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Shares of Comcast jumped Tuesday after activist investor Nelson Peltz’ firm Trian Partners said it’s acquired a stake in the media giant and considers it undervalued. The stock was up nearly 3% in a flat-to-down market late morning. Trian has acquired 20 million shares — or an 0.4% stake — in the NBCUniversal…

With Florida and California both current COVID-19 epicenters, Walt Disney Parks said Friday that it has tweaked its mask policy for a second time in a week, while Universal canceled Halloween Horror Nights at its two theme parks for this year. Enhanced safety protocols for Walt Disney World in Orlando and Downtown…

Walt Disney World has gotten the go-ahead from the state of Florida to open its four Orlando theme parks starting July 11 along the lines of plan executives presented to Orange County officials on Wednesday. The phased reopening starts with the Magic Kingdom and Disney Animal Kingdom on Saturday, July 11 and Epcott…

Walt Disney World Resort executives on Wednesday unveiled a phased plan to reopen its Magic Kingdom and Disney Animal Kingdom on Saturday, July 11 and Epcott and Disney Hollywood Studios on Wednesday, July 15. Jim MacPhee, Senior Vice President of Operations, Walt Disney World Resort unveiled the timeline at a virtual…

Walt Disney World Resort will submit a proposal for a phased reopening of the Orlando parks at a meeting Wednesday with the Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force. Disney announced that Jim MacPhee, Senior Vice President of Operations, Walt Disney World Resort, will give a virtual presentation on the plan but the…

Universal Orlando is looking to start a phased reopenign on June 5, according to plans presented Thursday to the Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force. The plan must be approved by Orange County and state officials. The goal is to reopen to employees for testing on June 1-2. On June 2-3, the park would open to…

Universal Orlando announced Tuesday that select CityWalk venues are opening on May 14 from 4–10 pm daily and that its team and all of guests should follow recommended CDC guidelines. The park is still closed. CityWalk, adjacent to the still-shuttered theme park, offers a Universal Studios Store and other…

It’s clear there will be major changes at Central Florida’s major theme parks, including Disney World and Universal Orlando, when they begin to reopen as coronavirus restrictions ease. The Orange County Economic Task Force issued some preliminary guidelines Tuesday as the state considers a phased approach to reopening…

A Pasadena-area man who on Thursday become the second person in Los Angeles County to die of coronavirus reportedly visited both Walt Disney World Resort and Universal Orlando Resort theme parks in Florida before getting sick and returning home. According to social media posts from the family of Jeffrey Ghazarian, 34…

Disney World already has closed up shop for the day due to Hurricane Dorian, and Universal Orlando is about to follow suit. "We will be closing Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure as of 6 PM today," a spokesperson for the Comcast-owned theme park said Tuesday. "Our CityWalk venues will…

UPDATED, 6: 13 PM:  As Hurricane Dorian decimates the Bahamas and shifts its force towards eastern Florida tonight, the Universal Orlando theme park is taking a business-as-usual approach, for now. With the exception of the Comcast-owned company's Volcano Bay Water Theme Park in the central Florida town, most of…

A force perhaps greater than the Jedi faith is likely to hit Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando this holiday weekend and it could prove harder than making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, to paraphrase Han Solo. Just days after the House of Mouse opened its $1 billion-budgeted Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge…