food IS a theme park
Disney just added one more layer of convenience to dining in Disney World.
Check In at Grand Floridian Cafe
Just a few minutes ago, Disney announced the return of Advance Dining Reservations for guests with some upcoming resort hotel reservations. Now, we’re learning more about what the new dining experience will look like in Disney World. One example? Disney just announced the NEW Mobile Dine Check-in feature for the My Disney Experience App!
Recently the NBA announced its decision to allow several teams to finish their 2020 season in Disney World’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
And now, we just found out the NBA players will be permitted to invite family and friends as they advance in the playoffs!
Select Walt Disney World Resort hotels will begin welcoming guests again on June 22nd.
Animal Kingdom Lodge
And, along with the reopening of the hotels, many Resort restaurants (though not all) will be welcoming guests again as well. As Disney has been working to update the dining reservation system in response to new safety measures which will be implemented around the Resort, guests have been unable to make Advance Dining Reservations to book the restaurants which will be open to guests. But today has delivered news on WHEN Resort hotel guests can start lining up their dining reservations! [Read more…]
During our Disney Springs stroll this morning, we happened upon a sign at World of Disney in Disney Springs.
World of Disney
“Select Dated Product” (essentially, pieces from the 2020 Disney merchandise line) are currently available at Buy One, Get One. But World of Disney isn’t the only place we spotted the deal… [Read more…]
Love is in the air and also at one of our favorite cupcake spots in Disney Springs — Sprinkles!
Sprinkles Cupcakes in Disney Springs
In honor of unity and working together to allow each voice to be heard, Sprinkles is currently offering this limited-time cupcake. The Pride Sprinkle Cupcake represents Sprinkles’ effort to “celebrate love and equality each day.”
Disney resorts around the world are slowly reopening, and we’re starting to look to our next vacation!
Disney’s Aulani Resort
What better way to get back to fun in the sun than with a trip to Hawai’i? We’re ALWAYS fighting off the urge to jet off to Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa in Ko Olina, Hawai’i, and now, it’s even harder to resist! Disney just dropped a MAJOR discount on Aulani stays. Check it out!
If you are currently preparing for a Walt Disney World vacation, it’s safe to say that your planning experience is probably unlike any planning you’ve done before.
Entering Walt Disney World Resort
There are lots of new aspects of your vacation to consider and even new safety measures and health protocols that you can expect to see in place from each experience of your vacation from your Resort stay to dining and beyond — even including a new advance Theme Park reservation system to enter the parks. [Read more…]
We were just about to leave Disney Springs this afternoon when something caught our eye!
Disney Springs
And while it might not be as fancy as other modes of transportation such as the monorail or Disney’s Skyliner gondolas (which we’ve also seen out-and-about recently!) it gets the job of gettin’ around at Disney World just as well!
Disneyland has proposed a reopening for July 17th, and it’s not the only California park looking to reopen.
Sleeping Beauty Castle
With many major California theme parks looking to reopen soon (notably, Disneyland), state government officials are looking to issue specific reopening guidelines and modifications to Disneyland and the other parks.
While we await further details regarding Disney’s new reservation system, earlier today we noticed Disney World’s annual passholder calendar had undergone a major update! As we know, just like the general public, Annual Passholders will be required to obtain a reservation before they’re allowed inside a Disney World theme park (which will also be the case at Disneyland).
Disney World
Disney hasn’t released very many details yet on the new reservation system including how long they’re expecting to use it, so we were intrigued when we noticed the Annual Passholder admission calendar was listing “reservations required” through June 2021!
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