Author: Michael

Disneyland’s Tomorrowland is getting a long overdue update. The announcement was made at D23 in Anaheim during the Disney Parks presentation. And while no concrete details are available yet (they insist that planning has just begun), the idea is to continue what Walt had envisioned and dreamed about – a vista into wondrous worlds. The team at Walt Disney Imagineering is using this as their starting point, imagining new attractions, new open spaces (think the patches of greenery in the recently re-opened Toon Town across the park) and places where guests can dream about the future with the hope and…

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Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema shared intimate details about her alleged affair with her married former bodyguard, Matthew Ammel. “We were staying at an Airbnb in Napa, California,” Sinema, 50, revealed during a July 31 deposition, per People. “We were outside. Matt kissed me. We went inside and had sex.” Sinema was deposed in July as part of a lawsuit filed by Matthew’s ex-wife, Heather Ammel, under North Carolina’s alienation of affection law — which states that someone can be sued for intentionally destroying a marriage. Heather is seeking $75,000 in damages. The former Arizona senator has tried to dismiss the…

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Something wicked this way comes … Details for the new land that will bring together a host of iconic Disney Villains have been revealed at D23, including the land’s official name and some specifics about the two big attractions and the narrative that will bring the characters together. First, let’s get the name out of the way – the area that has commonly be referred to as Villains Land since the project was introduced last D23 will now be known as … Villains Land. Hey, it works. And it keeps with the naming convention of most areas of the Magic…

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Harrison Ford will finally serve as the model for Indiana Jones in a new attraction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, part of the Walt Disney World resort outside of Orlando, Florida. The announcement was made at D23, where Ford sent in a video stating that, for the first time in a Disney theme park attraction, they will use his actual likeness. Previously, at Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye (aka the Indiana Jones Adventure) at Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, Walt Disney Imagineering didn’t have access to Ford’s voice or likeness, which is both very apparent. This new attraction,…

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The Avengers are headed to Disneyland. At D23, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced the all-star cast that is involved with Avengers: Infinity Defense, a new attraction coming to Disney California Adventure in 2028. Robert Downey, Jr, Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth and Iman Vellani will star in the new attraction, reprising their roles from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (And before you ask, Downey Jr. will be playing Tony Stark and not his villainous Doctor Doom.) According to new details shared on stage, you will serve as a recruit in Avengers Campus. Who will recruit you? None other than…

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Carousel of Progress, an audio-animatronic stage show overseen by Walt Disney and originally created for the 1964-65 World’s Fair in Queens, holds the record as the longest-running stage show in the history of American theater. And the attraction, which went from Disneyland following the closure of the World’s Fair and has been a part of Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom since 1975, recently shut down for a reimagining. Now we know who will be starring in this new version of Carousel of Progress when it reopens in late spring 2027 – Bryan Cranston will star as the father in the…

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One of the greatest original series to ever air on Disney+, Leslie Iwerks’ “The Imagineering Story” will return for season 2 in 2028. Iwerks appeared on stage at D23 to announce the project, which she stresses will focus on projects currently in development (or recently opened) at the company’s global portfolio of theme parks. We can likely expect the same level of rigorous research and hyper-specific detail that made the original “Imagineering Story” episodes such essential, entertaining pieces of theme park history. Iwerks’ latest Disney+ documentary, “Disney Worldbuilders,” which chronicles the Disney creatives and how they translate the stories into…

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