Matt Ouimet becoming the president of Disneyland, who helped bring the resort back up to standards in time for its 50th anniversary, after Paul Pressler's near-disastrous reign over the resort.
Disney California Adventure getting Rescued from the Scrappy Heap by the park-wide makeover that was announced for it in 2007. Changes/new additions included the much-beloved Buena Vista Street and Carsland.
EPCOT Center purists were very pleased when it was announced that the Mickey wand would be taken off of Spaceship Earth.
When Disney announced a 25th anniversary celebration for Epcot after originally planning not to do one, the response was quite positive.
Figment being added back into the Imagination ride after the universally-reviled Journey into YOUR Imagination ride.
The end of the hated "Under New Management" and the return of the original Enchanted Tiki Room at Magic Kingdom.
After what seemed like forever, Disney finally started offering meet and greets with Phineas and Ferb costumed characters at Hollywood Studios, much to the excitement of the show's many fans.
The 2014 announcement that the much-disliked Sorcerer's Hat would finally get removed from in front of The Great Movie Ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios after being left there for over 13 years.
While fans are worried of how it will look visually, there was an unanimous sigh of relief when it was announced that the main plaza at Magic Kingdom would be getting an expansion, solving all crowding issues that occur with parades and fireworks.
Disney finally announced plans to expand Hollywood Studios in Disney World, with lands based on Star Wars and Toy Story
The return of the legendary Hatbox Ghost to Anaheim's iteration of The Haunted Mansion in 2015, after some 45 years absent, was enthusiastically celebrated by fans of the ride.
D23 2017 full stop. On top of the expected new details about the already-under-construction Star Wars and Toy Story lands, they announced the following:
Innoventions will be gutted completely in favor of green space in the central plazanote getting rid of future world's 20 Minutes into the Future premise altogether rather than trying to keep up with real life.
A version of the much loved Tron coaster from Shanghai will come to Magic Kingdom.
A fully immersive Star Wars hotel is coming that will allow guests to role play in the SW universe.
A new gondola system reminiscent of the old Skyway will provide transportation from Epcot and Hollywood Studios to nearby resorts and the uber-like Minnie Van service will likely mitigate much of the issues with bus traffic along the resort roadways.
Even what ill feelings people had for the closure of the Great Movie Ride was fairly offset by its replacement being the first ever Mickey Mouse dark ride.
Paradise Pier being rethemed into Pixar Pier, featuring a rollercoaster based on The Incredibles and a candy shop based on Bing Bong from Inside Out.
A year-long event at Disneyland themed around Pixar called Pixar Fest.
Destination D23 2023's announcement of the official opening date for Figment's new meet and greet.
The announcement of Harry Potter coming to the parks will forever be looked back upon as quite possibly the biggest milestone in the history of all of Universal's parks.
Comcast taking over the parks. While people were skeptical as to what would happen at first, Comcast has come out and said that they are seeking to expand the parks out to their maximum potential, which means there's going to be all sorts of expansions occurring over the next 15 years or so.
SpongeBob SquarePants fans were pretty happy when Universal announced that he'd appear in the Universal Superstar Parade, and get a retail store in the Kidzone area, because they were fearing he'd be kicked out of the park after Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast closed to make room for their currently popular Despicable Me ride. However, casual visitors would have known, he already started meeting guests in the Kidzone, while they built the store.
One of the biggest bombshells they've ever dropped was the announcement that they'll be making Nintendo-themed attractions! Nintendo Land just became a reality!
