As the phased reopening of the Walt Disney World Resort continues, Disney has made several announcements in the past week confirming its commitment to get the parks back to normal operations. First, Disney announced that they would be increasing resort capacity from 25% to 35%. As part of their reopening plan with the state of Florida, they started out operating […]
Disney World Confirms Return Of Park Hopping For 2021
First Look at Epcot’s Guardians of the Galaxy Ride
This week Disney Parks made several announcements about new attractions and entertainment coming to its theme parks around the world including Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disneyland Paris, Shanghai Disneyland and Tokyo Disney. The progress update included news on the new Guardians of the Galaxy roller coaster located at Epcot at Walt Disney World, which will be called Guardians of the […]
New Disney Parks Attractions, Entertainment Coming Soon
While things have happened a bit differently than Disney expected in 2020, progress continues to be made around the global at all their theme parks. Today, Parks and Resort President Josh D’Amaro gave us an exciting update on some of these new attractions and entertainment coming to the resorts soon. While some things have been put on hold for the […]
Walt Disney World To Increase Park Capacity
Since reopening in July, the Walt Disney World Resort has been operating at 25% capacity or less due to COVID-19 restrictions. Now, Disney has announced that they will increase that number to 35%. The increase, which should take effect this month, will only allow 10% more guests onto the property and into the parks but will not change how they […]
Walt Disney World Updates Entrance Signs
“Are we there yet?” If you’ve ever traveled to Walt Disney World® Resort with children – or maybe even adults! – you’ve heard that phrase once or a hundred times. Everyone’s so excited to experience their favorite attraction or grab their best bite to eat, so the trip can feel like it takes FOREVER. When you stop and think about it for […]
EPCOT International Festival of the Arts Begins Jan. 8, 2021
A global celebration of the visual, culinary and performing arts is on its way to Walt Disney World Resort early next year, as the Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts is set for Jan. 8 – Feb. 22, 2021. The Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts offers fun for the whole family. Here is just a sketch of […]
Frozen Ever After To Receive Refurbishment
Starting Nov. 2, Frozen Ever After at Epcot will receive a refurbishment that will last till Nov. 6th. Disney has not released details of what the refurb will include but typically short ones like this are an annual brush-over of everything. Guests looking for “Frozen” fun during this time may catch the royal sisters during one of their surprise-and-delight trips […]
Disney World Water Parks Aim For March 2021 Reopening
Like all of Disney’s theme parks, Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon closed down in March of this year due to COVID-19. Unlike their theme parks though, they did not reopen in July. They have remained closed with no end in sight. Now today, Disney has announced that they are aiming to reopen one of them on March 7th, 2021. They […]
Dining Options Returning to Walt Disney World
As part of Disney’s phased approach to reopening, they’re adding more Guest-favorite dining choices this fall at Magic Kingdom Park and Disney’s Hollywood Studios. At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, there’s some Halloween fun in store at Hollywood & Vine where Minnie’s Seasonal Dining is set to return Sept. 25. While it may look a little different than the last time you visited, you can get in […]
Maskless Man Removed From Disney’s Hollywood Studios
On September 15th, a man who refused to wear a mask at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park was removed from property, but not without a fight. Currently DIsney theme parks require all guests 2 and up to wear a mask while visiting. Guests may only remove them while they are eating or have left property. Apparently the man didn’t want […]