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Labor Day Is Busiest Weekend at Walt Disney World Since Reopening

As predicted in our Crowd Calendar, this Labor Day weekend saw quite an increase in attendance across Walt Disney World. It comes as no surprise that Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios were booked up and busy, whereas Disney’s Animal Kingdom continued to be the runner up, with plenty of room. We recapped the pre-Labor […]

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New 25th Anniversary Food and Wine Festival Full Line of Merchandise Pours Into EPCOT

It’s a tough year for EPCOT to be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the International Food and Wine Festival. Unlike any other year, this year’s festival is currently a mini version of itself. But, the newly released festival merchandise, including a large selection of Passholder exclusives, and a collection featuring Minnie Mouse, celebrates the festival […]

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This Week in Walt Disney World Weather — September 6, 2020

Labor Day weekend 2020 is in full swing in Orlando, with sold-out theme parks from Walt Disney World to Universal. It’s a different picture from last year, when Hurricane Dorian all but crashed Labor Day weekend. To be honest, I can’t even remember if it rained or if Dorian was a total non-event in Orlando…I […]

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Select Halloween Treats Arrive at Magic Kingdom, Including the Madame Leota Sipper

Many of us have been chomping at the bit, ready for the spooky season to arrive at Walt Disney World. With the lack of Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party, which usually starts mid-August, it’s been nice not having Halloween fatigue creep in already–but also, bring on the pumpkin spice! Madame Leota Sipper at Magic […]

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Let’s Take a Tour of Walt Disney World’s Website in 2001

Imagine if you could go back to early 2001, fire up your Gateway computer, and log on to your AOL account. What would the Walt Disney World website have looked like back then? Thanks to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine we can do a little time traveling and find out. What did the home page […]