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Disneyland California Still Closed To Guests - With most of the Disney Parks all around the world being reopened for a little bit of time now, Disneyland in California - the original Disneyland - h...
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TUI Says Refund Backlog To Be Cleared By End Of September - The BBC is reporting that Travel company Tui has promised to clear a backlog of refunds by the end of the September. This promise has made been follow...
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EPCOT To Begin Opening At Noon Starting November 27 - Disney has updated their Walt Disney World park calendar for November 2020 and have changed up some of the times. Although the hours that EPCOT are op...
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Cinderellas Royal Table Price Cut Due To No Princesses - Earlier this month Disney announced the reopening of Cinderella's Royal Table on September 24th. Due to COVID-19, there will not be any princess chara...
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Olaf Origin Story Coming To Disney+ On October 23rd - A new Disney original short is coming to Disney+ on October 23rd, which explores the origins of the fan favourite character Olaf from Frozen. Josh Ga...
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Magic Of Animal Kingdom Disney+ Trailer Released - Earlier in August Disney revealed a new show coming to Disney+ called "Magic of Disney's Animal Kingdom". Narrated by Josh Gad, this 8 episode series,...
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Disney Cancels Mickeys Very Merry Christmas Party - It seems Disney was holding out hope for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas party this year, but it has now sadly been cancelled. Back in June, Disney canc...
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Virgin Atlantic To Cut Another 1500 Jobs - Virgin previously announced, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, 3,500 of their 10,000 staff will lose their jobs. In August, there was some good news w...
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Mulan Premier Access Now Available On Disney+ - Premier Access to Mulan (2020) on Disney+ is now available. For the price of £19,99, you can view Mulan (2020) as often as you like before it is rele...
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Hollywood & Vine & Cinderellas Royal Table Reopening With No Princesses - Disney has announced the reopening of two Walt Disney World restaurants. Firstly, Hollywood & Vine at Hollywood Studios will be reopening 25th Septemb...
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The Mandalorian Season 2 To Debut October 30th On Disney+ - Star Wars fans rejoice! Disney has just announced that The Mandalorian will begin streaming on Disney+ staring October 30th. A Disney+ subscription is...
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I-RIDE Trolley Service Suspended Until Further Notice - The I-RIDE trolley service is a bus service that serves International Drive and Orlando theme parks. It's a cost effective way to get around (outside ...
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Polynesian Resort Closed Until Summer 2021, New Rooms To be Inspired By Moana - Disney's Polynesian Village Resort is currently closed to hotel guests. Disney originally planned to reopen on August 12th, which was then later pushe...
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This Is When Mulan Will Be Included With Disney+ - Disney has released a new poster advertising the release of Mulan on Disney+ in the UK (see below). The price to gain "Premier Access" to watch Mulan ...
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Disney Developing New Haunted Mansion Movie - According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney are developing a new Haunted Mansion movie. The last time Disney released a movie themed around this belov...
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Orlando Man Threatens To Kill Epcot Security Guard Over Face Covering Rule - The Orlando Sentinel has reported an incident that took place in early August involving a Disney security guard at Epcot and an Orlando resident.
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Park Reservation System "Here To Stay" Says Chairman Josh D`Amaro - Josh D'Amaro, the Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products was recently interviewed on the Dow Report. In that interview, he covered a wide...
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Mulan To Cost £19.99 To View On UK Disney+ In September - Earlier this month, Disney announced that Mulan would be coming to Disney+ but with an extra cost. The USA price is set as $29.99, making us speculate...
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Virgin Atlantic Gets £1.2bn Rescue Deal Covering 18 Months - The BBC has reported Virgin Atlantic has won backing from its creditors for a £1.2billion rescue plan that will secure its future for at least the ne...
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Virgin To Offer Free Coronavirus Cover With Cover Up To 500k - Virgin has announced they are no offering free "Coronavirus Cover" with all holiday packages and flights, for all travel between 24th August 2020 and ...
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Disney Starts Taking UK Bookings For 2020 Again - Due to COVID-19, the majority of Walt Disney World holidays in 2020 for UK guests have been cancelled. Disney pulled sale of hotels and tickets for th...
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France To Impose 14 Day Quarantine On All UK Travellers - The BBC reports (via French TV) that France will very soon impose a 14-day quarantine on all arrivals from the UK. The UK government imposed a 14-day ...
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Cirque du Soleil: Drawn To Life Opening Delayed Until 2021 - The new Cirque du Soleil show coming to Disney Springs, "Drawn To Life", just had its' reopening date delayed again due to COVID-19. Tickets can now o...
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Shanghai Disneyland Capacity To Increase To 50% - Disney have updated their website to announce that starting August 24th, they will be allowed to increase their park capacity at Shanghai Disneyland f...
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UK Adds France To Quarantine Countries List - The UK government has announced (via BBC that France will be added to the UK quarantine list. There are about 160,000 British holidaymakers currently ...
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New Magic Of Animal Kingdom Series Coming To Disney+ - Disney has announced a new series coming to Disney+ called "Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom", narrated by Josh Gad. This 8 episode series, made in ...
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Disney Reveals New Spaceship Earth Pylons At Epcot - Disney has released photos of the new pylons added outside Spaceship Earth, as the progress of reimagining EPCOT continues.
From Zach Riddley, Walt...
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Disney Cuts Theme Park Opening Hours Starting September 8 - Disney has updated their park hours calendar for the month of September, which has revealed cuts in the hours the parks are open for. Starting Septemb...
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Eurostar Resumes Travel To Disneyland Paris - Eurostar UK has announced it is now resuming travel direct from London to Disneyland Paris.
The company announced they'll be keeping all commonly t...
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Disney Confirms Disney+ Subscription Required To Pay £30 For Mulan - On the Q3 2020 Walt Disney Company earnings call, CEO Bob Chapek announced that Disney is done waiting for theatres to reopen around the world and ann...
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Disney Parks Running At Slight Profit At Reduced Capacity - As a bit of a numbers and company performance nerd, I was fascinated to know if Disney parks would be able to break-even during their reopening while ...
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Virgin Atlantic US Files For Chapter 15 Bankruptcy - Virgin Atlantic (US) has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy (via the Guardian) due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson sai...
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Disney Acknowledges Lack Of Demand For Walt Disney World - Disney said on the company's latest earnings call that demand for Walt Disney World is "less than originally expected". This is largely due to the sta...
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Disney+ Hits 60.5 Million Subscribers - Disney released their quarterly earnings, and as you'd image, the results were rough due to COVID-19 closures. The star of the show was Disney+, which...
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Disney To Release Mulan on Disney+ For Around £30 - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most movie theatres around the world remain closed. This has forced movie studios to keep pushing back releases, which D...
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Disney Q3 2020 Parks Division Revenue Drops 85% - The Walt Disney Company has reported their Q3 2020 results today with a 42% revenue drop across the company.
Disney reports their park revenue with...
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New Baby Mandrill Born at Disney`s Animal Kingdom - A new baby mandrill at Disney's Animal Kingdom was born on July 25th, 2020. The new infant was born to mother Scarlett and father Linus. The little o...
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County Officials Hint At Face Covering Policy Through Spring 2021 - The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that Orange County officials has hinted that the mask requirements in theme parks could be in effect until at least ...
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Universal Epic Universe Theme Park On Hold - Universal’s Epic Universe theme park has been officially delayed. Announced in August 2019, this theme park would be Universal's "4th" gate ("3rd" g...
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Universal Theme Park Revenue Drops 94% Q2 2020 - Comcast Corporation (who owns Universal Studios) has released their quarterly earnings report for the pandemic Q2 2020 quarter. They reported a 94% dr...
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Disney Blocks Attraction Photos For Guests Not Wearing Masks - Since Walt Disney World opening in July, it's mandatory to wear a face covering to enjoy the parks. Disney had to once again update their face coverin...
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British Airways Extends Voucher Offer Up To 30 September 2020 - British Airways has updated there amendment policy to include travel dates until 30th September, 2020. If you have a flight booked before that date, y...
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Ample Hills Creamery Closes, Disney Springs Shop Will Not Open - The lovely little Ample Hills Creamery shop at Boardwalk has now closed permanently. The company filed for bankruptcy earlier in the year but did not ...
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Disney Alters Face Covering Rule Due To Guests Walking Around Without A Covering On - While the majority of people visiting Walt Disney World at the moment are following the rules and wearing a mask, there are a few people, either purpo...
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Florida COVID-19 Deaths Now Increasing In Line With Increased Cases - The state of Florida is now one of the hardest-hit states in the US, seeing around 10,000 new cases a day since the start of July. While the Florida G...
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Rivers Of Light And Primeval Whirl Permanently Closed - Cast members have shared an internal memo indicating that Disney is announcing the closure of the Animal Kingdom nighttime show, Rivers Of Light.
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Walt Disney World Theme Park Visitor Growth Flat For 2019 - The TEA/AECOM has released their 2019 theme park attendance figures, which gives insight on theme park attendance. Numbers which Disney do not give ou...
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Virgin Starts Cancelling Select Flights Through September 2020 - After news that TUI has cancelled all TUI operated Orlando (Sanford) flights for the rest of 2020, it seems that Virgin have started to announce their...
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Hong Kong Disneyland To Close Again Due to COVID-19 Spikes - It is being reported that the Hong Kong Disneyland park will be closing again due to a spike of COVID-19 cases in the area.
The park reopened about...
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Florida Declares Record 15,300 New COVID-19 Cases - The state of Florida has reported a 15,300 new cases in a single day on July 12th, beating the record of 11,458 set on 4th July.
The Florida govern...
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Disney Shares New Video Showcasing Reopening Preparations - Disney has shared a new video ad showcasing the final preparations of their reopening on July 11th.
Click here to view the video on Youtube or view...
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Face Covering With Ear Loops Required At Disney Parks - To enter a Walt Disney World theme park, a face covering is required. However, some guests have been using what's called a "Neck Gaiter", but now Disn...
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Florida Governor Says Disney Safe To Reopen As Cases Continue To Rise - In a coronavirus briefing today, Florida governor Ron DeSantis reiterated his stance on allowing Walt Disney World to reopen this month. He says the p...
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Florida Declares Record 11,458 Covid-19 Cases Today - Florida on Saturday 4th July reported a record 11,458 new coronavirus cases in a single day.
The Florida governor, Gov. Ron DeSantis, has said Flor...
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[UPDATED]Confusion Over Virgin Cancellation Policy - Update 3/7/20 11:08: Virgin have been telling customers that if they had the email offering a full refund, that will be honoured. The text on the webs...
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Virgin Allowing Cancellations With A Full Refund Up To 31st October - We've been sent emails from our readers which indicate that Virgin intend to allow customers to cancel and get a full refund on all 2020 Disney World ...
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Disney Relaunches 2021 UK Ultimate Tickets - Over a week ago, Disney pulled their UK Exclusive Ultimate tickets from sale. Today, Disney has relaunched the UK Ultimate Ticket and 7 or 14 day tick...
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Cirque du Soleil Files for Creditor Protection - Cirque du Soleil La Nouba was a long running Cirque du Soleil show at Disney springs which closed at the end of 2017. At the end 2019, the company ann...
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Disney To Close Disney Channel In the UK, Moving To Disney+ - According to Deadline, Disney will be closing all of its' UK kids TV channels on October 1st, 2020. This include Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney...
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Florida COVID-19 Cases Spike To New Highs With 8,942 New Cases - In the aftermath of TUI announcing they were cancelling all TUI operated flights to Florida for the rest of 2020, that decision is made even more clea...
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TUI Officially Cancels All TUI Florida Holidays In 2020 - TUI has officially announced the cancellation of all holidays with TUI flights to Florida for the rest of 2020. We shared this morning that customers...
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TUI Appears To Have Cancelled Florida Holidays Through October 2020 - EDIT: It is official. Click here for the latest information.
TUI appear to be letting customers know that their upcoming Florida holidays are being...
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Splash Mountain To Be Rethemed To Princess and the Frog - Splash Mountain - one of my favourite Magic Kingdom attractions - is getting a new theme. There have been many petitions in the past to change the the...
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Disneyland California Reopening Delayed - Disney has announced it will not be reopening the Disneyland California theme parks on July 17th as originally announced. Disney said California offi...
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Disney Bizarrely Blames Guests For Park Reservation Glitches - Disney opened up the new park reservation system on June 22nd for guests with valid tickets and who had a resort stay booked. Many of us were on the ...
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Virgin To Resume Orlando Flights Starting August 24th - Virgin has announced they will begin to resume flights from July 20th. While it wasn't made clear what routes would be restarting on that date, Virgin...
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Disney Suspends The Sale Of 7 & 14 Day Ultimate Ticket - We previously shared that Disney will suspend the sale of the UK ultimate tickets for a little while. If you try to go to the buy tickets page of Disn...
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Park Reservations Starts Hitting Capacity In July - Even though we are not yet allowed to fly to Florida (and who knows when as COVID-19 cases in Florida are rising), Hollywood Studios is now full until...
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Disneyland Paris To Use Reservation System But Hotel Guests Guaranteed Entry - Disney announced that Disneyland Paris will be reopening on July 15th, and that both theme parks will be using the same (sort of) park reservation tic...
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Be Our Guest Discontinuing Quick Service Breakfast & Lunch - The popular Be Our Guest restaurant at the Magic Kingdom recently moved to a prefix menu with and an increase to two table service credits. You could ...
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No Fastpass Or Park Hopping For Foreseeable Future - One of the great things about the UK exclusive ultimate ticket is unlimited access to all Disney theme parks. Sadly, thanks to the coronavirus pandemi...
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Florida Sees COVID-19 Case Spike With 100,000 Total Cases - The BBC is today reporting that the state of Florida has now reported over 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases. As you can see from the graph above, Flor...
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Disneyland Paris Reopening July 15th - Back in May, Disney were offering refunds and rescheduling options to all Disneyland Paris guests up until July 14th, pointing towards a July 15th reo...
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Disney Announces Reopening Dates For Hotels Through October - Disney has announced the reopening dates for 11 more resort hotels.
July 10th
Disney's Animal Kingdom (Jambo House)
Disney's Pop Century Resort
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21 Day Ticket Guests Can Only Book 14 Park Days In Advance - Earlier this week Disney stopped selling the 21 day UK Ultimate Ticket. The reason for that is now becoming clear, but also troublesome for those who ...
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No Single Rider Or Virtual Queues When Parks Reopen - For those who have been to Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Hollywood Studios since Rise Of The Resistance opened has experienced the joys of the virtual q...
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Disney Suspending Ultimate Ticket Sales, Changes Might Be Coming - Disney has sent an email to their affiliate partners about all the changes coming to the Disney parks, most of which we've already talked about here o...
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Park Reservation System With Us Until At Least September 26th 2021 - Disney has announced that starting June 22nd 2020 you can make your park reservations up until September 26th 2021.
This is significant for a coup...
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Disney Discontinuing Complimentary MagicBands Starting In 2021 - With the perks of staying at a Walt Disney World resort slowly fading away due to changes made thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, another perk will s...
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Park Reservations For 2020 And 2021 Begins June 22 - Disney has created a new park reservation page with all the details you need to begin planing your next trip as they reopen. If you decide to go, you ...
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Mickeys Not-So-Scary Halloween Party Cancelled For 2020 - It was inevitable, but it's now been made official. The 2020 Mickeys Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is officially cancelled.
While assessing Mickey's...
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UK Disney Stores To Reopen, Face Masks Required - Disney has announced the reopening of the UK Disney stores! They will be taking all the "COVID-19 safe" precautions the government requires for all re...
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Last Chance To Get Autumn 2021 Disney World Ultimate Tickets - Disney recently announced a lot of changes to 2021 bookings, one of which was the 7 and 14 day ultimate ticket will not be valid past September 26th,...
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Florida Sees Another Spike In COVID-19 Cases - The state of Florida appears to be having another spike of positive COVID-19 test results, pointing to increased community spread throughout the state...
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Disney Dining Plan No Longer Available For 2021 - As Disney begins to reopen Walt Disney World, they cancelled all their dining plans. However, they have been taking 2021 bookings as normal, including...
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You Can No Longer Book Disney World Past September 2021 - Disney has been making lots of changes today. First, Disney stopped selling the 21 day ultimate ticket completely, second, they updated the 7 and 14 d...
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UK Ultimate Ticket Now Only Valid Until September 26th 2021 - Following the news that Disney has stopped selling the 21-day ultimate ticket, the 7 and 14 day ticket has also been updated to now only be valid for ...
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Disney Officially Stops Selling 21 Day Ultimate Ticket - On Tuesday, UK based ticket vendors pulled their 21-day tickets sending the internet into a panic. Today, it has been made official as Disney is no lo...
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UK Ticket Vendors No Longer Selling 21 Day Ultimate Ticket - UK Disney World Ticket vendors Floridatix and Attraction Tickets have pulled the 21-day Ultimate Ticket and is no longer selling it for 2021. They ha...
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Possible Changes To 2021 UK Disney World Tickets And Park Reservations Leaked - Disney World ticket vendor Floridatix this morning released a statement about Disney World tickets changes in 2021, along with sending emails out to c...
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Disney Announces Official Cancellation And Reschedule Policy - Earlier today some travel agents announced the policies for cancelling or rescheduling their 2020 Disney World holiday. Now Disney has announced what ...
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Disney Free Dining Cancellation/Reschedule Policy Revealed - Even though at the time of writing Disney has yet to make a formal announcement about their plans for UK guests in regards to their 2020 bookings, som...
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Disney Resort Reservation DOES NOT Guarantee Theme Park Entry - In an ordinary world, there are plenty of reasons to stay at a Walt Disney World resort hotel. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic and the reopen...
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All Changes Coming To Walt Disney World Resorts When They Reopen - Disney has updated their website with new information about what is happening at Walt Disney World resorts when they reopen.
We made some important...
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Disney Waiving Cancellation Fees Through October 3rd - Disney has updated their website in regards to their reopening, and have announced that any bookings made direct through the Walt Disney Travel Compan...
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Park Reservation System Means No Park Hopping With Ultimate Tickets - For those still planning to go to Walt Disney World in 2020, the 7, 14, and 21 day Ultimate Tickets include "unlimited access to all SIX Disney Parks"...
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Virgin To Resume Orlando Flights July 20th - Virgin Atlantic has announced that it intends to resume scheduled passenger flights from the UK on 20th July. As announced last month, Virgin is no lo...
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Virgin Gives Just 4 Days Notice To Customers To Postpone 2020 Disney Holiday - Our readers have been sharing with us emails they've received this morning from Virgin (displayed below). The email is telling customers that they hav...
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2020 Tickets MUST Be Paid By June 10th Or They Will Be Cancelled - If you have purchased a Walt Disney World 7, 14 or 21 day ultimate 2020 ticket, then Disney are now insisting that all customers pay their balance (wh...
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Face Coverings Will Now Be Required For All Guests Aged 2+ - Disney has updated their information page for guests who intend to visit in the near future, and that new information includes the change that all gue...
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