food IS a theme park
Happy New Year to all our DFB Friends! The holidays are over, but Disney World’s 50th Anniversary Celebration is still going strong!
Expedition Everest
And it won’t be long before Valentine’s Day, so January is already gearing up to be an exciting month at Disney World. Not to mention, the EPCOT Festival of the Arts will begin soon! In the meantime, though, we’ve been over to Disney’s Animal Kingdom to see what’s been happening over the past few days. So here is everything we found that’s new!
Calling all burger lovers! This one is for you.
The Smokehouse BBQ Burger from Regal Eagle at EPCOT
Disney has no shortage of burgers — and this new one will even have vegans rejoicing!
To ensure we are equipping our readers with all the information they need, we will continue to report on all travel, safety, and COVID-related news that could impact a Disney Parks visit.
COVID-19 continues to impact theme parks, travel plans, and more around the world.
COVID-19 Health and Safety Sign
Just this week, we saw that Hong Kong Disneyland will be closing temporarily due to COVID-19 concerns. We also saw some record daily numbers hit in terms of COVID-19 cases in the United States. The CDC has also updated certain recommendations regarding isolation and quarantine, and we’ve seen updates on COVID-19 boosters. Now we’ve gotten an update regarding COVID-19 testing in another part of the world.
If you didn’t quite get shopping out of your system over the holiday season, Disney can help you with that!
NEW limited edition Disney Princess Wishables!
We were in the parks and spotted these cute collectibles in one of our favorite shops!
**UPDATE: Disney has announced that Hong Kong Disneyland will now be closed through February 23rd, 2022. For more information, see the update below.
As the situation with COVID-19 continues to change and develop, we’ve seen a number of adjustments made and other news.
©Disney || Hong Kong Disneyland
Over the past few weeks, mask rules have changed at Universal Orlando Resort, the U.S. has hit a record 1 million daily COVID-19 cases, and we heard from over 2,000 Disney fans who say that the Omicron COVID-19 variant has changed their travel plans. Now, it seems COVID-19 is impacting an international Disney park.
Who loves a good Disney World discount? 🙋♀️
Typhoon Lagoon
Savings can be really important when you’re planning a big Disney World vacation. We learned recently that Annual Passholders can save on Disney World hotels in spring and summer 2022, and now there’s ANOTHER way to save on the most recently reopened Disney Park — Typhoon Lagoon!
If you’re planning a trip to Disney World sometime soon, there are some ways that you can save money on your vacation.
There are plenty of ways to save on your vacation!
Disney is constantly promoting offers and savings for select groups, and adding new room discounts to its website. (We even have a page full of discounts and deals that you may not know about!) And today, we got a new deal…made specifically for Florida Residents!
A new year has started, and with the new year comes…NEW DISCOUNTS!
Welcome to Disney World
We had already seen some discounts announced for 2022, but on January 5th two new deals arrived — one of which is a general hotel discount, and another which is specific to Annual Passholders. If these deals sound great to you and you’ve eagerly made your way to the Disney World website to learn more or get booking, you might encounter a bit of a delay.
New year, new us! Okay, just kidding – we’re still the same DFB channel you know and love, bringing you daily tips and tricks for your upcoming Disney vacations.
Magic Kingdom
But now we’re coming at you with new tips that’ll help you navigate Disney World in 2022.
Disney World is a huge operation, and sometimes things don’t go 100% to plan.
It takes a lot to keep Disney World running!
We’ve seen with previous emergencies that Disney World is prepared to handle all kinds of problems in the parks, wherever they may occur. Last night, many guests in and around Magic Kingdom experienced one of those problems as the power went out, shutting down some transportation and leaving guests in the dark. [Read more…]
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