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Today I learned Disney is making a retractable lightsaber, and I need to see it Share this story To whom it may concern at The Walt Disney Company and / or Lucasfilm: Show me the damn lightsaber. I know you have a real one now. And it’s time to fess up. Let’s backtrack a bit. Yesterday, at a seemingly routine press event for the upcoming launch of Disneyland’s new Avengers Campus area on June 4th, Josh D’Amaro, the chairman of Disney parks, ended his presentation with a surprise reveal ...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard Its been a year since Disneyland Resort closed its theme parks to the public. And while there was hope at one point that the parks would reopen in July of 2020, on the 65th anniversary of the parks original opening, that decision was eventually scuttled by the state of California deciding to hold off on releasing guidelines for theme parks reopening. However, after months of waiting, the state of California finally released guidelines that would allow theme parks t...

Image zoom Credit: Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG The Happiest Place on Earth may put a smile back on guests faces — beneath masks, of course — sooner than anticipated. According to new state guidelines, Californias theme parks now have the ability to reopen as early as April. The announcement came late Friday as sports stadiums, theme parks, and outdoor performances were granted a path towards reopenin...

Ourdated: Disneylands Jungle Cruise ride Credit: Alamy As the jungle cruiser rounds the bend, the guide struggles to contain himself. “Okay folks,” he says. “This right here is why you never argue with a rhino.” On the shoreline, a hydraulic pachyderm is waggling its horn at a group of dark-skinned safari “guides” wearing fez-type red hats and wriggling up a tree. The crowd yells in appreciation. From there they proceed to the “headhunter” segment of the journey, featuring anima...