The 20 best Disney Plus TV shows to enjoy while on vacation

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew brings the tone back to the Amblin days of the 1980s. There is no trace of Luke Skywalker in this show. Instead, The Hulk Crew is set in a reality in which stories of the Jedi are viewed as fairy tales. That is, until a group of kids stumble upon an abandoned spacecraft and accidentally shoot themselves in space. The result: (literally) an out-of-this-world adventure.

Agatha All Along isn’t a direct sequel to WandaVision, but the stories are definitely connected. Kathryn Hahn reprises her deliciously devilish role in the chilling new series, which follows Agatha and a group of witches on a journey down the Witches’ Path to help Lady Harkness regain her powers. Spoiler: It won’t be easy.

Star Wars: Visions is a fun and exciting animated anthology series that adds an exciting new element to Lucasfilm’s established franchise. Seven Japanese animation studios were tapped to create nine unique non-canon episodes for the show. Additional episodes from Spain, Ireland, Chile, the United Kingdom, South Korea, France, India, Japan and South Africa were released in the second installment of the show.

Doctor Who began 60 years ago, and since then, the sci-fi series has been renewed several times. Actors like David Tennant and Matt Smith helped bring the iconic Time Lord into the present day by having the show air for modern-day seasons. Ncuti Gatwa is the latest actor to take on the role of the Doctor, marking the first time in the show’s history that a black actor has taken on the role. Doctor Who moves to Disney Plus in 2023. New episodes (starting with Season 14) will stream exclusively on the streaming device.

Blue phenomenonEasy and simple. The children’s show, which follows a family of anthropomorphic dogs — Blueie, her sister Bingo, dad Bandit and mom Chili — was The most watched series in 2023And for good reason. Almost all episodes are around 8 minutes long, making them easy to read. Although the tone remains light and fun, the series delves into relevant and poignant topics in a way that never belittles its audience. Who knew a show about an Australian dog family would be so addictive? I knew Disney Plus.

Simply put, I guess Andor is the best Star Wars series made by Disney Plus. The show ditches the flashy and often clichéd production values ​​of its predecessors and engages in some intense, ground-level stories. Expanding the story of characters who appeared in the only Rogue One film, Andor takes emotional risks with smart writing and the stellar performances of his cast. Phenomenal stuff, here.

This new version of Rick Riordan’s cherished books aims to erase the live-action films from our collective memory. It mostly does its job. The eight-episode first season follows the events of Lightning Thief, the first book in the series. With a younger cast and lighter stakes, this Percy Jackson series is set to be a hit for teens on Disney Plus.

Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau took their love of Star Wars to new heights with The Mandalorian. It’s the first live-action Star Wars series to arrive on Disney Plus and it set the standard for everything that came after. Inspired stylistically by things like the Lone Wolf and Cub manga, Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo and Sergio Leone’s famous Dollars trilogy (which starred Clint Eastwood as the Man with No Name), the series follows a lonely bounty hunter who gets a second chance at life when he is hired to protect… A little green alien that you may know simply as Baby Yoda.

This three-part documentary series puts us into the creative vortex of one of the world’s greatest musical groups. Directed by Academy Award winner Peter Jackson, The Beatles: Back It gives a cinematic, realistic look at a band at the top of their game and on the verge of collapse. This previously unseen footage shows John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr rehearsing for their famous rooftop concert at Apple Corps headquarters on London’s Savile Row. This was their last live performance. It’s amazing, inspiring and heartbreaking. And definitely worth watching.

X-Men: The Animated Series concluded its fifth season in 1997. Nearly three decades later, X-Men ’97 Continues the story of everyone’s favorite mutant superhero crew. The pacing is fast, the writing is tight, and the 2D animation style works like a beautiful bow that ties together this sweet, nostalgic gift for 90s kids everywhere.

Echo (Alaqua Cox) was first introduced in a three-episode episode of Hawkeye. Echo Marvel It centers around a hearing-impaired hero. She is also a member of the Choctaw Nation, which leads the series to a fascinating exploration of these aspects of her identity. Her connection to Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) connects the MCU shows on Disney Plus to those previously on Netflix — and sets up the arrival of Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) and crew very nicely.

Bad batch It is an intense, action-packed spin-off series of the popular animated series Star Wars The Clone Wars. Audiences have seen the fallout from Order 66 take shape in various forms throughout the Star Wars canon, but never like this. The Bad Batch follows a squad of elite clone troopers with genetic defects. They may have special abilities, but that does not make them invisible to the top-secret execution order. In turn, the animated series fills some voids in Star Wars lore. And it does so in an incredibly entertaining way.

Ms. Marvel is a breath of fresh air to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Disney Plus series flips the script on what we’ve come to expect from Marvel shows on the streaming device. Villani’s faith is a revelation as the titular hero. It’s a challenge for the show to balance the heavy responsibilities of being a superhero with the trials and tribulations of high school. The story pulls it off, and does so with Welcome help from Islamic representation.

WandaVision It all started on Disney Plus. It’s the first original series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to hit a streaming device. It’s a genre-bending adventure that finds Wanda and Vision living different realities inspired by TV series, from I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show to The Brady Bunch and Family Ties. How do the emotional fallout from Avengers: Endgame (and Vision’s death specifically) affect Wanda? Well, let’s just say her grief took her down a weird rabbit hole.

Read our full article Wanda Vision review.

Tom Hiddleston has appeared as Loki, the God of Mischief, throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the past decade. Thanks to Disney Plus, Finally he leads his strange adventure. The twisty sci-fi series puts Loki in the position of an unlikely hero. Here, he works with a host of interesting characters, including Owen Wilson’s Mobius M. Mobius, to correct the timeline. It’s an offbeat, fun, and downright weird series that appeals to die-hard fans and newbies alike.

What happens when Captain America hangs up his shield? That’s the question at Marvel The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Here, Sam Wilson (aka Falcon) and Bucky Barnes (aka The Winter Soldier) team up for a surprisingly funny and poignant series that deals with trauma, grief, and classism as the world picks up the pieces from the events that tore apart the Earth. Avengers: Endgame.

This new film is about beloved R.L. Stine Goosebumps The books bring some creepy chills to Disney Plus. Justin Long headlines the supernatural series that follows a group of teens who find themselves investigating the death of a boy named Harold Beadle. As they learn about the boy, sinister secrets emerge linking their parents to his death three decades ago.

Moon Knight It stars Oscar Isaac as Steven Grant, a troubled man suffering from dissociative identity disorder. These aren’t simple anxiety issues — no, in fact, Grant shares his body with a mercenary named Marc Spector. The discovery of this alter ego leads Grant on an adventure that pits him against an evil cult leader named Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke) and a band of formidable Egyptian gods. It’s a trippy ride that might scratch that Indiana Jones itch.

Read our full article Moon Knight review.

Dr. Teeth and the band Electric Mayhem took first place in Muppets Mayhem, the latest Disney Plus series inspired by Jim Henson’s Muppets. Here, Electric Mayhem Band struggles to record another album. But record company politics and other past mistakes make things complicated for the crew – and these complications lead to some hilarious on-screen antics! Of all the Muppets shows that have appeared on television in recent years, Muppets Mayhem is the closest to the fun, whimsical vibe of the original series.