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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 >

News - WDW   Mirabel Meet & Greet Coming To Magic Kingdom September 15th Encanto fans rejoice! Disney has announced that the Mirabel meet & greet will be coming to the Magic Kingdom starting September 15th, 2023. Bruno (who we don't talk about) will be joining the Dis...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney Cancelling Guest 2024 Park Reservations As They Won't Be Required Disney has announced that starting January 9th, 2024, guests will no longer have to make theme park reservations if they have a date-based ticket. If you have a package that includes the UK excl...   Read more >

News - WDW   Changes Coming To The Walt Disney World Dining Reservation System Over the next few days, Walt Disney World's dining reservation will be getting some upgrades. First, you'll be able to see all the available time slots for a specific mealtime. Previously, it wou...   Read more >

News - WDW   Walt Disney World Calendar Makes Clear "Extended Evening Hours" Is For Deluxe Guests Only Guests at all Walt Disney World Resort hotels get access to "Early Entry" which allows you to enter each of the parks 30 minutes before official opening times. If you stay at a deluxe resort howe...   Read more >

News - WDW   Hatbox Ghost Coming To The Magic Kingdom Haunted Mansion Disney has announced that the hatbox ghost will finally be coming to the Walt Disney World haunted mansion attraction August 10th, 2023. The Hatbox Ghost will appear to guests as they pass the E...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney 100 EPCOT Celebrations Kick Off September 22nd, 2023 Disney 100 celebrations will take place at EPCOT starting September 22nd through December 31st, 2023. The Imagination! pavilion will host a Mickey & Minnie meet & greet sporting their new plati...   Read more >

News - WDW   Mears Connect And Sunshine Flyer To Merge Starting August 1st In an unexpected move, Mears Connect and Sunshine Flyer have today announced they're merging into one company starting August 1st, 2023. The new service will be called "Mears Connect Driven By Su...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney Jollywood Nights 2023 Tickets Now On Sale With the news that Mickey's Very Merry Christmas 2023 Tickets are now on sale comes the news that tickets for Disney Jollywood Nights are on sale as well. Disney Jollywood Nights is a new, sepa...   Read more >

News - WDW   Mickey's Very Merry Christmas 2023 Tickets Now On Sale On 25 select nights, November 9th through December 22nd, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas party will return to the Magic Kingdom. This separately ticketed event will welcome guests to celebrate the ...   Read more >

News - WDW   Resort TV Information Channel Now Resort Specific Many people have loved and even play at home the resort tv park information channel (as displayed below). It appears that Disney are rolling out new resort-themed imagery and music. We notic...   Read more >

News - WDW   Josh D'Amaro Touches On The Cost Of Visiting Disney Parks In New Interview Scott Mayerowitz (via The Points Guy) interviewed Disney Parks chairman Josh D'Amaro and asked about pricing at the parks. While Josh D'Amaro mentioned that there are more park days now available...   Read more >

News - WDW   Ferrytale Fireworks: A Sparkling Dessert Cruise Returns With A Price Increase The Ferrytale Fireworks: A Sparkling Dessert Cruise has returned from refurbishment at Walt Disney World. Sailings resume July 12th, 2023, and costs $130 for adults and $100 for children aged 3 ...   Read more >

News - WDW   Water Tower Installed on Tiana's Bayou Adventure Disney has announced that overnight Tiana's water tower has been installed at Tiana's Bayou Adventure at the Magic Kingdom. Tiana's Bayou Adventure is currently under construction and is replacin...   Read more >

News - WDW   Genie+ To Move To Park Specific Pricing Model Genie+, the paid skip the line service that replaced Fastpass+ will now cost different amounts for each of the four theme parks. Previously, Genie+ was one set price for the day and could be used...   Read more >

News - WDW   Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Dates Announced For 2023 On 25 select nights, November 9th through December 22nd, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas party will return to the Magic Kingdom. This separately ticketed event will welcome guests to celebrate the ...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney Announces Hollywood Studios Hard-Ticketed Christmas Party Disney is going all out with its extra hard ticketed parties this Christmas with the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party 2023 at the Magic Kingdom and also Disney Jollywood Nights at Disney's H...   Read more >

News - WDW   Disney Floral & Gifts At Walt Disney World To Be Discontinued This Summer Disney Floral & Gifts at Walt Disney World is set to be discontinued on August 27th, 2023. Disney will no longer be taking orders to have birthday celebrations, gift baskets, champagne, or more, ...   Read more >

News - WDW   Virtual Queue In-Line Wait Time Estimates Now Displayed In My Disney Experience At the time of writing the Virtual Queue system is still live on Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind at EPCOT and TRON Lightcycle Run at Magic Kingdom. Last week I shared some frustrations I h...   Read more >

News - WDW   A Blow To The Disney Dining Plan - You Cannot Trade Credits The Disney Dining Plan is back starting in 2024 to much excitement, but after UK prices were released excitement tempered, especially when snacks were reduced to 1 from 2. In another blow to the ...   Read more >

News - WDW   The Disney Dining Plan 2024 UK Pricing Revealed Starting today for arrivals on and after January 9th, 2024, the Disney Dining Plan can now be purchased! The UK pricing to add the Disney Dining Plan to your booking has been revealed. Disne...   Read more >

News - WDW   Rock 'N' Roller Coaster Reopens Early Following Lengthy Refurbishment Although originally not slated to open until later in the summer, Rock 'N' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith at Disney's Hollywood Studios has reopened following a lengthy refurbishment. It appea...   Read more >

News - WDW   FOMO Kicks In! Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Sells Out Disney announced that the $5,000+ two-night Star Wars experience at Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser will be closing for this September. Just days after this announcement, FOMO has kicked in and a...   Read more >