July 2019 Highlights
7-29-2019 … Disney Springs, Disney World …. “Disney’s NBA Experience” is now open at “Disney Springs”! The “Grand Opening”will be “August 12, 2019”. Keep in mind, if you visit “Disney’s NBA Experience” before the “12th of August” , the “New”, “Experience” is still in its testing phases, so everything may “NOT” be functioning correctly . The admission cost is $35 a person.
7-25-2019 … Disney World … Disney has now announced “The Ultimate Disney Christmas Package.”
Beginning today, “July 25 through October 26, 2019”, you can book this wondrous package to celebrate Christmas at Walt Disney World. A key thing to keep in mind is even with the booking window open until “October 26th”, the booking window will be cut short if capacity is reached. To make it even easier, the dates of travel are set with check-in on “12/21/19 and check out on 12/26/19”, leaving no guesswork in finding available dates.
This very merry package includes the following:
• Your choice of staying in a moderate, deluxe or deluxe villa resort (based on availability),
• A 4-day theme park ticket with park hopper option (which can be upgraded to a park hopper plus or add additional ticket days), AND
• Tickets to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party On December 22, 2019, where you’ll be able to see the new Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks spectacular!
Rates start at “$199.00” per person per night for a family of “4” in a standard view room at “Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort”, for a total package price of “$3980” based on 2 adults,1 junior (ages 10-17) and 1 child (ages 3-9). Note that a “$200” deposit will be required at time of booking.
There’s even more to this magical package – let’s take a glimpse into each day:
“Saturday December 21” : You’ll gain exclusive nighttime access to experience select attractions at “Disney’s Animal Kingdom” theme park including “Avatar Flight of Passage, Na’vi River Journey and Expedition Everest”, plus you’ll catch an exclusive showing of the new “Rivers of Light: We Are One show”.
“Sunday December 22”: Tickets to “Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party” at “Magic Kingdom”.
Monday OR Tuesday “December 23 or 24”: Exclusive reserved viewing area at World View Plaza for the new “Epcot Forever” fireworks show. Plus, a digital $50 Epcot Theme Park Dine Promo card for each guest ages 3 and older for use at select Epcot dining locations.
7-25-2019 … Magic Kingdom, Disney World … “New” for this years “Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party” Will be: In “Tomorrowland”, “Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor” will have a new show, “Space Mountain” will be filled with lighting and high-energy holiday tunes, and “The Tomorrowland Speedway” will be filled with thousands of lights and stylized décor.
In “Fantasyland”, “The Mad Tea Party” will feature four new holiday combos of lights and music.
“Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party” takes place on select nights “November 8 – December 22, 2019”.
7-23-2019 … Magic Kingdom, Disney World … “NEW” for this years “Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party”, Will see the debut of “Disney’s Not-So-Spooky Spectacular,” a new interactive treat trail at “Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor” and Attractions updated with new Halloween twists.
Presented twice nightly during “Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party”, the parade brings forth a cavalcade of fiendishly fun floats as each land of the Magic Kingdom comes together to celebrate Halloween.
The parade opens with a flurry of favo'rite Disney friends, including “Mickey Mouse” and “Minnie Mouse” in all-new Halloween costumes, as they trick-or-treat down “Main Street, U.S.A.”. Representing “Liberty Square”, “The Haunted Mansion” unit features “Hitchhiking Ghosts” and a NEW addition, “The Spectral Bride”, who glides among the waltzing spirits.
A new “Tomorrowland” unit brings “The Incredibles” and designer extraordinaire “Edna Mode” to “Mickey’s Boo to You Halloween Parade,” followed by “Buzz Lightyear and Alien Explorers” discovering crystalline treasures on the surface of a planetary playset float.
“Wreck-It Ralph”, “Vanellope von Schweetz” and the girls from “Sugar Rush” will also be reprising their role in the parade. Pirates sail in from “Adventureland”, “Clarabelle Cow” hosts a square dance during a “Frontierland” hoedown, and a wicked assortment of Disney Villains reigns over a “Fantasyland-inspired” grand finale.
“Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party” begins, “August 16”, with events held on select nights through “November 1”.
7-19-2019 … EPCOT, Disney World ….. After nearly “20” years of delighting “Epcot” guests through music, fireworks, fire torches and more, Disney recently announced that “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth” will have its final showing on “September 30, 2019”. We now know that “EPCOT Forever” , will be it’s limited run replacement, will debut right after on “October 1st, 2019”… but what of the often-forgotten permanent replacement, “A Celebration of Disney Music”? We now have the opening timeframe for that too.
If all goes according to plan, “Epcot Forever” will conclude in “May 2020”, with “A Celebration of Disney Music” debuting that same month, just in time for the summer.
“A Celebration of Disney Music” will feature large floating set pieces, custom-built LED panels, kites with special effects, choreographed moving fountains, lights, pyrotechnics, and lasers. “Epcot Forever” will continue its limited-time run into 2020 as the park endures its ongoing, multi-year transformation.
Disney has yet to announce the “A Celebration of Disney Music” debut date.
7-16-2019 … Magic Kingdom, Disney World … The Ticked Event “ Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party” will now have a New “Nighttime Fire Works” Host. The official “Disney Parks Blog” has today shared some new details about the show, which will see Jack Skellington from Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” serving as the host, with state-of-the-art projection effects, lasers, lighting and fireworks filling the sky above Magic Kingdom Park. Jack has come to tell a not-so-scary story about how anything can happen on Halloween night. Jack’s ghost dog, Zero, then flies off carrying everyone along on a trick-or-treating adventure, where four friends – Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy – find themselves drawn into a mysterious haunted house. Their journey takes them from one room of the house to another, encountering dancing skeletons, waltzing ghosts and a whole series of troublemaking Disney villains.
Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party will also see more attraction overlays this year, with Monster World coming to Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor - where the cast of monsters will learn more about Halloween.
The live actors will return to Pirates of the Caribbean, Space Mountain continues to run in its dark mode, and special lighting and music will be back at the Mad Tea Party.
Fancy Nancy joins the Storybook Circus Disney Junior Jam.
7-16-2019 … Magic Kingdom, Disney World … The “Tomorrowland” Attraction “Astro Orbiter”, will be “Closed” through “August 14th” and should reopen to guests on “August 15th”, barring any further technical delays. It’s currently listed as “Temporarily Closed” on My Disney Experience app, but the attraction seems to definitely need some extensive repairs and further downtime before opening back up to guests.
7-16-2019 … Disney World … You can save up to 20% on select Disney Resort hotels in late 2019. Check out all the details below!
• Book through September 29, 2019 for stays most nights September 1 through September 28, 2019; and for stays most Sunday through Thursday nights September 29 through November 7, 2019.
• Book through December 24, 2019 for stays most nights November 10, 2019 through December 24, 2019.
This special Fall/Winter offer is valid for the Disney Resort hotels listed below. View the chart to explore savings within each Resort Category.
7-16-2019 … Disney Word … “FREE DINING” is back at Walt Disney World for 2019! Discover all that’s festive and fun this fall and holiday season with a delicious offer at Walt Disney World Resort! Enjoy a FREE dining plan when you purchase a non-discounted 5-night/6-day vacation package that includes a room at a select Disney Resort hotel and ticket with a Park Hopper Option.
Book through “September 29, 2019” for arrivals most nights:
• September 1 through September 18, 2019
• November 17 through November 27, 2019
• December 8 through December 23, 2019
“FREE Disney Full-Service Dining Plan”
.Disney Deluxe Villa Resort Hotels
• Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
• Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
• Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
• Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
• Disney’s Beach Club Villas
• Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
• Disney’s Old Key West Resort
• Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
• Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa