After more than a three month hiatus, trash cans are back on the ferryboats that transport guests from the Ticket and Transportation Center to the Magic Kingdom (and back) at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
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Actors Equity Association Reaches Vaccine Mandate Agreement with Disney Parks
The Actors Equity Association has reached an agreement with Disney Parks to have their live performance workers be vaccinated by the end of September. As we covered earlier this week, the number of live performers still working for Disney is dramatically lower than it...
The Great Disney Parks Reset: The End of Live Entertainment
I have never seen The Walt Disney Company in a situation such as what we are witnessing at this very moment. With Disney+ secretly faltering behind the scenes, and subscription numbers flatlining (at best) in western markets, the company is preparing to extract every...
Lightning Lane Is Just the Beginning for Disney’s Genie+ Monetization
It's a tough day to write about something like theme parks or entertainment. In fact, it's been a tough week. Every day, the news has been filled with worse and worse information from Afghanistan, to the point that it fills any moral person with pure shame. It has...
Boo Bash at Magic Kingdom Is a Significant Downgrade
The Boo Bash has arrived at Magic Kingdom, although frankly I've never understood the idea of celebrating anything Halloween-related before Labor Day. That said, there are significant downgrades from Mickey's Not So Spooky Halloween, and we've got one major example to...
Rumored Details on Upcoming Genie App for Walt Disney World
The WDW Magic Forums are a cantankerous, yet useful location online. Running since 1996, the site is the locale for a number of actual Disney insiders, avatars of various YouTube and fan site personalities, and a host of people who wish they were. It explains why...
The Price Per Hour of Staying in Disney’s Galactic Starcruiser
The Walt Disney World Resort will soon be home to a new type of experience with the Galactic Starcruiser. It's not a real cruise, given that it never actually moves. But the role playing "excursion" instead is intended to make you feel as if you're moving somewhere......
Disneyland Paris Fastpass Rollout May Mean Big Prices at Walt Disney World
Disneyland Paris has relaunched their FastPass system, only now the ability to skip a queue line will cost families a significant amount of money. The service was previously free at Disney Parks. Now, however, guests at Disneyland Paris will find themselves paying...
Universal Studios and SeaWorld in Orlando Decline Vaccinated Masking
Featured Image Courtesy: Bioreconstruct Walt Disney World Resort has changed its policy in the past week in response to new guidelines by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Now, guests are required to wear masks again indoors regardless of vaccination status. The...
Masks Required Indoors Again in Walt Disney World Starting Today
Walt Disney World Resort is requiring that all guests wear masks while indoors, once again, starting today, July 30th, 2021. Reported by WDW Magic, the directive is not optional and seems to have no exceptions -- thus, whether someone has been vaccinated, has a...
New Military Discounted Ticket Pricing Available for Disney World
American Military Ticket Pricing for Walt Disney World Resort and Shades of Green have just been released. Take a look at the following information to see how much a ticket will cost for the 2021-22 timeframe. Remember that these prices are not accurate for...
Columbia Harbour House and Pizzafari Reopen Soon
While some may be excited that the pizza restaurant in Animal Kingdom known as Pizzafari is reopening, it's safe to say most of the excitement is going to be about Columbia Harbour House finally coming back August 5th. The Magic Kingdom seafood restaurant is possibly...
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah Removed From Magic Kingdom Opening Routine
Signs are continuing to point towards a closure of Splash Mountain at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Disney had previously announced that they would be transforming the ultra popular attraction into a Princess and the Frog experience. That was all the way back...