Join us for episode 53 of the Theme Park Trader podcast! This week we use the podcast as an opportunity to say farewell to one of our favourite shows at Walt Disney World, Wishes. Of course we discuss lots more news stories, you can read a summary of each story discussed below: Disney Rumoured to […]
Continue readingIt’s that time of year again folks, Disney are increasing prices of tickets to get into their theme parks… Let’s begin with looking at the Walt Disney World increases: Walt Disney World February 2017 Ticket Price Increases Price of a low crowd day at the Magic Kingdom has risen from $105 to $107, averages crowds […]
Continue readingThere’s a whole new reason to take a Disney Cruise as a stage production of Beauty and the Beast is making its way to the Disney Dream starting later this November. According to Disney, the new production will be taking elements from both the upcoming live action film starring Emma Watson and the animated classic. […]
Continue readingTake this news with a huge pinch of salt but there are strong rumours that the Walt Disney Company are moving in to secure remaining shares of Euro Disney SCA, the company that owns and operate Disneyland Paris. As things stand right now, Disney own 76.71% of the shares, Prince Alwaleed has 10%, Invesco own […]
Continue readingWhen I thought of a show that would be replaced in 2017 in Walt Disney World, Wishes isn’t one that came to mind… However, Disney has today confirmed that Wishes will end in May 2017 with a brand new show, Happily Ever After, set to replace it on May 12th. The new show will include […]
Continue readingWith Rivers of Light set to debut on February 17th Disney has finally begun communicating what time the show will begin and indeed how many times in a week the show is set to run. You can check out timings for the first 3 months of operation below: February Rivers of Light Show Times Debut […]
Continue readingThough fans of Walt Disney World are used to seeing the fire breathing Maleficent during Festival of Fantasy, today Disneyland Paris have us a look at the equivalent float from the upcoming Disney Stars on Parade, a parade that celebrates the resorts 25th anniversary. You can check it out below: Although the dragon is pretty […]
Continue readingIn the same quarterly earnings conference call where Bob Iger announced the opening date for Pandora – The World of Avatar, Star Wars Land was mentioned at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Though details are still very scarce, Bob did confirm that both lands would be opening at some point in 2019. Though we […]
Continue readingCEO Bob Iger has just moments ago confirmed that Pandora – The World of Avatar will open at Disney’s Animal Kingdom on May 27th! This is much, much earlier than I thought the land would be ready by, my assumption that Disney would have this ready by late June/early July at the earliest, a May […]
Continue readingWith the opening of Volcano Bay getting ever closer (May 25th for those still in the dark), Universal Orlando has begun to drip feed information on what to expect from the brand new TapuTapu technology. If you missed our earlier post on what TapuTapu is, Universal is aiming to get rid of the long lines […]
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