food IS a theme park
Walt Disney World Resort has proposed a reopening date to Florida’s Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force starting on July 11th for Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom, and July 15th for Disney’s Hollywood Studios and EPCOT.
Epcot Entrance in Walt Disney World Resort
Among the many safety measures mentioned in the proposal, limited guest capacity is mentioned. And in order to help implement that, Disney is planning to utilize a guest theme park reservation system. [Read more…]
Walt Disney World made history today and presented their reopening plan and reopening date — after months of closure — to the Florida Orange County Task Force for initial approval.
Magic Kingdom in Disney World
Disney World has reopened many locations in Disney Springs, their shopping and dining district, this week, and will be reopening all four theme parks very soon!
Hey, friends! We’re back with another DFB Video, and today we’re chatting about 9 tips the experts use every day in Disney World!
Tower of Terror Sign
If you’re in the Disney parks as much as we are, you pick up some tips you just can’t live without.
Right at the end of 2019, it was announced that an all-new M&M’s store would be coming to Disney Springs!
©Disney Artist’s Concept of New M&M Store
A peek at the concept for the new retail location only got us more excited. That is until construction was put on halt due to the global health crisis. We were interested in the state of our newest chocolatey access point. Today, though, a few of our questions have been answered! We found out that the Disney Springs M&M’s store is still on schedule for a 2020 opening!
We wanted to know what safety measures our readers want to see Disney World implement when the parks reopen!
Animal Kingdom Entrance
While all of the Disney World parks remain closed until further notice, the resort has taken its first step towards reopening with Disney Springs starting a phased reopening on May 20th. This comes on the heels of the reopening of Shanghai Disneyland on May 11th, which made it the first Disney park to resume operations worldwide.
Both of these reopenings have included safety measures such as required face coverings for guests and Cast Members, social distancing protocols, and increased sanitization. So, now that things are beginning to reopen, we wanted to check in with our readers to see what health and safety measures they would like to see implemented in the parks at Disney World. Here are the results!
We took you with us last week to the re-opening of third-party stores and restaurants in Disney Springs. And now, select Disney-owned stores and restaurants are beginning to open back up again today.
World of Disney
Although we’ve already discussed the new health and safety measures in place throughout Walt Disney World’s shopping and dining district, we’re starting this visit with a look at the amount of guests ready to return to the World of Disney.
While select third-party restaurants and shops at Disney Springs reopened on May 20th, today marks the day that Disney-owned locations are reopening their doors.
Disney Springs
We’re here LIVE today to check out the new health and safety measures that Disney is implementing, so follow along with us!
With the reopening of Disney Springs and Disney World, we have face masks on the mind.
Balloons in Disney Springs
So far, all of the reopened Disney properties have the requirement of face masks for Cast Members, employees, AND guests. This has raised concern for some on the subjects of comfort and logistics for their time in Disney. We’ve taken a look at everything you need to know about wearing your mask in Disney World, but what if you refuse to wear one? Here’s what might happen.
Do you ever have a nagging feeling that you’re forgetting something IMPORTANT like — oh say — a DATE?
Walt Disney World
With the big news that Disney World will be proposing its reopening plan tomorrow, we almost didn’t realize what TODAY IS!
Now that Univeral Orlando has successfully had its plan approved to reopen its theme parks to the public on June 5th, Disney World is about to undergo the same process.
Cinderella Castle
Disney World will be presenting its plan to Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings at 10AM Eastern tomorrow morning. If accepted by the Mayor and his committee, it will be passed to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for final approval along with a possible reopening date for Disney World’s theme parks.
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