Posted By Matthew Moyer on Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 1:16 PM click image Photo courtesy Downtown Arts District Interstruct rendering of the CityArts patio CityArts and the Downtown Arts District are poised to begin an ambitious overhaul of their outdoor courtyard space in downtown Orlando. The end result will be a renovated, extended and radically different public plaza, wrapping around the north end of the CityArts building on Magnolia Street. Fundraising for the project is already underway, with the recent Ford-ify the Arts celebration earlier this month. The vision is to create a beautiful public space in the heart of downtown Orlando, read a Ford-ify the Arts announcement. This space will be used for diverse, inclusive, and creative arts engagement
Posted By Matthew Moyer on Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 11:23 AM click image Screen capture courtesy MouseSteps/YouTube Step aside, loser Walt Disney World s Magic Kingdom has temporarily closed the doors of its Hall of Presidents attraction to add a Joe Biden figure. As spotted by WDW News Today, the plug was pulled suddenly on the Hall last night, with little fanfare besides a note about refurbishment going up on the Walt Disney World website (which, as we write this, refuses to load).
Orlando Sentinel that the closure was due to updating the attraction to add a Joe Biden animatronic figure and, safe to say, update the current narrative flow of the show.
Posted By Ken Storey on Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 2:37 PM click to enlarge Photo via Disney/Facebook In July, when Walt Disney World reopened, annual passholders could renew their passes, though new passes haven’t been sold since then. But in California, where the healthcare system has been overwhelmed by the pandemic, theme parks have essentially been shut down since March. With the death rate in the region doubling and officials having to lift air quality limits in order to ensure crematoriums can keep up with COVID-related deaths, it’s clear Disneyland won’t be reopening anytime soon. After multiple extensions, the resort made the unprecedented move last week to shut down the current annual passholder program.
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Posted By Ken Storey on Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 10:41 PM click to enlarge Concept art for the new Epcot nighttime spectacular, Harmonious Nearly a year after the pandemic forced massive closures and destroyed the U.S. economy, there’s little hope in a return to normalcy anytime soon. For Disney, this has put a huge wrinkle in plans for the biggest celebration in Walt Disney World’s history. The 50th Anniversary celebration was meant to feature dozens of new and updated attractions in a bid to fill every hotel room for the entire 18-month-long celebration. The plans have been scaled back, and the celebration, which was expected to launch this spring, has been postponed until the official anniversary in October. By that time, it’s believed many of the current pandemic-related safety mea