Q&A: Disney Imagineers share exclusive details about updates coming to the Jungle Cruise
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Q&A: Disney Imagineers share exclusive details about updates coming to the Jungle Cruise

An opening-day attraction at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World, the “World Famous” Jungle Cruise has been beloved by fans since Disneyland opened in 1955 and Walt Disney World in 1971.

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EXCLUSIVE: Disney Imagineers talk new Jungle Cruise characters, S.E.A. connections, and Trader Sam’s

You’ve probably heard by now that Jungle Cruise, the iconic opening-day attraction at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, is getting an overhaul this year. For our new Spring issue, we talked to Walt Disney Imagineers Susana Tubert and Kevin Lively about the planned changes to the ride and got the inside scoop on the new characters (including a new S.E.A. member!), a deeper storyline connecting the Florida and California parks, plans for Trader Sam’s, and much more.

Disney updates Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance virtual queue procedure
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Disney updates Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance virtual queue procedure

When Walt Disney World reopened its theme parks on July 11 and July 15, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios was the only attraction to offer guests a Virtual Queue in lieu of a standby line. On Thursday, in a post on the Disney Parks Blog, Disney announced an update to…

Editorial: What theme park attractions need to do to reopen

Editorial: What theme park attractions need to do to reopen

How will the theme parks and individual attractions need to change in order to safely reopen? The way it’s looking now, if the majority of the theme parks, including Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando, reopen in June 2020, what will need to be done to keep guests from catching and spreading the coronavirus (COVID-19)?

Halloween Horror Nights modifies Bill & Ted show following Las Vegas tragedy
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Halloween Horror Nights modifies Bill & Ted show following Las Vegas tragedy

Aftershocks from recent real-life terror in Las Vegas have impacted Universal Orlando’s fantasy frights, as Halloween Horror Nights 27’s Bill & Ted show has been modified in the wake of last Sunday’s shooting during the Route 91 Harvest country music festival.