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New Disney World Discount for Guests that Booked Free Dining

Disney recently began canceling all Walt Disney World dining reservations, FastPass+ reservations, experience reservations, and Disney Dining Plans through the end of 2020. Guests who had booked their vacation package with a Free Dining Plan are receiving emails informing them of a new discount available to them.

A portion of the email reads:

“We will be modifying your package to remove the dining plan. As an accommodation, the price of the package will be adjusted to reflect a 35% savings on the room portion. This modified package and price will be provided in a new confirmation. You will receive a refund of the difference in the package price if you have already paid in full or a reduction in amount due if you have not yet made final payment.

There’s nothing you need to do at this time. We will be contacting you shortly with more details about the process to secure new reservations, including our new dining and experience reservation window which will accommodate selections up to 60 days prior to arrival to allow for planning closer to your visit.

At this time, while systems update, we are temporarily suspending all modifications. However, you have the option of canceling your entire reservation at any time.”

All of the cancelations are due to new capacity limits Disney World will be putting in place when the parks reopen next month.

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Epcot’s World Showcase May be Staffed Without Cultural Representatives

It’s being reported that World Showcase in Epcot may be temporarily staffed without cultural representatives when the park first opens. Walt Disney World and Unite Here Local 362 signed a memorandum that addresses how Disney may handle staffing at World Showcase.

The agreement between Walt Disney World and the union covered particular issues such as the order of staff recall and scheduling. Most interestingly, the agreement states that, until Disney is able to resume normal staffing,

Cast Members who “do not meet the culturally authentic theming at EPCOT may be temporarily assigned to work in positions which are otherwise reserved for Cultural Representatives.”

Walt Disney World suspended its Cultural Representative program shortly after the parks closed and had those Cast Members return to their home countries. Due to current travel restrictions, it may be difficult for Cultural Representatives to return to Central Florida.

Epcot is scheduled to reopen on July 15, 2020, along with Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

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Filed Under: News, Parks & Resorts, Walt Disney World, Cultural Representatives, Epcot, Unite Here Local 362, World Showcase

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To comply with Orange County’s 10 p.m. curfew Disney Springs closing at 7 p.m until further notice

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To comply with Orange County’s 10 p.m. curfew, effective today, Sunday, May 31st and until further notice, Disney Springs will be closing at 7 p.m. allowing cast members, operating participant employees, and guests time to return home.

The news was shared on the Disney Springs website earlier today.

Orange County Sheriff’s Office posted information about the curfew in effect starting today.

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Celebrating the Third Anniversary of Pandora at Walt Disney World!

Sivako… we are celebrating the third anniversary of Pandora at Walt Disney World! This week three years ago, Pandora – The World of Avatar officially welcomed guests inside Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort for the first time. To celebrate the third anniversary of Pandora, Disney Park Blog has published a tale about this incredible place, as part of #DisneyMagicMoments.

Disney Park Blog brought together the two lead creative partners responsible for developing this incredible land in order to tell the tale. Joe Rohde, portfolio creative executive for Walt Disney Imagineering, and Jon Landau, producer of “Avatar” and its sequels. Together, the two visionaries took an incredible cinematic digital world and designed and created an insane physical environment right before our eyes, full of inspiration and breath-taking thrills.

Pandora- The World of Avatar, is something like never before, full of creativity and inspiration as ideas turn into reality, bringing a new era of immersive storytelling to Walt Disney World Resort!

Check out the video below featuring Joe and Jon as they tell you how Pandora – The World of Avatar meshes with Disney’s Animal Kingdom. See if you can identify the similarities between Pandora – The World of Avatar and its motion picture. Gain understanding as you learn how the stories from the film, land and the park complement each other. Check out the video below to celebrate the third anniversary of Pandora at Walt Disney World!

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Dole & Disney want you to live Healthy Lives

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The Walt Disney Company and Dole are partnering up for an eight-month campaign to promote healthy eating. Sure, we miss eating a Dole Whip in Adventureland, but we can all enjoy Dole’s fruit with Disney magic at home, too!

Dole is featuring 15 different Disney and Pixar characters on their fruit packages. You can find them in U.S. and Canadian grocery supermarkets. The fruit packages have characters taken from the following films:

  • Toy Story
  • A Bug’s Life
  • Monsters, Inc.
  • Finding Nemo
  • The Incredibles
  • Cars
  • Ratatouille
  • WALL•E
  • Up
  • Brave
  • Inside Out
  • The Good Dinosaur
  • Coco
  • Onward
  • Soul

The initiative to promote healthy eating and nutrition is a great message for kids. Fresh fruit and vegetables are vital for a healthy lifestyle. In the meantime, you can play Dole’s Banana Sticker Peel and Play by collecting 25 unique stickers featuring Pixar Animation characters. Go here to download the sheets for the Banana Sticker Peel and Play activity at home. Here’s a chart of all the unique Pixar character banana stickers to collect!

Remember, Dole’s Healthy Eating Campaign with Disney’s Pixar characters runs through December 2020. Next time you go to the grocery store, keep an eye out for Dole fruit packages featuring your favorite Pixar characters!

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