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The Debate That Has Disney Parks Fans DIVIDED

Ask a Disney Parks fan how they feel about movie-based attractions and you are not getting a simple answer. You are getting a full monologue, three examples, one deeply personal EPCOT grievance, and possibly a dramatic sigh. This debate has been simmering for years, but lately it has started to feel a lot less like fan speculation and a lot more like Disney’s actual blueprint.

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That is because Disney has not exactly been coy about where things are headed. In 2024, Bob Iger said that “almost all” of Disney’s investment in park lands and attractions would be built around IP. Then, at Disney’s 2025 shareholders meeting, the company highlighted a pipeline packed with IP-driven projects, including Cars and a Villains land at Magic Kingdom, a Monsters, Inc. land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Tropical Americas at Disney’s Animal Kingdom with Encanto and Indiana Jones in the mix. In other words, this is no longer just a fan fear, or a fan dream, depending on which side of the argument you live on. It is very much the plan.

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Disney Just Announced a New Long-Term Goal for the Company

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The Walt Disney Company just hit a major milestone, kicking off a new era of the company with a shareholders’ meeting.

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The meeting began with a goodbye from Bob Iger, followed by new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro sharing his message to the fans and shareholders, giving a rundown of what has been accomplished in the past year and what is to come under his leadership. As part of that speech, we got an update about Disney’s focus for the future.

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NEWS: Disney Accuses Google of “Massive” Copyright Infringement in Cease-and-Desist Letter

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Yesterday, The Walt Disney Company announced an agreement with OpenAI to allow the use of Disney characters in AI content. Before the announcement, Disney sent Google a cease-and-desist letter accusing it of copyright infringement.

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According to Deadline, Disney sent the cease-and-desist letter on Wednesday, just before the company announced its partnership with OpenAI. Disney accused Google of copyright infringement on a “massive scale” for using Disney’s copyrighted characters in AI-generated content.

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Why We’re Excited About Bob Iger’s New Plan for Disney Park Expansions

By Samantha Kendall 6 Comments

Disney parks are changing in a major way and more updates are on the horizon.

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The DisneylandForward project has officially been approved and will bring a $1.9 billion expansion to Disneyland Resort. The first permits have been filed for Disney World’s massive Animal Kingdom expansion, and Magic Kingdom’s Beyond Big Thunder overhaul will breathe new life into the original Florida park. Bob Iger has a new plan for Disney parks, and we happen to be pretty excited about it.

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