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Our most recent Walt Disney World news. Mickey From The UK brings you the latest British-perspective Walt Disney World news featuring the most important Walt Disney World updates and British USA travel news.

News - WDW   EPCOT Walt Statue Installed But Changed From Original Concept Art The "Walt the Dreamer" statue has been installed (still begins walls) at EPCOT. Disney Parks shared a video showcasing the installation, however it does appear to have been altered from the orig...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney Announces EPCOT International Festival of the Arts Dates Disney has announced the 2024 International Festival of the Arts at EPCOT will run from January 12th through February 19th, 2024. The festival will feature 15 food studios that will offer delecta...   Read more >

News - WDW   Select Cirque du Soleil Drawn To Life Tickets 25% Off If you're planning to see CIRQUE DU SOLEIL - DRAWN TO LIFE at Disney Springs this year or in 2024, now might be a good time to get your tickets. For Black Friday, you can get up to 25% off ticket...   Read more >

News - WDW   Journey Of Water - Inspired By Moana Soundtrack Now Streaming The newest walkthrough attraction at EPCOT, Journey Of Water - Inspired By Moana, now has opened. The soundtrack for the attraction is now available to stream online. The soundtrack is availab...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney Parks Investments To "Ramp Up" Towards The End Of 10-Year Period Disney announced recently that the Disney Parks division will $60 Billion in a investment over the next 10 years. The most recent Walt Disney Company earnings call, Disney CFO Kevin Lansberry sa...   Read more >

News - WDW   Direct Guest To Cast Pin Trading Returns To Disney Springs Direct guest to cast pin trading has returned to Disney Springs! Since the pandemic, most stores had pin boards where guests could trade pins, but now cast members will once again be wearing lany...   Read more >

News - WDW   Sneak Peek At The "Luminous The Symphony of Us" Soundtrack Disney has revealed a first listen to some of the soundtrack for the upcoming nighttime spectacular at EPCOT, Luminous The Symphony of Us. The new nighttime show will debut around World Showcase ...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney Debuts Wish Character "Asha" Meet And Greet At EPCOT Asha - from the upcoming Disney Animation Studios movie 'Wish' - has a new meet and greet starting today near the entrance of World Showcase at EPCOT. Disney has released an official photo of Ash...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney Shares Stunning Thunderbirds Flyover Photos At Magic Kingdom And EPCOT Disney has the shared official and stunning photos of the annual tradition of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds flying over Magic Kingdom and EPCOT today. This morning, the U.S. Air Force Thund...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney Skyliner To Close For Routine Maintenance In Early 2024 The Disney Skyliner at Walt Disney World will be closing for routine maintenance in early 2024. See the dates below for the dates each station will be closing. January 16th - 21st - Pop Cent...   Read more >

News - WDW   EPCOT Festival Of The Arts Begins January 12th, 2024 Disney has announced that the first EPCOT festival of 2024 - The Festival Of The Arts - will debut January 12th, 2024. The festival will run through February 19th, 2024.   Read more >

News - WDW   DO NOT PANIC - Disney Enchantment Returning To Magic Kingdom In 2024 Disney has released the separately ticketed "After Hours" dates for early 2024, and within that news Disney announced that the nighttime spectacular "Disney Enchantment" will be returning on thos...   Read more >

News - WDW   Frozen Holiday Surprise To Debut At Magic Kingdom Park This Holiday Season Disney has announced a new castle stage show coming to Magic Kingdom called "Frozen Holiday Surprise". Olaf and more than 100 of his Snowgie siblings decorate Cinderella Castle with festive touch...   Read more >

News - WDW   New Concept Art And Description For The Upcoming Luminous: The Symphony of Us Disney has updated their website showcasing the upcoming EPCOT nighttime spectacular - Luminous: The Symphony of Us - which is due to debut on December 5th, 2023. replacing EPCOT Forever. Fea...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney's Blizzard Beach To Reopen November 6th Disney has announced that Disney's Blizzard Beach will reopen November 6th, 2023. This means that Disney's Typhoon Lagoon will have its final day of operation on November 5th, 2023.   Read more >

News - WDW   2pm Park Hopping Restriction To Be Scrapped Starting In 2024 Disney has announced that the 2pm Park Hopping restriction will be finally going away starting January 9th, 2024. You might recognise that date as the same date that the theme park reservations a...   Read more >

News - WDW   Walt Disney World Theme Park Parking Charges Increase Disney has today increased their Walt Disney World parking charges at the four main theme parks. Standard parking was charged at $25 per day, but has now been increased to $30 per day, a $5 incre...   Read more >

News - WDW   Walt Disney World Increases Price Of Annual Passes Although us Brits can purchase the excellent value Disney Magic Tickets, some Brits - especially DVC members - do still purchase an annual pass (when they're available). Starting today though, Th...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney Launches New US-Only 50% Off Dining Plan Offer For Children While we don't tend to report on offers that aren't available for us Brits, this is an interesting one. The offers that us Brits get for Walt Disney World tend to be different than what the US gu...   Read more >

News - WDW   Luminous: The Symphony of Us EPCOT Nighttime Spectacular To Debut December 5th Luminous: The Symphony of Us will debut at EPCOT on December 5th, 2023. This means that EPCOT Forever's last showing will be on December 4th, 2023.   Read more >

News - WDW   Boat Service Between Magic Kingdom Area Resorts To Return October 1st The Walt Disney World guest boat that travels between the Magic Kingdom area resorts is returning October 1st, 2023. All aboard! 🛥️ Guests at Walt Disney World will once again be able to...   Read more >

News - WDW   Walt Disney World 50th Gold Statues To Stick Around For Longer Disney has today announced that the gold Walt Disney World 50th statues situated across the Walt Disney World theme parks will be sticking around a little longer! Disney will be removing the 50th...   Read more >

News - WDW   "Magical Floral & Gifts" Takes Over WDW Gift Basket Deliveries, With One Caveat We shared with you last month that Disney Floral & Gifts - the service that delivers gift baskets to your Walt Disney World Resort room will be ceasing operations. Starting today, a new third-par...   Read more >

News - WDW   New My Disney Experience Toggle To Only Show Genie+ Eligible Lightning Lanes To help guests navigate the complicated Genie, Genie+, and individual Lightning Lane offerings, a new toggle has been added to My Disney Experience. This new toggle, when activated, only displays...   Read more >

News   Mickey From The UK Reaches 100,000 Followers Today, Mickey From The UK has hit the amazing milestone of 100,000 total followers across our Facebook page, Instagram, and Twitter(X). And that excludes the 15,000+ members of our Facebook Group...   Read more >