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Hong Kong Disneyland To Close For The Third Time Due to COVID-19 Spike - Shanghai Disneyland & Hong Kong Disneyland closed in January (way before COVID-19 hit us here) to help stop the new coronavirus originating in Wuhan, ...
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Disney Shares New Look Inside Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure Coming To EPCOT - Disney Parks Twitter account has posted a new inside look at the upcoming Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure Coming To EPCOT. The attraction is due to ope...
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Disneyland Paris To Remain Closed Until February 2021 - After the announcement of a second lockdown in France, Disney announced they would be closing Disneyland Paris until February 2021. However, Disney sa...
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Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde To Retire - Joe Rohde has announced his retirement from the Walt Disney Company. His final day on the job will be January 4th, 2021.
His career as lead Imagine...
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Agreement Reached For Disney Springs To MCO Train Station - Disney has announced they have reached an agreement with Virgin Trains USA Brightline High-Speed Railway. This will bring a brand new station to Disne...
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Walt Disney World Park Hopping To Return In 2021 - Disney has announced that park hopping will return starting January 1st, 2021. Park hopping is an extra cost on top of the standard entrance ticket., ...
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Harmonious Barges To Host Day Show At EPCOT World Showcase Lagoon - Illuminations: Reflections Of Earth ended in 2019, which was replaced with a new show called EPCOT FOREVER for a limited time. Harmonious, EPCOT's new...
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Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure Now Opening 2021 At EPCOT - Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, a new attraction (identical to the Disneyland Paris one) is coming to EPCOT's France pavilion. The attraction was orig...
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Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Interior Room Photos Revealed - Disney Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro today spoke at the IAAPA virtual conference, he revealed photos of the upcoming Star Wars hotel located just out...
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Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary Celebrations Information Coming Soon - Walt Disney World first opened on October 1, 1971. Which means in 2021 Walt Disney will be celebrating its 50th anniversary. While the COVID-19 pandem...
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First Look Inside Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Coaster Track - Today Disney is speaking at the IAAPA virtual conference, and Disney Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro is sharing information about Walt Disney World's up...
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Josh D’Amaro Says Most Of Cancelled Entertainment Attractions Will Return Following Layoffs - Last month, the devastating news hit of Disney laying off the majority of its entertainment cast members along with the indefinite closure of attracti...
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Walt Disney World Now Operating At 35% Capacity - Along with news that the Walt Disney Company parks segment of the business lost $1 billion last quarter came the news that Disney has increased the c...
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Disney Parks Lose Over $1 Billion Last Quarter - The Walt Disney Company reported their earnings this week, and as expected, the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products segment revenue decreased to $2...
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Disney+ Likely To Stream More Premium Movies At Extra Cost As Subscribers Total Hits 73 Million - On Disney's earnings call this week, CEO Bob Chapek talked about bringing Mulan onto Disney+ at a £20 extra charge was a "success". He intends to tal...
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Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Ride Cars Revealed - There is a new roller coaster being built at EPCOT where Ellen's Energy Adventure used to be, and that's Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. Disne...
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M&M Opening Delayed, Now Due To Open In 2021 - If you didn't already know, there's a new M&M sore coming to Disney Springs. It was due to open "late 2020", but sadly they've updated their website t...
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California Mayors Calls Out Governor For Not Allowing Disneyland To Reopen - Deadline reports that mayors of big cities in California is calling for California Governor Gavin Newsom to change his stances on the reopening guidel...
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Disney Shares Photos Of The New Baby Rhino At Disneys Animal Kingdom - Disney's Animal Kingdom has announced the birth of a new baby white rhino. White rhinos are currently an endangered species. Disney has shared some ph...
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Disney Releases Statement On Entertainment Layoffs And Show Closures - Earlier in the week news broke that Disney were laying off entertainment cast members and closing many favourite attractions, including Festival of th...
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The Mandalorian Season 2 Debuts On Disney+ - Star Wars fans rejoice! The Mandalorian season two episode one is now streaming on Disney+ in the UK. A Disney+ subscription is required. Season two c...
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Woman Tries To Sneak Gun Into Magic Kingdom - USA Today is reporting a 27-year-old woman was arrested on October 8th for trying to carry a firearm into the Magic Kingdom.
Officers say Marcia Tem...
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Disneyland Paris To Close Until February 2021 - Yesterday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a second national lockdown for France starting October 30th, which results in the closure of Dis...
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Disneyland Paris To Close Again Due To Second France Lockdown - The BBC is reporting that French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a second national lockdown for at least the whole of November. The lockdown b...
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Mass Layoffs Including "Festival Of The Lion King", "Monsters Inc. LaughFloor", "Finding Nemo - The Musical", And More - The Orlando Sentinel is reporting new mass layoffs taking place for the talented cast members who work at the entrainment attractions throughout Walt ...
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Disney Reveals 50th Anniversary Entrance Gate Concept Art - Disney has released concept art (above) of the upcoming makeover for its entrance gates in celebration of the 50th anniversary. The concept art shows ...
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Walt Disney World Fairy Tale Weddings To Resume - Disney Fairy Tale weddings shut down along with the closure of the parks earlier in the year. When the packs opened back up with strict social distanc...
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Disneyland California Might Not Reopen Until Summer 2021 - Disneyland California has still not reopened, and things are getting heated. Orange County officials set out their rules for when businesses can reope...
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Heathrow Airport Coronavirus Testing Begins - We reported last weekend that US officials are looking to setup Coronavirus testing on departure and arrivals for UK to US flights to open up travel c...
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Disney Park Pass System Extended Into 2022 - Love it or hate it, the Disney park pass system is here to stay, at least for now. The system was introduced to control crowds during the current redu...
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UK To US Travel Corridors With COVID Testing Hoped For Holidays 2020 - The Wall Street Journal (paywall) is reporting plans taking place between the UK and US governments to allow travel between the countries. The plan i...
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Guests Who Cannot Wear Face Coverings Told Not To Visit Parks - Disney currently has a strict face-covering policy that all guests must adhere to help keep the parks as safe as possible during the pandemic. While ...
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Walt Disney World Tickets For October To December 2021 Now Available - Throughout most of the pandemic, you could not buy Walt Disney World tickets past September 2021. The reason for this was unclear. It could have been ...
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Space Mountain Movie In Development - One of my favourite Magic Kingdom attractions, Space Mountain, is getting a new movie. Movieweb reports Disney is developing a live-action Space Mount...
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Disney Pixar "Soul" Skipping Cinemas And Coming To Disney+ - Variety is reporting that Disney intends to release the upcoming Disney-Pixar movie "Soul" on Disney+ on December 25th, 2020. "Soul" is the second mov...
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25% Of The 28,000 Lays Offs Are Walt Disney World Cast Members - At the end of September Disney made the sad announcement that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they made the tough decision to lay off 28,000 cast member...
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Disney Lays Off 28,000 Cast Members Due To Covid-19 Pandemic - Disney has announced today that they are laying off approximately 28,000 Cast Members because of lower demand in the parks, and ongoing closure of Dis...
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Group Watching Coming To Disney+ - While most of us are staying at home and not mingling too much socially, Disney are bringing a useful feature to Disney+. The feature is called Groupw...
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Virgin Atlantic Now Resuming Orlando Flights December 10th - Virgin Atlantic has started letting customers know that their Orlando flights are now now due to resume on 10th December 2020. Even though UK Prime Mi...
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Florida Governor Signs Order To Allow Higher Capacity At Theme Parks, Entering Phase 3 - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis yesterday signed an executive order loosening COVID-19 restrictions across the state, entering Phase 3. Phase 3 allows m...
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Florida Governor To Allow Restaurants To Open At Full Capacity - Not long ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced businesses may reopen their restaurants at 50% capacity during the pandemic. At a roundtable discuss...
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New Polynesian Village Resort Concept Released - Disney recently announced that the Polynesian Village Resort would be closed through summer 2021 as they undertake renovations towards a new Moana ins...
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Hong Kong Disneyland To Reopen On September 25 - Hong Kong Disneyland originally closed in January due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The park then reopened in the spring, but had to close once again i...
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CDC Reports Ease Of Coronavirus Transmission On Long Haul Flights - The CDC has released a report on how the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) spreads on long haul flights.
They said Coronavirus can spread very easily among ...
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Disney Water Parks Not To Open Until March 2021 - Disney has updated their website with information about the reopening of their water parks. Disney have announced that the water parks will remain clo...
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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.
A...
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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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