Walt Disney World News

Chase will once again be sponsoring the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival at Walt Disney World. This year’s Festival will run from September 14-November 14, a record 62 days. As part of this sponsorship, they will be hosting the Chase Lounge for Chase cardholders, which includes the Disney Premier Visa Credit Card, Disney Rewards … Chase returns as sponsor of Epcot International Food and Wine Festival

The “Move It! Shake It! Dance and Play It!” street party at the Magic Kingdom will only perform at 5:40 and 7:00pm on July 18-22. Concrete work is being done on the Car Barn Gate in Town Square until 3:00pm, so the parade will not be able to enter or exit Main Street U.S.A. like … Change to schedule for Magic Kingdom’s Move It! Shake It! Dance and Play It! street party

A Magic Kingdom cast member was fired (then later rehired) after posting a picture on Twitter of an unauthorized sign telling cast members how to respond to guests about alligators. When College Program cast member Shannon Sullivan saw the sign backstage, she knew it might get her fired, but she was so bothered by it … Disney World cast member fired after tweeting backstage sign about alligators

The Polite Pig, a new restaurant venture from Ravenous Pig owners James and Julie Petrakis, will open in Disney Springs’ Town Center in Spring 2017. The Petrakis’ run Ravenous Pig and a second restaurant, Cask & Larder, in nearby Winter Park, Florida, though those two locations are going to merge into one building in 2018. … The Polite Pig restaurant coming to Disney Springs from owners of local favorite Ravenous Pig

A few new species of chickens have been added to the Affection Section of Rafiki’s Planet Watch at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.  The “Affection Section” is where young and old alike have an opportunity to interact with the animals. At first, they appear to be the usual petting zoo variety of animals, but you’ll discover that … New breeds of chickens added to Affection Section at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Today, the Disney Parks Blog announced what has long been speculated: a new Muppets restaurant will open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios this Fall. PizzeRizzo, housed in the old location of the Toy Story Pizza Planet was rumored to be an idea for the park in its early days. But now, with massive changes happening at … New Muppets pizzeria named PizzeRizzo announced for Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Club Villain is a specially ticketed event held at Sunset Showcase, an entertainment venue is located just off the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster courtyard at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.  Hosted by Dr. Facilier, from The Princess and The Frog, guests at Club Villain will enjoy stage-show musical numbers, a house DJ, meet and greets, dancing, drinks from the … Club Villain returns to Disney’s Hollywood Studios to celebrate Halloween

A lawsuit filed on behalf of a former Disney cast member claims that he was fired from his place of employment at Disney’s Shades of Green Resort after refusing to cut his dreadlocks. Courtney Joseph, a Rastafarian cook at the resort, contends he worked for nearly a year without issue until February of 2013, when … Disney employee fired due to dreadlocks?