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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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Disney Urge UK Guests To Not Call, Information Coming Soon - Disney this morning announced the cancellation of all dining reservations, dining plans attached to packages (including free dining), Fastpass+ and Ex...
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You Can No Longer Book 2020 Hotel Stays Or Buy Tickets - Disney recently announced the complete cancellation of all dining reservations, dining plans attached to packages (including free dining), Fastpass+ a...
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Disney Just Cancelled Your 2020 Free Dining - Walt Disney World is due to begin reopening on July 11th, and to accommodate the social distances requirements and lower capacity, Disney made some gu...
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Walt Disney World To Begin Reopening July 11th - Jim McPhee, Senior Vice President of Operations at Walt Disney World, is presenting the reopening plans for Walt Disney World theme parks to the Orang...
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Universal Studios Orlando To Officially Reopen June 5th - Universal Orlando has announced that on June 5th all 3 of their theme parks (Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure, and Volcano Bay) will op...
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Universal Studios Orlando Plans To Reopen June 1st - Walt Disney World remains closed due to the current coronavirus pandemic, and won't open until at least mid-June (although no official opening date ha...
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Disney Cancels Stays And Removes Park Hours Through June 13 - Disney has today removed all park hours through June 13th, according to the
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Disney Adds Disclaimer Stating Not Responsible For You Catching COVID-19 - Disney have updated their wording on their COVID-19 section of their website to state that you assume all risks relating to the exposure to COVID-19, ...
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Face Mask Requirement And Temperature Checks Coming To Disney Springs - Disney Springs is reopening on May 20th for some third party locations, and May 27th for Disney-owned locations. The Hollywood Reporter has published ...
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Disney Owned Locations at Disney Springs Opening May 27 - Disney Springs will begin reopening on May 20th, however, it will be only third party dining and shopping locations that will be open. Today, The Holl...
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Disney Cancels Reservations Up To June 6 - Disney has been sending American guests emails today stating that they their reservations have been cancelled up until June 6. While Walt Disney World...
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COVID-19 Florida Model Now Puts Death Peak To June - Healthdata.org (who creates models based on official COVID-19 data) has updated their models with the most recent data to suggest that the death peak ...
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UK Health Secretary Says "Summer Holidays Likely To Be Cancelled" - Health Secretary Matt Hancock appeared on ITV's This Morning and said:
Do we now all have to come to the conclusion that summer is essentially canc...
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Walt Disney World Now Only Taking New Bookings From July 1st - Walt Disney World is currently closed until further notice due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Even though no official announcement has been made for whe...
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Shanghai Disneyland Reopening Tickets Sell Out In Minutes - Disney announced that Shanghai Disneyland will be reopening on May 11th, the first Disney park to begin reopening due to coronavirus pandemic closure...
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Disney Springs To Begin Reopening May 20th - Disney has officially announced that the phased reopening of Disney Springs will begin on May 20th. The resorts and theme parks at Walt Disney World R...
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Disney Cruise Ships Docked At Port Canaveral During Pandemic - The official Port Canaveral Facebook pagehas shared a video of three of the Disney Cruise Line ships docked there during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Disneyland Paris To Remain Closed Until July 15 - Disney has updated their Disneyland Paris COVID-19 page to let guests know that the resorts will not be open before July 15th, and for all stays befor...
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Shanghai Disneyland To Reopen May 11th With Limited Capacity - Shanghai Disneyland closed in late January due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Now, 4 months later, Disney announced on their Q2 earnings call that they ...
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Disney Reports Q2 Results Before Coronavirus Pandemic Shutdowns Began - Disney have reported their Q2 FY20 earnings (which ended March 28th). It's the quarter before the parks were shut due to the Coronavirus pandemic on M...
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Virgin Atlantic Ending Gatwick Operations - The BBC is reporting that Virgin Atlantic is going to cut around 3,000 jobs in the UK and end its operation at Gatwick Airport. Gatwick is one of the ...
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Disney Reiterates Walt Disney World Reopening Date Not Set Yet - The Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force met once again, and was today joined by Thomas Mazloum, who is the Vice President of Walt Disney World...
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Walt Disney World President Shares Star Wars Day Photo - It's May 4th and Walt Disney World President Josh D'Amaro has shared an image of himself enjoying Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge while the Walt Disney World...
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British Airways May Not Reopen Gatwick After Pandemic Passes - The BBC is reporting that a memo written by the head of BA's Gatwick hub explained that British Airways' Gatwick airport operation may not reopen afte...
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Travel Companies To Be Taken To Court For Not Refunding Cancelled Holidays - The BBC is reporting that the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will be taking companies to court if they flout the law regarding holiday refun...
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First Guidelines Set Out For Florida Theme Park Reopening - The Orange County Economic Recovery Task Force has started meetings to discuss the reopening of the state of Florida. They have laid out guidelines wh...
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