Closure & Reopening Archive
Walt Disney World has extended December 2020 park hours for Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, and Hollywood Studios, including New Year’s Eve while also adding hours through February 2021. In this post, we’ll share the updated calendar, commentary about the busiest day of the year, and best & worst days of the week for each
“We’re remodeling our character warehouse as something called a rumpus room. And we’re looking forward to a few rumpuses I’ll tell you, as long as they don’t get out of hand.” ~Walt Disney at the Character Warehouse Outlet Store Reopening Day Dedication. (⚠This quote is disputed by official sources.) We’re back with our first post-reopening
Walt Disney World has just announced the reopening of a few fan-favorite restaurants at Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and Hollywood Studios just in time for the Christmas 2020 season. In this post, we’ll offer dates and details, plus what else we can expect from WDW dining for the rest of 2020. As you’re likely aware, Walt
Walt Disney World’s phased reopening is about to reach another significant milestone with the return of the Park Hopper park ticket option. This will allow Annual Passholders and guests who bought Park Hopper tickets for 2021 to visit multiple parks per day. In this post, we’ll share important dates, details, how it’ll work with Park
This Walt Disney World park report covers our holiday weekend visit to Magic Kingdom, the first thus far during the Christmas season. In this, we’ll share our experience plus photos of crowds, entertainment, and other random tidbits that are either interesting or amusing (to us, at least). For the last couple of years, Veterans Day
We’re back for another Walt Disney World news & rumor round-up! This one covers a testing of the Project Nugget fireworks at Magic Kingdom, extended park hours for November & December 2020, debut of Gideon’s Bakehouse, implications of the increase in park capacity to 35%, and more. In our Disney Park Pass Update for the
We’re back with an update on Walt Disney World Park Pass availability for the end of November through mid-December 2020. This time, it’s good news as availability has been fully replenished for Annual Passholders, on-site resort guests, and regular ticket holders. We’ll take a look at the changes and offer additional strategy, including recommendations for
Magic Kingdom has debuted several new character cavalcades for the Christmas season. This post will shares photos of each holiday mini-parade, tips for best viewing locations, our experience with crowds & physical distancing, and more. This comes after the cancellation of Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, and with it the holiday fireworks, stage shows, parade,
We’re back at Disney’s Hollywood Studios with the first park report of Christmas! Here we’ll share photos, crowd & wait time info, overflow queues in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and Toy Story Land, plus first impressions of the holiday season at Walt Disney World. By way of recap, we just shared our latest Star Wars
Those who got up early on November 3, 2020 might’ve had surprise success scoring Advance Dining Reservations at difficult to book restaurants. That’s because Walt Disney World released a ton of new ADRs for pretty much every table service restaurant for the remainder of the year. (Updated November 6, 2020.) We were among those early
As announced last week, two big changes have happened with Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at Walt Disney World. This ride report shares photos & thoughts about the modified pre-shows, ride vehicles, and new pre-park opening virtual queue process for the Hollywood Studios headliner. This is actually our first time doing Star Wars: Rise
