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Did You See The TEN Biggest Disney News Stories This Year?

The Disney Parks are always changing, and that means loads of Disney news! Every single day, we’re tracking Disney news (food and otherwise!) so we can bring you the latest. (If you join our DFB Newsletter, you’ll get all the newsy details FIRST!)

Here we’re gathering TEN of the biggest Disney news stories from 2018…ICYMI!

Count Down Disney’s Biggest News Stories With Us!

Disney World Ticket Date-Based Pricing Introduced

When the announcement was made that Disney World’s tickets would go to a date-based pricing model, our readers had a lot of mixed reactions. On the positive side, readers said they were looking forward to seeing which dates would be lower and using that information to plan their trips. And if you’re a person who enjoys the growing complexity of planning a trip to WDW, we totally feel you on this!

Date-based ticket pricing announced

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Alien Popcorn Buckets, a New Dessert, and More Star Wars Updates: Everything New at Disney’s Hollywood Studios This Week!

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Hello from Disney’s Hollywood Studios! The weather is chilly and the holiday crowds have arrived, but we still have lots of fun updates to share with you this week.

We spotted a new arrival of little green men, found a new holiday dessert, and checked out the Skyliner and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge construction. Come along and take a look at everything new we found at Hollywood Studios this week!

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DFB Video: Six Things Disney Has to Improve Before Opening Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

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Hi, there! We’re back with another DFB Video today, and we’re looking towards the future as we share six things Disney has to improve before opening Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge!

Let’s Talk Transportation… and more!

2019 is fast approaching, and the year — for Disney and Star Wars fans — is highly anticipated, since it’s the year that Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will open in Disneyland (summer) and Disney World (fall). The crowds that Galaxy’s Edge will bring to the parks are anticipated to be unprecedented, and there are some issues we think Disney will need to address (and, indeed, in some ways already are) before the land opens. So join in the discussion after checking out our latest DFB YouTube video! [Read more…]

Disney World Star Wars Update: Galaxy’s Edge Construction, Merchandise, and Tatooine Traders Addition

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With only three weeks left in 2018 we are getting closer and closer to the opening date of Disney World’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Land in the fall of 2019. Now, it looks like Disney is getting just as excited as we are because we spotted the previously seen Galaxy’s Edge merchandise in a more permanent location in Hollywood Studios! While we were in the park we also checked on the progress of the construction of the new land as well as renovations at Tatooine Traders.

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge T-Shirt

Take a close look at the shirt — can you see the Millennium Falcon on there between “Landing” and “2019”? That’s a cool and subtle nod to the new ride, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run.

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Disney Shares Ground View of Millennium Falcon in Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge

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Last week we shared a birds-eye view of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland, where construction of the Millennium Falcon appears to have reached completion. And now, we have a from-the-ground perspective to share thanks to @DisneyParks on Twitter!

©Disney from @DisneyParks on Twitter

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Millennium Falcon Has LANDED at Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge!

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YOU will get to take control of the Millennium Falcon in one of three unique flight crew roles when the attraction, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run opens in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in both Disneyland and Disney World in 2019. And in Disneyland (where Galaxy’s Edge will open next summer prior to the fall opening in Disney World’s Hollywood Studios), they are one MAJOR step closer to this new experience… because construction of the Millennium Falcon is now complete!

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Construction in Disneyland ©heliguy

These incredible photos are used with permission from @heliguy on Instagram. You’ll see the entire land pictured above.

He also shared this closer image of the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs right there in the center! [Read more…]

What’s New at Hollywood Studios This Week: Skyliner Progress, Tatooine Traders Construction, and More Holiday Fun!

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Between decorating for the holidays, construction of the all-new Disney Skyliner, and preparations for the opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, we’re always finding something new at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!

Skyliner Progress at Hollywood Studios

Want to hear all about what we spotted this week? Let’s go!

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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge!

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We received information on both attractions coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge today at the D23 Destination D: Celebrating Mickey Mouse event! Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products Chairman Bob Chapek revealed the name for Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run and the ride that will put you on a Resistance Troop Transport…

Star Wars Rise of the Resistance

Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance has been revealed as the name of the attraction that will place guests right in the middle of “an epic battle between the Resistance and the First Order.” [Read more…]

Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run Will Let You Take Control in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge!

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Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is set to open in Disneyland in the summer of 2019 and in Disney World’s Hollywood Studios in late fall of 2019. It’s getting closer every day… and now we have more information to share — thanks to today’s D23 Destination D: Celebrating Mickey Mouse event — about the land’s highly anticipated Millennium Falcon attraction… including the name!

Mellinium Falcon: Smugglers Run

Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run will allow guests who have traveled all the way to the planet of Batuu to take control of the Millennium Falcon in one of three unique flight crew roles. [Read more…]

Take A Closer Look at the Star Wars Hotel Coming to Walt Disney World!

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There was SO MUCH NEWS coming out of the D23 Destination D: Celebrating Mickey Mouse event that took place this morning that we thought we’d dive into a few individual topics, including one we’re especially excited about: the Star Wars Resort coming to Walt Disney World!

Star Wars Resort Concept Art

More concept art was revealed by a presentation from Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products Chairman Bob Chapek for what is to be a completely immersive and unique experience, which will place guests directly into a starship “that comes alive with characters and stories that unfold all around them during their voyage through the galaxy.” [Read more…]