food IS a theme park
If you’re in California, heading there soon, or live in the area, there’s something you need to know that could affect your trip drastically.
Disneyland
On Thursday, May 21st, a hazmat incident occurred in Garden Grove, California, located just five miles from Knott’s Berry Farm and seven miles from Disneyland. While both parks remain open at this time, this is a developing situation, and things can change on a dime. Here’s what you need to know right now.
We have some awesome travel news today – American Airlines is expanding its Los Angeles routes beginning this spring. The airline will offer new daily nonstop flights to LAX year-round.
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American Airlines is launching the new flight paths from LAX to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport. Flights will start on April 7th, with booking available on January 26th.
Have you ever wanted to just live in the Disney magic? Well, you can’t move into Disney World (believe us, we would if we could), but you can move into a Disney community.
Disney has officially launched its Storyliving community, Cotino, in Rancho Mirage, California, and it’s a chance to buy a house in a neighborhood completely designed by Disney. That means you get all those nice Disney touches, as well as the home you’ve dreamed of. Well, if you’re curious about Cotino, we’ve got a FIRST LOOK to share with you.
Okay, so you’ve done the BIG planning stuff for your Disney World trip. You’ve figured out where to stay, what tickets to get, and where you want to eat. But a big question still remains: how will you get there?
Orlando International Airport
For many of us, the answer is that we’ll fly to Orlando International Airport to get to Disney World. Well, if you live in or near Boise or Sacramento, you have two NEW nonstop flights on Alaska Airlines to get to Orlando International Airport — which you may know is the airport closest to Disney World. SCORE!
Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal CityWalk in California will remain closed today, January 9th, 2025.
Universal Studios Hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal CityWalk were also closed yesterday and will remain closed today due to extreme winds and fire conditions.
If you’ve ever visited the West Coast, as a Disney fan, we’re sure you’ve made time to visit Disneyland (like we ALWAYS will make a Disneyland trip if we find ourselves in Southern California).
©Disney Family Museum
Maybe you’ve even managed to get in on one of those exclusive D23 Walt Disney Studios tours where you can visit the ACTUAL working studios of the company and even see Walt’s preserved office space. However, if you’re in Northern California and you skip out on the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, you may be missing out. We recently dropped by the museum and were blown away by everything there is to see.
Have you ever wondered what it might be like to LIVE in Disney World or Disneyland?
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Imagine waking up every morning to Disney magic all around you — how amazing would that be? Well, Disney is kinda bringing that concept to life with its residential communities. In 2022, the company announced Storyliving by Disney, which seeks to create communities with HOUSES YOU CAN BUY that will let you live within the Disney magic 24/7. Right now, two communities are in the works, including Asteria in North Carolina and Cotino in California. Well, we’ve been following Cotino’s construction progress, and we’ve got a new update!
Have you ever dreamt of living within the magic bubble of Disney?
We will take a room in the Castle, please!
While you can do that right now at Golden Oak, a private neighborhood at Disney World, Disney itself is building another neighborhood on the opposite coast. Over in Coachella Valley, California, Disney is creating a first-of-its-kind neighborhood. Cotino, a Storyliving Community, has been making progress over the course of the year, and Disney has just shared new photos of the construction of this new community.
We’ve got some exciting news from California!
Walt Disney Studios
Walt Disney Studios is located in California, and it is really where all the magic started. Lots of Disney fans will be descending upon Anaheim, California for D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in just a few weeks, and not only do D23 members get to experience all the event has to offer, but they can also take advantage of some discounts in the area! Now there’s another experience that D23 fans will want to take advantage of in September — the official Walt Disney Studios tour!
One of Disney’s biggest events of the year is coming up, and we can’t wait!
The Walt Disney Company headquarters in California
D23 is Disney’s Official Fan Club, and bi-annually they a fan convention in Anaheim, California. This event consists of 3 days of numerous panels about Disney news, movies, TV shows, and everything in between. It’s a great way to learn about all the new things coming down the pipeline for the Walt Disney Company, and the next event is coming up on August 9th-11th. While we can’t wait for all the latest news to come out, we have noticed that Disney has done some suspicious things, and we can’t help but wonder what that’ll mean for the event this year.
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