DVC Vacation Updates from Destination D23

Josh D’Amaro and a few of his co-workers took the stage at Destination D23 to tell the world about upcoming Disney projects. Here’s what we just learned on the DVC side. About the Disneyland Tower DVC Resort D’Amaro and his friends provided insights on future projects for one DVC resort and another pseudo-DVC property. For […]

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Bob Chapek Discusses Disney Genie+ Sales

The Walt Disney Company held its quarterly and annual earnings reports yesterday. After Disney posted its financials, CEO Bob Chapek and CFO Christine McCarthy answered questions from various financial analysts. Along the way, we learned several newsworthy items about the parks, including the popularity (or lack thereof) of Disney Genie+. Here’s what we found out. […]

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Disney Wins in Court and One Ride Drops Its Virtual Queue

Disney just won in court, changed the rules for a new ride, and brought back some character meetings at the parks. Here’s what’s going on. One Less Boarding Group WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure only opened a few months ago. On June 4th, social media was awash with images of mobs trying to enter Avengers […]

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Lightning Lane Suffers a Shaky Start

Disney wants you to pay up to $15 for its new service, and I don’t mean Disney Genie+. Lightning Lane represents a return to 1955-style Disney pricing. Guests must pay to experience eight different attractions at Walt Disney World. This service has operated for a couple of days now, and it hasn’t gone smoothly. Let’s […]

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Get Disney Genie+ for Free

Admittedly, we’re talking about a small number of potential qualifiers, but Disney just announced a promotion. We’ll explain how a subset of Disney fans can get Disney Genie+ for free next week. Free Is Good A couple of months ago, I posted a way to save 30 percent off a D23 Gold membership. I hope […]

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Disney Genie Debuts on October 19th

Walt Disney World just announced that Disney Genie will debut to the public on October 19th. So, we’re only ten days away from the next generation of theme park visits. Here’s everything we just learned. Disney Genie and Disney Genie+ Start Soon   Disney announced this program will begin a week from Tuesday. Based on […]

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DVC Members Can Book Star Wars Hotel Today

Disney Vacation Club members and Disney annual passholders can book rooms at Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser today! We also gained some new intel on the process, including a shocker about DVC Points! The Window Has Opened Okay, you need to act fast here, especially if you forgot. Yes, you, as a DVC member or annual […]

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Disney Makes Three Announcements

A crazy news week at Walt Disney World just got more historic when park officials made three massive announcements. We’ve got MagicBands, a roller coaster, and an out-of-this-world hotel to discuss. Let’s get started! MagicBands Are Here to Stay When Disney introduced the MagicMobile service, DVC members wondered about the future of MagicBands. After all, […]

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DVC Members Have Ridden Ratatouille

Lightning Lane signage has appeared at the parks. Also, an old high touch play area has finally reopened, and Boarding Groups are suddenly attainable. I’ll explain everything and also discuss the grand opening of EPCOT’s most anticipated new attraction of 2021. Lightning Lane Is Almost Here All four Walt Disney World theme parks have started […]

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Disney Reveals Galactic Starcruiser Pricing

The Walt Disney Company doesn’t open new resorts very often. But, whenever it does, each one is a big deal, as demonstrated by the passion for Disney’s Riviera Resort. Still, even allowing for that, one upcoming hotel towers about every other recent project and is legitimately the biggest deal since 1971’s Walt Disney World resorts. […]

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