Disney Provides a New Roadmap for EPCOT’s Reimagining
After years of silence, Disney finally provided some insights on the future of EPCOT. Here’s what we just learned about the EPCOT reimagining. A Plan Gone Awry A few years ago, The Walt Disney Company revealed its grand ambitions for a modernized EPCOT. Park officials made this announcement at the D23 Expo 2019, and then […]
Keep Reading >Disney Unveils MagicBand+
Disney theme parks don’t often experience merchandising snafus, but we witnessed a huge, hilarious one last week. Yes, Disney has unveiled MagicBand+…a few days after some of them went on sale at various theme park stores. About MagicBand+ During a media day event this week, park officials revealed the next generation of MagicBands, the wearables […]
Keep Reading >The Disneyland Hotel Expansion Gets a Name & More Disney News
Today’s update represents more of a hodgepodge of significant stories that I haven’t covered yet. However, there’s one headliner here. Read on to learn the name of the 16th Disney Vacation Club resort! What’s in a Name? Okay, there’s not much to this conversation, but it’s still important. The Disneyland tower expansion has a confirmed […]
Keep Reading >DVC Resale Average Sales Prices for April 2022
This article features the average sales price of contracts categorized by resort and month sold from April 2021 through April 2022 by DVC Resale Market (DVCRM). Our goal for this article is to provide great directional information for anyone considering a Disney Vacation Club (DVC) resale purchase or just wanting to satisfy a general curiosity of […]
Keep Reading >Downtown Disney and Paradise Pier Changing
Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock just revealed several impending changes at Downtown Disney and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel. It’s…a lot. Let’s talk about the impending hotel re-theming and the new amenities coming to Downtown Disney. The Paradise Pier Re-Theme In 2018, Paradise Pier at Disney California Adventure switched to a Pixar theme. Disney introduced four […]
Keep Reading >DVC Right of First Refusal Report (ROFR): April ’22
DVC Exercises Right of First Refusal (ROFR) Year-to-date (YTD), Disney has exercised their right of first refusal (ROFR) on 307 Disney Vacation Club (DVC) contracts, and DVC Resale Market (DVCRM) has sold 1,822, resulting in a 16.8% buyback rate (Contracts Bought Back in 2022/Contracts Sold in 2022). The 2022 waiver rate is 83.2%. Key ROFR […]
Keep Reading >Connections Café Opens and Disney Pushes Back on Reedy Creek
A new restaurant has opened, an airport terminal is opening soon, and Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris just showed us the future. Some of it’s good, and some isn’t. Here’s what you need to know. Now Serving Starbucks Again! Back when Disney announced the changes coming to EPCOT, we knew that Starbucks would reside in […]
Keep Reading >Everyone’s Hugging at Disney, and New Coasters Are Coming!
After more than two cruel years of socially distant character interactions, normalcy has returned at Disney parks. Yup, you should probably plan your next trip, as the Disney you know and love has restored its status quo. About the Characters I track attraction wait times for a different Disney site. This past week included an […]
Keep Reading >Don’t Worry, The Sky Isn’t Falling
Okay, you may have heard the news this week/month that The Walt Disney Company is feuding with local Florida politicians. That’s a problem in that Walt Disney himself chose Florida for the political concessions the state and city governments made during the mid-1960s. Now, a vote just occurred that threatens the Reedy Creek Improvement District, […]
Keep Reading >A Cautionary Tale about Renting DVC Points from Unreliable Sources
Today, I’d like to share with you a cautionary tale. This recent news headline reinforces why you should use a reliable business such as DVC Rental Store rather than renting points from people online. Please allow me to explain. The Scam I suspect that some of the people reading this will read the details of […]
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