Welcome to the new home (and new look) of MousePlanet! We’re currently performing a long overdue replatforming of our site to utilize newer technology and provide a cleaner experience for you, our ...

Walt Disney World's Shades of Green resort originally opened as a Disney-owned resort known simply as the Golf Resort in December 1973, with roughly 150 rooms. The Golf Resort was originally a ...

There are many Disney anniversaries this year, including the 25 th of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Burton said, “This film has all the elements I wanted for it: the holidays (I love ...

The first Grad Nite events of the 2026 season take place this week, with the debut Grad Nite this past Sunday, and three more scheduled this Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. There are an average of 2-3 ...

On June 16, 1955, about one month before the opening of Disneyland, the Disney Studios released my second favorite Disney animated feature, Lady and the Tramp (my first favorite is Dumbo, from 1941).

The Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival begins this Friday, bringing with it new food and beverage offerings, returning entertainment favorites, and upcharge seminars for wine and spirit ...

At the dedication of the Magic Kingdom on October 25, 1971, Roy O. Disney, the 78-year-old brother of the fabled Walt Disney who had died nearly five years earlier, stood stiffly by the flagpole in ...

As Disney has recently reminded all of us, we are halfway to Halloween and, of course, we have no idea what Mickey's Not-So-Scary and other similar events might look like in the new theme park ...

In early September, PBS decided to rerun its four-hour American Experience documentary on Walt Disney that garnered good ratings and sold well as a DVD. When it first ran on PBS in 2015, Disney Legend ...

The Disneyland Monorail reopens this Friday, May 1. MousePlanet file photo. The Disneyland Monorail has been closed for the entire month of April for refurbishment, but the Disneyland website now ...

I promised readers that if they were interested in stories about The Carousel of Progress that I would share a few more of them. Obviously, there are a great many fans of this attraction, as I ...

On Valentine's Day, there are a number of great Disney love stories that could be the topic of a column. I debated about doing a column focusing on Mickey Mouse and Minnie celebrating their 90 th ...