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Disney is planning to double its investment into the parks over the next 10 years, with plans to spend roughly $60 billion. — Disney plans to accelerate and expand investment in its Parks, Experiences and Products over the next 10 years to around $60 billion. This would be double the capital expenditure from the previous 10 years of investment. …

Disney has huge plans for D23 2024. — D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event will take place from August 9 to 11, 2024 in Anaheim, California. Disney is promising that next year’s D23 will be unlike anything we’ve ever experienced before. Thus the rebranding to just D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event. D23 will have spectacular shows, span…

Disney is doing some more blue sky dreaming as they are now considering adding Encanto and Indiana Jones to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. — Dinoland U.S.A. is on the chopping block. Ever since D23 Expo 2022, the dinosaur-themed land has been discussed as a potential plot of land to reimagine. Once again at Destination D23 2023, it was revealed that Walt Disney Imagineering is planning to reimagine Dinoland U.S.A. into a brand new land…

Zootopia won’t be replacing Dinosaur, instead, it will replace It’s Tough to Be a Bug at the Tree of Life Theater. — Zootopia has found its way to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. A new show based on Zootopia is being created for the Tree of Life theater at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The show will replace It’s Tough to Be a Bug, an opening-day attraction for the park. It would also mark the second…

Disney Adventure will join the fleet. — Disney Adventure is the name of Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship. Disney Adventure is the seventh ship in the Disney Cruise Line fleet, and work is currently underway in Germany. It’ll be the first Disney ship to sail from Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia. Disney Adventure will be the first…

Disney’s Lighthouse Point destination finally has a name. — Thomas Mazloum, president of Disney Signature Experiences, shared updates on the Disney Cruise Line at Destination D23. The Disney Cruise Line is amidst a period of growth, and the division is building three new ships but they are also building a brand-new island destination at Lighthouse Point in the Bahamas. …

Test Track will be reimagined yet again. — One of the biggest shockers out of Destination D23 was the announcement that Test Track would go under another reimagining. The last renovation to the attraction took place in 2012. 11 years later, General Motors/Chevrolet feels like the sponsorship with Disney has paid off and they are willing to spend…

A new nighttime spectacular will debut on December 5 at EPCOT. — After Harmonious had its last performance on April 2, EPCOT fans have waited to see what new spectacular Walt Disney Imagineering would be bringing to the park. During Destination D23 it was announced that the new nighttime spectacular would be called Luminous: The Symphony of Us. …