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Disney Rumor Round Up January 2018

Welcome to the first edition of Disney Rumor Round Up for 2018! You can check out the December 2017 installment here.  Disclaimer: any rumors mentioned in this article are not confirmed by Disney and may not ever happen. Magic Kingdom Talking Mickey in the Town Square Theater at the Magic Kingdom is said to be going Disney Rumor Round Up January 2018

A Marvel-ous Future World?

When it comes to theme park rumors and speculation, Disney fans are fluent in reading between the lines. Joanna Robinson’s article in Vanity Fair (November 28th) about the future of Marvel gave us plenty to ponder. But we can’t dig in without touching on the conundrum of character usage between Universal and Disney. For some light reading, A Marvel-ous Future World?

In Defense of “Hollywood and Slime”

No matter who you talk to, or which reviews or blogs you read, there’s always one Walt Disney World restaurant that people advise you to stay away from — Hollywood and Vine at Disney’s Hollywood Studios! So what can be so bad about this character buffet restaurant? How can Disney let an establishment that’s constantly being In Defense of “Hollywood and Slime”

Vox Populi: What Is Really Going on with All the Upsells at Disney?

One of our DISboards posters started an interesting discussion over on the Theme Parks Attractions and Strategies forum in light of a story we published last week on Club Level guests having the ability to purchase three additional FastPass+ selections for $50 per-person per-day. Poster ‘binkee12‘ started the thread off by saying, “A few years ago, Vox Populi: What Is Really Going on with All the Upsells at Disney?