Disneyland Paris unveils brand New holiday decorations for the festive season. Get ready for a magical winter! This holiday season brings plenty of fresh festive touches across Disneyland Paris. From seasonal magic at Disney Adventure World to brand-new details imagined by Walt Disney Imagineering Paris, the resort transforms into a true winter wonderland. Make a Wish at Chalet de la Marionnette Over in Fantasyland, Au Chalet de la Marionnette turns into the ultimate cozy spot to warm up during the festive season. Brand-new indoor and outdoor decorations blend seamlessly with the alpine architecture for an even more magical vibe. Festive garlands and wreaths adorn the facade, while illuminated Christmas trees light up the terrace alongside a charming puppet-theater photo location. Spot traditional toys shaped like Pinocchio characters hidden beneath the trees. DLP Welcome wanted these decorations to fit naturally into the world of Chalet de la Marionnette, so DLP Welcome drew inspiration from woodcarver Geppetto's creations in the animated film to design traditional toys representing Jiminy Cricket and Cleo the fish, shares Lisa Ingrassia, Show Designer at Walt Disney Imagineering Paris. Inside, hanging wreaths wrapped in ribbons and candles create a cozy atmosphere. Look out for vintage touches like old coffee grinders, a nod to Lavazza, Official Partner of Disneyland Paris, who joins the festivities with exclusive experiences. A brand-new festive menu arrives for the season, featuring chicken with cranberry sauce, baby potatoes, and an almond-vanilla Christmas biscuit. Three exclusive winter hot drinks created by Lavazza complete the lineup: a toasted hazelnut coffee, a cinnamon roll flavored coffee, and a pear-scented hot chocolate. Inspired by When You Wish Upon a Star, a special wish-making activity runs for a limited time. Buy any Lavazza hot drink at Chalet de la Marionnette to receive a blue paper star where you can write down a wish or dream. Drop it into one of the Wish Chalets inside or outside the restaurant, and scan the QR code on the back for a chance to win a dream stay for four, including a character lunch and a Disney VIP Tours experience courtesy of Lavazza. Holidays in the Fast Lane at Disney Hotels Disney Hotels also receive fresh holiday decorations this year. Disney Santa Fe decks the halls inside and outside with trees and garlands inspired by the Disney and Pixar movie Cars. An enormous tire Christmas tree now stands outside, joined by colorful garlands. Inside, the lobby and luggage area feature a three-meter-tall tree decked out in Cars-themed ribbons and ornaments. La Cantina and Rio Grande Bar also join the fun with themed vehicles topped with holiday trees. DLP Welcome collaborated with Pixar Animation Studios to develop these themed decorations so they fit seamlessly with the world of Cars and the American Southwest design of Disney Santa Fe, notes Sophie Coudré, Creative Lead Designer at Walt Disney Imagineering Paris. Over at Disney Hotel New York - The Art of Marvel, the giant holiday ornament returns outside by Lake Disney, sporting a brand-new design featuring Doctor Doom ahead of the release of Avengers: Doomsday on December 16, 2026. Finally, the magic returns to Disneyland Hotel with refined traditional holiday decor featuring garlands, baubles, and ribbons throughout the property. The Holiday Guards and the giant lobby Christmas tree are back, joined by a brand-new photo location near the throne on the walkway framed by Beauty and the Beast banners. Exclusive Snowflakes at Disney Village Fresh festive decor takes over Disney Village in November. Imagineering teams designed exclusive decorations featuring Christmas trees and giant decorative snowflakes created with support from Official Partner Coca-Cola, inspired by iconic characters from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars. Disney Village has been undergoing a true transformation to elevate the guest experience, so DLP Welcome wanted to bring brand-new holiday decor celebrating the joy of winter while evoking beloved stories, explains Etienne Moisy, Artistic Portfolio Coordinator at Walt Disney Imagineering Paris. New themed photo locations pop up across Disney Village, while the Sports Bar and Lounge features fresh holiday garlands and a limited-edition Coca-Cola holiday coaster offered with any Coca-Cola beverage purchase while supplies last.

Disney's Pixar names Jonathan Garson president as Jim Morris steps back. By Thomson Reuters Nov 4, 2026 | 7:49 PM Nov 4 (Reuters) - Pixar Animation Studios said on Wednesday that veteran Jonathan Garson will become president on January 4, replacing Jim Morris, who will step back from day-to-day leadership ahead of his eventual retirement. Pixar is part of the Disney empire, which bought the animation studio in 2006 and brought the maker of "Toy Story" and "The Incredibles" under the same corporate roof as Disney's own animation business. Here are some details: - The reshuffle sets up the next generation of leadership at Pixar, with Garson taking charge of production and operations while Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter retains oversight of the studio's films, the studio said - Morris, Pixar's president for 12 years, will step back to take the president emeritus role and remain involved in "Incredibles 3" and other projects - Garson has been with Pixar since 2010 and with Disney for more than 30 years. He most recently served as Pixar's general manager - Morris joined Pixar in 2005 and has served as president for 12 years, with Pixar saying its feature films generated more than $12 billion at the global box office during his tenure - Pixar's upcoming slate includes "Gatto" in March 2027, "Ghost Market" in March 2028 and "Incredibles 3" in June 2028 (Reporting by Rodrigo Ramirez in Mexico City; Editing by Rashmi Aich)

AOUSD out and about - Q3 2026 community highlights. Home " AOUSD out and about - Q3 2026 community highlights. A quarter of momentum. Summer moved fast for the AOUSD community. Between new software releases, a packed SIGGRAPH program, and several new members, Q3 2026 highlighted the momentum of the OpenUSD ecosystem as it continues expanding into new areas and use cases. Here's what AOUSD members have been building, releasing, and presenting over the past three months. Growing the Alliance. AOUSD welcomed new General Members in July: ByteDance, Huawei, Physicl and Unity. Physicl joined as a contributor to the Physics Working Group, where it plans to help develop a normative physics schema so simulation data can move reliably between tools. ByteDance's arrival coincided with its participation in SIGGRAPH 2026, where it presented a workshop on efficient 3D content creation for immersive experiences. Unity's membership, meanwhile, brings another major real-time and game-development platform into the Alliance. AOUSD takeaway: New members from physics simulation, game development, and immersive media point to OpenUSD's reach well beyond its animation and VFX roots. Autodesk. Autodesk continues to expand its support for OpenUSD across its content-creation tools, including Maya and 3ds Max. Maya's new Dynamic Payloads bring more procedural flexibility to USD workflows. Artists can convert a Bifrost asset to USD while preserving its procedural capabilities. The result is an asset that stays lightweight, fully procedural, and easy to share. Watch the walkthrough and Bifrost release notes for more details. Maya and 3ds Max also picked up a new Path Editor that brings every path on a stage into one view for easier management, covered in the docs for Maya and 3ds Max. And in July, Khronos Group announced Autodesk's sponsorship of an open source glTF importer/exporter for 3ds Max, broadening interoperability between OpenUSD and other open 3D formats. AOUSD takeaway: Autodesk is deepening USD support directly inside its core content-creation tools while also investing in interoperability with adjacent open standards. Pixar. In July, Pixar helped deliver OpenUSD v26.08, bringing new features and improvements to the ecosystem. It later opened its newest RenderMan art challenge, Diorama Drama - running July 22 through October 19 and the first built around XPU. The challenge invites artists to build a character-centered story inside an isometric environment using USD models contributed by BigMediumSmall, KitBash3D, and Netflix/Tonko House, with shading, lighting, rendering, and compositing all in play and prizes including a Dell mobile workstation powered by AMD and NVIDIA. Then in July, Pixar and Autodesk jointly led an OpenUSD session at SIGGRAPH 2026 covering composition, rendering, physics, and other OpenUSD technologies. AOUSD takeaway: Between a new USD release and a challenge built on USD assets contributed by multiple studios, Pixar keeps investing in both the format itself and the creative community that uses it. NVIDIA. NVIDIA centered on connecting OpenUSD with agentic AI. In July, NVIDIA expanded its Agent Toolkit with new Omniverse libraries built on OpenUSD, giving AI agents the ability to inspect 3D scenes, generate sensor outputs, test physics, and convert CAD data into OpenUSD-based simulation-ready assets. NVIDIA also provided developer guidance on how AI agents can help teams prepare 3D scenes for simulation and develop lightweight USD runtimes. AOUSD takeaway: NVIDIA's work is a strong signal of where the ecosystem is headed, connecting OpenUSD with agentic AI so both developers and AI agents can build and validate 3D pipelines faster. PTC. PTC was highlighted this quarter for a multi-agent workflow that automatically prepares CAD models in OpenUSD for robotics simulation - an example of USD acting as the connective layer between design and physical AI. AOUSD takeaway: Industrial CAD-to-simulation pipelines are another sign that OpenUSD's role is expanding from content creation into engineering and robotics workflows. XGRIDS. This quarter's Meet the Visionary profile featured XGRIDS' Mindy Li on how the company connects LiDAR, imagery, point clouds, and 3D Gaussian Splatting data with visualization, simulation, digital twin, and physical AI workflows using OpenUSD - XGRIDS is also contributing to community work on representing large-scale 3DGS datasets and level of detail in OpenUSD. AOUSD takeaway: Reality capture and geospatial data are a real growth area for OpenUSD, extending the standard from synthetic 3D content into representations of the physical world. A widening ecosystem. These developments show just how much the OpenUSD ecosystem is broadening. Members are applying the standard across AI, developer tooling, reality capture, geospatial data, robotics, industrial workflows, and entertainment - bringing new use cases and perspectives into the community. At the same time, continued growth is bringing more organizations to the table to help shape where OpenUSD goes next. Q3 was a strong reminder that OpenUSD is becoming more than a way to exchange 3D data; it is helping connect workflows, tools, and industries around a shared foundation for interoperability. Interested in joining the Alliance? Sign up to become a member, follow AOUSD on LinkedIn and X, and join the conversation on the community forum.