food IS a theme park
There’s so much going on in Disney World right now that it’s almost impossible NOT to have any questions! Between the new mask policy and the start of BOO Bash, there are a lot of changes happening.
Guest Experience Team
To help answer some questions, one might turn to My Disney Experience!
If you haven’t been to Disney World in a few years and you’re going back soon, let us first say — congratulations!
There are so many new and exciting things to see!
We’re sure that you’re very excited to plan your “magical” vacation! Awesome rides, delicious snacks, favorite characters, and spectacular entertainment…who wouldn’t be? But there are a few things that you need to know before you go, and today we’re sharing that list with you!
It’s the opening day of the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, and we’re having a BLAST!
We’re very excited!
We’ve eaten so much food (seriously, SO MUCH FOOD) and we’re still making our way around the park to check out all that this year’s event has to offer. We’ve been sharing all of our reviews and thoughts throughout the day, including all the details you need to know. But when we were checking out the festival resources on the My Disney Experience app today, we noticed something very odd!
UPDATE: The dining reservation system is now back up and working once again, and guests are now able to search for, make, and otherwise handle their Disney World dining reservations.
Between booking your hotel stay, tickets, dining reservations, and more, there’s a lot to keep track of when planning your Disney World vacation.
Cinderella Castle
And, if you’re hoping to dine at any of the popular Table Service restaurants in the parks or resorts, you probably know how important it is to book your dining reservations early. But, today guests looking to book their dining reservations may have some difficulties.
We’ve talked about the upcoming 50th-anniversary celebration at Disney World, and all the new shows coming along with it.
©Disney
We just noticed something new on the My Disney Experience app that gives us a tiny sneak peek into these new upcoming shows!
Most of us probably have a Disney picture as the wallpaper on our phones, right? Who can resist seeing their favorite Disney icons smiling back at them every time they unlock the screen?
The Partners Statue in front of Cinderella Castle at WDW.
If you’re looking for a new image for your wallpaper this month, but don’t know what you want, we have a few options for you. Disney released a series of free wallpapers to help us celebrate Pride Month from our phones.
For the past several years, we’ve seen the presence of AdventHealth throughout various parts of Disney World.
Advent Health Signage
In 2019, AdventHealth hosted an outdoor kitchen at EPCOT’s International Flower & Garden Festival. AdventHealth has also served as a sponsor for events in Disney World like the 2020 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays. In 2020 and 2021, we saw AdventHealth providing temperature checks throughout the resort (note that regular temperature checks are no longer happening at Disney World) and Disney teamed up with AdventHealth to install some special technology for their children’s hospital in Orlando. Last year, Disney and AdventHealth announced some changes that could significantly impact your future visits!
In recent years, especially since the parks reopened in the summer of 2020, technology has become a crucial part of the Disney World experience. From planning your vacation to checking into your hotel room to ordering food and beyond, there’s a variety of times when you’ll be relying on technology to make sure your trip is a success.
Magic Kingdom
While some of us are more tech-savvy than others, there are a few specific examples of times when technology can get the best of all of us! Luckily, most of these incidents just require a little bit of planning before your vacation so you can be prepared!
Eating in Disney World can be a little tricky right now.
Nomad Lounge
With limited capacities remaining in most Disney World restaurants and demand and capacities rising for the parks as a whole, tables in popular spots are in pretty high demand. This is true for restaurants with Advance Dining Reservations and even for some that are walk-up only. There’s even one restaurant in Disney World that you need to rope drop (in a manner of speaking) if you want to visit!
Have you heard of the Disney Genie planning app? Or maybe you heard of it once, but then completely forgot that it existed (perhaps because Disney hasn’t spoken a lot about it)?
The Disney Genie ©Disney
At the D23 Expo in 2019, Disney announced that a new planning offering called the “Disney Genie” was coming soon. But since the initial reveal, updates about Disney Genie have been few and far between. So, what’s the deal?? Here’s what we know so far!
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