There’s something about the holiday season at Walt Disney World that just makes you want to raise a glass. Between the twinkling lights, festive music, and seasonal menus popping up across property, it’s one of the best times of year to settle into a cozy lounge and order something special. And if you’ve ever wondered what makes a holiday cocktail ...
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Orlando Airport Reveals Huge Plans That Could Change Your Disney Trip
For most Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando Resort fans, the vacation really starts the moment they land in Orlando. That’s why any change at Orlando International Airport (MCO) matters to theme park travelers. Whether it’s a smoother walk to the terminal, easier parking, or a new nonstop flight from overseas, the airport plays a huge role in how a ...
Read More »Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Welcomes Extremely Rare New Arrival
Disney’s Animal Kingdom is home to thousands of animals, but every once in a while, one comes along that stops guests in their tracks. That’s exactly what’s happening at Jumping Junction, where a rare albino wallaby joey named Quartz has become the newest member of the park’s mob of kangaroos and wallabies. With snow-white fur, pink eyes, and a pink ...
Read More »Disney World Quietly Expands Popular Hollywood Studios Holiday Party
Disney’s Hollywood Studios is adding something new to Disney Jollywood Nights this year, and it came out without much fanfare. Disney has quietly announced two brand-new characters coming to the holiday event, both pulled straight from the world of Monsters, Inc. For fans who love meeting deep-cut characters you’ll never see anywhere else at Walt Disney World, this is the ...
Read More »Disney World Confirms Exciting New Addition to EPCOT, Effective Immediately!
There’s a new face swimming around EPCOT, and she’s already been through quite a lot. Walt Disney World has welcomed a young orphaned manatee named Calfuccino to The Seas with Nemo & Friends pavilion, where she joins fellow manatees Cider and Tanimura in the park’s manatee rehabilitation area. Calfuccino arrives in need of short-term rehabilitative care, and Disney’s animal care ...
Read More »Walt Disney World to Close Major Roads on October 24 and 25, Officials Confirm
If you have a Walt Disney World trip on the calendar this weekend, look at the road closures before you set your alarm. The 2026 Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend arrives at Walt Disney World Resort this week, and with it come early-morning road closures that will affect runners, spectators, and regular park guests trying to get around ...
Read More »Disney Springs Handing Out Free Items With Purchase for Six Ravens Opening
Six Ravens has been feeding people since August at Disney Springs. Which makes October 17 a slightly unusual kind of grand opening. The restaurant has been open, the kitchen has been running, and guests have been eating Coffyns for two months. Nobody is cutting a ribbon on an untested concept. That is deliberate, and it is a smart way to ...
Read More »Disney World Confirms Major Resort Redesign, Effective Through 2027
Walt Disney World’s resort lineup gets discussed in tiers. Value properties near the parks, moderates in the middle, deluxe hotels along the monorail loop. Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort sits in that middle tier on paper and nowhere near it in practice, because it does something no other Walt Disney World hotel does at that scale. Families book it for the ...
Read More »Your Disney Gift Cards Won’t Work at These Disney Springs Stores, Effective Immediately
There is a whole category of Disney World planning that happens in a kitchen drawer over the course of a year. You know the routine. Every few weeks, somebody buys a Disney Gift Card. Maybe at Target with a REDcard for five percent off, maybe at a warehouse club, maybe during a grocery store gift card promotion. The cards pile ...
Read More »Banana Ball Open Returns to Disney World at ESPN Wide World of Sports in April 2027
There is a very specific kind of Disney World fan who is about to have an excellent morning. You know the one. The person who has a Savannah Bananas shirt in the laundry rotation, who has watched the backflip catches and the dancing first base coach a hundred times, and who also happens to plan their year around an Orlando ...
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