Hastin
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I'm Hastin. I live in a towne home. Theme park visitor. Sims player. Job worker. One-time Disney Historian. Two-time Raithe Kole heist-helper. Summer Cowboy. Persistent Optimist. Part-time bunny: @zap.hastin.net ✴️🐰✨️
soon they're going to be counting app installs as "global guests"
Belle@fibellefi.bsky.social · 9h agoDisney brags “global guests” increased 4% in Experiences. They’ve never provided a metric for “global guests” before. This is a response to questions over multiple Qs about softened international visitation to the US? 4% increase of a small number is still a small number.
Magic Key Terrace has been reduced to a single shift (2 to 8pm), and this includes the busier Halloween season. A lack of demand? Fewer passholders?
My personal bummer for not attending D23 is that I would totally be on this Heinz thing and the SAUCE VAULT as a total bit. Dress up as a bottle of Heinz 57 and attend a parks panel. Interview Disney fans about their favorite Kraft-Heinz foods.
Hastin@hastin.net · 2d agoheinz small world style promo lacks the "!"
The "Purchase Passes" link on the Magic Key page now sends you right to the checkout flow and no longer tries to force you to read the T&C before you click to the store page. They have instead moved it to a "clickwrap" style approval checkbox.
eating a very large ham in his honor 🫡
WDWMAGIC@wdwmagic.bsky.social · last wk.Tom Fitzgerald appears to have retired from Walt Disney Imagineering after more than 46 years with the company. https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/Walt-Disney-Imagineering/news/28jul2026-tom-fitzgerald-appears-to-retire-from-walt-disney-imagineering.htm
intro plot explainer going on here, but that's fine - it's way to fast for what's going on in a first viewing anyway
BlogMickey.com@blogmickey.com · last wk.Head out to Disney's Animal Kingdom with us as we take a look at the new Mayor Winddancer segment in the Zootopia: Better Zoogether show 🎥 blogmickey.com/2026/07/full...
Anchorman - Don't believe you
ALT: Anchorman - Don't believe you
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Inside Universal@insideuniversal.net · last wk.Oh, this one hurts. The Temple of Poseidon is falling. Demolition on Poseidon’s Fury has clearly picked up, as you can now see the middle portion of the building being completely gutted. #UniversalOrlando
Six Flags Great Adventure posting their 2027 passes gives us changes for next year: 1. Prestige includes free fountain drink cup plan 2. Food plans are now 20/30 (home park) or Unlimited (all parks). 30 and Unlimited come with double discount. 3. All Season Fast Lane doesn't include CP anymore.
I hope the new movie features the SPIDER-BOTS and the HAVOC they cause on outdoor roller coaster or indoor track ride, oh, or maybe Cruise Ship!
the continuation of paring a Jeopardy! super champ on Celebrity Millionaire with a funny celebrity just screams Michael Davies going "SEE JEOPARDY IS THE REAL TRIVIA SHOW NOW! THIS IS FOR FUNNIES ONLY!" #HotMillionaireTakes
Glad to see that D23 saved a little face and invited some fans and fansites to the "Ultimate Fan Convention".
D23 Day at Disneyland on Magic Key calendar keeps selling out, and they keep refilling it three ideas: - reservations are kinda dead and in name only - summer to fall bait-and-switch going on, going to be hard to get reservations once Halloween starts - they've bled enough APs it doesn't matter
the GSR fluff pieces will continue until morale improves
WDWMAGIC@wdwmagic.bsky.social · 2w agoHundreds of millions a year, 4,000-plus Cast Members, and satisfaction data driving every call. Here is how Disney balances keeping classics intact with… https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/Walt-Disney-Imagineering/news/23jul2026-how-disney-balances-nostalgia-and-progress-at-walt-disney-world.htm
You're telling me the original concept Pixar Pier logo looked EVEN MORE like a Penis?
The best summer attraction at any theme park in America. www.latimes.com/travel/newsl...
Of all SoCal's theme park attractions, this one feels most personal. Catch it before it ends
With dozens of actors who lead guests through scavenger hunts, puzzles and conversations, Knott's Berry Farm's 'Ghost Town Alive!' can't be replicated. A look at what makes it so special.
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My favorite part is how Foxx explains how COOL and interesting the actual original story of the PotC ride is.
Hastin@hastin.net · 2w agoIn an expected delight, @foxxnolte.bsky.social has given her opinion on the new Pirates AA figure, given her in depth analysis of the attraction, it's setting, and it's lore - it provides more interesting historical insight than any other person I've seen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPza...
In an expected delight, @foxxnolte.bsky.social has given her opinion on the new Pirates AA figure, given her in depth analysis of the attraction, it's setting, and it's lore - it provides more interesting historical insight than any other person I've seen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPza...
Disney Has Lost the Plot
YouTube video by Foxxy's Secret Hideout
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New DL pres JILL ESTORINO calls it "Disney's California Adventure"! Interesting subtext in video. Making "Disneyland your home base" feels like maybe they are a little bit as the underdog now. Also, "harken back to original roots and values" while showing the Mark Twain. youtu.be/rMhpAFdoauI?...
Exclusive Interview with Disneyland Resort President Jill Estorino
YouTube video by Disney Travel Professionals
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After coming back from a week, my opinion is that WDW has a day-to-day operations feeling that Disneyland USED to have right now due to all the improvements, changes, minor refreshes, etc. CMs are happy/willing to help, and ops feel less greedy with LL. www.disneytouristblog.com/disney-world...
How Disney World is Raising Guest Satisfaction by 15-20% with Ride & Resort Reinvestments
Fans may have a hard time believing this, but Walt Disney World has recorded higher guest satisfaction (GSAT) scores as a result of recent reimaginings of resort rooms and rides in Magic Kingdom. This...
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"Also, it’s very unlikely that you’ll come across a bin that doesn’t open. If you do, there is almost always going to be another bin that is nearby."
BlogMickey.com@blogmickey.com · 2w agoDrama! Disney theme park fans have declared the latest theme park atrocity: solar trash cans 🗑️ We take a closer look at the complaints and even have a "how-to" video for using the new bins ARTICLE: blogmickey.com/2026/07/disn...
Ivonne's insight and jokes are fun here. What a blast. I'm gonna miss the current version, hope the new version is good.
Ivonne@servoisnaked.bsky.social · 2w agoNew episode of Walkabout WDW with me as host. Just a little bit of me yapping and a recording of one of my last go arounds on Carousel of Progress. open.spotify.com/episode/4Jl1... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
