Posted By Ken Storey on Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 2:29 PM click image Image via Disney The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure exhibit opened in Epcot on February 1, 2021 Amid last year’s national reckoning with racism and equity, rumors emerged that Disney was forming a Diversity and Values Review Team to address, er,
problematic attractions. Now, as the company confirms the second attraction in less than a year will be updated, we’re learning new details regarding Disney s internal review. At the top of the leaked list was Splash Mountain. Within two weeks of the list going public, Disney confirmed that the attraction would get an overhaul to celebrate its first Black princess, Tiana. At the time of the leak, insiders noted that
Posted By Ken Storey on Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 4:30 PM click to enlarge Image via Universal Orlando Blue Man Group at Universal Orlando The pandemic has caused a lot of people to move out of the Orlando area, but three very recognizable men may now be joining that list. After a 13-year run in the City Beautiful, the Blue Man Group is rumored to be moving on. Industry analyst and writer Josh Young, known for his reliable insider reporting regarding NBCUniversal’s resorts, reports on his Theme Park University site that the Orlando show is extremely unlikely to be returning. The show closed early last year as a pandemic precaution. When Universal Orlando reopened a few months later, t