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UPDATE: Splash Mountain is up and running again in Magic Kingdom.Â
Even though it’s the most magical place on earth, from time to time, attractions in Disney World do experience issues requiring evacuations or causing them to become temporarily unavailable.
Splash Mountain
Well, it seems guests headed to their “laughing place” on Splash Mountain in Magic Kingdom today couldn’t quite make it through the mountain and into the briar patch.
Mobile Order has been a pretty BIG deal in a reopened Disney World.
Mobile Order signs at Sunshine Seasons
With the global health crisis prompting Disney to reduce contact between guests and Cast Members, Mobile Order has been heavily encouraged at quick-service dining locations in and out of the parks in order to reduce crowding and to limit guest contact. Today, Mobile Order is temporarily unavailable, so we’re taking a look at how restaurants are handling it.
When it comes to space in our closets for Disney Dooney & Bourke bags, our motto is that there’s always room for one more!
Haunted Mansion
When we first saw the new Haunted Mansion Dooney & Bourke collection on shopDisney, we immediately fell under its spell!!! But of course, it quickly sold out online at shopDisney. A few showed up online this morning, but sadly shopDisney is down at the moment. But for us foolish mortals who failed to snag a bag online in time, we have some good news!
Since the Walt Disney World theme parks reopened a few months ago, we’ve seen various changes including the introduction of systems like the Park Pass Reservation System and the suspension of Fastpass+.
Christmas At Magic Kingdom
The holiday experience at Disney World has also changed significantly. Just recently, we shared some updates with you about the upcoming Christmastime entertainment and offerings that will be available at Disney World this year, but there’s also quite a few Christmas staples that guests won’t be able to experience.
We LOVE getting behind-the-scenes peeks of the Disney parks which is why we are excited about the debut of the Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Disney+ series. This new show from National Geographic is all about caring for the Animal Kingdom’s incredible animals!!
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Speaking of which, we are now learning that there is a NEW animal addition at Disney’s Animal Kingdom!!
We’ve chatted a lot about all of the Halloween fun and décor happening in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, but Disney Springs just so happens to be dressed up in its festive fall best, too.
Fall Decorations at Disney Springs
And today we spotted a spoopy new photo op (cute + spooky = “spoopy” 🙂 ) in Disney World’s shopping and dining district that’s making the most of this spooktacular setting! [Read more…]
Whether you’re going for the royal look or you just need more Baby Yoda in your life, there’s a MagicBand design out there for you!
Park Life MagicBands at Disney Pin Traders at Disney Springs
Sports fans — you’re not being left out of the action either! We’ve been watching for updates from the “NBA Bubble” since basketball games began at the ESPN Wide World of Sports. Even though the NBA playoffs are nearing their end, Disney Resort hotel guests and some Annual Passholders can now pre-order some basketball themed MagicBands for their stay.
After Disney World’s reopening, we slowly began to see weekend park pass availability beginning to fill up for Annual Passholders on a regular basis, particularly with Disney’s Hollywood Studios. (Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is still a HUGE draw.)
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
And most recently, we noticed that weekends in October were beginning to fill up for Annual Passholders.
Finally! A gem of an EPCOT restaurant is returning.
Inside Chefs de France
We’ve been keeping on eye on Chefs de France for the past few days as we’ve noticed some changes that point towards a reopening. The menu saw some changes, hours were available today, and then they were pushed back to October 8th. Now, the reopening of the restaurant is official and reservations are available NOW.
We’re not sure what we miss the most from the pre-closure days of Disney World, but fireworks are definitely up there on our list.
Magic Kingdom Fireworks
Disney World reopened in early July of 2020 with a lot of changes to help keep guests and Cast Members safe. One of the most high-profile changes was the suspension of nightly fireworks and nighttime spectaculars — and they remain suspended even now. How long will it be until we can see the sky above Disney World light up with fireworks again? Here’s what we know.
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