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With the steady rollout of the various COVID-19 vaccines across the country, it’s only a matter of time before it becomes available to everyone…but when?
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Crowds
As the vaccine becomes available to different age groups, Dr. Anthony Fauci announced that elementary school children will likely be able to get the vaccine early 2022.
Nowadays, plexiglass in Disney World is becoming about as commonplace as cupcakes and popcorn buckets!
Plexiglass on Flight of Passage
More and more attractions have undergone plexiglass makeovers, both in ride queues and on the rides themselves. And the latest attraction to experience a plexiglass-addition is Pirates of the Caribbean in Magic Kingdom!
Now that winter is right around the corner, our favorite activity is basically cuddling up in our favorite blanket, laying on the couch with a hot cup of cocoa, and watching ALL THE DISNEY+.
The Mandalorian ©Lucasfilm | Entertainment Weekly
We’ve really been enjoying Baby Yoda and the second season of The Mandalorian, as well as all the interesting animals on Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom. And we LOVED The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special! And there’s even more amazing stuff to watch next month in December! [Read more…]
There’s a common theme in many of Disney’s movies, and that’s the concept of family.
Safety ©Disney
From the idea of “Ohana” in Lilo & Stitch to Elsa and Anna’s relationship in Frozen, Disney gets family. And although the upcoming Disney+ movie Safety is disguising itself as a sports movie, at its heart, it looks like it’s about brotherly love.
If you’ve ever been a Cast Member, perhaps spoken to a Cast Member, or even taken a backstage tour at Disney World, like the Keys to the Kingdom Tour, you may have heard about Disney’s four keys to a great guest experience — Safety, Courtesy, Show, and Efficiency.
Cinderella Castle
For decades, these keys have served as guiding principles behind Disney’s guest service.
We’ve seen Walt Disney World make a lot of changes in an effort to keep its guests as safe as possible. From requiring all guests to wear masks in its theme parks, to keeping things extra-clean and sanitized, a lot of changes have been made around the parks.
Cinderella Castle
But it’s not just the theme parks that are working to keeping guests safe. Walt Disney World is also taking extra measures at its golf courses. Fore!
Walt Disney World has started a phased reopening with Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom this week.
Gaiters at Chapel Hats in Disney Springs
Disney released guidelines set by the CDC for acceptable forms of face-coverings that are required for entry. One policy is that that masks should “be secured with ties or ear loops.” This caused some confusion as Neck Gaiters, a popular face covering that slips over your mouth and nose, don’t have earloops and are not secured with ties. [Read more…]
Walt Disney World’s historic closure is now behind us, and wow, what a roller coaster ride it was (and we’re not talking the fun kind).
Big Thunder Mountain
Disney World’s theme parks reopened in July 2020 after a 4-month closure with some significant changes, but many people were relieved to see any semblance of normalcy return, even if the parks looked a little bit different than we remembered. And yet, we wonder. Could a closure like this happen again? As much as we’d like to say no, it’s a little more complicated than that. Take a look.
Earlier this week, we reported the National Basketball Players Association and NBA had finalized their plans to finish their 2019-2020 season at Disney World’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.
NBA Experience Dedication Ceremony at Disney World
But despite having all of their terms agreed to by Disney as well as the NBA executives and athletes, worry seems to be looming over the resumptive games.
Disney Springs is set to have a phased re-opening of its third-party stores and restaurants on May 20th with Disney-owned locations following on May 27th.
Disney Springs
Although we’ve been keeping you up-to-date on all the restaurants and stores that will be re-opening in Disney Springs, here are all the health and safety protocols you need to know.
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