food IS a theme park
Today was a HUGE day. On top of the Disney World Resorts re-opening, the Disney Park Pass system went live for the first time.
Disney’s Riviera Resort
However, there’s a lot to keep in mind when it comes to the resorts and the new theme park reservation system.
As of today, select Disney World Resort hotels have now reopened!
Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort
And prior to the reopening, Disney released lots of details regarding changes guests could expect to see — including the suspension of some resort activities, enhanced cleaning protocol, and the requirement that all guests have a hotel (or both hotel and dining) reservations to enter.
In order to help manage attendance, Disney World has implemented a theme park reservation system — which means that there’s one more element that guests will need to plan for their vacation!
You’ll be walking THOUSANDS of steps each day.
As with all new processes, there is likely to be a bit of a learning curve — and since we know how important Disney World vacation planning is, we’re here to help! Here are five mistakes you’ll want to avoid while making your theme park reservations!
Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea have been closed since February.
Soaring: Fantastic Flight
But now, Tokyo Disneyland just announced they plan to start a phased reopening.
We spent the day dining in the reopened Disney World resorts, but that’s not the end of our excitement.
Hi Mickey!
With many restaurants reopened around the Disney World resort hotels, we’ve been patiently waiting to hear which familiar dining spots will be reopening with the parks on July 11th (for Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom) and July 15th (for Epcot and Hollywood Studios).
Well, we’re in luck because Disney just dropped the FULL LIST of restaurants that will reopen with the theme parks next month! Let’s take a look!
Frozen fans will soon have even more new content to enjoy!
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If you’re still obsessing over Frozen 2 and you just can’t let it go, we have some great news — Disney+ is releasing Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 later this week!
Disney World reopened select hotels today, so we’re taking a look at transportation!
Let’s Go For a Bus Ride!
Disney World transportation is a complex system on its own. Add in capacity limits and health measures, and we want to make sure we know EVERYTHING there is to know about the reopened transportation! We took a few rides today to see how things are running — here’s what we found out.
Last week, we told you guys a large union comprised of many food and beverage Cast Members were being called back to work at Disney World’s restaurants.
Remy Topiary at Ecpot’s Flower and Garden Festival
At first, we were a little confused why Epcot was recalling its Festival food handlers — which, of course, we later found out only hours later was because Food and Wine Festival was returning on July 15th! And now we’ve just learned some of Disney World’s equity performers are being asked back.
Downtown Disney is scheduled to reopen on July 9th.
An Empty Downtown Disney During the Disneyland Closure
Disney had previously shared information about new safety measures that will be taken when the Disneyland parks reopen on July 17th. And now we have more details on the health and safety precautions that will be in place at Downtown Disney!
Disneyland is taking another step towards reopening!
Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle
Disneyland Resort is scheduled to begin a phased reopening starting with Downtown Disney on July 9. Both Disneyland Park and Disney’s California Adventure are set to follow, reopening on July 17th.
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