food IS a theme park
As Disney Parks around the world are closed “until further notice,” other areas of the Walt Disney Company are also, of course, being impacted in light of the current global situation.
Sleeping Beauty Castle
While non-essential cast members in both Disney World and Disneyland have previously received notification of furloughs, today brings the news that employees “whose jobs aren’t necessary at this time” have now received official furlough notices at Walt Disney Studios as well. [Read more…]
Universal Orlando Resort closed their theme parks around the same time as Disney with the closures beginning on March 15th. Since then, the closures have already been extended once through April 19th.
Universal Studios
Now, as we near the previous reopening date, Universal has made a pretty significant extension to closures in Orlando. The closure is extended through at least May 31st as the resort continues to monitor the current health situation.
Our minds continue to be BLOWN by how this Disney World Counter Service Throwdown is GOIN’ down! If you haven’t printed out your bracket yet, don’t worry — there’s still time!
Bacon Mac and Cheese bacon Fries at Casey’s Corner
With only two rounds left before the winner is crowned, let’s take a look at just who’s currently left standing!
Disney World has recently extended their closure, now stating that the parks will be closed “until further notice.” This statement has been followed with a large amount of confusion and concern from those with upcoming Disney vacations.
Slinky Dog in Toy Story Land
Many of our readers have reached out to us with a few issues they’re facing, including making FastPasses for their upcoming Disney vacations. Some folks are saying they’re seeing “limited FastPasses” for early June and others are claiming they’re not getting top tier FastPasses even when booking 60 days out on the dot.
And since we here at DFB want to make sure we help you as much as possible through this totally crazy time, we decided to investigate! We spoke to some Cast Members, made a few hotel bookings and FastPass bookings, and here’s what we found out!
While the market has been trending downward a lot lately, there was a glimmer of hope today when Disney stock began to rise.
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This turn-for-the-better comes one day after The Walt Disney Company announced they’ve reached a major milestone with their live-streaming subscription service Disney+.
Look, we love our Disney dogs. And also we love our OWN dogs!
Hi Pluto!
What better way to give our pets some lovin’ than by hooking them up with some super cool new Disney pet merchandise? That’s right, we spotted some barking good new leashes, dog shirts, toys, and more! Check it out!
When we found out that Disney would be releasing TONS of limited edition pins on their website today, we could barely contain our excitement!
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Normally, you have to haul your body all the way to the Disney parks to get your hands on these little treasures — but not TODAY!
There’s no question that we’re missing out on all the spring activities that would normally take place at Disney World this time of year. And since these closures are happening over the Easter holiday, that means we won’t get to see the INCREDIBLE Easter Egg displays at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort.
2019 Grand Floridian Easter Eggs sign
We’ve loved taking you all with us each spring to the Grand Floridian are sharing the beautiful work done by the Bakery Team at the resort. But while we can’t see new eggs this year in person, we CAN look back at some of the beautiful displays of Easter past!
Even though it’s currently closed, we’re still dreaming of the perfect vacay at Disney’s Aulani Resort in Hawaii!
Aulani Resort
To help with our dreaming, we just spotted a BUNCH of new Aulani merch online and it’s all SO CUTE. We’ll definitely be loading up on some new Aulani gear. Check it out!
When we first saw the new line of ABC Disney merchandise in the Disney parks, it was truly love at first SIGHT!
ABC Disney Mugs Display
The collection of monogram merch featured classic Disney icons for all 26 letters in the alphabet! We couldn’t wait to find out which design we got! But since the collection had only recently debuted, some people didn’t have a chance to grab their letter before Disney World closed down!
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