This is the weekly rumor and refurbishment update for the Orlando-area theme parks for the week of April 13, 2014. Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom Seven Dwarfs Mine Train We are just about there folks. There are three signs that the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is gearing up to "soft open" to guests soon

When you visit a Disney theme park, you're entering a protected fantasy world. Here are 8 ingenious methods that the company uses to shield you from the real world outside the gates.

Over the years, Disney's Imagineers have come up with some truly off-the-wall ideas for new attractions that sadly never saw the light of day. Here are 10 that we wish HAD made the cut...

Walt Disney World has welcomed hundreds of millions of visitors since its opening day in 1971. Inevitably, some truly weird things have happened at the resort during that time. In fact, the bizarre incidents started even before the Magic Kingdom threw open its gates, and have continued right through

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so they say. Disney's Imagineers should feel VERY flattered by these 10 brazen attempts to clone rides at Disney theme parks.

Disney's Magic Kingdom is the most popular theme park in the world. Buried underneath its surface is an underground complex of staggering scope and scale...

When it opens in Spring 2014, the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster at Disney's Magic Kingdom will boast two innovative new features. Disney had previously revealed that the coaster would feature a new ride system that will see its trains swing from side to side as they round the corners in its

Walt Disney World has resurrected a host of dead presidents using the magic of audio-animatronic technology - and put them to work in some truly bizarre new jobs.

This is the weekly rumor and refurbishment update for the Orlando-area theme parks for the week of April 6, 2014. Walt Disney World MyMagic+ Walt Disney World Annual Passholders have begun receiving their MagicBands in the mail and mine arrived last week. It did not come in the “Incredibles” themed

Disney and Universal are now known as bitter rivals in the theme park industry. But that hasn't always been the case - in fact, the two firms share more in common than you may realize. For much of the past three decades - ever since Universal announced plans to build a theme park in Florida in the

Disney's theme parks are meant to offer a fantastical, idealised view of the world. Sometimes, though, the scenes witnessed at the parks can be bizarre even by Disney's standards. Occasionally, Disney does so something so out-of-this-world that it appears unusual even in the context of a theme park

There are huge swathes of new rides, shops and restaurants due to open at Walt Disney World by 2017. Here's an update on the latest confirmed and rumored additions to the resort.