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The NBA’s Board of Governors has approved a 22-team format for restarting the league season in late July at the Walt Disney World Resort, another major step toward getting teams back onto the court and playing games again.

According to the Associated Press, the format calls for each team playing eight games to determine playoff seeding plus the possible utilization of a play-in tournament for the final spot in the Eastern Conference and Western Conference postseason fields, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because the league had not yet revealed the vote result publicly.

It is the most significant step yet in the process of trying to resume a season that was suspended nearly three months ago because of the coronavirus pandemic. There are numerous other details for the league to continue working through — including finalizing specifics of what the testing plan will be once teams arrive next month at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports complex and calculating the financial ramifications of playing a shortened regular season.

The details of the ongoing talks have not been publicly released, said the National Basketball Players Association and the NBA are continuing to work on a “lengthy” medical protocols document. The details of that document will be shared with teams once those discussions are completed. The NBA teams should receive them in plenty of time for them to prepare for their arrivals at the Disney-ESPN complex.

To read more about the NBA at Walt Disney World click here.

Yesterday we reported the news that the Major League Soccer association was looking to resume their season at Walt Disney World as well.

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Earlier we shared that Disney World is starting to ask a large number of Cast Members back to work prior to opening select resorts on June 22 and prior to reopening of Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Magic Kingdom on July 11.

Cast Member with required face mask

But while many Cast Members are returning, there are still questions surrounding what the future could hold for Disney College Program participants.

Back in March, we saw the interruption of the Disney College Program (as well as the Disney Culinary Program, Disney Cultural Exchange Program, and Disney Academic Exchange Program).

College Program Pins

In an Orlando Sentinel article, Local 362 union leader Eric Clinton was quoted saying, “If anyone thinks that college program workers are coming back anytime soon, they are mistaken.” While Disney has yet to confirm this, this could potentially cause staffing problems for the company, as many College Program participants work in frontline positions including entertainment, food & beverage, attractions, custodial, and more in the parks.

Cast Member Welcoming CPs on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

Some other updates we’ve spotted include news relating to Disney’s Cultural Representative Program. Disney has a few interesting job applications listed on their website. Yesterday, Disney posted a job listing for the Mexico Cultural Representative Program. According to the site, these applicants would start their programs between January and June 2021.

Still posted are two more listings for Germany and Norway Cultural Representative Programs. These were posted on April 7, 2020. What’s so interesting Disney says these positions will start between August and November 2020. We will continue to keep an eye out on Disney’s hiring process to see when some of these positions could begin welcoming back more Cast Members.

Read more about Disney hiring right now here! 

Donald at Epcot’s International Festival of the Arts

We shared last week that those who “do not meet the culturally authentic theming at Epcot may be temporarily assigned to work in positions which are otherwise reserved for cultural representatives.” You can read more about this here. 

As things start to open and return to normal there are bound to be updates along the way.  We will continue to keep you posted on the lastest news, so be on the lookout.

Learn more about some new info regarding the reopening of Disney World!

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“The voices of popular Toy Story characters are coming together to support Give Kids The World! Jodi Benson (Barbie), Blake Clark (Slinky Dog), Christina Hendricks (Gabby Gabby), Maddy McGraw (Bonnie), John Morris (Andy), Jeff Pidgeon (Aliens), and John Ratzenberger (Hamm) will be LIVE on Zoom to discuss Toy Story and answer fan questions!”

Want to ask the cast a question? You can submit your questions along with your name and where you are from to: omare@gktw.org. Tickets for the online event cost $25 and ticket funds will be donated to Give Kids the World.

“Give Kids The World Village is an 84-acre, nonprofit resort in Central Florida that provides weeklong, cost-free vacations to children with critical illnesses and their families.

The Village and its community partners provide children and their families accommodations in fully-furnished villas, transportation, tickets to theme parks, meals, daily entertainment and much more. Each year 27,000 children in the United States are diagnosed with a critical illness. Half of all children eligible for a wish through a partnering wish-granting organization choose to visit Central Florida and its collection of theme parks and other attractions.

Our goal, quite simply, is to provide everything these deserving families need to make their trip the vacation of a lifetime. Since 1986, more than 175,000 children and families have had their dreams fulfilled in a whimsical Village unlike any other place on earth.”

You can order your ticket to the panel by CLICKING HERE and help support Give Kids the World!

Be sure to check back here at Chip and Co for all things Disney-Pixar

Featured Photo Credit: Give Kids the World/Disney-Pixar

Source: EventBrite

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Did you hear? House of Blues Restaurant & Bar is — as of yesterday — reopen to guests on the West Side of Disney Springs!

We will be sharing a review with you from our visit very soon, but in the meantime we wanted to let you know how you can grab a bite to eat at House of Blues and help other people at the same time!

House of Blues Orlando has launched a campaign by the name of Get Some, Give Some to support the local community.

©House of Blues Orlando

©House of Blues Orlando

For every entrée purchased at the Restaurant & Bar (which is serving both dine in and takeout), House of Blues will “provide one meal to Covenant House Florida in their fight against youth hunger.”

We’ll see you soon with our House of Blues review right here! (Spoiler Alert: the ahhhh-mazing Toffee Bread Pudding is still there!) For now, you can check out some of the new safety measures we noticed in place before dining at House of Blues… and find even more by clicking here.

Will you be dining at House of Blues in Disney Springs? Please let us know with a comment!

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