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Capture Halloween and Holiday Memories with a Special Memory Maker Offer from Disney PhotoPass Service

Post author By disneyparks.disney.go.com
Post date October 16, 2020

With spooktacular fall fun in full swing and the magic of the holiday season just around the corner, it’s the perfect time of year to capture memories with Disney PhotoPass Service. Beginning today, we’re introducing a special offer on our popular Memory Maker product that makes it even easier for you to cherish all of the special moments you capture with us during your visits for the rest of the year!

Memory Maker allows you to download unlimited Disney PhotoPass photos and videos from your vacation, and when you activate your Memory Maker purchase any time now through November 30, 2020, you can download all of your Disney PhotoPass photos and videos captured through the end of 2020 (rather than the standard 30-day window)!* Please note that this offer does not apply to Memory Maker One Day, and the 45-day expiration policy on photos and videos remains in effect, so you’ll need to download your content as you go before it expires.

With the rest of the year to snap, save and share your photos, the possibilities are endless. Now through October 31, enjoy seasonal treats as you catch a Halloween character cavalcade and showcase your own Halloween costume best with photos at Magic Kingdom Park. Then, beginning November 6 through December 30, enjoy festive food and beverage and merchandise offerings, special projections on Cinderella Castle and appearances by Santa Claus himself as you share joyful photo memories featuring holiday décor at all four theme parks.

Capture Halloween and Holiday Memories with a Special Memory Maker Offer from Disney PhotoPass Service

Beyond seasonal photo opportunities, memories can be made any day with a number of new offerings from Disney PhotoPass Service throughout Walt Disney World Resort. Pose for a Magic Shot in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge featuring “The Child” from Star Wars: The Mandalorian or in the center of your own 360° Tiny World Magic Shot. Super Zoom Magic Shots provide amazing angles from above in a unique video, perfect for sharing on social media.

Plus, after you visit most Disney PhotoPass photo locations, you’ll see a number of extras added to your account that relate to that photo spot, such as digital wallpapers and beautiful photos of the parks and Disney characters.

These are just a few of our favorite ways to make the most of Memory Maker. Show us your favorite memories by using #DisneyPhotoPass on social media. For more details, be sure to visit Disneyworld.com/PhotoPass.

Disney PhotoPass Service and Memory Maker are subject to the applicable terms and policies. If Memory Maker is purchased at the advance purchase price, any photos taken within 3 days of the date Memory Maker is purchased are not included and must be purchased separately. A MagicBand is required to receive certain attraction photos and other digital content. Online registration required. Disney PhotoPass Photos in your account will expire pursuant to the expiration policy. Downloads are restricted to personal use only. Not responsible for missing, lost or damaged photos. Subject to restrictions and change without notice. Valid theme park admission required for certain photo locations.

*With the Memory Maker Extended Capture Offer, if Memory Maker is purchased at the advance purchase price or at the regular price and activated from October 15, 2020, through November 30, 2020, your Memory Maker Window (as used in the terms and policies) begins at 12:00 AM Eastern Time on the date you first download or unlock any Disney PhotoPass photos or other digital content on the Walt Disney World Resort site or the My Disney Experience app, and ends at 11:59 PM Eastern Time on December 31, 2020. Memory Maker entitlements included with Disney’s 7-Day and 14-Day Ultimate Tickets sold in the UK and Ireland are excluded from the Memory Maker Extended Capture Offer. Subject to restrictions and change without notice.

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Gearing Up for Another Busy Weekend at Walt Disney World

Post author By touringplans.com
Post date October 16, 2020

While we’re not expecting this weekend to be as busy as the holiday weekend last week, our Crowd Calendar does show an uptick in the expected crowd level. Weekends are busier at Walt Disney World now that more Florida Residents and other regional guests make up a larger portion of the attendance. Before COVID-19 there was not such a dramatic difference on weekends versus weekdays.

Our team is in the parks daily and during our time in the parks leading up to this weekend we could see an increase already taking place. Our tools like our Crowd Calendar, and our customized Touring Plans make it possible for you to save time by optimizing which attractions on your list to visit at what time. Let’s see how things looked in the parks leading up to another busy weekend at Walt Disney World.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom Crowds

We are seeing some busy days at Animal Kingdom with actual observed wait times on Thursday being the highest they’ve been on any previous Thursday this month.

Groups Waiting at Exit of Flight of Passage 10-15-20

Disney’s Hollywood Studios Crowds

We are also seeing some busy days at Disney’s Hollywood Studios with actual observed wait times on Thursday being the highest they’ve been on any previous Thursday this month here as well.

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Extended Queue – 10-15-2020

Whether you are planning on visiting Walt Disney World on a busy weekend, or a slower week, you deserve to maximize your time. Sign up for a TouringPlans Subscription and you’ll be able to save time and avoid frustration with our Lines app.

Have you been back to Walt Disney World yet? How was your visit?

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Filed Under: Crowd Calendar, Dos and Don’ts, In the Parks, Photos and Video, Trip Planning, disney covid, disney crowds, disney reopening, disney wait times, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios

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#DisneyMagicMoments: Get Inspired this Halloween With Mask-Friendly Makeup Tips from the Disney Pros

Post author By disneyparks.disney.go.com
Post date October 16, 2020

The spooky season is right around the corner and although Halloween might look a little different this year, it’s still a boo-tiful season filled with mischief, treats and so much more. Check out this tutorial where Disney cosmetologists share some wickedly fun at-home tips for incorporating a face covering into your costume to create a not-too-scary look.

#DisneyMagicMoments: Get Inspired this Halloween With Mask-Friendly Makeup Tips from the Disney Pros

Now you are ready for Halloween! And don’t forget – from now until Oct. 31, 2020, guests of all ages at Magic Kingdom Park can for the first time wear their Halloween costumes all day long.

Hope you enjoyed the video and are now ready to create a happily haunting Halloween look at home!

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Filed Under: Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World Resort, Halloween, WDW

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Animal Kingdom One-Day Touring Plan Updated For COVID-19

Post author By touringplans.com
Post date October 16, 2020

Today we wrap up our look at all the touring plans that reflect changes in the Walt Disney World theme parks from social distancing rules and closures due to COVID-19. The Animal Kingdom One-Day Touring Plan is the standard one-day touring plan of the park, and includes major attractions. If you then wish to ride Flight of Passage without an excessive wait we suggest you arrive at the Animal Kingdom gates one hour before the park opens and ride Flight of Passage first.

STEPS
1) Avatar Flight of Passage Take flight on Avatar Flight of Passage as soon as the park opens. Avatar Flight of Passage is one of the most technologically advanced rides Disney has ever produced: a flight simulator in which you hop on the back of a winged, dragonlike Pandora banshee for a spin to take in the planet’s scenery. The flying effects are very well done. You can turn your head almost 90° either way, and about 45° up and down, to survey the Pandora landscape. Flight of Passage ranks high with all age groups.
2) Na’vi River Journey Take a cruise on Na’vi River Journey. The Na’vi River Journey is a 4½-minute boat ride through the Pandora jungle. You begin by boarding one of two small, hewn rafts joined together. Each raft has two rows of seats, and each row can fit up to three adults. The big star is displayed in the ride’s culminating scene: the Shaman of Songs, easily one of the most lifelike animatronic figure Disney has ever created.
3) Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain Confront the yeti on Expedition Everest. The only true roller coaster in Animal Kingdom, Expedition Everest vies with Avatar Flight of Passage for the park’s longest waits in line—and for good reason. Your journey begins in an elaborate waiting area modeled after a Nepalese village; then you board an old train headed for the base camp of Mount Everest. Throughout the waiting area are posted notes from previous expeditions, some with cryptic observations regarding a mysterious creature said to guard the mountain. These ominous signs are ignored (as if you have a choice!), resulting in a high-speed encounter with the Abominable Snowman himself.
4) DINOSAUR Go to DinoLand and ride Dinosaur. Dinosaur is a combination track ride and motion simulator. In addition to moving along a cleverly hidden track, the ride vehicle also bucks and pitches (the simulator part) in sync with the visuals and special effects. Dinosaur serves up nonstop action from beginning to end, with brilliant visual effects. Elaborate even by Disney standards, the tense, frenetic ride is embellished by the entire Imagineering arsenal of high-tech gimmickry.
5) Maharajah Jungle Trek Walk through the Maharajah Jungle Trek. This walk is similar to the Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail but with an Asian setting and Asian animals. You start with Komodo dragons and work up to Malayan flying foxes. Next is a cave with fruit bats. Ruins of the maharajah’s palace provide the setting for Bengal tigers. From the top of a parapet in the palace you can view a herd of blackbuck antelope and Asian deer. The trek concludes with an aviary. Labyrinthine, overgrown, and elaborately detailed, the temple ruin would be a compelling attraction even without the animals.
6) Eat Lunch Eat lunch. Our favorite counter-service restaurants are Flame Tree Barbecue on Discovery Island and Satu’li Canteen in Pandora.
7) Kilimanjaro Safaris Take a trip on Kilimanjaro Safaris. Animal Kingdom’s premier zoological attraction, Kilimanjaro Safaris offers an exceptionally realistic, albeit brief, imitation of an actual African photo safari. Guests board tall, open vehicles and are dispatched into a simulated African veldt habitat. Animals such as zebras, wildebeests, impalas, Thomson’s gazelles, giraffes, and even rhinos roam apparently free, while predators such as lions, as well as potentially dangerous large animals like hippos, are separated from both prey and guests by all-but-invisible, natural-appearing barriers. Another high ranking attraction for all ages.
8) Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail Explore Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail. As the trail winds between the domain of two troops of lowland gorillas, it’s hard to see what, if anything, separates you from the primates. Also on the trail is a hippo pool with an underwater viewing area, plus a naked mole rat exhibit. A highlight is an exotic-bird aviary so craftily designed that you can barely tell you’re in an enclosure.
9) Feathered Friends In Flight! Watch Feathered Friends In Flight. This is a bird show in Asia’s Anandapur Theater, formerly home to UP! A Great Bird Adventure. Expect some audience participation.
10) Discovery Island Trails Walk through Discovery Island Trails. Winding behind The Tree of Life is a series of walking trails that include around a dozen animal-viewing opportunities, from otters and kangaroos to lemurs, storks, and porcupines. Besides the animals, you’ll find verdant landscaping, waterfalls, and quiet spots to sit and reflect on your relationship with nature.
11) Eat Dinner Eat Dinner if you’re hungry. Tiffins is the best Table Service restaurant in Animal Kingdom, or eat at Quick Service restaurant that you did not have lunch at.
12) Kali River Rapids Ride Kali River Rapids. Kali River Rapids is an unguided trip in a circular rubber raft down an artificial river; each raft has a topmounted platform that seats 12 people. The raft essentially floats free in the current and is washed downstream through rapids and waves. Because the “river” is fairly wide, with various currents, eddies, and obstacles, each trip is different and exciting. Oh, and you WILL get wet.
13) Valley of Mo’ara This is the part of the plan where we would tell you to tour Pandora after dark, but Animal Kingdom currently closes before the sun goes down. We’ll leave this step here for when Disney keeps the park open later than 5 p.m.

Animal Kingdom One-Day Touring Plan Updated For COVID-19

There’s no FastPass+ being offered at this time so you’ll have to do only standby lines. Don’t forget, you can customize and optimize this or any of our other touring plans using our personalized touring plans creator on the site or in our mobile app, Lines. Be sure to check out our other touring plans that will help you save time and money in Walt Disney World.

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Voting Results Are In For the Legacy Lightsaber Challenge Plus A Look at Upcoming Legacy Lightsabers

Post author By disneyparks.disney.go.com
Post date October 16, 2020

Get ready to wield some new lightsabers, my fellow Batuuans! Last month, we enlisted you to vote for which legacy lightsaber you would hope to see offered at Dok-Ondar’s Den of Antiquities, and you answered the call in masses! Now, I’m happy to announce which legacy lightsaber Dok has acquired …

The legacy lightsaber that you all voted for and will be added to Dok’s collection is… Cal Kestis!

That’s right, you’ll be able to add Cal Kestis’ legacy lightsaber to your personal collection when it arrives at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge next fall! But that’s not all…

Dok-Ondar is one busy antiquarian and is working on securing even more legacy lightsabers between now and then, starting with the new Ahsoka Tano legacy lightsaber hilts as seen in season seven of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” These are the first legacy lightsaber hilts that change color and are coming this fall to Dok-Ondar’s Den of Antiquities in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.

Red bladed lightsaber hilt of the menacing Sith Lord Darth Tyranus, aka Count Dooku

The second all-new legacy lightsaber that will be joining Dok’s collection this fall will be the red bladed lightsaber hilt of the menacing Sith Lord Darth Tyranus, aka Count Dooku! The elegant curved handle design along with its flourishing blade-emitter guard makes this lightsaber hilt distinct and a notable design departure from Jedi tradition.

Please note that as these new legacy lightsabers are introduced to Dok’s collection, some previously released lightsabers will be retired, so be sure to collect all of your favorites before they are gone!

Stay tuned to the Disney Parks Blog for the latest details on legacy lightsaber releases and remember that select products direct from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge have been shipped from planet Batuu and are available at Star Wars Trading Post at Disney Spring, Downtown Disney District and online at shopDisney.com for a limited time! Good journey, my friends!

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