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One of the biggest and most anticipated showcases at D23 is the Disney's Experiences Showcase, this is where Disney Imagineers bring you news and updates on all the things in development or coming soon to the Parks and Disney Cruise Line. This year they named it Horizons: A Carousel of Progress, and it was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris and streamed on Disney+.
Excitedly we tuned in to see what would be coming and we were not disappointed.
Read more: Exciting News from the Horizons Showcase at D23 2026
D23, the biggest fan event, has kicked off on Friday 14th August in Anaheim, California. This is a big event in any Disney fan's diary and one we would love to attend. Sadly this year we are not there, so we are glued to the livestreams to find out about all the new and exciting things coming to Disney in the coming years.
The first one we watched was the D23 Entertainment Showcase, and it did not disappoint.
Read more: Everything Disney Announced at the D23 Entertainment Showcase
If ETIAS has been sitting at the back of your mind as one more thing to sort before your next Disneyland Paris trip, you can put it down. The European Union has delayed it again, and this time there is no new date to replace the old one.
Disney Cruise Line has moved the goalposts again. During Disney's third quarter earnings report redraws the fleet timeline was updates and it brings the whole expansion forward by a year.
If you have ever been to the coveted Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at Walt Disney World, one thing that would have caught your eye is the colourful fun costumes that the Cast Members wear for these events, and the fun creative bats they have.
Ask any Cast Member what their bat is called and they will tell you. We met one the last time we went and asked her. Patrick Star, she said, without missing a beat, as though we had asked her something perfectly ordinary. The Cast Members make their bats unique to them in terms of decoration.
The bat names and the fun coloured costumes worn by the Cast Members are the reason that on a MNSSHP party night the Magic Kingdom feels spookily more magical.
But are these costumes about to change?
If you have sailed with Disney Cruise Line before, half the pleasure is knowing what you are going to order before you have even boarded. That fried Brie. The pasta with the lobster in it. Disney has refreshed the menus across the original four ships, and a lot of that is gone.
