Disney News Highlights: Bob Iger Shareholders Meeting including DeSantis, New Moana Live-action in the Works, Disney has Freedom of Speech, Happily Ever After Returns

Disney News Highlights: Bob Iger Shareholders Meeting including DeSantis, New Moana Live-action in the Works, Disney has Freedom of Speech, Happily Ever After Returns

Disney World 50th Anniversary Medallion Removed from Cinderella Castle Overnight Disney pulled down the 50th Anniversary Medallion from the front of Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom. The bunting and spire ribbons still remain on the castle. Disney has confirmed that removal will take place over an extended period of time.

Disney Replaces Enchantment Poster with Happily Ever After in the Magic Kingdom Last night was the final performance of Disney Enchantment in the Magic Kingdom. Disney Fans (myself included) are excited for the return of Happily Ever After!

New Disney100 Refillable Mugs Now at Disney World New Disney100 Refillable Mugs Now at Disney World. Today marks the end of Walt Disney World‘s 50th Anniversary and the beginning of whatever the future holds. For now, the future is the Disney100 celebration. We know already that most of the Disney100 will happen at Epcot, but it appears we are getting more of the celebration around the Disney Resorts.

New Toy Story Summer Collection Available At shopDisney And Disney Parks! Take adventure to infinity and beyond with this Toy Story Summer Collection! It features a perfect combination of our favorite Pixar pals and bright colors with apparel, kitchenware and accessories, take a look:

Disney World Cast Members to Continue Wearing 50th Anniversary Name Tags With Disney World’s 50th Anniversary officially over many of the elements such as the decorations, park maps and more are being removed.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Ordering an Investigation Into Reedy Creek Improvement District Agreement with Disney The Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis is ordering an investigation into the last-minute agreement Disney made with the former Reedy Creek Improvement District.

Dwayne The Rock Johnson to Play Maui in Live-Action Moana Movie It was just announced in the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders of The Walt Disney Company that Disney will be working on a Live-Action Moana movie starting Maui himself Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson!

Bob Iger says Disney as a Company has Freedom of Speech Today during the annual meeting of shareholders of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger took questions from shareholders. One of the questions had to do with the Reedy Creek Improvement District and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Disney World Plans on Investing $17 Billion In Florida Economy and Creating 13,000 Jobs Today in the annual meeting for shareholders of The Walt Disney Company when Bob Iger was discussing the Company’s right to freedom of speech Bob Iger mentioned how Disney World Plans on Investing in the State of Florida over the next 10 years.

Disney Removes All 50th Anniversary Rugs from Walt Disney World Disney Removes All 50th Anniversary Rugs from Walt Disney World. Sometimes we walk around the resorts and never notice what’s under our feet. Until something stands out as different. Like the rugs entering and exiting the Walt Disney World Resorts.

5 Walt Disney Quotes that are Totally Fake If it’s on the internet, it must be true…right? Wrong! This is especially true regarding our beloved Walt Disney and what he did (or didn’t) say. Seriously, fake Disney quotes are everywhere, and even an avid Disney addict like myself was shocked to find out some of these quotes were completely fake or said by someone else. In honor of Walt’s birthday 2 days ago- let’s explore 5 quotes he never said.

Three New Disney100 Collections Arrived To shopDisney! The 100 years of wonder celebration continues with three new Disney100 Collections available now at shopDisney and Disney Parks! These new collections feature characters from Star Wars, Pixar and of course beloved Disney classic characters, take a look:

Lilo has been Cast in Disney Live-Action Lilo and Stitch Movie Disney has found its live-action Lilo for the upcoming remake of Lilo and Stich. Newcomer Maia Kealoha is set to play Lilo Pelekai, joining Zach Galifianakis in the new film. Galifianakis was cast as the voice of Stich last month. The film has been in development since 2018.

Disney World Gives Local Teachers and Community Early Preview of TRON Lightcycle Disney recently gave local teachers and community leaders an early preview of TRON Lightcycle Run at Magic Kingdom! Local Central Florida teachers and community leaders got a special preview of the attraction and Disney announced a new donation of $100,000 to support STEM education in Orange County Public Schools.

Bob Iger Would LOVE to Be Able to do More with Marvel at the Theme Parks During the shareholder meeting today, Disney CEO Bob Iger said he’d love to do more with Marvel at the theme parks.

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