Walt Disney World has added new hours through January 9, 2021 for Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, and Hollywood Studios, while also extending hours for peak holiday season dates in December 2020. In this post, we’ll share the new calendar dates, extended hours for Christmas week, plus commentary on best & worst days of the
Another update in the Disneyland Resort reopening roller coaster, as Disney California Adventure will be partially reopening for Christmas shopping & dining along Buena Vista Street. This post covers dates, details, and what this could mean for future plans. We aren’t going to recap the entirety of the “Disney v. California” closure/reopening saga. The most
It’s been an eventful week (to put it mildly) in the ongoing reopening saga of Disneyland and Disney California Adventure. This post will bring you up to speed on the fallout from California’s stringent theme park reopening rules, responses from Anaheim leaders and businesses, and where Disney, Universal, Cedar Fair, and other operators will likely
Walt Disney World has released more details for the 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays, including a full list of food booths, character cavalcades, Olaf’s scavenger hunt, and more. In this post, we’ll share everything we know thus far about the Christmas-time event, and thoughts on whether it’s worth doing. For starters,
Following our morning at Islands of Adventure, we took the Hogwarts Express train to Universal Studios Florida for lunch, afternoon touring, and Halloween Horror Lite. In this photo report, we’ll share a look at crowds, actual v. posted wait times, and a quiet early evening in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Before we get
Walt Disney World has released strong new room-only discounts for winter and Spring 2021. In this post, we’ll share the details of these special offers, compare & contrast them with this year’s room-only discounts, and share analysis as to how much money you’ll actually save with each. As you might recall, Walt Disney World released
Walt Disney World has announced details and dates for the 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, which will be a global celebration of the visual, culinary, and performing arts. In this post, we’ll share everything we know thus far, plus why Festival of the Arts is our favorite event of the year
Today is shaping up to be one of those Walt Disney World news days. However, unlike most recent instances of this, the stories (thus far at least) are unequivocally positive. Things started out with Walt Disney World releasing new 2021 discounts for the general public, Floridians, and Annual Passholders, with above-average savings for Winter and
In this afternoon’s weekly public health report and update on California’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy reopening progress, Dr. Mark Ghaly released theme park guidelines. In this post, we’ll share the details of these plans, why the parks are unlikely to open until Summer 2021 under these rules, and offer a recap of what’s happening
For this park report, we’re heading over to Universal Orlando Resort to do Islands of Adventure. Crowds have been picking up at Universal over the last couple of months, with the parks hitting capacity multiple weekends in October. In this photo report, we cover wait times and some of what we did throughout the day.
We’re back with another news & rumor round-up! This focuses heavily on Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary, including some things to come…and others that probably will not. This includes a delay of the highly anticipated TRON Lightcycle Run E-Ticket, which could have ramifications for a range of other projects previously scheduled to debut by October
