food IS a theme park
Oh, the Tiki Room. That wonderful place where the birds sing and the flowers croon. How we adore that Tropical Hideaway!
Tiki Room Towel
So we love it when we find Tiki Room merchandise in the parks (Tiki mugs anyone?).
We saw a lot of changes when Florida’s theme parks reopened, including many at Walt Disney World and Universal Studios Florida.
Camp Jurassic at Universal Studios Florida
Many of these changes involved social distancing: not just in the parks, but also on the rides. Since reopening, theme park attractions have been seating guests in every other row.
Several of Disney’s hotels and resorts around the world have reopened, but others remain closed.
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One of the resorts that is currently closed is Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa. Previously, Aulani pushed back its earliest available reservations into August. Now, Aulani is cancelling reservations at the resort through some of the fall.
In a conference held yesterday, a Disney executive indicated that Disney Cruise Line would be one of the last of Disney’s businesses to resume.
Disney Wonder ©Disney
We already shared with you that departures would be suspended through the end of October, but now we’ve got an update on some cruise cancellations.
Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa is still closed at the moment, but is scheduled to reopen on September 21st.
Grand Floridian Cafe
The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, however, are open, as well as several restaurants in the Grand Floridian. Today, we got the chance to eat at one of the restaurants in the Grand Floridian and found out about some super special secret menu items — you’ve got to check them out!
A special event for the holiday season is coming to Give Kids The World Village in Central Florida: Night of a Million Lights!
©Give Kids the World
Give Kids The World Village is a non-profit resort that provides a “storybook” setting where children with critical illnesses together with their families enjoy weeklong vacations (including transportation, tickets to theme parks, and more) at no cost. From November 13, 2020 through January 3, 2021, the Give Kids The World website shares that “the Village will come alive with A Night of a Million Lights!” [Read more…]
If you’ve been checking in on our Instagram stories lately, you may notice that we’ve thrown in a few trivia questions to test your Disney World knowledge!
Hi, Mickey!
Some of these questions may be easier than others, and we’ll admit we’ve thrown one or two difficult questions in there to see who knows their Disney facts. A recent question REALLY stumped people, as a whopping 88% of those polled got the answer WRONG!
After the U.S. (and Walt Disney World) closed due to the global health crisis, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis coordinated the Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan for Florida’s Recovery. effort. This plan introduced phases of reopening for the state.
Florida Sunset
Much of the state entered phase 2 in March, which allowed the reopening of select bars and movie theaters, along with several other venue types. However, Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties were ordered to remain in phase one.
Lately, we have seen A LOT of Halloween merchandise and we have been loving it! But, we are here to clean your palette and give you a look at some new Disney apparel you can wear beyond the Halloween season!
Cinderella Castle
As the weather starts to cool off, we need to start taking inventory of our fall and winter wardrobes! Now is a perfect time to update yours with these new pieces from Torrid and show the Fab Five (plus Daisy!) some love!
Have been keeping track of all the new Disney movies currently in the works?
AMC Movie Theatre in Disney Springs
We saw the live-action remake of Mulan move to Disney+ and heard that the release date for the new Pixar film, Soul, was delayed. These two films have been all over the media, but what about the other movies Disney announced? Are they still pushing forward with production? We’re here to remind you of 5 major Disney movies works that you may have forgotten about!
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