The Last Tour to Endor special-ticket event was held Saturday night at Disney’s Hollywood Studios as part of the Star Wars Celebration V convention. The event gave Celebration attendees a last chance to ride Star Tours before it closes Sept. 8, 2010. The event drew many celebrities including George Lucas for a night of fun [...]

It’s your last chance to see all of the special summer shows, rides and events at SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Disney’s Hollywood Studios and the Magic Kingdom as they are all ending this weekend. Some or all of the summer shows may return next year, but there’s no guarantees. So see them now if you have [...]

Disney has announced their theme park ticket prices are rising a few dollars. A one day, one park ticket has gone from $79 to $82, a 3.8 percent raise. Read on for the full breakdown of changes. Annual ticket price increases have been a normal occurrence for all the theme parks in Central Florida the [...]

The Star Tours ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is making its last run on Sept. 8 to make way for its reimagining in 2011 – but fans have the opportunity to attend a special “decommissioning” party from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Aug. 14. The Last Tour to Endor is a special ticketed event [...]

Many of Orlando’s theme parks have announced their fireworks shows for July 4, 2010. It’s one of the busiest days of the year for the theme parks so be prepared to join a crowd. Magic Kingdom “Celebrate America Fireworks” will fill the sky at 9 p.m. July 4. (Guests who’d like to begin the celebratory [...]

Last year at the D23 Expo, Disney announced the popular Star Tours attractions would be getting a 3D makeover. But not much more has been announced about the redo until today. In a “What’s Next” presentation at Disneyland this morning it was announced the new Star Tours attraction will be called “Star Tours: The Adventures [...]

Take a look at Disney’s first ever social media meet-up and find out about some Toy Story Mania scenes that didn’t make the cut.

Singing champ Lee DeWyze celebrated his victory as the newest American Idol on Monday in a motorcade through Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Excited fans lined the streets, cheering on America’s newest Idol as he and Mickey Mouse greeted fans on their way to a stage set up outside The American Idol Experience attraction. Once on stage, [...]

A few weeks ago we showed you video of Mickey Mouse not only greeting guests, but actually personally taking with them. Now it seems Star Wars character C-3PO is also calling his fans by name. Here’s video of C-3PO, R2-D2 and Luke Skywalker at Star Wars Weekends. We haven’t heard anything officially about this new [...]

We were recently taken backstage at the Magic Kingdom for a special look at Disney’s Main Street Electrical Parade, just one part of Disney’s Summer Nightastic event. From June 6 through Aug. 14, guests at Walt Disney World will be able to experience some unique happenings at three of their four parks. The Main Street [...]

The highlight of the hilarious Hyperspace Hoopla that concludes each day of Star Wars Weekends is the Dance Off with the Star Wars Stars. You’ll see the Star Wars characters as you’ve never seen them before – getting down to the latest songs, and hits from a past era. Since this is the 30th anniversary [...]

Today was the opening day for Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Crowds were lined up early this morning to get their exclusive merchandise and Fastpasses to meet the visiting celebrities. The Star Wars celebrities joined characters from the entire Star Wars saga in a grand motorcade at 11:40 a.m. The parade included young [...]

Star Wars Weekends is starting and some of the most popular Star Wars characters are headed to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Star Wars weekends runs each Friday, Saturday and Sunday through June 13, 2010. More than 50 Star Wars characters will roam the streets for meet and greets and photo opportunities. Here’s where you’ll be able [...]

The Disney Parks Blog recently posted the above photo of Jedi Mickey and his new droid, R2-MK. I guess MK stands for Magic Kingdom, but that’s not where you’ll find this Star Wars duo. They’ll be making appearances during Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, which begin this Friday, May 21, 2010. Besides meeting [...]

Disney acquired the Power Rangers back in 2001, and now they’ve sold them back to the original owner, Haim Saban. The show has now been licensed to Nickelodeon, and new episodes will debut in the first quarter of 2011. The Nicktoons channel will also begin running reruns of the show. So what’s this mean for the meet and greet with the Rangers at Disney’s Hollywood Studios? Their days are numbered.

I was at Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Monday to get some pictures of the new Toy Story 3 character, Lotso. (You can read more about him by clicking here.) But I figured while I was at the park I’d have a look around.

A new character made his debut this week at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Lots-o-Huggin’ Bear (AKA Lotso) from the upcoming Toy Story 3 movie is now meeting guests in the Magic of Disney Animation and dancing in the Block Party Bash parade daily. As the sign says, he’s a hugger, and the guests I saw meeting [...]

After more than two decades of interstellar travel, the Star Tours ride at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is powering down to make way for its reimagining in 2011 – but fans have the opportunity to attend an out of-this-world, first-of-its-kind decommissioning party before Star Tours launches its final flights. Taking place from 8 p.m. to 1 [...]

In addition to recently celebrating its first year of operation in February, The American Idol Experience attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios can now celebrate the success of one of its top vote-getters – Aaron Kelly. The 17-year-old crooner from Sonestown, Penn., who began his American Idol journey at the Disney attraction, advanced to the top [...]

Jedis, Wookiees and Ewoks, oh my! Once again, the power of the Force and the magic of Disney combine this month and next for Star Wars Weekends, a sci-fi fan-fest inspired by the popular film saga. Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from May 21 through June 13, 2010, Disney’s Hollywood Studios becomes the galaxy’s home [...]