Walt Disney World News

The Disney Parks Blog has announced plans for a new Star Wars stage show, street procession, and nighttime spectacular coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The stage show, “Star Wars: A Galaxy Far, Far Away” will feature Kylo Ren, Chewbacca, Darth Vader and Darth Maul, and will highlight iconic moments from the films. This show will … New Star Wars stage show and nighttime spectacular coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios

“Dream Along with Mickey,” the show that takes place several times each day in front of Cinderella Castle, will be ending in early April, with the last shows likely scheduled for April 2. The current castle show began in September of 2006. The Disney Parks Blog has announced details of the new show coming to … “Dream Along with Mickey” to end nearly 10-year run; new stage show planned

The Orlando Business Journal is giving details of a new water permit filed by Walt Disney World that may give some insight into Animal Kingdom’s Avatar expansion. The permit is asking for approval from the South Florida Water Management District for “a ride to discharge water to a stormwater pond just west of the ongoing … Water permit filed for Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s Avatar expansion

BlogMickey.com is reporting that Google Street View will soon be available of the Magic Kingdom. Twitter user WDWShutterbug posted the above photo of a member of the Street View Trekker team wearing a camera near the Liberty Square Riverboat. dichuy on Twitter posted a picture of a team member on the raft to Frontierland from … Google Street View photographing the Magic Kingdom

We previously reported that a new 286,000-square-foot venue will be constructed at ESPN Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World, but it was not yet known what the space would be used for. Disney has now announced that it will be “the world’s first venue specifically for cheerleading and dance” and will be created … New venue at ESPN Wide World of Sports to host cheerleading and dance events

For the 17th year in a row, Victoria & Albert’s restaurant at Walt Disney World’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa has been named a AAA five-diamond establishment. Among the 64 restaurants that received this distinction this year, there were two other Florida venues. These include Palme d’Or at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables and … Victoria & Albert’s given 17th AAA five-diamond distinction

Update: The layoffs are actually affecting 214 employees, not 24 as we had previously published. Fulton’s Crab House at Disney Springs had previously announced an upcoming long-term renovation, but now they have also filed a notice with the state of their intention to lay off 24 employees. The layoffs will happen sometime between April 4 and … Update: Disney Springs’ Fulton’s Crab House to lay off 214 ahead of 6-month refurb

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a string of burglaries at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa.  According to a report in the Orlando Sentinel, there have been more than 20 cases of theft dating back to late December. In December, two suspects were seen trying to enter a room and, upon being seen … Suspects arrested in connection with string of burglaries at Disney’s Saratoga Springs