MousePlanet is your independent consumer guide to Disney travel and vacations, covering Disneyland, Walt Disney World and the Disney Cruise Line.

Probably our last 2024 Walt Disney World Resort update featuring an introduction to the new Island Tower at Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows.

March is the start of meteorological Spring, and, indeed, by this time in February, it really is already springtime for Central Florida and the Walt Disney World Resort.

While there are many anniversaries to celebrate this year, next year will mark the 50th birthday of the well-loved Disney live-action musical, Mary Poppins.I have just returned from a trip to ...

Characters from The Rescuers appeared at the Disney theme parks for a few years after the film debuted. The Rescuers is not considered a classic, innovative film.It is a modest production that ...

Pluto plays rock – paper – scissors with the author’s sons. Disney characters will appear at all meals starting May 18. Photo by Adrienne Vincent-Phoenix.

MousePlanet is your independent consumer guide to Disney travel and vacations, covering Disneyland, Walt Disney World and the Disney Cruise Line.

Disney premieres its grand reveal of “Disney Treasure.” Video courtesy Disney. Today, Disney Cruise Line premiered its virtual grand reveal of Disney Treasure, which is scheduled to become the ...

6. Walt and Lillian raised two daughters in the wake of what was known as “The Crime of the Century”. This was in reference to the abduction and murder of Charles Lindbergh’s 20-month old ...

The rest of our catching up on the news and views is integrated throughout our usual This & That & Reminders section. On March 8, 2025, Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro along with ...

One of Walt's major influences was Victor Gruen's book. Gruen designed some of the first malls in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A Disney Archivist confirmed to me that Walt had a copy of the ...

An advertising campaign for Disney's Animal Kingdom Park included both real and mythical creatures. The final commercial was produced by Jim Derusha, of Alpha Wolf Productions, and consisted of ...