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If waking up really early wasn’t crazy enough to experience a new attraction, imagine doing that and missing major parts of it. That’s what is occasionally happening now at Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Earth Day is on its way, and you can celebrate nature with Imagineer Joe Rohde during three days of environmentally-inspired events at the annual Party for the Planet, which returns to Disney’s Animal Kingdom on April 20-22.
We heard it straight from the Yeti’s Twitter account: Joe Rohde, Portfolio Creative Executive at Walt Disney Imagineering, is still working to fix the yeti in the Expedition Everest attraction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Adventures by Disney has announced a special adult-exclusive Safari to South Africa departure for Nov. 30, 2018. [Read more…]
Avatar, Star Wars, and Harry Potter are some of the hottest names in the attractions business today, but what does the increasing reliance on intellectual property (IP) mean for the future of theme parks? That question will be tackled this November at the 2017 IAAPA Legends Panel by three of the creative leaders whose job is to adapt these and other IPs for use in attractions. [Read more…]