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If you love rainbows and Mickey Mouse, then June is your month!

We’ve already seen Disney release a bunch of rainbow merchandise at World of Disney at Disney Springs and online, including rainbow bags covered in SNACKS and rainbow Loungefly backpacks.

Now there’s a new rainbow Mickey Mouse plush for sale, and members of D23, Disney’s official fan club, have a first shot at bringing this colorful little guy home!

To celebrate the Year of the Mouse, Disney has been releasing a new Mickey plush every month on Amazon, including a Movie Star Mickey Mouse, Floral Mickey Mouse, and more! While these have all been bright and ADORABLE, this is the most COLORFUL Mickey yet!

Here’s what you need to know if you want to add this lil guy to your collection… .

• D23 Members will continue to be among the first to be notified about each month’s theme and have an opportunity to order the month’s design.
• Each month, D23 will provide Members with advance notice of the date the plush will be available for purchase on Amazon.com.
• On Monday, June 8, at 9 a.m. PST, visit this page on D23.com for the link to purchase the Rainbow Mickey Mouse plush.
• Please Note: You must be signed in as a D23 Member to access the link to purchase. Click “Sign In” at the top of the page.
• Please note extremely limited quantities will be available on Amazon.com.
• Extended delivery time: Amazon is temporarily prioritizing the delivery of some items in order to serve their customers in need and ensure the safety of their associates. As a result, some delivery times are longer than usual.

If you look REALLY CLOSE, you’ll notice this multi-colored Mickey is DIFFERENT than the rainbow Mickey we’ve seen elsewhere. His buttons are different and his feet are blue instead of rainbow striped. He also comes with a commemorative gold and satin foot patch, a Certificate of Authenticity, and arrives in a window box featuring special Year of the Mouse packaging.

So, if you’re REALLY invested in the rainbow, it looks like you’ll just have to get both! We will continue to update you as more of these fun little guys are released.

For MORE rainbow Disney merch, click here!

Are you going to add this rainbow Mickey Mouse plush to your collection? Let us know in the comments!

From our friends at www.disneyfoodblog.com
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Just a few days ago, some of our readers were reporting their multi-day Disney World tickets had magically been extended through September 26, 2021!

Although Disney World hadn’t released any information on the subject, we told you guys we’d wait for more information…and now we have it!

Disney previously stated that multi-day park tickets that were affected by the closure would be valid through September 30th, 2020. But now Disney has officially confirmed on their website that this no longer seems to be the case. Multi-day park tickets have officially been extended through September 26th, 2021! Here’s how Disney World’s ticket policy now reads:

If you are unable to use your ticket by September 26, 2021, you can apply the value of those tickets to the purchase of another ticket on a later date.

With Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom set to reopen on July 11th along with Epcot and Hollywood Studios reopening on July 15th, now you’ll have even more time to enjoy the theme parks!

Learn more about Disney World’s new reservation system here!

Let us know if you’re excited about getting your ticket dates extended!

From our friends at www.disneyfoodblog.com
Filed Under: Animal Kingdom, Disney News, disney’s hollywood studios, Epcot, Featured, magic kingdom, Walt Disney World, disney parks, Disney World, extended, multi-day tickets, september 26th 2021, temporary closure, ticket extensions, tickets extended

While we’re all about dishing up Disney news, we recently went to Universal Studios to do a little theme park reopening recon!

And while we don’t know exactly what Disney World’s theme parks will be like when Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom reopen on July 11th followed by Epcot and Hollywood Studios on July 15th, we do have a better idea of you can expect!

While we already shared six of the most surprising things we saw at Universal’s reopening, our experience at the newly re-opened theme parks also gave us some critical insight! Some of which we’ll definitely be applying to our first trip back to Disney World! Here are six of the most important things we learned from yesterday’s big outing!

3D Glasses Fog Up

While wearing masks on attractions wasn’t that big of a deal (especially once we realized they stayed in place on rollercoasters thanks to all that SPEED!), we had a harder time wearing face masks on some of Universal’s 3D experiences!

Hey, ya gotta breathe, right? But for those of you who don’t normally wear glasses AND face masks, you might not be familiar with this pesky little problem! Those pesky masks direct your breath right up to the glasses! We had some foggy lenses on Escape from Gringotts and Skull Island: Reign of Kong thanks to our bodies requiring oxygen!

It’s unclear if Disney’s 3D shows such as It’s Tough to be a Bug at Animal Kingdom or Mickey’s Philharmagic at Magic Kingdom will resume right away since these attractions are housed in large indoor theaters, but there are a few 3D rides such as Toy Story Midway Mania and Star Tours that might pose a problem! If you wear the 3D glasses slightly over your mask, that should help cut down on those foggy lenses and help you see better!

Check out what our experience was like wearing a face covering on Universal’s rides here!

Bring a Back-Up

While we didn’t have to pull out our spare face masks we brought with us yesterday, we were happy to have them — just in case! One of our friends wasn’t so lucky and lost hers on a ride (Universal is allowing its guests to remove their masks once they’re seated on water rides, but she didn’t properly secure hers and it flew off her lap!). They didn’t have a disposable one to give her, so it left our friend in a strange situation.

Luckily, Universal has plenty of face masks for sale, but we’d rather not chance it when Disney World reopens! What if it rains or falls off the table while your eating and gets stepped on? Like we said– it’s much easier to just have a dry, clean mask ready to go in case we need one instead of covering our faces while frantically searching the gift shops for a replacement!

You’ll Be On Your Phone — A LOT!

Between all the pictures we like to take at the parks as well as how frequently we’re using the My Disney Experience app to change dining reservations and to mobile order our meals, we already on our phones a lot at Disney World! And yesterday we realized we were on our phones even MORE at Universal since so much of the theme park experience has now been switched over to the app! 

We were draining our batteries a lot faster reversing spots in the virtual lines, looking up where the URest “relaxation zones” were located on the map, and well as getting all of our mobile ordering done!

Universal’s mobile order was struggling yesterday! Learn more here!

Take our advice and bring a charging cable and portable back-up battery so that you don’t completely drain your device — almost everything is done on your phone now that the parks reopen, so you gotta keep it juiced! FuelRods are available at Universal, but if you’d rather not interact with one more heavily touched area, we recommend packing your own.

Learn more about Universal’s URest Areas here!

Plan on Taking Your Own Photos

It’s likely when Disney World reopens, you won’t be able to hand a Cast Member your device to snap a pic of you and your crew.

Disney hasn’t officially made a statement on this matter, but a leader of one of Disney World’s unions has said Cast Members won’t be taking photos for guests. This has also been our experience since being back at Universal Studios — you can still take all the selfies you want and photos of characters from a distance, though! And team members aren’t able to take these fun photos for ya.

Click here to see more about this potential change in Disney World

Longer Waits

Despite having reserved ride times, we still ended up waiting to get on attractions for a good 20-30 minutes at Univeral. This was due largely to the ride vehicles being loaded with guests every-other row, and lots of cleaning occurring between guests.

Elevators at the hotels can only operate with one party at a time. Mobile order pick-up lines were bananas. Everything in general just seemed to take a little longer, despite fewer people being inside the parks. We’re not sure what the sitch will be at Disney World, but it might be a good time to start brushing up your patiently-waiting skills.

Click here to learn more about Universal’s Virtual Lines

You Might Need to Space Out Your Rides A Little Differently

Something we’ll definitely be on the lookout for when Disney World reopens is how the normally higher capacity rides will be operating. While Universal attractions such as Skull Island: Reign of Kong and Fast & Furious — Supercharged are usually super-efficient at getting guests on and off, we noticed other attractions like The Incredible Hulk Coaster were loading a lot faster.

We think rides like Flight of Passage might take longer to disinfect between guests versus something with fewer components such as Big Thunder Railroad Moutain or Peter Pan’s Flight. It’s definitely something we’ll be thinking about if we’ll be stacking more complicated rides back-to-back since we don’t want to be late and miss our window!

We’ll be carefully considering all of these things before Disney World reopens, but of course, we’ll be at the theme parks on July 11th so that’ you’ll know exactly what’s going on and how to navigate a newly re-opened Disney World like a pro!

Take a look inside one of Universal Studios’ newly reopened hotels here!

Have you been to Universal since it reopened? What tips or tricks did you pick up? Let us know in the comments below!

From our friends at www.disneyfoodblog.com
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Only a few short days ago, Cookes of Dublin released its official reopening date!

Now, Cookes of Dublin is officially frying up fish again in Disney Springs! Let’s go check them out!

Folks were clamoring to get their Fish and Chips fix yesterday when the restaurant reopened at noon!

Social distancing markers have been added to the sidewalk out front just in case a school of fried fish-lovers happens to show up all at once!

Check out some of the other restaurants that have reopened in Disney Springs here!

We also noticed a new sign out front stating the restaurant’s commitment to the safety of its guests and employees!

But we came here for one thing and one thing only — some famous Cookies of Dublin Fish and Chips!

Cute social distancing markers with fish puns have been placed inside the restaurant…

…meanwhile, tables have been spaced out inside the dining room as well as outside.

Plexiglass has been installed at the registers and counters are being sanitized after every order. The cashier no longer hands you a table number. Instead, they circle the table number on your receipt and ask you to remember it.

When the food brought out, the runner calls your number and you just wave them over to your table.

They also ask you what condiments you want when you order so they can bring them out with your food. Since their soda machine isn’t running, you can order canned beverages instead.

The Fish and Chips at Cookes of Dublin literally melt in your mouth. The batter is so light and crisp while the fish is flaky and tender! We’re talkin’ heaven in every BITE!

And we can’t understate the importance of adding a little Tartar Sauce into the Fish and Chip equation! Always make sure you ask for some to go with your meal! Just trust us — this stuff’s totally going to take your Fish and Chip experience to the next level!

We always seem to gravitate towards delicious cheese sauce, and their Dubliner Irish Cheese & Bacon Dip doesn’t disappoint! You get a pretty hefty portion for $5.50 which is why we ordered an extra side of fries to help sop up all that rich, cheesy goodness!

The bacon lends just a little bit of depth to the gooey cup of pure cheesy enjoyment. Combined with the saltiness of the fries, we can’t think of a snack we’d rather be having right now!

Okay, we’re happy and totally STUFFED with all the carbs we just ate! Here’s what we think!

Nosh or Not?

Stop by Cookes of Dublin if:

• You love some good pub grub
• You don’t have time to sit down for a full meal at Raglan Road (or couldn’t snag a reservation!)
• Fish and Chips and authentic Irish eats are your love language

Skip Cookes of Dublin if:

• Irish food just isn’t your style
• Prefer healthier options (lots of fried, heavy foods are featured on the menu)
• Already got your Fish and Chips fix somewhere else (we’ve been known to frequent Epcot’s Yorkshire County Fish Shop a few times not leaving much room for other Fish and Chip delights!)

Check out our Disney World Fish N Chips throw down here!

Overall

We think Cookes of Dublin is time and money well spent. The Irish cuisine is a more unique take on convenience food at Disney Springs while the quality is seriously on point for the price. The option to sit outdoors and enjoy the patio bar is also a major boon. Next time you’re feelin’ jiggy, definitely check out Cookes of Dublin!

See what else just reopened at Disney Springs today here!

Which Disney World spot serves your favorite Fish N Chips? Let us know in the comments below!

From our friends at www.disneyfoodblog.com
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