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A Walt Disney animatronic is coming to the “Happiest Place on Earth.”
“Walt Disney – A Magical Life” ©Disney
At this past summer’s D23 event. Disney announced that a NEW show – – featuring an animatronic Walt Disney – – was coming to Disneyland. And now, we know when it’s arriving!
We’ve been so excited about getting the opportunity to ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure in Disney World, which officially opens to the public on June 28th.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure
Although we finally got a chance to ride the new attraction, it seems like the ride is closed a LOT, and many of those who managed to get early previews are getting turned away when it closes. We’ve seen the ride evacuated and at one point a virtual queue was canceled (although we don’t know if it was due to downtime or something else). We recently just noticed another problem, though, and we’re kinda worried about Tiana.
There is BIG business in Disney Parks memorabilia.
©D23
We’re always seeing auctions for things like actual ride vehicles, animatronics used in rides, animatronic skins, and more! It’s all about nostalgia, right? Well, if you’re still nostalgic about Disney World’s The Great Movie Ride (gone, but not forgotten), you might just have to raise some serious cash for a piece of Disney ride history on eBay.
Here’s our confession… The It’s Tough To Be A Bug attraction scares us a little.
It’s Tough To Be A Bug?
But nevertheless, we persisted and ventured to check in on it yesterday! We found something even more interesting that we’ve never experienced before!
We won’t lie, there are some seriously impressive animatronics in Disney World!
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run pre-show
From the Shaman of Song on Na’vi River Journey to Hondo Ohnaka in the pre-show of Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run, Disney has done some very cool work with technology in the past few years. But even though there are certain animatronics that take our breath away, there are others that sometimes look a little…off.
It’s never a dull week in Disney World!
It takes a lot to keep Disney World running!
This week we’ve learned about mysterious patents, big ride queue changes, and there was even a power outage! Let’s get right into all the unexpected Disney World news this week.
Here at DFB, we’re pretty frequent Disney-goers, so we usually notice when things are missing from the parks.
Something (or should we say someone) was missing from Tomorrowland today!
Whether it be an animatronic, a piece of a ride, or a sign that’s out of place, we tend to know when things aren’t right in the parks. But today, something big was missing from a Magic Kingdom ride, and it was pretty obvious!
A great and long-standing tradition at the Hall of Presidents in Disney World has been to update the attraction every time a new President takes office.
Hall of Presidents ©Disney
In the past, the time frame has varied for how long it takes to add the new Presidential animatronic. The attraction closed on January 20, 2021 and Disney said a couple weeks ago that it would be reopening in August with the new President Biden animatronic, we just didn’t have an exact date. BUT while we were in Magic Kingdom today, we discovered that the Hall of Presidents is OPEN! [Read more…]
We’ve seen quite a few refurbishments at Disney World recently!
The Hall of Presidents has been closed for a bit!
Rides have been getting touch-ups, hotel rooms have been getting makeovers, and paint jobs have seen updates all around the resort. But one attraction was closed for a very specific reason — a new president has been added to Magic Kingdom’s Hall of Presidents.
Sometimes, things don’t go as planned on Disney World rides.
Galaxy’s Edge
Whether that’s an unexpected closure, a malfunctioning animatronic, or an evacuation, there’s bound to be a hiccup every now and then! And today, we noticed something was a little off on Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.
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