Disney Articles and News

The Walt Disney World resorts have installed high-tech washers and dryers. Guests will be able to check a website to find out if there are open machines in the laundry facilities, as well as receive a notice when one becomes free and when a laundry cycle has finished. Cycles in these machines are shorter than … Disney resorts installing high-tech laundry facilities

The Central Florida theme parks have released their first-quarter injury report for 2015. Walt Disney World reported six injuries, including a 64-year-old man who hurt his ankle while exiting a car at Tomorrowland Speedway; a 77-year-old man with a “pre-existing condition who felt sick and disoriented at Tomorrowland Transit Authority; a 57-year-old man with a … First-quarter injury reports for Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando

Three Disney employees have been given their jobs back after being fired in June for refusing to wear contaminated costumes at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. A federal arbitrator said that Disney “violated a collective bargaining agreement by firing them” and the employees will receive back pay and no reprimands will be in their files. The three … Disney rehires performers who wouldn’t wear sweaty costumes

Walt Disney World has announced the release of their popular Free Dining promotion. Rumors on the internet had been assuming that this would be released for Disney Visa cardholders today, but that wasn’t the case. Instead, the discount is immediately available for the general public. The dates included in the discount are: 8/28/15 – 10/2/15 … Walt Disney World releases free dining discount for the general public

Walt Disney World will be transitioning their Disability Access Service (DAS) cards to digital beginning Thursday, April 30. Guests utilizing this program will have their information added to their MagicBands or tickets, allowing them to be scanned when guests return to the attractions. The current system uses paper cards where cast members can hand-write the … Disability Access Service at Walt Disney World to go digital

The Walt Disney Co. is being sued by InCom Corp., a California company who claims Disney stole technology from them and used it for their MagicBands and attendance tracking. InCom says “it developed three patents since 2008 for an attendance tracking system it markets to schools and other venues” and that MagicBands use that technology. … Disney sued over their MagicBand technology