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Magic under the Moonlight!- Disney California Adventure Moonlight Magic Review!

Earlier this month (Feb 1st), I had the opportunity to attend Disney’s Moonlight Magic Event at the Disneyland Resort, and it was one of the best nights I’ve had in a theme park in years! Moonlight Magic is a specially-ticketed After Hours event hosted by Disney for DVC (Disney Vacation Club, Disney’s privately-operated timeshare) Members & their guests. Generally, these DVC After Hours events…

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Super Nintendo World Early Entry Sells Out Opening Weekend

Super Nintendo World early entry sees high demand opening weekend!

Photo Credit: Universal Studios Hollywood Recently Universal Studios Hollywood added an option to purchase an early entry ticket for Super Nintendo World. This is in addition to your already purchased ticket and grants you access one hour early before park open to the land. Opening weekend for this ticket has already sold out more than two weeks in advance and is showing strong demand so…

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BREAKING NEWS: Incident At Waterworld Show At Universal Studios Hollywood

Well folks, we are just getting word from ABC 7 that a man has been rushed to the hospital in an unknown condition after someone called 911 reporting that there was a possible drowning near the show. This is a developing story, but we will keep you updated every step of the way, for now fingers crossed that everyone in the situation is okay. Stay tuned for more.

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Farewell Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World

Photo courtesy of Blog Mickey Well the day has finally come, Splash Mountain is now closed at Walt Disney World for its transformation into Tiana’s Bayou Adventure opening in 2024. On its last day, Splash Mountain reached waits of up to 220 minutes as fans rushed to get their last ride ever. Disneyland’s Splash Mountain will eventually close as well, although no date has been announced yet. Part…

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Learn All About Sea World San Diego's Howl O Scream Halloween Event!

Learn All About Sea World San Diego’s Howl O Scream Halloween Event!

Sea World San Diego is hosting is first ever Halloween event next month and I did a virtual interview with Sea World San Diego Vice President of Entertainment Randolph Borden to get all the details of this super exciting new event! Are you excited to be hosting your first ever Halloween event? “We are extremely excited to be hosting Howl-O-Scream, our first ever nighttime Halloween event! This…

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Taste of Knotts Merry Farm Cancelled Through Christmas

Taste of Knotts Merry Farm Cancelled Through Christmas

Knotts Berry Farm just announced that its food festival, Taste of Knotts Merry Farm, will be closed from December 11th through December 26th to comply with the state’s new Stay At Home order.

As of now dates from December 27th to January 3rd remain unaffected. Knotts has said they will refunds to anyone that has purchased tickets for that time period and that refunds would take five to seven…

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First Look at Belle's Village at Tokyo Disneyland

First Look at Belle’s Village at Tokyo Disneyland

The Oriental Land Company last week shared that their New Fantasyland expansion would be open on September 28th. This area includes Belle’s Village as well as the highly anticipated E-Ticket attraction, Enchanted Tales of Beauty and the Beast.

Now a pair of Disney Imagineer’s are giving us a first look at Belle’s Village and the brand new area so check out the video below! https://youtu.be/kF…

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BREAKING NEWS: Chadwick Boseman Has Passed Away and I am Balling My Eyes Out!!

BREAKING NEWS: Chadwick Boseman Has Passed Away and I am Balling My Eyes Out!!

OH MY GOODNESS! I am so incredibly sad right now! This news came so out of left field that I am still incredibly shocked by it.

It was announced just moments ago that Chadwick Boseman, our lovely Black Panther, has passed away from colon cancer. Apparently, he was diagnosed with the cancer four years ago and has kept it quiet ever since.

Chadwick Boseman was a great actor in many great…

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Mulan to be Released on Disney+ Sept. 4th For Additional Cost It was just announced on the Disney earnings call that Disney plans to release Mulan on Disney+ Labor Day weekend, but for an additional cost.

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Knott’s Scary Farm 2020 Cancelled! It was just announced today that Knott's Berry Farm has decided to cancel its haunt event for 2020.

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Peoplemover at Magic Kingdom To Get an Extensive Refurb

Peoplemover at Magic Kingdom To Get an Extensive Refurb

Earlier this year the Tomorrowland Peoplemover was having several issues that led to multiple unexpected down times. That had caused Disney to close the attraction up until the eventual theme park closure which closed due to covid-19.

Well the theme parks have reopened, but the peoplemover is still closed and many guests have been wondering why the attraction has not been open recently. Well…

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Downtown Disney Rule Updates and Restaurant Openings!

Downtown Disney Rule Updates and Restaurant Openings!

Disney today updated their face mask policy for Downtown Disney and the rest of the Disneyland Resort. Disneyland now matches Disney World with the mask restrictions that include the banning of neck gaiters and bandannas. Guests must also be stationary while eating and drinking. This avoids people walking around without their mask on and will be enforced when the parks reopen as well.

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Hong Kong Disneyland To Temporarily Close Again After Jump In COVID 19 Cases

Hong Kong Disneyland To Temporarily Close Again After Jump In COVID 19 Cases

Starting on July 15th Hong Kong Disneyland will close after Hong Kong is experiencing a spike in Covid 19 cases. After three straight weeks of not recording a single case, the city now has over one hundred new cases. In response, the government has tightened restrictions of gatherings limiting them to 10 people instead of the previous 50 people.

These restrictions will be in place for seven…

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Walt Disney World Ticket Sales and Hotel Bookings Resume Tomorrow for 2020!

Walt Disney World Ticket Sales and Hotel Bookings Resume Tomorrow for 2020!

After an underwhelming response for existing ticket holders on the Parks Pass Reservation System, Disney has just announced that they will be resuming new ticket sales and hotel bookings starting July 9th.

There is high demand from Annual Passholders, suggesting that for potentially years to come Walt Disney World and Disneyland will have to focus on the local market as much as possible.…

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BREAKING: Disneyland's Reopening Delayed

BREAKING: Disneyland’s Reopening Delayed

Well well well, due to Gov. Newsom not giving any theme park reopening guidelines until after July 4th, Disney has released a statement saying that it is impossible for them to reopen July 17th. Downtown Disney and the hotels will reopen on schedule as they have already been approved.

I must say I am disappointed, but I can’t say I didn’t see this coming. There was tremendous pressure from…

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Downtown Disney Reveals Opening Procedures!

Downtown Disney Reveals Opening Procedures!

Disney has gotten approval to reopen Downtown Disney on July 9th. The Grand Californian and Paradise Pier Hotels have gotten approval to reopen July 23rd.

Disney has stated that all guests visiting Downtown Disney starting July 9th will have to only enter and exit through the Simba Lot and undergo temperature checks.

Not all stores and restaurants will be open July 9th, but Ballast…