Bruce Pecho

The Lady & Tramp statue, a part of the Fab 50 commemorating Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary, at the Magic Kingdom, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021.

Disney World turns 50 on Friday. Here’s what the world’s most-visited theme park has in store for the anniversary.

September 30, 2021 at 2:12 p.m.

There's nothing quite like it, and it's a sight you never forget: Making the turn from Town Square onto Main Street and glimpsing — for the first time — the...

"Fantasmic!" features a fire-breathing dragon with a 50-foot wingspan.

30 things you may not know about Disney’s Hollywood Studios, which turns 30 in May

August 23, 2019 at 5:23 p.m.

On May 1, Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios turns 30 years old. The theme park — much like the movie-star denizens of Hollywood itself — doesn't look its age. Originally...

The steel roller coaster Expedition Everest is themed around the Yeti guarding the Forbidden Mountain next to the Animal Kingdom's version of Mount Everest.

20 things you may not know about Disney’s Animal Kingdom, which turns 20 on Earth Day

August 23, 2019 at 4:14 p.m.

Twenty years ago this month (on Earth Day, to be exact), Walt Disney World in Florida welcomed its fourth theme park, Disney's Animal Kingdom, on April 22, 1998. The concept...

A debut at Disney World

August 23, 2019 at 10:39 a.m.

ORLANDO, Fla. — More magic is coming to Walt Disney World's Fantasyland. This powerful new breed of sorcery can transport ordinary vacationers into the storybook world of some of their...

The double Dumbo ride

August 23, 2019 at 10:39 a.m.

Storybook Circus has become the new home for the Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride. It's not the Dumbo you remember. Now there are two Dumbos revolving in opposite directions straddling...

The double Dumbo ride

May 9, 2019 at 9:14 p.m.

Storybook Circus has become the new home for the Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride. It's not the Dumbo you remember. Now there are two Dumbos revolving in opposite directions straddling...

A debut at Disney World

May 9, 2019 at 9:14 p.m.

ORLANDO, Fla. — More magic is coming to Walt Disney World's Fantasyland. This powerful new breed of sorcery can transport ordinary vacationers into the storybook world of some of their...

The World at 40

August 23, 2019 at 10:16 a.m.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Back in 1971, Disney promised us the World. And that's precisely what it delivered — in spades. Walt Disney World's castle door flew open Oct. 1 that...

The World at 40

May 9, 2019 at 8:53 p.m.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Back in 1971, Disney promised us the World. And that's precisely what it delivered — in spades. Walt Disney World's castle door flew open Oct. 1 that...

20 secrets of Epcot

August 20, 2021 at 11:42 p.m.

Nobody conjures up magic better than Walt Disney World. Where else could you find a 189-foot-tall castle transformed into a candied and frosted cake for a 25th anniversary, the world's...

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