If you’re making plans to stay at one of the Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels, the guest benefits have been extended through 2019.
Benefits include the ability to book FastPass+ 60 days out and Extra Magic Hours, just like the benefits available to guests at “on property” Disney World Resort Hotels.
Now these benefits will be available through December 31, 2019.
Guests at the seven Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels can also link their reservations to their My Disney Experience app.
Additional benefits include: purchasing Walt Disney World theme park tickets at hotel websites, Guest …

It’s time to make your FastPass+ selections for Toy Story Land – if you’re a Walt Disney World Resort Hotel guest!
Guests who are 60 days from their vacation can now select a FastPass+ for one attraction in Toy Story Land and two other Hollywood Studios attractions.
Starting July 1, Disney’s Hollywood Studios will be open from 8 a.m-10:30 p.m. for a limited time.
Additional Extra Magic Hour opportunities will be available including daily morning Extra Magic Hours, and evening Extra Magic Hours will be offered once per week.
Toy Story Land opens June …

Beginning in January 2018, guests at the Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels will be able to take advantage of several new benefits as hotel guests at the Disney World theme parks.
Guests will be able to take advantage of the Extra Magic Hours at the theme parks for all of 2018.
Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels guests will also be able to link their reservations to My Disney Experience as of January 10, 2018. In order to take advantage of this benefit guests must have booked a Walt Disney Travel Company package …

Today’s the day! You can now make FastPass+ reservations for the two new attractions in Pandora – The World of Avatar at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
The new land opens May 27 and will feature two new attractions: Avatar Flight of Passage and Na’vi River Journey.
Avatar Flight of Passage will allow guests to “fly” on a banshee over Pandora, and the family-friendly Na’Vi River Journey takes guests on a journey down a mystical river in a bioluminescent rainforest.
Guests staying at Walt Disney World Resort hotels can make their FastPass+ reservations 60 days …

The new and improved MagicBand 2.0 have been released at the Walt Disney World Resort and the wearable room key, ticket, and FastPass+ device has some fun new features.
The 2.0 version now features new graphic retail designs, eight colors – pink, blue, red, green, orange, grey, yellow, and purple – and are on sale all over Walt Disney World Resort.
The new MagicBands are more customizable than the original Bands in that guests can mix and match the bands and center discs which can be popped out. The removable center disc …

Disney’s FastPass system is expanding to additional attractions at Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure.
At Disney California Adventure the FastPass system will be used at Toy Story Mania, and at Disneyland Park the Matterhorn Bobsleds will also become a FastPass attraction.
In total, 16 attractions at Disneyland will now be designated FastPass attractions.
Disney has also announced that later this year they will launch Disney MaxPass which will give guests unlimited downloads of their PhotoPass images and use the Disneyland app to book and redeem FastPass return times.
The price will start at …

Out with the old and in with the new at Epcot. At least when it comes to Soarin’, the fan-favorite attraction that has been closed for the past couple of months.
If you’re missing the classic Soarin’ attraction you will have one more chance to see it again when it reopens at The Land on May 27 for one last flight.
The original Soarin’ will reopen next weekend before the new film, Soarin’ Around the World, has its debut at the Disney Parks. Guests can get a FastPass+ for Soarin’ starting May …

Frozen Ever After and the Royal Sommerhus in Epcot’s Norway pavilion are set to open on June 21.
The new attraction – Frozen Ever After – is housed in the former location of Maelstrom.
The ride takes guests on a boat tour through Arendelle including the Winter in Summer Celebration, Troll Valley, and the North Mountain. The ride finishes in the Bay of Arendelle.
Guests can make FastPass+ selections for this attractions starting May 21.
The Royal Sommerhus is also slated to open June 21 and guests will have a chance to meet Anna …

Happy weekend! It looks like spring has finally sprung! It’s been another week full of exciting Disney news, so let’s dive right in.
The week started out with news that Disney had updated the FastPass+ system at the Walt Disney World Resort. The updates give guests more flexibility when planning their FastPass+ selections.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom is getting ready to celebrate Earth Day on April 22 with a Party for the Planet!
The Night of Joy 2016 takes place in September at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World, …

It’s official. The FastPass+ system at the Walt Disney World Resort has been updated, effective April 10.
If you have the My Disney Experience app on your smartphone you’ll need to update the app in order to use the updated system.
Under the updated FastPass+ system guests are no longer required to choose three FastPass+ selections. Instead, guests choose members of their FastPass+ party (just in case someone doesn’t want to experience Expedition Everest), then choose the time frame you want to make your selections, and then the app will give you …