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Disney World Rolls Out Even MORE Menu Changes During the Closures!

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If you're looking for information related to the current closures and their effect on the Disney Parks, click here for all the up-to-date details and click here for answers to dozens of reader FAQs.

UPDATE: Note that many of these changes (including pricing changes) were made before park closures and are being updated online now! Hope this helps with your trip planning!

While Disney World remains closed, they certainly aren’t taking a break when it comes to switching up their food and beverage offerings! We recently shared some surprising menu changes we spotted on the menus, including price increases on many of the beverage items at Ale & Compass Lounge and the sudden disappearance of the margarita and martini flights from Brown Derby Lounge!

Brown Derby Lounge Margarita Flight – Gone forever?

Today, we are sharing six more dining locations with menu changes that Disney has recently rolled out. All of these new menu discoveries are located in Magic Kingdom!

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News! Disney Has Made More Furlough Agreements for Union Workers

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Since the parks are closed “until further notice,” Disney has planned to furlough non-essential salaried and hourly non-union employees starting April 19th.

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Although this original statement didn’t include unionized workers, now Disney has begun extending furloughs to other employees of the company. While the American Federations of Musicians Local 389 has come to an agreement with Disney, other unions are also making agreements with Disney to furlough for workers.

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Round Two Is Over and HERE Are the RESULTS of the Counter Service Throw Down!

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Somebody stop the INSANITY!! Now that the first two rounds of our DFB official Counter Service Throw Down have wrapped up, things are truly starting to become UNHINGED!

Have a seat at Captain Cook’s!

Don’t worry if you haven’t been playing along — there’s still time to print out your bracket and get ready for round three which starts TONIGHT!

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Foodies! There’s a Brand New Step-By-Step Cooking at Home Feature on the Disney World App!

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If you're looking for information related to the current closures and their effect on the Disney Parks, click here for all the up-to-date details and click here for answers to dozens of reader FAQs.

 

While you probably haven’t been using your My Disney Experience app very much lately, (unless you’ve been spying on Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure and the new France pavilion expansion like us!), it’s time to open ‘er up!

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That’s because instead of helping us navigate the parks, the app is now leading us through make-at-home versions of some of our favorite Disney World snacks!

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Registration for the 2021 Walt Disney World Marathon Event Has Been Quietly Pushed Back

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The 2021 Walt Disney World Marathon might seem pretty far off, but it’s still being affected by the current Disney World closure.

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Registration for the 2021 Walt Disney World Marathon was supposed to open yesterday. Today, we noticed that it hadn’t. It appears that runDisney has quietly pushed back the opening of registration for the upcoming event. Here’s what we know.

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Florida’s Health Crisis Projected to Peak Earlier Than Expected

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With the world in a global health crisis, there are a lot of questions about when it will peak in different areas.

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Disney World is closed, so potential travelers are looking for insights into when their vacations can move forward. One of these insights is when the curve will start to flatten in Florida.

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DFB Video: What Has to Happen For Disney World to Reopen?

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Hey! We’re back with another DFB Video. Today we’re talking about what HAS to happen for Disney World to reopen.

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There’s a whole lot of uncertainty in the world right now, and that extends to the Disney parks.

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8 Surprising Ways Your Disney World Trips Prepared You For Bunker Life

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If you’ve ever visited Disney World with your family in tow, whether you know it by now or not, you possess within you a unique skill set.

Balloons on Main Street

Let’s face it, as much fun as it can be to go to Disney World, it’s also A LOT to handle. You’re on your feet all day in the unforgiving Florida climate with hungry kiddos and heavy crowds. If you’re like us, you’ve probably developed some coping skills that you could really use to win this war right about now!

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Do You Think The PeopleMover Misses Us, Too? We’re Peeking Inside Disney World’s Closure Diary!

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It seems like with each passing day our hearts are longing to reach out to some of our favorite Disney attractions that we miss the most! How we yearn to FEEL the sweet CARESS of the Peoplemover’s blue vinyl upholstery against our skin AGAIN!

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And somehow the fine line that usually divides our more logical thinking and what we would normally recognize as an irrational use of our time and energy right now has become BLURRED!

In fact, our minds have become so muddled with passionate feelings to see how our favorite attractions are holding up throughout all of this that we’ve started to believe maybe, just MAYBE, the rides are MISSING US, TOO?!?

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Guardians of the Galaxy? Reflections Hotel? How Disney is Making Progress on These BEHIND-THE-SCENES Projects!

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We sure are missing Disney World right about now, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t still keep an eye on some of the upcoming projects that we’re excited about!

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Despite the current closures of the Disney parks and the temporary halt on construction, Walt Disney Imagineering and other Resort development teams are still hard at work crafting the future of the parks. That means that we can still spot some construction permits every once in a while for projects that are starting soon.

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