NOTE: On May 8, 2023, Disney announced its biggest relaxation of park reservation rules to date: effective January 9, 2024, all date-based theme park tickets will not require reservations (but other ticket types may still require a reservation). Disney had already announced that as of December 2022, all one-day one-park tickets would include a [...]
Since the coronavirus pandemic forced thousands of Disney Cast Members to be furloughed, it was expected that they would return to work within 6 months of April. Unfortunately, Disney recently scaled back its park hours because attendance just wasn't bouncing back as anticipated. Additionally, the virus concerns still linger with no immediate resolution in [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic forced the closures of theme parks around the country. As of July, Florida's two largest theme parks - Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando Resort - have since reopened but to greatly diminished capacity. However, one theme park seems to be rebounding faster than the other. According to a new Deutsche [...]
Walt Disney World Cuts its Theme Park's Hours over Low Attendance amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Its been about a month now since Walt Disney World reopened to the public. COVID-19 is still as reality but the resort has gone above and beyond the local, state, and national health agency recommendations to ensure [...]
This pandemic is complicating everyone's Disney World vacation plans. Here's how to prepare for Disney World during COVID-19 Reopening Disney World during a global pandemic is no easy task. The top priority of Disney officials is, first and foremost, to keep Cast Members and Guests safe from the virus. In order to [...]
Disney World reopening plans continue to evolve on a day-to-day basis. Today, we have new updates to share from Disney! On Thursday evening (5/28), Walt Disney World Resort announced some big changes that will affect all vacations booked through the end of 2020. We will go through Disney's new updates below. How Disney World will [...]
Walt Disney World has just announced its plan for a phased reopening of its theme parks. On May 27, Jim MacPhee (Senior VP of Operations at Walt Disney World Resort) made the virtual presentation laying out the initiatives to reopen in a safe manner. The plan targets July 11 as the opening date for Magic [...]
Disney Travel Agency Launches LEGO Mickey Fundraiser The Disney Travel Agents at The Vacationeer Launch a COVID-19 LEGO Mickey eBay Auction to Help First Responders Are you looking for a way to show your support for first responders during this pandemic? If so, look no further than The Vacationeer's LEGO MICKEY charity, [...]
You are viewing an archived article from Summer 2020. Since shutting down on March 15th, we are currently seeing signs that Walt Disney World Resort is already underway on their reopening plans. While there hasn't been any formal announcement yet, recent statements made by Disney management - and the fact that a [...]
For only the seventh time in its history, Walt Disney World Resort will temporarily close to the public due to the spread of the coronavirus, COVID-19. Disneyland - as well as Universal Orlando Resort - will also close at the same time. As of now, the closure will go into effect on Sunday, March [...]