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Disney Park Pass System Now Available to Guests with Existing Park Tickets

Walt Disney World guests with existing park tickets now have the ability to make park reservations via the Disney Park Pass system. The Disney Park Pass system is now available to WDW Annual Passholders, guests with resort bookings, and theme park day guests with tickets. Passes can be reserved for dates through September 26th, 2021. Disney Park Pass System Now Available to Guests with Existing Park Tickets

Disney Responds to Actors’ Equity Requests; Wants Live Shows to Return

UPDATE: 07/09/20: Representatives of Actors’ Equity Association issued a statement today claiming that Walt Disney World is retaliating against its members and has locked them out after the two parties couldn’t agree on conditions for returning to work. Mary McMcColl, executive director for Equity, said in a statement: Since our public request that Disney test Disney Responds to Actors’ Equity Requests; Wants Live Shows to Return

Orlando International Airport Reminds Travelers of Face Covering Requirements in Orange County

As theme parks start to reopen and more people prepare to fly to the Central Florida area, the Orlando International Airport (MCO) is reminding travelers that face coverings are required whenever they are in public, including MCO. Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings’ executive order, which went into effect last weekend, says that every person who Orlando International Airport Reminds Travelers of Face Covering Requirements in Orange County

D23 Postpones Destination D: Fantastic Worlds Event Scheduled for November at Walt Disney World

D23: The Official Disney Fan Club has announced that they are postponing their Destination D: Fantastic Worlds event, which was to have been held November 20-22 at Walt Disney World. The three-day event was to have honored Disney’s many magical places, from extraordinary to fantastical. D23 has said that the event will take place in D23 Postpones Destination D: Fantastic Worlds Event Scheduled for November at Walt Disney World

State of Florida Suspends Alcohol Consumption at All Bars as Highest Number of New COVID-19 Cases Hits

UPDATE 07/05/20: Earlier this week, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation amended their June 26th emergency order now allowing bars that sell both alcohol and food to open at 50% capacity. Locations that are not licensed to offer food service must continue to stay closed, however, those that do offer food can operate as State of Florida Suspends Alcohol Consumption at All Bars as Highest Number of New COVID-19 Cases Hits

Actors’ Equity Asks Walt Disney World to Offer COVID-19 Testing & Consider Reopening Delay

After the Disneyland Resort postponed the reopening of their theme parks and resorts, the Actors’ Equity Association – the U.S. labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers – released a statement urging Walt Disney World to consider doing the same as new COVID-19 cases in the state of Florida continue Actors’ Equity Asks Walt Disney World to Offer COVID-19 Testing & Consider Reopening Delay

Splash Mountain at Disneyland & Walt Disney World to be Rethemed to ‘Princess & the Frog’

Disney has just announced that the beloved Splash Mountain attraction in both Walt Disney World‘s Magic Kingdom and Disneyland is going to undergo a complete re-theming. The new theme, which has been in development for a year, will take on scenes from Disney’s Princess and the Frog film and will pick up the story “after Splash Mountain at Disneyland & Walt Disney World to be Rethemed to ‘Princess & the Frog’