food IS a theme park
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And just like that, our championship matchup is set!!
Pizza at Via Napoli
After five rounds of hard-fought battles, it all comes down to this! We’re down to the last two restaurants standing in our DFB Table Service Throw Down!
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.
The Disneyland horticulture team is keeping their Arbor Day tradition alive!
Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle
Recently, Cast Members from the Disney World horticulture team donated 200 Easter lilies to members of the local community. And the Disneyland horticulture CMs have been spreading positivity as well!
With Florida’s stay at home order set to expire April 30th, we learned yesterday Governor Ron DeSantis would be making a big announcement today.
D-Luxe Burger in Disney Springs
And while some beaches and parks have already begun to re-open throughout parts of Florida, Governor DeSantis has just laid out his plan to gradually re-open more businesses and public areas in the following weeks to come.
Four meetings of the various subcommittees for Florida’s Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force took place today, with more scheduled throughout the rest of the week. As Orange County is one of two counties in which Walt Disney World resides (the other being Osceola County), we’ve been staying tuned to the conversations surrounding the reopening of businesses in Orange County.
Walt Disney World’s Epcot
Committee members discuss a diverse group of issues, concerns, and potential guidelines for a wide range of business operations. Here, we’re sharing a few items from today’s meetings, particularly with regards to the area’s theme parks — including Walt Disney World — which are currently closed to promote safety amidst the global health situation. [Read more…]
Do the Mando and Baby Yoda family unit beat out the Skywalkers for our fave Star Wars fam? That’s a tough question.
The Child ©Disney
Regardless, we LOVE The Mandalorian, and we can’t get enough of the Baby Yoda merch that just keeps rolling in, tbh. Just a few days ago we spotted some totally adorbs new Mandalorian merch online, and now there’s even more cute The Child apparel. Check it out!
As the global health crisis continues, a lot of aspects of the tourism industry have been pretty touch and go.
Disney Cruise Line
Perhaps one of the most affected types of travel has been cruise ships. Disney Cruise Line has been taking it day by day in deciding when to further sailing cancellations. A few days ago, there was an extension for suspensions across the whole cruise line and now the Disney is extending an offer to guests originally scheduled on one of the canceled sailings and who chose to move their sail date previously.
While we wait for Governor Ron DeSantis to release his re-opening Florida outline (which he is expected to announce today) Disney World has started sending out another round of emails to more guests (last week, the company sent out emails for those with reservations through May 16th), informing them the parks will be closed until further notice.
Cinderella Castle
These notifications are being sent out to guests who had bookings during the week of May 17th through 23rd, 2020.
If you followed along with some of yesterday’s conversations by Florida’s Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force, you may recall that discussions addressed the reopening of various businesses around the county, including the area’s theme parks in light of the current closures due to the global situation. (And, if you missed it, you can catch up on some of yesterday’s meetings here.)
Florida-themed Orange Bird Mural in Disney Springs
Orange County is one of two in which Walt Disney World Resort resides, along with Osceola county. And while the discussions surrounding the reopening of Orange County businesses is still in beginning stages, the ongoing meetings deliver insights into all the various items that need to be considered for reopening safely. [Read more…]
If you know Star Wars, you know that the Force is all about the balance between light and dark.
©Lokai
Similarly, the Lokai brand of bracelets has a focus on balance with every bracelet containing water from the highest point on Earth and mud from the lowest. So it’s SUPER fitting that Lokai is set to launch a whole new line of Star Wars bracelets — PLUS purchases of the bracelets will help to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation!
Once upon a time, there lived a wonderful dame named Julie Andrews. She was a much-beloved actress known for portraying Disney’s Mary Poppins among other very important roles!
©@julieandrews
And not too long ago, this magical lady told us she and her daughter would be launching Julie’s Library — a new podcast series where they’d be reading some of their favorite children’s books aloud!
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