food IS a theme park
One of the most difficult things that can happen when you’re planning a Disney World trip is trying to figure out a budget.
Cinderella’s Royal Table
It doesn’t help that we often see price increases on things, which could change just how much you’ll need for trip. We recently saw a price increase announced for tickets in 2025 and we’ve seen the highest price YET for Lightning Lane Multi Pass. Well, now, we’ve seen a TON of price increases for Disney World restaurants.
Epic Universe opens next year, which means we’re starting to get all kinds of details about the new park coming to Universal Orlando.
©Universal
We’ve recently been told a lot more about some of the five lands coming to the park, including details about Super Nintendo World, How To Train Your Dragon — Isle of Berk, and Celestial Park. We’ve also been getting more details about the hotels at Epic Universe, but now we’ve got pricing for the in-park hotel, Universal Helios Grand Hotel.
Club 33 is one of the most exclusive clubs at Disney. Not only is there a huge waitlist to join, but once you are invited to join membership costs THOUSANDS of dollars each year.
Club 33 Disneyland
While you get some pretty sweet perks for being a part of the Club, we have always been curious about how much a Club 33 membership actually costs. Well, we have some insight into how much you will need to shell out to join this exclusive club and the source might surprise you.
We still don’t have a lot of details about this year’s EPCOT Food & Wine Festival, but one thing we do know: We expect it to be VERY different this year.
2023 EPCOT Food and Wine Festival
For starters, Disney has moved the first date of the festival back to August 29th, which was around the time the festival started BEFORE 2020. However, we think this year’s festival is going to bring three BIG changes and we want to prepare you for those ahead of time because they will matter.
The Disney Genie+ service has been divisive amongst park-goers since its introduction, and Cast Members also have a bit of a love-hate relationship with the service.
Lightning Lane sign at Beauty and the Beast show
The Disney Genie service was introduced after the pandemic as a replacement for the old FastPass+ system. The service includes a complimentary planning tool, along with the option to add two additional options. These options are the Genie+ service and purchasing Individual Lightning Lanes.
Some things are changing in Disney World in 2024.
Fort Wilderness cabin
First, we’re getting ANOTHER brand new ride with Tiana’s Bayou Attraction. But a lot of changes are happening at Disney World hotels, too. We’re talking new rooms, new restaurants, and more. Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground, though, is getting some brand new Disney Vacation Club (DVC) cabins, but we’ve got a word of warning before you get TOO excited about those.
There is a lot happening in Disney World in 2023 that we can look forward to.
Magic Kingdom
This fall you can enjoy Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom. You can head over to EPCOT until November 18th and grab all the snacks at the Food and Wine Festival. Right after comes the holiday season at the parks. We have two holiday parties to choose from — Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party or the new Jollywood Nights party. With just a few months left in 2023, we have a lot to look forward to.
Yes, we talk about Disney food a lot, but sometimes you just want some Chicken McNuggets and McDonald’s fries.
Chicken McNuggets
Of course, McDonald’s has WAY more food than that, and it keeps introducing new items all the time. You can even get Krispy Kreme Donuts at SOME McDonald’s locations. If you’ve got kids, Happy Meals are probably a staple. However, depending on what state you live in, the price you pay for those items varies.
Okay, so today is a BIG day in Disneyland — a LOT of things are happening! First, today is the start of the resort’s celebration of the Walt Disney Company’s 100th anniversary. New decorations are up, Sleeping Beauty Castle got a makeover, and new snacks are here!
100th Anniversary Sleeping Beauty Castle
But it’s also opening day for a brand new ride — Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway. We already showed you a sneak peek, but now we’re going to tell you how much you’ll have to pay to ride it through Genie+.
Eating in Disney World is one of our absolute FAVORITE pastimes.
Mickey eggs!
Historically, the Disney Dining Plan has made it pretty dang easy to eat to your heart’s content throughout the parks and beyond. But the Disney Dining Plan has been unavailable for quite some time now. No pre-paying for all of your vacations’ meals, no snack credits, NADA. So, we wondered, has the lack of the Dining Plan CHANGED how YOU eat in Disney World? We reached out to our wonderful readers via Facebook with this question and their answers might surprise you!
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