Update as of 2025: The "Sip, Savor and Stay Saturdays" event series, originally launched in 2020 as a limited-time alternative to the Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic, is no longer offered. It ran from September 19 to October 24, 2020, and was tailored to that year’s unique circumstances. The Walt Disney World Swan [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on Disney parks this year. After closing down the resort for several months, Disney World is now back in business, albeit with reduced capacity, reduced operating hours, and enhanced public health and safety measures. And, after Disney canceled its annual Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party for 2020, many were [...]
We some good news - and some not so good news - on the job front at Disney. Disney Executives get their Paychecks Restored According to Deadline, The Walt Disney Company has restored paychecks to its executives as of August 23rd. This comes after temporary salary reductions were introduced amidst the pandemic. These reductions, [...]
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 [...]