Blake Taylor is Senior Writer at Mickey Visit. He has been writing about The Walt Disney Company and the entertainment industry since age 12, when Pixar hosted the world premiere of Cars in Blake’s hometown. Thousands of Blake’s news articles have appeared in Attractions Magazine, /Film, Looper, Explore, Rotoscopers, WDW Radio, The Muppet Mindset, and The Main Street Gazette. Blake is an alumnus of the Disney College Program. Education: Communications at Appalachian State University | Favorite Disney attraction: Fantasmic! at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
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As anyone who’s watched even one episode of Jeopardy! knows, the questions asked on the long-running television game show span all sorts of topics. This week, the show devoted an entire category to Disneyland! Since we […]
Walt Disney World rides routinely close for refurbishment, but rarely do these temporary closures last longer than a few months. We track all the Disney World ride refurbishments here. A classic Disney World roller coaster […]
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Walt Disney World is gearing up to launch V.I.Passholder Summer Days, a season of perks and discounts exclusively for annual passholders. We now have details about one of those limited-time benefits. See even more perks […]
Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World is preparing for the next generation of park guests with significant changes across multiple areas of the theme park. Inevitably, to make room for the park’s ambitious slate […]
Walt Disney World occasionally closes rides for maintenance. For older attractions, these refurbishments sometimes call for significant upgrades to evolve the ride for a new generation and bring it up to speed with modern safety […]
Attractions at Disneyland Resort regularly close for scheduled refurbishments, with Disney usually providing a few weeks’ notice of any upcoming closures and sticking to the schedule. One ride refurbishment keeps mysteriously straying from this norm, […]
A few Walt Disney World hotels are located close to theme parks, but none of them are physically inside the parks. Disney may have been looking to change that with recently canceled plans. During early […]
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