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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 of a new lightsaber. According to tweets from theme park reporter Carlye Wisel, who attended the pr...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard It's 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 park's original opening, that decision was eventually scuttled by the state of California deciding to hold off on releasing guidelines for theme park's reopening. However, after months of waiting, the state of California finally released guidelines that would allow theme parks to reopen as early as April 1. Disneyland said it simply wouldn't be able to open that fast, but w...

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, California's 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 reopening much sooner than initially thought. Parks at Disneyland Resort, located in Orange County, and Un...

'Ourdated': Disneyland's 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 animatronic figures in “tribal” gear, hooting and waving spears. One proffers a severed head. Thes...