Disney never gave an official opening date for Jessie’s Critter Carousel at Disney California Adventure. The website just says April 2019. But since the ride has been in soft opening for several days now, we’re gonna go ahead and call it. Jessie’s Critter Carousel is now considered an official ride for the Disneyland Resort version […]
Disney Theme Park News and Rumors
Epcot to Add New “Vagueland” Pavilion
Epcot might soon play host to a new and possibly one-of-a-kind pavilion, company officials hinted at this morning in a breathtaking press release. Loosely themed to the nebulous power of uncertainty, the new Epcot pavilion — whose working title is Vagueland (though that may change) — is expected to open to guests sometime in the […]
They Killed a Seemingly Trivial Disneyland Tradition (And It’s Heartbreaking)
Over the summer, Disneyland quietly eliminated one of its long-standing traditions. It was done in the name of progress. Disney World got rid of it years ago. It was just an operational thing anyway. Nobody cared about the Disneyland re-entry hand stamp. In our age of biometrics and photo recognition, the Disneyland re-entry hand stamp […]
4 Surprising Things We Learned About Toy Story Land
Last week Disney unveiled the Toy Story Land model at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. And because I am forever getting trapped into awkward situations, I had to contend with a hyper-friendly Cast Member who wanted to tell me all about it. If you’re reading this site, chances are you’re a reasonably informed Disney fan. You already […]
5 Snap Judgments From the Relaunched Mission SPACE
Disney officially relaunched Mission SPACE last weekend — and two other scrubbed missions (Universe of Energy and The Great Movie Ride) promptly buried it in the news stack. So much for the celebration. We’ve had our eyes on the relaunched Mission SPACE for a few weeks — ever since everyone learned that Mission SPACE would […]
Parkeology: Disney News Update 6/30/17
With lots of big events soon to be announced at D-23 we thought it was about time to start a semi-regular column covering some of our thoughts on the current Disney news. We know that everyone’s feeds get inundated with Disney PR as is, but we hope to cut through some of the haze. Don’t […]