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If you’re heading to Disney World this next week, you’ll want to keep an eye on construction and updates going on around the parks.
Construction walls in Frontierland
We’re here to let you know what’s scheduled to be closed for refurbishment in the parks and Disney World hotels!
Mini backpacks are all over Disney World and they can be a cute and convenient way to store all your things while visiting the parks.
Backpacks Everywhere!
It seems like a new mini backpack pops up every day, with our recent discoveries of the Purple Wall Mini Backpack and the Captain America Mini Backpack. Now there’s another one to add to your wishlist — especially if you’re a fan of Disney World popcorn.
We’re back with another weekly update for Disney World park hours as well as the latest Park Pass Reservation availability for the week of August 22nd, 2021!
Spooky Season!!
We may still be in the middle of August, but all things autumn are in full swing, with Disney After Hours BOO Bash taking place throughout the week in Magic Kingdom. Let’s take a look now at what next week will bring at each of the four parks!
Live entertainment is slowly coming back in Disney World.
Cirque du Soleil
Prior to the closure of Disney World last year, Cirque du Soleil was set to debut the new Drawn to Life show at their theater in Disney Springs. This was delayed over a year until a NEW November 18th reopening date was announced and now YOU can buy tickets!
Disney has officially retired FastPass+, FASTPASS, and MaxPass at Disney World and Disneyland.
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Now, the new, paid systems replacing FastPasses — called Disney Genie+ and Individual Attraction Selection — have officially started in both Disney World and Disneyland. But there’s also a FREE planning system called Disney Genie, which can help you see info about some of these new paid features while also showing you forecasted wait times and more (for free). Yeah, it can get a little bit confusing! You’ve been sending us lots of questions about these new systems, so today we’re trying to answer as many of them as we can.
Disney has announced that FastPass, FastPass+, and MaxPass will be retired, and some NEW, PAID services will take their places at Disneyland and Disney World. This is MAJOR vacation-altering news and it’s a little confusing.
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Not to worry, we’ve got your back with all the info you need to know!
Greetings from Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge! We’re here this morning because something HUGE has returned to Disney World: buffets!
Animal Kingdom Lodge
We’ve already seen a few recently reopened buffets pop up over at the Disneyland Resort, but now we’re checking out the first all-you-care-to-eat buffet experience to return to Disney World since last year’s closures began at Boma, which reopened today.
Halloween may have just kicked off in Disney World, but they’ve already got their sights set on the next holiday season — Christmas!
2020 holiday decorations at Magic Kingdom
This year, Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party has been canceled, but there’s a BRAND NEW event here to take its place! Disney Very Merriest After Hours is set to take over the Magic Kingdom on select nights from November 8th to December 21st and you can already get your tickets!
Walt Disney World is a vast and overwhelming place, filled with hundreds (maybe even thousands) of hidden secrets!
There are so many interesting things to notice at Disney World!
We’re constantly noticing new Imagineering details in the parks or learning fun facts about our favorite attractions. Even after years of visiting the parks, there’s still so much to see! And today, we’re sharing with you some of the things that you may not know about Disney World, even if you’ve been dozens of times.
Disney and its theme parks are committed to being environmentally friendly and sustainable!
New Trash Cans
From solar canopy plants in Disneyland Paris, to making merchandise out of recycled plastic bottles, to creating Cast Member costumes from trash, Disney has set some pretty big and ambitious environmental goals. Now, in a way only Disney could, Disneyland Paris has started working with a company to make recycling more magical all throughout major Spanish cities!
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