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Disney Cruise Line Cancels Sailings Through July 28

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Disney Cruise Line is reaching out to guests who were originally booked on a departure through July 28, 2020, and who moved or cancelled their sail date due to concerns about COVID-19. Since then, with the wellbeing of guests and team members as the top priority and in line with direction from health experts and government officials, Disney Cruise Line has cancelled these sailings.

Guests who modified their reservation and were on a Disney Magic sailing between July 3-26 will be offered an additional future cruise credit equal to 25% of their original voyage fare to use toward the reservation they modified. If guests decide to cancel the reservation they modified, they can receive a full refund.

Guests who cancelled their reservation and were on a Disney Wonder sailing between July 1-28, a Disney Dream/Disney Fantasy sailing between June 19-28, or a Disney Magic sailing between July 3-26 will be automatically refunded any cancellation fees they may have been charged.

We will update as more information is released so stay tuned!

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FIRST LOOK: New Hand-Washing Stations Installed Throughout Disney Springs Ahead of Reopening

Disney Springs will begin a phased reopening tomorrow, May 20th. And today, as Walt Disney World’s shopping and dining district continues to prepare for the reopening, Disney is giving a preview to local Orlando media of what the “new normal” will look like.

Disney Springs

Disney has already announced new measures that will be in place for guest and cast safety. While you can read about the variety of protocols in further detail here, the category of Cleanliness and Sanitization includes increased cleaning and disinfecting in high-traffic public areas as well as additional hand sanitizer and hand-washing locations.

Guests are highly encouraged to use the hand sanitizer and washing stations during their visit. And Robert Guaderrama with FOX 35 Orlando has shared a quick look at what you can expect to find throughout Disney Springs via Twitter.

He shares, “if while you’re walking around and think you need to wash your hands… well, they have provided several of these hand-washing stations situated throughout Disney Springs.”

We will be sharing more about the reopening of Disney Springs both today and tomorrow, so please stay tuned with us. To learn more about additional safety protocols including temperature checks, capacity limits, and more, you can read about those in detail here.

And you can learn more about the status of Disney parks around the world by visiting any of the links below.

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Disney Along with Several Other Major Companies Seek Over $1 Trillion in Relief For Local Aid

Not too long ago, we told you about a Federal Aid plan that included a $25 billion airline rescue package to bail out the hard-hit travel industry due to the country’s recently shut down.

Orlando International Airport

And now Disney along with top industry leaders of several major companies are moving forward with a plan to seek over $1 trillion in government aid.

First reported by CNBC, California Governor Gavin Newsom is asking for more state and local funding along with his task force which includes Disney Executive Chairman(and former Disney CEO) Bob Iger as well as Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos among many others.

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The task force sent a letter to Congress last Friday addressed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. In it, they formally requested an additional $1 trillion in flexible economic relief to be distributed throughout all states.

Closed Lost and Found booth at Disneyland after the parks close due to Coronavirus

The task force says the additional funds could be used for essential resources to trace and prevent the spread of the virus and to assist operations like child services, job training, and small businesses.

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The House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday which included $1 trillion in funding for state and local governments. We’ll continue to follow this developing story and keep you informed of any updates.

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Disney’s head of streaming Kevin Mayer is now the CEO of TikTok

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The Walt Disney Company is seeing another shift in its corporate leadership. The company announced how their streaming executive, Kevin Mayer, is leaving Disney. Mr. Mayer is departing because he is assuming a new corporate role elsewhere as the CEO of ByteDance, which is the Chinese company that owns TikTok.

TikTok is an app used for creating short videos and the popularity of the social networking grew during the global pandemic. According to app data firm Sensor Tower, the TikTok app has been downloaded about 1.9 billion times worldwide. For the first quarter in 2020, the app was downloaded 307 million times, which is more downloads than any other app for the quarter.

When asked why he was leaving Disney, Kevin Mayer replied, “I was happy with my job at Disney. The magnitude of this opportunity was just something I couldn’t pass up.” Mr. Mayer says that music and gaming are two possible expansions he’d like to explore for the future of TikTok.

He did achieve phenomenal success with Disney’s streaming service. Back in April, The Walt Disney Company celebrated crossing 50 million subscribers on Disney+. Since the announcement, the Walt Disney Company has named Rebecca Campbell as the new corporate leader of the Disney+ streaming service.

Source: New York Times

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Rumored: Johnny Depp “In Talks” to Play Joker in the New Batman Movie

Rumored: Johnny Depp “In Talks” to Play Joker in the New Batman Movie. Director and Producer Matt Reeves is currently working on The Batman, which is said to focus on the formative years of Bruce Wayne becoming Batman and hero of Gotham. Recently, rumors began spreading that Warner Bros and DC were “in talks” with actor Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean) to play the most iconic villain in superhero history, The Joker.

Kevin Smith shared the rumor stating, “There’s a big rumor going around that says they’ve been talking to Johnny Depp about possibly playing The Joker in Matt Reeves, The Batman movie. Now, this is the first anyone’s even heard about there being a possibility of a Joker in The Batman movie on the heals of the Joker which won Oscars and made over a billion dollars and [Joaquin Phoenix] just locked that part down. But it looks like, you know, now this is [an] Oscar bait part. Who the fk wouldn’t want to play The Joker? Heath Ledger won an Oscar, Joaquin Phoenix won an Oscar, and of all the actors out there that could possibly roll the dice on the joker, Johnny Depp? Actually kinda fking perfect.”

The rumor has NOT been confirmed by the film studios, but it does have fans wondering why Joaquin Phoenix is not being considered for the role. One possibility it the established timeline in Joker does not match up with the storyline in Matt Reeves’ version of The Batman, or that Reeves is looking to establish the character for multiple projects and simply wants to create his own casting choices for the roles.

You can watch the full episode of Kevin Smith’s FatMan Beyond below, and fair warning the video contains language that is NSFW:

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