food IS a theme park
If you’ve been to Disney World recently, you probably used your phone a decent amount during your trip.
Let’s Go to Disney World!
Specifically, you likely used the My Disney Experience app a lot to place your mobile orders, check wait times, make dining reservations, and more. But today, the My Disney Experience app experienced some technical issues!
Lots of things have changed at Disney World and Disneyland over the past several months.
Hey There Mickey!
One of the big things we’ve seen particularly in Disney World is that generally all of the restaurants that used to offer buffet-style meals have been converted to family-style meals, prix fixe menus, or a la carte dining. But, when Storytellers Cafe at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa at Disneyland Resort started offering its character dining breakfast/brunch again today we experienced something different.
Not too long ago, fireworks returned to Magic Kingdom and EPCOT in Disney World with Happily Ever After and EPCOT Forever, respectively.
Fireworks are BACK!
But, at the start of Disney World’s 50th Anniversary there will be new fireworks shows for fans to enjoy — Disney Enchantment in Magic Kingdom and Harmonious in EPCOT. One thing we wondered is what would happen to Happily Ever After after the 50th Anniversary celebrations? Would it come back or would it be gone for good? We’ve got a BIG update!
Disney World’s 50th Anniversary celebrations will officially kick off on October 1st, 2021.
Disney World’s 50th Anniversary is Coming Up!
Lots of things will be happening on that date — you’ll get to enjoy a new fireworks spectacular in Magic Kingdom, the new Harmonious fireworks will debut in EPCOT, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure will open in EPCOT, and much more will be happing all throughout the parks. Park Passes for the dates around October 1st have been filling up, but now more have been added!
For quite some time we’ve been sharing updates about the Brightline train that is set to connect Orlando International Airport to Walt Disney World.
©Brightline
Over the past few months, we’ve taken a look at one BIG milestone the train hit, a peek at its progress from the sky, and even news about Universal plan to push for an airport train connection. Recently, we got a big update as to where the plans for this train from the airport to Disney World stand.
UPDATE: It appears this dining glitch has been resolved. We’ll keep an eye out for more updates.
There are several things you need to do prior to your Disney World trip like make Park Pass reservations, and, perhaps most importantly, make those Advance Dining Reservations.
Be Our Guest
When Disney World reopened after the pandemic closures last year, it reduced the Advance Dining Reservations booking window to 60 days, as opposed to 180 days. But, could that be changing soon? Here’s what we’re seeing.
Disney Cruise Line is not fully back up and running just yet.
Disney Cruise Line Wonder Ship
It has been running staycation cruises in the United Kingdom, and Disney recently ran a test sailing from Florida, but a variety of Disney’s cruises have been canceled through part of this year. But, Disney’s looking well into the future when it comes to cruising and now we’ve got an update on Disney Cruise Line’s potential new homeport!
The 2021 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is underway and we’ve been working on bringing you all the tips, tricks, and festival coverage we can to get you prepared for your visit!
It’s Food and Wine Festival season once again!
We’ve long talked about the importance of budgeting for the Food & Wine Festival and shared our tips for budgeting. Yesterday we finally got a full look at all of the items that are available at the Festival this year and got to try a whole bunch of them. While some are a great value for what you pay, others are just TOO expensive. Which ones are too pricey? We’re sharing all the details here!
Summer is officially here, the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival has begun, fireworks are back, and more changes are on the way soon for Disney World.
EPCOT
As you might expect, summer vacation and special events like the start of a festival can draw in more crowds. What did the average wait times in Disney World look like this past week? Today we’re taking a look and sharing all the details with you.
Love the Disney parks? Love screaming your way through Space Mountain or The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror? Curious to know some of the SECRETS and stories behind your favorite rides? Then there’s one show you’ll want to binge in just a few days…
Welcome back to The Twilight Zone!
…Behind the Attraction! This brand new show will be streaming on Disney+ in just a few short days. While you may have heard of it and how it’ll give you a behind-the-scenes look at some of your favorite rides, the show isn’t exactly what you might expect.
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