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A drive-by shooting outside California’s Knott’s Berry Farm theme park Friday night left at least one person wounded and three others hospitalized. KTLA reports gunfire erupted around 9 p.m. outside the front gate of Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. Officials transported one gunshot victim to a hospital. Three other people were also treated by […]
Though Star Wars fans likely won’t be able to buy them anytime soon, best to get that out of the way, Disney has shown off a quick (13-second) look at a “real” retractable lightsaber to sync up with this year’s May the 4th. Prior to today it had shown the same movie-prop-come-to-life to journalists via a closed presentation. […]
Joey Badass has vowed never to return to Disney World. On Saturday, the Pro Era rapper took to Instagram to share his tense interaction with theme park employees, after his relative was allegedly denied entry due to COVID-19 safety policies. Joey claimed that his autistic cousin wasn’t allowed into Disney World because he refused to wear a mask. […]
Disney announced Monday that its Jungle Cruise ride will undergo changes to better “reflect and value the diversity of the world around us.” The attraction, which first opened at Disneyland Park in Anaheim in 1955, has long been criticized for its negative depiction of indigenous people. The Los Angeles Times provides a glimpse into the offensive experience you could’ve expected […]
Earlier this week, Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney Parks, Experience and Products, provided a sneak peek of what’s on the horizon for next year and beyond at the IAAPA Expo: Virtual Education Conference. Among the attractions in the works includes an Avengers Campus at Disneyland and Disneyland Paris, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, […]
Employees who work for Disney parks in Florida and California got some grim news this week when they learned from a memo that their employer (The Walt Disney Co.) was planning to lay off 28,000 people. This was attributed to the substantial COVID-19-induced attendance losses experienced by those tourist attractions, which is perhaps something you saw coming if […]
Variety reports that Disney World recently posted an amendment to its face covering policy by banning visitors from eating and drinking while walking around the park with their mask off. *trails off, begins thinking about “Mask Off” by Future* Anyway, this revision eliminates the loophole that people have been trying to exploit as a way of getting around the […]
Disneyland and Disneyland California Adventure will delay their phased reopening, which was scheduled to begin on July 17, Deadline reports. Both parks have been closed since March. The announcement was made on Wednesday, hours after California Gov. Gavin Newsom revealed the state had a record 7,149 new coronavirus cases the previous day. Disneyland will now […]
The coronavirus outbreak has reportedly cost Disney more than $1 billion in profits. Company executives confirmed the loss Tuesday during its quarterly earnings call, nearly two months after the virus was declared a global pandemic. According to Reuters, Disney CEO Bob Chapek and Executive Chairman Bob Iger confirmed revenue was lost in various areas, such as retail stores and TV operations; but most […]
A 34-year-old man died in California after contracting coronavirus, and just weeks after visiting Walt Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida. Jeffrey Ghazarian died on Thursday morning in a California hospital after being on a ventilator for five days, TMZ reports. His sister told the outlet, “He suffered a lot and put up a […]
