Grand Floridian gingerbread house

The Sweetest Stats About the Grand Floridian Hotel & Spa Gingerbread House

By Karina Schink For 20 years, the magical pastry elves at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa have whisked, baked, and decorated to create the magical gingerbread house that warms guests’ hearts and tempts their taste buds. Sweet smells of ginger and sugar fill the lobby of the hotel every holiday season, as this larger-than-life …

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D23 Days 2018 e-cards

Send Some Holiday Cheer This Season with D23 E-Cards

By D23 Team With a little bit of pixie dust (and some cheerful elves), we’ve created some special cards just for you to send to someone especially wonderful in your life. Each e-card is themed to Mickey’s Christmas Carol in honor of its 35th anniversary this year. So, check your list (and do it again) …

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studio tours 2019 post

The Official Walt Disney Studio Tours Expand in 2019!

By the D23 Team Just in time for D23’s 10th anniversary, the fan-favorite Official Walt Disney Studios Tours return in 2019 with a wide variety of experiences and most importantly… more tours! The D23 Gold Member-exclusive tours of the historic Studio lot return on four weekends in 2019, and our April tour date will be …

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Light Up the Season timelapse

Watch The Walt Disney Studios Lot Transform into a Winter Wonderland

By Jocelyn Buhlman Disney and the holidays go hand in hand. Whether you’re cozying up to watch a Christmas parade at your favorite theme park or gathering with your family to watch your favorite holiday special, we all have a piece of Disney magic that helps make our holidays brighter. For some D23 Members, that magic …

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Onward

Pixar Announces Upcoming Feature Onward

By Beth Deitchman As 2018 winds to a close, we’re looking Onward—to 2020, when an original new feature from Pixar is slated to open in theaters. Today, Pixar Animation Studios revealed four members of the film’s voice cast, which includes Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy), Tom Holland (Spiderman: Homecoming), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep), and Octavia …

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Tinker Bell

Did You Know? 11 Pixie-Dusted Facts About Tinker Bell

By Jim Fanning “All the characters in Peter Pan are in some way touched with magic,” Walt Disney once observed, and this was particularly true of the 1953 classic’s breakout star. He added, “The little fairy Tinker Bell glows like a firefly and leaves a trail of pixie dust behind her as she flits about …

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The Mandalorian

Pedro Pascal Revealed as the Deadly Gunfighter of The Mandalorian

By D23 Team Ever since news broke about The Mandalorian, the first-ever Star Wars live-action series, we’ve been waiting with bated breath to hear more updates about this highly anticipated series. Today, our excitement has jumped to lightspeed with Lucasfilm’s announcement of a star-studded cast joining the Star Wars universe. Pedro Pascal (Narcos) has been cast in …

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Tropical Hideaway

Amazing First Look at The Tropical Hideaway at Disneyland Park

By Beth Deitchman Attention, Disneyland explorers! A new destination will open soon in Adventureland, and the Disney Parks Blog has shared some tantalizing photos of The Tropical Hideaway that have us already dreaming of Dole Whip, bao buns, and breezy respites along the Jungle River. The exotic marketplace will be open day and night for …

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Cinderella

Cinderella Added to National Film Registry

By Beth Deitchman Disney’s animated classic Cinderella has a new fairytale ending that embodies “ever after” in the most literal sense. The beloved feature is one of 25 films that have been added to the National Film Registry, a prestigious list of films that are determined to be “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” and recommended …

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