food IS a theme park
The global health crisis has brought about many challenges for bars and restaurants in Florida.
Dockside Margaritas at Disney Springs
Although Walt Disney World began reopening this summer, many of its bars had to shut down due to a statewide ban of on-premises alcohol consumption at bars. This applied to any locations that received more than 50% of gross revenue through alcohol sales.
Disney recently participated in a question-and-answer session at the Bank of America Virtual 2020 Media, Communications, & Entertainment Conference.
©The Walt Disney Company
Check out what Christine McCarthy — Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Walt Disney Company — had to say about the future of various sectors of the Walt Disney Company.
We’ve been anxiously awaiting the day we can finally enjoy an out-of-this-world meal at Space 220!
Space 220 Concept Art ©Disney
At this new EPCOT restaurant, guests will board an elevator that takes them into orbit as they travel to the Centauri Space Station above the Earth. While dining 220 miles above the Earth’s surface (hence the restaurant’s name!) guests will be treated to a full panoramic view of space!
Disney World is continuing their phased reopening! While the theme parks have been reopen for a couple of months now, we’re STILL seeing more locations and experiences reopen for guests to enjoy with the new health and safety guidelines in place.
Magic Kingdom
As the phased reopening continues, two more table service restaurants are preparing to reopen in Disney World. And in preparation for welcoming guests back, you can now book those Advance Dining Reservations for these two locations!
Greetings from Downtown Disney! Our most recent visit certainly LOOKED quite different, as you may notice our outdoor photos include a bit of an orange saturation. That is coming from the smoke that is currently traveling up and down the west coast from all of the wildfires in California, Oregon, and Washington.
Smoke Above Downtown Disney
This week we stopped by Disneyland’s shopping and dining district to see what was new. Come along with us as we recap the latest in Disneyland shopping and more!
Disney World has been experiencing a rise in local tourism since the parks reopened back in July. In fact, CEO Bob Chapek noted that locals represented approximately HALF of the visitors coming to Disney World this summer.
Magic Kingdom
As part of Disney’s initiative to encourage more local travel this month and for the fall season, Florida Residents can take advantage of some significant savings! We recently shared some NEW Disney World Resort hotel discounts, and now we’re spotting even more savings to sweeten the deal!
Welcome back, everyone! Greetings from the Magic Kingdom!
Character Cavalcade at Magic Kingdom
We made our rounds and here’s everything that we saw!
Disney has reopened some of its hotels and resorts in Disney World, other areas of the United States, and around the world, but some still remain closed.
Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
Now, we’ve got an update from Disney about how many hotels they expect to have reopened by the end of their fiscal year.
Dia De Los Muertos is right around the corner, and that means we’re seeing a lot of amazing Coco merchandise, (including the cutest dress!)Â pop up in the parks!
Coco Dress
But we spotted a new Loungefly Coco bag dropped in Disney World today that has us wanting to seize our moment!
This is Halloween, everybody makes a scene! Especially all of the fun Oogie Boogie merchandise we have spotted throughout Disney World and Downtown Disney!
Oogie Boogie Popcorn Bucket
A couple of days ago we let you know that the Oogie Boogie Popcorn Bucket is back in Disney World’s Magic Kingdom! There is even a new feature allowing you to get two churros instead of popcorn. Turns out, the Oogie Boogie merchandise train doesn’t stop there!
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