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News: Broadway Set to Remain Closed Until January 2021

Post author By disneyfoodblog.com
Post date June 29, 2020

While Disney World is prepping for its July 11th reopening and has just sold-out its Special Annual Passholder Preview Event, it could be a while before we see one of our favorite Disney musicals on Broadway again.

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Instead of resuming productions in September (as they’d originally projected) it seems more likely that Broadway’s stages could remain empty until 2021.

According to a recent New York Times article, performances are now unlikely to resume for the remainder of 2020. The famous theatre district comprised of 41 theaters has remained closed since mid-March and now the Broadway League has stated theater owners and producers will refund or exchange tickets previously purchased for shows through January 3rd, 2021.

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“Returning productions are currently projected to resume performances over a series of rolling dates in early 2021,” the League released in a statement. Thus far, the Disney musical Frozen, which had opened in 2018 has already announced it’s played its last show and will not be returning.

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With the guidance of local health and government officials, Broadway productions are working on reopening procedures that will involve, “screening and testing, cleaning and sanitizing, wayfinding inside theaters, backstage protocols and much more.”

“I’m cautiously optimistic, with the latest information that we’re getting from scientists and medical professionals, that we’re getting close to some protocols that would work in New York and on the road,” Charlotte St. Martin, the League’s president, stated in an interview. “As long as they hold up, I do think that after the first of the year, a rolling rollout of shows reopening is possible.”

Have you ever seen a show on Broadway? Tell us which one in the comments below!

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This NEW Burger Joint Has Reopened in Disney Springs!

Post author By disneyfoodblog.com
Post date June 10, 2020

While we’ve been surprised to find so many locations have reopened at Disney Springs today, we already knew City Works Eatery & Pour House was planning on welcoming folks back this afternoon!

City Works

That’s why we made a lunch reservation to scope the place out on the first day of its grand reopening! Come check out the upscale sports-bar-meets-restaurant with us!

City Works Eatery & Pour House had only been open for just over a month before the Disney Springs shut down. The place was pretty packed last time we dined here, but today we didn’t even need our reservation to be seated!

City Works

Instead of reconfiguring its furniture, City Walks is using signs to block off certain tables so that guests can maintain social distancing while they dine!

City Works

We also noticed a whole lotta cleaning going on! As we’ve seen at other newly reopened restaurants, condiments, napkins, glassware, and cutlery are no longer being left out on the tables.

City Works

City Works has reopened with a limited menu and they’re using single-use paper menus for the time being.

City Works

Their current beer selection is available online and we were told they’re working on getting their Weekday Happy Hour and Rock N’Roll Brunch (featuring our the musical stylings of a certain Jon Bun Jovi) back up and running soon!

City Works

We’ll be back with a review of the meal we’re about to be munching on at City Works very shortly so stay put! In the meantime, check out where we scored this basket of mini ice cream cones here!

Did you get the chance to check out City Works for the brief time it was open before the closures? Let us know in the comments below!

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The Art of Disney and Wonderful World of Memories Reopened in Disney Springs Today

Post author By disneyfoodblog.com
Post date June 10, 2020

We’ve been chauffeuring you around with us on what’s shaped up to be an EPIC reopening day at Disney Springs!

Disney Springs Sign

That’s because several spots have just reopened today at Disney Springs Marketplace and West Side! Now we’ve just spotted some activity at another one of our favorite shops to spend a lot of time (and money) at!

The Art of Disney as well as the adjacent shop Wonderful World of Memories officially reopened today!

The Art of Disney

Since the two stores are joined, you must enter through The Art of Disney and exit through Wonderful World of Memories to visit either location!

Wonderful World of Memories

Not sure about you guys, but our bank accounts have taken quite the hit thanks to The Art of Disney. This is a one-stop-shop for signed limited edition prints and amazing artworks to add to our Disney gallery walls back home (yup — we might open our own museum someday with the collection we’ve amassed!).

The Art of Disney

Signs with important health and safety reminders are now located at each store…

The Art of Disney

…and some social distancing markers have been placed near the checkout.

The Art of Disney

There weren’t too many floor displays crowding the store today, but we did notice this rather enticing collection of BIG FIGS!

The Art of Disney

And we saw a Disney artist performing live sketches when we stopped by!

The Art of Disney

The Art of Disney on Demand was still available. This is a self-serve kiosk where you can scroll through virtual libraries of Disney art on a touchscreen to pick out the prints you’d like to buy!

The Art of Disney

Heading next door to Wonderful World of Memories, we saw they had plenty of Minnie ears and lots of hats onhand!

Wonderful World of Memories

We were told by a Cast Member they can still do personalization of hats, but can’t embroider backpacks right now. Here’s a glimpse of all the Mickey Ears they had to choose from today!

Wonderful World of Memories

There were barely any guests shopping with us in the store today, but we were told the store can utilize the same virtual queue system the other Disney owned properties are using on busier days.

Wonderful World of Memories

We’ve got a few more spots to hit before we finally throw in the towel, so sit tight while we scope out the rest of Disney Springs and see what other stores have reopened today!

Are you excited to drop some serious coin at The Art of Disney? Let us know if you’ll be stopping by in the comments below!

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Can You Still Trade at Pin Traders in Disney World? Find Out Here!

Post author By disneyfoodblog.com
Post date June 10, 2020

We’ve been walking all over Disney Springs today trying to hit as many of the newly reopened spots as possible!

Pin Traders

So far, we’ve checked out Ever After Jewelry Co. & Accessories, Goofy’s Candy Company, as well as Dockside Margaritas (we even got a little thirsty on our journey and treated ourselves to a Watermelon Marg!)! But now we’re turning our attention to Pin Traders which has also just reopened in Disney Springs today!

Pin Traders is THE place for Disney pin collectors to see and be seen! We were interested to see that the shop had flung open its doors since closing last March!

Pin Traders

Like most locations, you’ll find a new hand sanitizer station located near the entrance.

Pin Traders

The multi-sided building Pin Traders is housed in normally has many ways in and out, but as of today, there’s only one entrance and exit. The rest are closed off to guests for the time being. A Cast Member also told us Pin Traders can activate a virtual queue system if needed for busier days as we’ve seen at the other Disney shops and World of Disney, but there was no wait to get in today!

Pin Traders

And while the place with chock-full of its normal vast array of hats, Minnie ears, Pop vinyls, and of course, PINS, we were able to confirm that pin trading is NOT happening at Pin Traders at this time. Hmm… this makes the shop’s name a bit of a misnomer — for now!

Pin Traders

This is interesting because according to Disney, “We will continue to offer Guests the opportunity to pin trade with Cast Members through the use of pin boards in select locations. Cast pin trading with lanyards will not be available at this time to maintain physical distancing.” So, we will make sure to keep checking back and we will inform you if and when Pin Traders starts trading again.

We’ll be back with our reporting of which other Disney Springs locations have reopened today, so stay tuned!

Will you be heading to Disney Springs now that Pin Traders is open? Let us know in the comments below!

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NEWS: Planet Hollywood Has Opened Yet Again in Disney World

Post author By disneyfoodblog.com
Post date June 9, 2020

While Planet Hollywood was one of the first restaurants in Disney Springs to announce they’d be reopening on May 2oth, we were surprised to find the restaurant unexpectedly closed down last week!

Planet Hollywood

But while walking off our Birthday Cake Shake from the newly reopened Vivoli il Gelato in Disney Springs today, we found out Planet Hollywood is open once AGAIN!

Planet Hollywood reopened at 4PM today without any visible reason why the restaurant had mysteriously closed its doors.

Planet Hollywood Meal

The Disney Springs’ website was a little glitchy and still showing the restaurant as being closed, but we can assure ya it’s now open.

Swing by Planet Hollywood from 4PM to 9PM on weekdays or 11:30AM to 9PM on Saturday and Sundays for a B-A-N-A-N-A-S Boozy Milkshake once more!

Did you think it was strange that Planet Hollywood closed down after its initial reopening? Let us know what you thought in the comments below!

From our friends at www.disneyfoodblog.com
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