed to make sure that the bill ...
Read More »Florida’s House votes to dissolve Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District
Echoing the state Senate’s vote on Wednesday, Florida’s House of Representatives voted on Thursday to dissolve Disney’s Reedy Creek Improvement District. In a vote on Thursday, Florida’s GOP-led House of Representatives voted to dissolve Disney’s special tax district by a vote of 70 to 38. Wednesday’s Florida Senate vote passed with a vote of 23 to 16. Some say the ...
Read More »Just over a month until PIXAR makes good on its Oscars night promise; studio releases new trailer to keep us happy for now
PIXAR has released a new trailer for the studios’ upcoming summer film, giving fans a better look at the film’s central character and the storyline behind the film. Lightyear will hit theaters in June, making it the first PIXAR film to have a theatrical release since Onward. Toy Story 5, it is not, as the film that serves as the ...
Read More »“Plans” for a new Disney theme park Resort in North Texas led to federal fraud charges, millions lost, and jail time
Plans for a new Disney Park in North Texas led to federal charges and resulted in millions lost and years of jail time. A man in North Texas with an inside track at Disney and secret knowledge about Disney’s plans to branch out in the Lone Star State, finally building its first theme park resort in the South, helped would-be ...
Read More »Johnny Depp testifies he didn’t want the role of Jack Sparrow in Disney’s 6th “Pirates of the Caribbean” film
Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard got underway last week, and on Wednesday, his infamous role as Disney’s Captain Jack Sparrow was a topic of discussion during the cross-examination of Depp after he took the stand to give details about his short but allegedly tumultuous marriage to Heard. Wednesday was Johnny Depp’s second day of testimony ...
Read More »Sen. Ted Cruz Says Disney Will Soon Have Mickey and Pluto “Going At It”
In the past month and a half, the Walt Disney Company has managed to anger people on both sides of the aisle over its handling of Florida’s controversial Parental Rights in Education Bill. One side felt that Disney did not speak out against the bill fast enough, which led to protests and walkouts from the company’s own employees. Then, on ...
Read More »Disney Calls Tinker Bell and Captain Hook “Potentially Problematic”
Over the years, people change and ideas change. Things that were once considered acceptable are now seen for what they can be, disrespectful of different people and cultures. While we cannot erase the past, it is important that it is acknowledged, and we realize that it is wrong and work hard to make sure it does not happen again. Disney ...
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