Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2025 Edition

[R&RsMom]

I got the notice yesterday. I think I’m going to revisit. The package we have will be $30 and we don’t get that level of value out of it.

 

[crazy4wdw]

Need help! Our choices are Leslie Uggams or Marlee Matlin??
When do the dining packages usually go on sale? Do they follow the same window as regular dining reservations?
TIA

The dining packages for the Candlelight Processional can be booked starting on October 14th. And yes, they will follow the 60 day booking window. 60 days plus 10 if you have a WDW resort reservation.

 

[Obi-J Kenobi]

Date announced for the upcoming Simpsons movie and it replaces a planned MCU movie release. Details in the link below.

https://deadline.com/2025/09/simpsons-new-movie-release-date-marvel-1236565221/

 

[BrianL]

Date announced for the upcoming Simpsons movie and it replaces a planned MCU movie release. Details in the link below.

https://deadline.com/2025/09/simpsons-new-movie-release-date-marvel-1236565221/

Upgrade!

 

[Elijah Abrams]

New Zootopia 2 trailer + poster:

 

[jlundeen]

Jane Goodall Dies at Age 91
https://wdwnt.com/2025/10/jane-goodall-dies-at-age-91/?adt_ei=*|EMAIL|*

“The Jane Goodall Institute has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute has passed away due to natural causes,” the institute announced. “She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.”

The institute added, “Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”


Disney consulted Dr. Goodall during the construction of Disney’s Animal Kingdom and was honored with a plaque on the Tree of Life alongside a carving of David Greybeard, the original chimpanzee who approached her at Gombe. The plaque and carving are near the entrance to the Tree of Life theater, currently closed to guests as Disney prepares for the opening of Zootopia: Better Zoogether.

She acted as an ambassador for the Disneynature studio, co-producing the 2012 documentary Chimpanzee. She was the subject of several National Geographic productions.

Goodall first visited Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania in 1960 to study chimpanzees. She was a United Nations Messenger of Peace and an honorary member of the World Future Council.

Source: ABC News