Disney World and Make-A-Wish Throw Royal Ball to Mark World Princess Week and 150,000th Disney Wish

Walt Disney World’s Once Upon a Wish Party.Photo:Copyright: The Walt Disney Company Copyright: The Walt Disney Company Disney magic has ascended to a whole new level. As part of theMake-A-Wishprogram,Walt Disney Worldrecently invited 50 wish kids to its inaugural Once Upon a Wish party, which “proclaimed wish kids as royalty for the day and had them meet more than 30 Disney Princesses and characters,” according toan official release. “Every little girl dreams of going to a royal ball,” Mikayla, who was diagnosed with cancer three years ago, told PEOPLE ahead of the party, which was held Aug.

Disney World and SeaWorld to Close Early Amid Hurricane Dorian Precautions

AsHurricane Dorianmoves toward the United States after making landfall in the Bahamas on Sunday, Florida’s theme parks are taking extra precautions. On Monday,Disney Worldannouncedthat, as part of its “longstanding commitment to safety,” the park’s hours would be adjusted on Tuesday, closing most of its attractions in the mid-afternoon. The Magic Kingdom Park, Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park, Winter Summerland Miniature Golf and Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf will all close at 3 p.

Disney World Announces New 'Nature-Inspired' Resort to Open in 2022: Everything to Know Now

Photo: Disney AttentionDisneyfanatics, your travel wish list just got a little longer! Walt Disney Worldannounced on Thursday its plan to build a new, “nature-inspired” hotel at its Orlando Resort that will open in 2022. The property will sit on the shores of Bay Lake between Disney’s Wilderness Lodge and Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground. The venue will be a “mixed-use” facility with roughly 900 rooms and Disney Vacation Club villas.

Disney World Announces Plans to Power Almost Half of the Park with Solar Energy in Next 2 Years

Photo: Walt Disney World Resorts The new projects will add “to a not-so-hidden Mickey shaped solar array” near Epcot, which is already twice the size of the Magic Kingdom, according to theOrlando Sentinel. Of course, those aren’t the only new plans in the work. There are also new solar canopies being installed at Disneyland Paris that will provide shelter for 9,500 guest vehicles, as well as a solar facility that will provide about 70% of the power used on Disney Cruise Line’s private island Castaway Cay in The Bahamas.

Disney World Cast Member, a U.S. Navy Veteran Who Served in WWII, Honored with Special Ceremony

Alex Stromski.Photo: disney parks Walt Disney Worldis paying tribute to one of their own. Ahead of Armed Forces Day this weekend, the park is highlighting cast member Alex Stromski, a U.S. Navy veteran who has worked at Pinocchio’s Village Haus in Magic Kingdom Park since 2013. “I was a naval aviator and I had a call sign but now that I’m here at Magic Kingdom I have a call sign ‘Geppetto,’ " he added.