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Our Family’s New Favorite EPCOT Eatery: A Meal for Three for About $25

Move over Les Halles Boulangerie & Patisserie and Sunshine Seasons, our family has a new #1 counter service restaurant at EPCOT. Technically, it’s more like a quasi-quick service or whatever the fast food equivalent of tapas is considered. Maybe a Global Marketplace on steroids, in a permanent location with actual tables and chairs as opposed

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Imagineering Can Still Do Lavish Disney-Themed Resort Rooms

Walt Disney World fans love to hate new hotels and resort reimaginings, complaining that designs are boring, bland, generic, bare, sterile, hospital-like, prison-like, dystopian. Unfavorable comparisons abound to Hiltons, Marriotts, and other ‘real world’ chains. Comb through the comments of pretty much any of our articles about resort room reimaginings, and you’ll find no shortages

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Ex-Disney CEO Bob Chapek Paid $100,000 Per Month to Bring Magic Touch to Vail Ski Resorts in Proxy Fight

Somehow, Bob Chapek returned. In the midst of the former Disney CEO’s book tour, the ex-executive has found the time to serve as one of the four nominees activist investor Oasis Management proposed for the Vail Ski Resorts board. Here’s the latest on the Umbrella Man’s new gig, along with our commentary about how he

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Four Magic Kingdom Restaurants Receiving Reimagined & New Menus

Magic Kingdom is the worst food park at Walt Disney World. This is despite being the crown jewel and the #1 theme park for global attendance. That’s the bad news. The good news is that WDW has revealed 4 reimagined or new menus coming to counter and table service restaurants in the castle park. Some

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Disney World and Disneyland Are Quietly Improving Ride Reliability and Capacity

Walt Disney World and Disneyland have been quietly on a mission to improve attraction efficiency, increasing hourly throughput while improving attraction maintenance and decreasing unexpected ride downtime. This is a big win for the guest experience, and we wanted to share new details about the effort and why it’s as important (if not more) than

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Final Celebrity Narrator Added for 2026 Candlelight Processional at EPCOT, Completing Full Lineup

Walt Disney World has added the last celebrity narrator needed to complete the lineup for the 2026 Candlelight Processional, with Jordan Fisher now slated to host in the final TBD spot. This post covers everything we know thus far about the Christmas-time special event, held during EPCOT’s Festival of the Holidays. This year’s EPCOT International

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Why Facial Recognition Won’t Replace MagicBands at Disney World

New rumors are swirling that Walt Disney World plans to install new facial recognition entrances and replace hotel room key readers to support digital keys, further phasing out of physical cards and MagicBands. This takes a look at the changes that could be made at WDW, the likelihood of Disneyland’s system coming to fruition in

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Three Disney World Restaurants Receive 2026 Michelin Guide Awards

Three Walt Disney World Signature Restaurants that earned 2026 Michelin Guide recognition have received their awards, and can now display the plaques outside their fine dining establishments. Here’s the latest on the spots at Walt Disney World that won recommendations, Bib Gourmand distinctions, Stars or snubs from the tire taste-testing team. For those who are

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Tree of Life Awakenings Show Returns to Animal Kingdom Ahead of Christmas 2026 with ‘Bonus’ Nights

Walt Disney World has added showtimes for the Tree of Life Awakenings to the schedule for select nights in November 2026, which is good news for fans of this under-the-radar hidden gem. Here are details on the projection show returning ahead of the Christmas season after months without performances. Plus why whether this should be

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Disney World Confirms Hotel Perks for Lakeshore Lodge, Installs Oversized Otter & Heron at Lazy River

Walt Disney World continues to make major progress on construction of Disney’s Lakeshore Lodge, which looks much closer to completion than its Summer 2027 opening date would suggest. Along with this, they’ve confirmed details about on-site hotel perks, added a model of the resort to Hollywood Studios, and installed the oversized otter and heron that’ll

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