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Many Walt Disney World Resort hotels have reopened in preparation for the theme parks phased reopening beginning this Saturday.
©Shades of Green Hotel Room
Shades of Green Resort, the Walt Disney World hotel reserved for members of the military, closed temporarily in March. The closure was scheduled to last until July 1st and was later postponed to July 15th.
We’re inching closer and closer to Disney World’s grand reopening this weekend!
Cinderella Castle
Along with things like Disney World transportation and many in-park dining locations resuming operations soon, we’ve now learned that a few more restaurants are reopening as well!
For the initial phase of Disney World’s reopening, most character meals have been put on hold with only a few exceptions.
Mickey at Topolino’s Terrace
But in addition to the character breakfast at Topolino’s Terrace that’s now underway, the SURPRISE character experience at Be Our Guest, and a modified character dining experience at Garden Grill Restaurant when Epcot reopens July 15th, we’ve just confirmed a third character meal will be happening at Disney World!
Welcome back, DFB friends! We’re here with another DFB Video, and today we’re talking about some of Disney World’s most confusing news and situations!
Magic Kingdom on cast member preview day, July 2020
As Disney World starts to re-open this week, the parks have started to make big modifications in the parks that affect many guests’ vacation plans. Since circumstances have been evolving constantly, Disney has been vague on purpose in order to switch things up when conditions change. Although Disney World is still doing everything they can to make vacations magical, we’re giving you a look at why Disney is being confusing on purpose right now!
Yesterday, Cast Member previews gave us insight into some of the new Walt Disney World construction updates like the reveal of the newly freshened up Cinderella Castle.
Magic Kingdom
We recently saw a curious-looking big blue wall go up in the middle of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. (Spoiler: it was installed to isolate the visiting NBA players from Disney guests.) While taking a ride on the monorail, we noticed progress on a different Grand Floridian construction project we’ve been keeping our eyes on for a while.
The Disney World theme parks reopen THIS WEEK and select Disney World hotels have been opened since June 22nd, with more reopening over the next few months.
Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
As part of its reopening, Disney has implemented a number of health and safety measures based on guidance from various governmental authorities and health agencies. You can check out the full list reopening procedures here.
Our friends at Small World Vacations have been working tirelessly to help their guests prepare for their Disney vacations and keep them up-to-date on the changes at Walt Disney World, and today they’re sharing what you need to know when planning your Disney World vacation.
Last month, Disney announced its proposal to reopen Downtown Disney on July 9th, Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure on July 17th, and select hotels on July 23rd.
Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland
And while Downtown Disney will be moving forward with its plans to welcome back guests starting this Thursday, the other Disneyland Resort reopenings have been delayed.
UPDATE: Disney has updated the reopening list to reflect that Bar Riva WILL be reopening with Disney’s Riviera Resort.
Walt Disney World is preparing to re-open this week while many of the Disney hotels are already open and operational. Some restaurants will modify the dining experience while others are not set to re-open until further notice.
Disney’s Riviera Resort was one of the Disney resorts to re-open first. Here, we got our first taste of what it is like experiencing character dining under the new conditions. As operations continue to update we noticed that one of the resorts onsite bars has been removed from Disney’s list of available dining locations.
Whew! We woke up to some exciting Disney news today.
Outside of Droid Depot in Galaxy’s Edge
As you might have seen, Disney World officially reopened dining reservations to the public today with their new 60-day booking window. Well, your meals aren’t the ONLY plans you can get back to making today. Reservations for select experiences are now available too!
Since Disney World will start to re-open this week beginning with Annual Passholder Previews, Disney Transportation will also start going back into operation.
Green Monorail
While Disney Buses already opened up again on June 22nd with new health and safety modifications, other transportations options will be following starting July 7th. Although the Skyliner will be opening again July 15th, the Monorails are slated to be one of the first Disney Transportation systems to welcome guests back again.
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