By the D23 Team It’s been a wild ride for Walt Disney Imagineering’s Joe Rohde, who has spent more than 40 years bringing to life some of Disney Park’s most iconic experiences and attractions. Starting as a model designer on EPCOT, Rohde has since overseen projects such as Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park; Aulani, A Disney …
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By Courtney Potter Doc McStuffins TV Special Coming December 4 to Disney Junior Are you ready to learn once more with the ever-adorable Doc McStuffins? The popular Disney Junior series is returning with a brand-new TV special, premiering Friday, December 4 (7:30 p.m. EST/PST), on Disney Junior; called “The Doc is In,” the special features …
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By Beth Deitchman The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has just honored two of our new favorite attractions—Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway—with Thea Awards for Outstanding Achievement. These are among the most highly regarded awards within the themed entertainment industry. In honoring Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, which …
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By Beth Deitchman Over his nearly 30 years with The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Imagineering President Bob Weis has led a wide range of projects at Disney parks and resorts across the globe—from his work on the first international Disney theme park, Tokyo Disneyland, and creative leadership for the conceptual design for Tokyo DisneySea; …
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By: Cappy Surette Senior Manager, Executive Communications, Walt Disney World Resort, and Co-Chair, SALUTE Veteran Business Employee Resource Group (Florida-site) The Walt Disney Company has a long and proud tradition of supporting military personnel, their families, and Veterans that dates all the way back to our founders, Walt and Roy O. Disney, who both served the …
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By Jocelyn Buhlman Now is the time when ghosts are present—and while we might not all live in haunted mansions, any house can be hauntingly fun with the right attitude and resources! You may have strung up some spooky lights and put out pumpkins, but if you need to add some frightfully fun Disney magic …
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By Jocelyn Buhlman Every attraction at a Disney park is a full story, sweeping you, your friends, and family off on grand journeys that you’d only been able to previously imagine. How you travel through these journeys depends on the ride vehicle—often an unexpected or whimsical form of transport. In our adventures at Disney parks …
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By Max Lark Everyone knows that Walt Disney was a pioneering cartoonist, filmmaker, and family entertainment icon. Less well known is the fact that he was a visionary futurist with an abiding interest in transportation. Disney Editions’ The Disney Monorail: Imagineering a Highway in the Sky, a stunning, lavishly illustrated book out on September 15, …
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By the D23 Team This item is SOLD OUT. Be sure to check out our limited-edition pin set for D23 Fantastic Worlds. Celebrate 65 years of Disney theme parks and relive some of your favorite memories with this pin set inspired by six of our favorite park icons, created exclusively for D23 by Disney artist …
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By Zach Johnson One bite of the grilled pork tenderloin at California Grill in 1995 was all it took. As Karen McClintock, Food & Beverage Content Relations Manager, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, dug into the savory dish—served with goat cheese polenta, mushrooms, kalettes, bacon, dried cherries, zinfandel glaze—she realized the Disney dining experience was …
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