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Disneyland is facing a strict deadline set by a powerful California environmental regulatory agency to axe current gas-powered engines at a popular automobile-themed ride inside the amusement park, according to multiple reports. If Disneyland fails to overhaul the ride, the amusement park faces the risk of the iconic attraction being shut down.
The California Air Resources Board — the state’s clean-air regulator – ordered the amusement park to retire the current gas‑powered engines used at the long-standing Autopia ride, which has been entertaining park guests for over 70 years.
'As the industry moves toward alternative fuel sources, we have developed a road map to electrify this attraction and are evaluating technology that will enable us to convert from gas engines in the next few years.'
According to the official Disneyland website, thrill-seekers can "cruise the scenic winding roads of this classic attraction in a souped-up coupe" on the Autopia ride.
"Featuring a working gas pedal and steering wheel, each classy chassis seats 2 adults or 3 children and navigates curves and inclines just like the real thing," the site stated.
Disney noted, "Autopia is the only existing Tomorrowland attraction dating back to Disneyland Park’s opening day in 1955. When the cars first took to the road, they captured America’s fascination with the latest transportation innovation, the 'freeway.'"
Despite the iconic attraction being based on traditional combustion engines, Disneyland is being compelled to swap them out for an all-electric fleet.
The California Air Resources Board is the state's regulatory agency with legal authority to set emissions rules.
The Orange County Register reported that Disneyland disclosed to the California Air Resources Board that the gas-powered engines "had been modified in a way that violated state regulations for small off-road engines."
In April 2024, Disneyland initially announced plans to convert Autopia's gas-powered engines to electric by fall 2026, according to the Orange County Register.
Disneyland also agreed to a settlement with the California Air Resources Board.
The California Air Resources Board released a statement regarding a $56,250 settlement with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S. in August 2024 that read:
To settle the case, Disney agreed to the penalty of $450 per unit of noncompliant SORE equipment for a total penalty of $56,250. Disney elected to provide $28,125 to a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) entitled Cleaner Air Greener Schools. The funds will be used to install indoor air quality sensors, air purifiers, and outdoor air quality sensors in 10 schools in Southern California.
The civil penalty amount of $28,125 will be deposited into CARB’s Air Pollution Control Fund, which provides funding for projects and research to improve California's air quality. Disney fully cooperated with CARB to resolve this matter and agrees to comply with all regulatory requirements.
The engines in the go-karts are built by Honda, which has sponsored the Autopia ride since 2016.
A corporate compliance plan from the California Air Resources Board stated that Honda "failed to certify the Disneyland-specific modified engines" because of an "administrative error," KTLA-TV reported.
Climate-Colored Glasses, a climate Substack, reported that the Autopia attraction must be in compliance by Feb. 1, 2027, or be shut down.
Disneyland spokesperson Jessica Good told the Los Angeles Times in April 2024:
Since opening with Disneyland park in 1955, Autopia has remained a guest favorite, most popular with young kids experiencing driving for the first time. As the industry moves toward alternative fuel sources, we have developed a road map to electrify this attraction and are evaluating technology that will enable us to convert from gas engines in the next few years.
This May, a spokesperson provided an update to People that the Autopia ride would retire combustion engines by early 2027.
"Work is under way on the design, engineering, and testing of a fully electric vehicle prototype, and we look forward to sharing more details soon," the spokesperson said.
Disney fan website MousePlanet reported that Honda's corporate sponsorship of Autopia is slated to end at the end of 2026.
D23, the self-described website for "daily home of the ultimate Disney fan," noted that Chevron was the sponsor before Honda between 2000 and 2012. The now-defunct Richfield Oil Corporation was Autopia's sponsor from 1955 until 1970, according to D23.
According to Disney fan site WDW News Today, there are similar versions of the Autopia car ride at Florida's Magic Kingdom and Disneyland Paris.
Disneyland did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.
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Kathleen Kennedy strikes again: New 'Star Wars' film sets worst record possible for Disney
Kathleen Kennedy may have left her post in January, but her influence is still being felt at Disney studio Lucasfilm.
The former studio president became synonymous with underperformance during her tenure and was often at odds with fans over her choices to feminize popular intellectual property.
Disney's break-even point for the film is somewhere between $500 million and $600 million for a worldwide gross.
Kennedy curse
At the time of her departure, Kennedy still had two films yet to be released, and one of those was "Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu," which opened on Memorial Day weekend.
While the film showed some promise with $33.8 million on opening night, attendance sunk to half by Memorial Day, concluding with about $82 million domestically, according to Box Office Mojo.
Disney had projected $97 million to $98 million for the four-day opening but got nowhere close. In fact, the movie now ranks below "Solo: A Star Wars Story" — which took in $84.4 million in its opening — as Disney's lowest "Star Wars" debut. To make matters worse, the "Solo" movie only had three days to attract fans to its opening rather than four.
For many people, that is a boatload of cash, but for "Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu," its worldwide total of $168 million is barely enough to recover its budget of an estimated $165 million.
Furthermore, Collider reported that Disney's break-even point for the film is somewhere between $500 million and $600 million for a worldwide gross. The Han Solo movie, for example, only made $393 million worldwide.
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Vote Pedro?
Disney still has another Kennedy project slated for the same time next year with "Star Wars: Starfighter," set for release on May 28, 2027. Kennedy is credited as producer for that film, which features much bigger star power than the most recent flick, which included the outspoken activist Pedro Pascal.
Pascal has openly talked about helping co-stars with their gender journeys and comes from a staunch communist family in Chile.
"Star Wars: Starfighter," however, has more widely liked performers like Ryan Gosling and Amy Adams attached to the film.
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Fan slander
Kennedy took "Star Wars" fans head-on during her time at the studio, even accusing them of attacking women who were unhappy with her productions.
In what has now become a trope, Kennedy blamed a "male-dominated" fanbase for the reason the show "The Acolyte" underperformed.
"I think a lot of the women who step into 'Star Wars' struggle with this a bit more. Because of the fan base being so male dominated, they sometimes get attacked in ways that can be quite personal," she said in 2024.
Kennedy noted that "anyone who engages in bigotry, racism, or hate speech ... I don't consider a fan."
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California doles out over $100M in taxpayer money to massive film studios
The state of California is handing out boatloads of cash to some of the biggest money-making studios in the world.
The money comes from the California Film Commission, which, in addition to providing tax credits for studios that rake in revenue, has a robust incentive program for productions that push diversity, equity, and inclusion.
'The state also pushes productions to acquire suppliers based on their diversity.'
Dollars to doughnuts
As part of its $750 million annual industry push, the commission's funding is not limited to independent films or smaller studios, but tens of millions are actually allocated to big-budget studios that have a history of massive revenues.
Chiefly in this instance, Variety has reported that a sequel to "The Simpsons Movie," currently titled "The Simpsons Movie 2," will receive $21.9 million in state funding as California has expanded into supplementing animation production.
The 20th Century Studios production is set for a release 20 years after the original hit movie, which took in $183 million domestically and $536 million worldwide against a $75 million budget.
While TV revenues are tight-lipped, it's estimated that each episode generates between $3 and $5 million. It should go without saying that the longest-running American scripted primetime series is not hurting for cash.
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Alms for the A-list
Other major production houses getting a boost from the state include Netflix, which will get $10.9 million for a reboot of "13 Going on 30," while an untitled Disney live-action movie will get over $18 million.
DreamWorks, which reportedly took in over $900 million in 2024, will also get a credit of nearly $25 million from California.
At the same time, Paramount will get just under $26 million; they took in a reported $28.75 billion in 2025.
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DEI on the prize
The film commission also sports a complex DEI program that offers tax credits in exchange for pushing its ideology on the production staff of any given project.
The state provides a checklist for productions to ensure they know to perform inclusive hiring, equity education, and "industry capacity building" to "increase an inclusive and qualified workforce."
The state also pushes productions to acquire suppliers based on their diversity.
California's "success roadmap" also shows that productions must issue "mandatory DEIA orientation," with the added letter in the acronym for "accessibility."
For live-action films, this must be done before principal photography begins, while animation has to show its DEI work within 120 days of production.
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The 'Malcolm in the Middle' reboot is so woke even Hollywood hates it
Life is not only unfair in the new "Malcolm in the Middle," but it is also very oppressive.
The beloved 2000s series that went for seven seasons received a four-episode reboot on Disney+ recently, aptly titled "Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair."
However, it was likely the viewer who felt most mistreated.
'I was like, 5, when I started feeling wrong.'
The series went live April 10 with all four episodes available simultaneously. It was the finale though that got the most traction, but for the wrong reasons.
'They' live
In this iteration of the show, Frankie Muniz — now a race car driver — returns as adult Malcolm and has since become a father to a teenage girl. Unfortunately, the mother abandoned her family just three days after the child's birth, according to the show's Wiki page. The mother's name is Dreamer.
Nonetheless, Malcolm has a new girlfriend, Tristan, who accompanies him through a reconciliation with his family and eventually to the 40th anniversary party of his parents, Hal and Lois. This is where the real woke magic happens.
The finale takes viewers on a whirlwind tour of progressive gender and sexuality obsessions. What garnered the most attention online was a speech by the family's sixth child (still in utero at the time the original series ended), Kelly, a new "nonbinary" character referred to as "they."
Ok, Boomer
Played by actress Vaughan Murrae — who purports to be nonbinary herself — Kelly is included in a video tribute to Hal where each sibling says what they love about their father. Kelly's portion instead explains her gender epiphany, saying, "I was like, 5, when I started feeling wrong. I thought I was great at hiding it, because you guys never said anything."
"I knew that he knew and had always known," she said about Hal, lovingly pointing out his acceptance.
Executive producer Tracy Katsky revealed in an interview with Deadline that the character was very much intentional in its messaging.
"It's a really important thing to us. Three out of four of our kids are queer," Katsky claimed. Her husband, Linwood Boomer, is the creator of the show. "Without making it a thing and without making an issue, I think it's really nice to have a character that, that's just a facet of their personality as opposed to the entire story. So we're really happy."
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Didn't ask, don't tell
Several other characters in the show are inexplicably gay as well. For example, Stevie, Malcolm's best friend with one lung, is now gay and has since adopted a baby with his husband, Glen.
Malcolm's trio of nerdy, male friends have a child together made possible by some sort of scientific experiment, but the show fails to provide specifics. When Malcolm asks if it happened through surrogacy, the men trail off. They do take a shot at the Department of Defense though, saying they got contracts before they graduated college and are doing a lot of "crazy s**t."
The child later makes an appearance as his three fathers are dancing (embarrassingly so), and one asks the boy to come dance with "dada, dada, and dada," referring to all three fathers.
To add in a creepiness factor, Malcolm's daughter, Leah, purported to be around 14 or 15 years old, sends a photo of herself from the event to her crush. She then gets a response that reads, "Show me your boobs."
The teen tells the camera, "What a creep! My first crush is a creep."
The attempted lesson at phone decorum still comes across as unnecessary, given that an adult wrote the scene.
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Reboot rebut
For good measure, the show also takes a gratuitous swipe at Christianity: Francis, the eldest brother, finds out during the anniversary party that his nitwit friends accidentally sawed off the head of a Jesus statue outside of a church. They are later arrested.
TV critic Christian Toto told Blaze News he felt "the reboot was either written several years ago or comes from a creative team eager to relive the woke era."
"Fans crave reboots for the nostalgia factor. The original show's edge came from its humor and singular take on family, not for any culture war broadsides," he continued.
The writer added, "The new 'changes' reflect a modern viewpoint that doesn't align with anything legitimately subversive or fresh. If anything, it's the most predictable way to take a reboot."
While some critics welcomed the reboot's manic energy, most noticed an emptiness beneath its progressive "updates" — even if they didn't name them as such.
Screenrant said the show "underwhelms by wasting too much time to fully bring the family back together."
The New York Times said the reboot "never has a chance to develop."
The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and New York Magazine all scored the show a 4/10, while the Telegraph provided possibly the most simple yet accurate takeaway:
"It is, sadly, a disappointing reunion."
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Disney fans cheer as Mouse House reverses DEI-inspired theme park change
It’s been nearly five years since the Walt Disney Company leaned into the corporate vogue of diversity, equity, and inclusion across its theme parks.
Now, some parkgoers think they’re hearing something different — something familiar.
‘The sound of the trip starting for real.’
DEI dream
Back in 2021, Disney confirmed to Newsweek that it would phase out the classic greeting, “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,” from announcements at Magic Kingdom. In its place came a more neutral line: “Good evening, dreamers of all ages,” part of a broader push to make park language more “inclusive.”
At the time, the change was treated as small but symbolic — another piece of Disney’s effort to align itself with the cultural priorities of the moment.
Now, a clip circulating on X suggests the company may be quietly loosening its grip on that approach. In the video, a monorail announcement clearly addresses riders as “ladies and gentlemen” while instructing them to hold the handrail — a phrase that, until recently, had been scrubbed from official park language.
Old times
No announcement has been made. No policy has been reversed, at least publicly.
But at a place like Disney, where every word is scripted and nothing is accidental, even a small change can signal something larger.
For longtime visitors, it’s not really about the phrasing itself. It’s about what it represents: a return to tradition — or at least a pause in the steady rewriting of it.
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No place for ‘ladies’
Various Disney-centric sites have stated that the removal of “ladies and gentleman” from park experiences was actually a bigger blow than it seemed. Inside the Magic called it the most recognized part of the vital experience that leads Disney fans into the theme park.
Disney Dining called the phrase “the sound of the trip starting for real,” noting its specific cadence made it memorable to park goers.
That Park Place reported that it took just a year for Disney to start treating gendered language like a bygone era, with progressive ideology becoming part of Disney’s internal training philosophy. The outlet cited diversity and inclusion manager Vivian Ware, who reportedly said cast members were being taught to avoid saying “ladies and gentlemen” and “boys and girls.”
Instead, the outlet stated, they were taught to say, “Hello, everyone,” or, “Hello, friends.”
The language shift wasn’t the only obvious change to standards at Disney, either.
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Mixed-up mouse
In 2023, Disney partnered with a man who claimed to be “gender fluid” in order to promote a Minnie Mouse-themed clothing set that included a red dress, yellow pumps, and red hair bow.
Earlier that year, an employee at Disneyland, who appeared to be a man in a dress, was seen greeting little girls at the salon and dress shop called the “Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique.”
Align reached out to Disney Parks to ask when the gendered language was brought back into the attractions and the reasoning behind the policy change, but did not receive a reply.
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