Disney World: Celebs Rumors

Look for the bear necessities, the simple bear necessities — like shutting down rides and attractions at Walt Disney World when there’s an ursine interloper in the park.

is a Marvel star and was also one of the Kens in the hit “Barbie” movie, announced on his Instagram Story on Thursday that he had to drop out of a planned appearance in Disney World’s 2023 Candlelight Processional, due to unspecified “health scares.” “I’m so absolutely gutted to have to drop out,” he wrote. The Candlelight Processional retells the Christmas story with a celebrity narrator, orchestra and choir. It was scheduled to be narrated by Liu from Nov.

Telegraph that Walt Disney Studios’ upcoming adaptation — which has already been blasted for being “politically correct” after leaked images showed the seven dwarfs reimagined as “magical creatures” of all sizes and genders — is “insulting” and “woke.”“I mean, it’s a whole different concept, and I just totally disagree with it, and I know my dad and Walt would also very much disagree with it,” he told the Telegraph.Studio bosses have “destroyed” his father’s creation,” said 91-year-old Hand of the adapted edition to his dad’s famed work, according to the outlet.The Mouse House’s modern take on the animated original, which was based on the 1812 Brothers Grimm fairytale, will see a character named “Jonathan” in place of Prince Charming, 22-year-old Hispanic actress Rachel Zegler as Snow White and dwarfs that Disney has said “avoid reinforcing stereotypes.”There have also been rumors that Disney has ditched the film’s classic song, “Someday My Prince Will Come.”“I think it’s pathetic that people feel that way… these are art forms in the world of film today,” Hand said of the updates, which he predicts will make young viewers — especially those who “have never seen the original” — “misunderstand” the film.Meanwhile, her successor as the titular character, Zegler, has blasted the original storyline as being “extremely outdated” with a prince whose behavior is similar to that of a “stalker.”“The original cartoon came out in 1937 and very evidently so. There’s a big focus on her love story with the guy who literally stalks her.

swim with sharks, don’t expect a dip in the kiddy pool.Therein lies a lesson learned by some entrepreneurs who emerged from “Shark Tank” dispirited, broken and not only “dead” to the likes of Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary (whose standard send-off is, “You’re dead to me”) but deep-sixed in a business sense as well.The most recent example of entrepreneurs claiming to be bitten by a shark are Al “Bubba” Baker, daughter Brittani and wife Sabrina. Founders of Bubba’s Q Boneless Babyback Ribs, they made headlines after alleging that Daymond John renegotiated their deal–allegedly taking it from $300,000 for 30 percent on-air to $100,000 for 35 percent off-air–and iced Bubba out of key business meetings.

Shawn Johnson and her family of four are currently on a trip in Orlando visiting Walt Disney World. A big family trip, no doubt, but the real headline here is that her husband, Andrew East, flew them all down to Florida!The 31-year-old former gymnast took to her Instagram Stories on Thursday to share that she, Andrew and their two children — 3-year-old daughter, Drew, and 1-year-old son, Jett — hopped on what appeared to be a Cessna plane, with Andrew piloting.

on the video, which scored 5.3 million views since it was posted last month.A TikToker known as Robin Reaction also shared a clip last year making a similar argument. The creator claims that some of the earliest princesses barely had a nose at all, at least when the animated beauties were viewed head-on.

being a Disney Princess” in a TikTok video she posted on Apr. 6 that has garnered 2.5 million views.

EPCOT.”As Mickey Mouse fans know, Disneyland opened its doors in Southern California in 1955. Shortly before his death, in 1966, Disney began to develop the Florida complex that would be called Disney World, featuring its EPCOT theme park.I've been watching jeopardy for like 20+ years and I cannot recall an easier Final Jeopardy“Jeopardy!” viewers argued the clue was too easy for the final round.“I’ve been watching Jeopardy for like 20+ years and I cannot recall an easier Final Jeopardy,” tweeted one fan.“You guys have got to be kidding, how is this a Final Jeopardy and not a $200 question????” someone else wondered. “Who is Walt Disney.

insanely expensive Galactic Starcruiser hotel experience.“It’s a true ‘wow’ moment for our guests and for me. As you can tell, I love firing this thing up as much as I possibly can,” D’Amaro said in the presentation, per a video posted to Twitter by fan account Disney Food Blog.D’Amaro activated the saber, which extends out and makes all the noises and sounds “Star Wars” fans will instantly recognize.

Chapek told CNBC that price hikes will likely hit the Mouse House’s popular theme parks next. “We read demand. We have no plans right now in terms of what we’re going to do, but we operate with a surgical knife here,” Chapek said Thursday.

one-of-a-kind property – which hit the market last week – is listed at $15 million. It has seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms and too many movie accents to count. There’s even a marble reproduction of Cinderella’s fireplace.

a clip of herself getting emotional when she saw Goofy at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, on May 3.Now, Rachul is speaking up to The Post about the cyberbullying she endured after sharing her heartfelt experience on social media, and why she’s “concerned” about young people on TikTok.“When you see Goofy coming around the corner after you’ve waited 3 years to hug him again,” read the text displayed over the video.The park lifted its ban on character-guest hugs on April 18. It had been in place since 2020 due to COVID-19.

clip detailing her “crime of fashion” currently boasts 7 million views on TikTok.“So yeah I just experienced getting dress coded at disney,” reads the caption to the clip, which was uploaded Sunday by user Tori Cannella, 23.The incriminating clip shows the Disney visitor strolling through the Orlando theme park’s Magic Kingdom while wearing denim cutoff shorts. Up top, she rocks a long-sleeve black crop top fastened with just two sets of leather ties that barely conceals her bosom.The footage concludes with the guest following an employee to a store, where she was gifted a complimentary Walt Disney tee to wear over her not-safe-for-park apparel.

Sister Wives stars Christine Brown and Janelle Brown are spending quality time together in Florida. They took some of their children, whom they share with Kody Brown, to Disney World in Orlando for a fun-filled vacation. Christine, 49, posted photos to Instagram on March 14 of the group huddled together at Magic Kingdom Park. Her daughters Truely and Ysabel were in the snapshots, as was Janelle’s daughter Savannah.

Santa was in the Tardis — a blue police box that’s bigger on the inside and can travel through time and space! One that I had seen on TV! And that had been on incredible imaginative journeys to other worlds inhabited by amazing aliens! Some of which try to kill you! Honestly, it was fantastic.Make the jump to lightspeed into 2022, and now I’m going into the “Star Wars” universe aboard a Galactic Starcruiser called the Halcyon. She will take guests on a cruise through the outer rim during a fully immersive three-day, two-night, all-inclusive stay, featuring space pod cabins, themed entertainment and experiences and, yes, stars flying past the windows.

announced on Tuesday that Minnie will wear trousers designed by Stella McCartney for the theme park’s upcoming 30th-anniversary celebration.The party will launch in March for Women’s History Month, which inspired the new look.The park’s Twitter account shared a sneak peek of Minnie’s new outfit, which consists of a dark blue and black polka-dotted pantsuit and matching bow in her hair.“Stella McCartney has designed Minnie Mouse’s very first pantsuit, and it’s gorgeous,” the account wrote.The 50-year-old British designer and daughter of Beatles legend Paul McCartney spoke to D23, the official Disney fan club, about the collab and revealed she’s “delighted” about the opportunity.“Minnie has always had a special place in my heart,” McCartney said. “We share the same values.

ride’s Tim Burton-esque transformation in a TikTok video with over 3.7 million views.“This is actually so creepy to think about,” read the caption to the macabre clip, which was posted last month by Disney superfan account The Mouselets.Per the shocking explainer, when Disneyland shutters for the night, “It’s A Small World” turns out the lights and signature song, but not the animatronics. This means that each night after guests leave, the festive figurines continue waving and gyrating quietly throughout the night like a scene out of Goosebumps’ “Night Of The Living Dummies.”this is actually so creepy to think about #disneyworld #disneysecrets #disneyparks #disneyfacts #disneyhistory #disneystorytime #disneyyoutube #disney“The dolls are moving 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” explained the poster, who added that the same holds true for the Native American animatronics on the riverbank of the Magic Kingdom’s Liberty Square Riverboat.TikTok users were more than a little creeped out by the idea of hundreds of dolls silently dancing in the dark.“Imagine going in there at night with the lights off and just hearing the clacking and whirring of their movements,” said one aghast commenter of the nightmarish scene.One morbid viewer joked, “Each doll is a child that fell out of their boat and was added to the collection.”One Disney fan claimed to have experienced the freaky phenomenon firsthand, writing: “I got stuck on this 25 years ago for hours during a bad storm, boats stopped, lights off but the dolls kept dancing.

a viral video that has racked up over 268,000 likes and 1.3 million views. Tremmel formerly played Lady Tremaine, the evil stepmother from “Cinderella,” at the resort, though she does not specify in the clip when she stopped working at Disney.Despite the purported rule, Tremmel claimed that while in costume, she spoke to guests in both Spanish and French, in which she is respectively proficient and conversational.“If I had been caught, that is a big reprimand and potentially getting fired,” she claimed in the clip.

Walt Disney World, high school graduate George Kalogridis made a split-second decision that set the course for his life: he picked a room where prospective hotel workers were being hired.Chuck Milam got a tip about a job opening from a transplanted Disney executive whose new house he was landscaping. Earliene Anderson jumped at the chance to take a job at the new Disney theme park in Florida, having fallen in love with the beauty of Disneyland in California during a trip two years earlier.At the time, the three were among the 6,000 employees who opened the Magic Kingdom at Disney World to the public for the first time on Oct.

unofficial POV teaser of the epic new experience has racked up over 175,000 views since it dropped last week. Based on Pixar’s acclaimed 2006 animated flick “Ratatouille,” the dazzling ride invites guests to board rat-shaped vehicles for a tour through chef Gusteau’s kitchen as Remy and his rodent pals attempt to pilfer ingredients for a vermin-sized feast.

Wednesday blog post that Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort will be retiring its free FastPass, FastPass+ and MaxPass reservation services this fall and replacing them with a new service called “Disney Genie” and a paid version called “Disney Genie+.” The new organization tools — which can be accessed through the Disneyland and My Disney Experience apps — promises guests personalized itinerary planning, continually updated tip board, forecasted future wait times for attractions and virtual attraction queues for certain locations. In addition to offering useful information, the new app will also provide guests with opinions on the best possible way to spend their time while enjoying the theme parks. “[You] are basically telling

nationwide resurgence in COVID cases, both California’s Disneyland and Florida’s Disney World are reinstating their park-wide mask mandates. The policy comes just over a month after both parks dropped their PPE requirements due to then-dwindling infection rates.“We are adapting our health and safety guidelines based on guidance from health and government officials,” the company announced Wednesday of the new PPE rules, the Orange County Register reported.Starting Friday, July 30, both the Orlando and Anaheim resorts will require cast members and guests over age 2 to wear face coverings indoors “regardless of vaccination status,” per the initiative.

has been renovated to remove racism and is ready to reopen. A few controversial aspects of the Jungle Cruise attraction at Disney’s Anaheim, California, park have been taken out, and the ride is set to reopen Friday, the Independent reported. A company spokesman was quick to specify that the changes are not all-consuming and the ride — which offers guests a meandering tour of Asian, African and South American rivers and indigenous people — is much as it was, only with certain long-criticized elements removed. Among these are tribal dancers, a shrunken head trader and a group of spear-waving tribespeople. “This is not a re-envisioning of the entire attraction.

Insider reported. It will be replaced with one that starts off with “Good evening, dreamers of all ages!”On Wednesday, Disney World employees were invited to a “cast member” preview of the “Happily Ever After” fireworks show at Magic Kingdom.

popular TikToker revealed how she was able to score free merchandise at Disney World in Orlando, Florida by showing off her assets.Amanda DiMeo posted a video about her “new Disney hack,” revealing how she got a $75 shirt for free while at the Magic Kingdom recently.“If you’re wearing a shirt that shows a little underboob, they’ll write you a ticket when you first enter Magic Kingdom — I’m not sure about the other parks — but they’ll write you a ticket so you can get a free shirt at the nearest gift shop,” the TikTok star shared with her 800,000 followers.“I just got a $75 T-shirt just because I was wearing a shirt that was exposing my underboob a little bit,” she explained.

ClickOrlando reported. “While we will reduce physical distancing measures for guests across many areas with a gradual, phased approach, six-feet distancing measures will continue in all dining locations, merchandise stores and in areas where guests can temporarily remove their masks.”Physical distancing requirements in ride queues, parking lots and on the rides themselves also appear to have been removed from Disney’s website, Forbes noted.

@showmelovejete, said in a new TikTok that Disney security circled his car while he was parked outside the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa.Jeter said that he was at the Disney World hotel to get some food. The influencer alleged that he was a former employee of the iconic theme park but was fired in March.

found out he had stage 4 cancer last month, has been told he has anything from a few weeks to a year or two left — although his friends are hoping he “outlives the odds.” Diamond — who played lovable Screech Powers in the teen sitcom — has told pals his last wishes are to meet his idol Justin Chancellor, the British bassist from heavy metal band Tool, and visit the “Star Wars” exhibit at Disney World in Florida.“We do not have any specific timelines, but we know that Dustin needs a miracle to overcome the small cell carcinoma he’s been diagnosed with,” his close friend Dan Block told the Sun.“He was told weeks to 5 months is the average but a small percentage of people have lived one to two years with it being stage 4.“We are hoping that he

WDW News Today. Disney World had reportedly been digitally “enhancing” on-ride photos by superimposing facewear onto visitors without masks, which park-goers are required to wear, in line with anti-COVID mandates.

first reported revealed two genuine photographs of a compact, modular room consisting of one queen-size bed plus two bunked singles, carved into padded pods in the wall. WDWNT’s report did not specify the size of the pods, but they appear to be fitted for children.The space-age stay is outfitted with mounted screen displays, with one showing the ship’s trajectory through outer space — that doubles as a television — and another acting as a window to the cosmos, projecting different interstellar vistas during the ship’s course.The Galactic Starcruiser will have two room sizes, regular and the “Captain’s Quarters,” though the company did not specify what exactly each room will entail.

Universal Orlando is bouncing back faster than Walt Disney World attendance-wise, according to a new report fromDeutsche research analysts Bryan Kraft and Benjamin Soff. Released on Thursday,Kraft andSoff note in their report that Universal, which reopened its theme parks in June (to a greatly diminished capacity), is seeing an “uplift in admissions," highlighting Saturdayswhen attendance is down 64 percent from 2019 crowds.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterActors’ Equity Association, the union that represents more than 51,000 actors and stage managers, including around 750 Disney live performers, has reached an agreement with the Walt Disney Company for its performers to return to work at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., as the company sets up a COVID-19 testing site outside of the park. But even that memorandum of understanding has prompted further points of contention between the conglomerate and the actors’ union.“We have been consistent that testing is an important part of ensuring a safe workplace for Equity performers, and today, I’m pleased to see that Disney World has agreed,” said Kate Shindle, president of Actors’ Equity Association in a statement.

Earlier this summer, amid skyrocketing COVID-19 rates in Florida and urgings from public health experts to go into lockdown, Disney World reopened its gates. The decision to reopen was highly criticized, with many wondering how the theme park could possibly keep guests safe, happy, and healthy during a global pandemic.

Less than 10 days after reopening, Disney World has had to update its face mask policy to close a glaring loophole: Patrons are now explicitly required to stay in place and away from others if they remove their mask to eat.“Please bring your own face coverings and wear them at all times, except when dining or swimming,” Disney World’s official policy stated, now updated to clarify that “you may remove your face covering while actively eating or drinking, but you should be stationary and maintain appropriate physical distancing.”Disney Parks blog Walt Disney World News Today asked a Disney cast member at the Epcot park about the new rule this weekend and was told “guests are now being asked to find a safe spot six feet from other guests

the coronavirus pandemic.Masked staff welcomed back visitors to the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom Parks as confirmed cases of the virus surge to record levels in Florida.But Disney hopes to prevent any in-park spread through new safety protocols. In addition to workers wearing face coverings, Disney’s website states that guests are also now required to mask up, submit to temperature screenings and maintain social distance from others.The new mandates have significantly changed the atmosphere of the park.

Universal Orlando Resort announced Tuesday it will reopen its popular CityWalk entertainment and food complex “on a limited basis” beginning Thursday, May 14.