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NEWS! Adventures by Disney Has Extended Its 100% Cancelation Policy Through August

As some third-party restaurants and shops in Disney Springs have begun to reopen and a few Disney-owned locations are preparing to open later this week, cancelations have continued for Disney Cruise Line’s Adventures by Disney.

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A little over a week ago, we told you all previously booked sailings had been canceled through July, but now that has changed once again.

According to Adventures by Disney’s website, they’ve just extended their cancelation policy guaranteeing guests who have been impacted by the closure 100% credit to be used towards a future booking.

Adventures By Disney’s Website

Previously, guests who were scheduled on an adventure through July 31st were able to get a 100% credit in the instance of a changed reservation. If this extension applies to you, you can call (855) 223-0025 or (407) 566-8345 to select a new travel date or alternate adventure.

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We will keep an eye on more cancelations and announcements made by Adventures by Disney in the next coming weeks.

Click here to see which Adventures by Disney departures are currently suspended.

Did you have Adventure by Disney plans that were affected? Let us know in the comments below.

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Disney World Is Polling Guests About the New Health Measures. Take a Look at the Survey Here!

The reopening of Disney Springs has meant for a lot of changes to the guest experience.

New Protocols to Enter Disney Springs

With health measures such as temperature checks, social distancing, and mandatory face coverings; Disney is prioritizing guest and Cast Member safety. Of course, this is still an unprecedented situation, so it looks like Disney is measuring how well these measures are being received. Let’s take a look at the Disney Springs survey!

While we were on our way out of the complex the other day, we ran into a Disney World Research Cast Member who asked us to scan a QR code to complete a survey on our phones about our Disney Springs experience.

Disney Research Cast Member

If you’re asked to complete a survey, you’ll scan the QR code with your smartphone and it will take you straight to the Disney Springs survey. The survey itself is fairly brief and is meant to help Disney to “continue improving our services and standards.”

Disney Springs Survey

The first questions are based on demographics and the situation to find out where you’re from, whether you’re of legal age to have your results used, how many people you visited Disney Springs with, your purpose for visiting Disney Springs, and what time you arrived and left the complex.

Disney Springs Survey

Then it’s on to questions about your overall experience and, more specifically, health measures you encountered. The survey asked about our experience with the screening process and our likelihood to return to Disney Springs in the next three months.

Disney Springs Survey

Beyond that though, guests are being surveyed on how the health measures made them feel with queries like “Requiring face coverings to be worn by Guests reassured me” or “Limiting the number of people at Disney Springs and in both the retail and restaurant locations reassured me.”

Disney Springs Survey

Some of the final questions check in on how easy it was to follow health measures. Guests have the opportunity to mark how they felt about signs and markers for physical distancing and the ease of maintaining a safe distance in more crowded areas.

Disney Springs Survey

After the health measures portion of the survey, you return to more logistical questions about what purchases you made in Disney Springs including how much you spent on those purchases. A few more demographic questions wrap the survey like parking location, special Disney groups, demographics, and willingness to participate in further surveys.

Disney Springs Survey

This survey shows that Disney is interested in monitoring the experience of guests especially in relation to the new health measures. We will continue to keep you posted on the new Disney World policies and be sure to let us know if you have any questions.

Click here to learn EVERYTHING you need to know about the reopening of Disney Springs.

What do you think of the Disney Springs survey? Tell us in the comments!

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Confirmed: James Mangold Replacing Steven Spielberg as Director for ‘Indiana Jones 5’

James Mangold Replaces Steven Spielberg as Director for ‘Indiana Jones 5‘. Director James Mangold (Logan, Walk the Line) has officially signed on as director for Indiana Jones 5, with Steven Spielberg moving into an Executive Producer role for the film. Recently, James Mangold spoke with ComicBook regarding how he approaches working in established franchises like Indiana Jones and X-Men.

When ComicBook inquired about his taking the reigns from Spielberg for the Indiana Jones franchise Mangold stated, “I can’t comment on anything like that. But, like in all my work, I’m always trying to find an emotional center to operate from.”

He continued, “I think the most important thing is, in an age when franchises have become a commodity, that serving the same thing again. At least for me, in the dances I’ve had with any franchises, serving the same thing again, the same way, usually just produces a longing for the first time you ate it. Meaning, it makes an audience wish that they just had the first one over again. So you have to push something to someplace new, while also remembering the core reasons why everyone was gathered. And to use Logan as an example of that, when you’re dealing in a world of a very pressured franchise.”

Since he was unable to give details regarding what he plans to do in the fifth Indiana Jones film he went on to use Logan as an example of how he keeps the core values of the characters and stories, though he may have unexpected content appear in his films.

“For all of the things, and there were many that I freed myself from in the canon, in the baggage, to try and make the best story,” Mangold shared. “The core values of Logan, of Wolverine, and Charles Xavier and the X-Men, were something that I felt we never abandoned. The core ideas of their honor, their sense of duty, and the uniqueness of this particular set of characters that they were outcasts, oddities. Beings that had no home in this world, and yet we’re trying to do good. Were trying to do something right and find their way. Those core issues were at the heart of the movie. And in any franchise I take in, I’d always be trying to capture and make sure that we preserve those core ideas that are at the center, because that’s why these stories are more than franchises. They’re the fairy tales of our contemporary culture.”

Production delays have been a major issue for Indiana Jones 5. Several issues involving members in both the cast and crews and now the COVID-19 pandemic, we are hoping to see filming begin sometime in early 2021, with a theatrical release likely in 2022-2023. Be sure to check back here at Chip and Co. for all things Lucasfilm!

Featured Photo Credit: Getty Images/Lucasfilm

Source: ComicBook

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LEGO Store in Disney Springs Reopens on May 27th

LEGO Store

More good news for Walt Disney World Resort! The LEGO Store at Disney Springs will officially reopen to the public on Wednesday, May 27, 2020.

The LEGO Store is quite popular among both kids and adults. They have fantastic photo opportunities with their impressive LEGO displays, such as their unofficial store mascot, Brickley the Sea Serpent. The other LEGO character displays are quite impressive and worth seeing while visiting Disney Springs. Shoppers can find brick toys of fan-favorite franchises for Star Wars, Marvel Comics, Disney, and other franchises.

The LEGO Store is reopening on Wednesday along with a handful of other Disney Springs stores, such as the World of Disney and Marketplace Co-op. To protect the health and safety of guests, the store will have capacity limits and require social distancing from other shoppers. Due to the current pandemic concerns, we expect to see some other minor changes. It’s unlikely that the play area will be open. Many kids enjoyed playing with the open LEGO bricks and figures, but it’s understandable if this isn’t available upon reopening.

Have you ever stopped for photos at the LEGO Store in Disney Springs? What are your family’s favorite LEGO toys? Let us know in the comments!

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Harry Potter Author J.K. Rowling Is Releasing A Free New Children’s Book Online

J.K. Rowling Is Releasing A Free New Children’s Book Online

J.K. Rowling took to her Twitter today for an amazing announcement (she made sure to specify it’s NOT Harry Potter related). She is releasing a children’s book she has started over 10 years ago and it’ll be free online. The book is called ‘The Ickabog’ and according to J.K. Rowling will be released on its own website starting today.

J.K. Rowling Is Releasing A Free New Children’s Book Online

J.K. Rowling will release a couple chapters a day up until the book is completed, “I’ll be posting a chapter (or two, or three) every weekday between 26th May and 10th July on The Ickabog website. We plan to publish some translations soon and will post further details on that website when they’re available.” The book is said to be a fairy tale about the truth and abuse of power. She goes on to say it was written over 10 years ago and isn’t necessarily about what’s happening in today’s time but the themes are timeless and can be any era or country.

J.K. Rowling is also planning on having children send in illustrations for the book which she plans to have published in November. There will be details on the website and her Twitter how to submit images for this new book. She has also said that she will be donating all the royalties from the published books to helping groups that were hit the hardest by Covid-19.

We can’t wait to read this new book from J.K. Rowling. The first two chapters of  ‘The Ickabog’ can be found at the website here. Make sure to keep checking back as she updates with brand new chapters.

Information is from J.K. Rowling’s Twitter and can be found here. 

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