The TOP 🔟: Disney & Universal Destinations News and Deals.
May 1st, 2024. 💐Happy May Day!
1️⃣Walt Disney World Resort Discounts
DISNEY Room OFFER
Save up to 30% on a Disney Resort Hotel!
Save up to 30% on rooms at select Disney Resort hotels when you stay 5 consecutive nights or longer—or save up to 25% on shorter stays. This offer is valid for stays most nights from July 8 to October 3, 2024.
Disney Visa Cardmembers: 🐭💳Enjoy a FREE dining plan when you use your Disney Visa Card to purchase a non-discounted 4-night, 4-day Walt Disney Travel Company package that includes a room at a select Disney Resort hotel and a theme park ticket with a Park Hopper option—for arrivals most nights from:
- July 1 to July 31, 2024
- September 1 to September 7, 2024
- December 9 to December 21, 2024
Book a 4 night (or longer) stay at a Disney Value OR Moderate Resort with 4-day Park Hopper tickets & receive a FREE Quick Service Dining Plan.
Book a 4 night (or longer) stay at a Disney Deluxe OR Deluxe Villa Resort with 4-day Park Hopper tickets & receive a FREE Disney Dining Plan.
Spring & Summer TICKET Deal
4-Park Magic Ticket* valid for admission to all 4 Parks from $99 per day, plus tax (total price starting from $396, plus tax). Limit one admission per theme park, one theme park per day. *Date-based ticket with start dates from April 2 through September 22, 2024. Can be included in a Vacation Package with a non-discounted room.
3-Day, 3- Park Ticket** valid for admission to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, EPCOT and Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park only— starting from $89 per day, plus tax (total price starting from $267, plus tax). Limit one admission per theme park, one theme park per day. **Date-based ticket with start dates from April 2 through September 24, 2024. Can be included in a Vacation Package with a non-discounted room.
💖Returning from your WDW Vacation? BOUNCEBACK OFFERS are available for 2024 and 2025!!
🌟Email me within 7 days of your checkout date so I can call to book your next Disney Vacation with this Magical Offer!
2️⃣Walt Disney World Resort News
📰UPDATE: Accessibility Services at Walt Disney World and Disneyland Resorts
Here are the five things you need to know:
- We’re adding more Cast Members and investing in specialized training on each coast to help guests identify and better understand the recommended tools and options, based on their needs.
- The Accessibility Services teams at the Walt Disney World Resort and the Disneyland Resort are here to assist guests with questions they have about our services. We encourage guests visiting to engage with us pre-arrival through our website and virtual video chats.
- We are teaming with Inspire Health Alliance’s health professionals, to help our Cast Members, as needed, determine eligibility for appropriate accommodations and ensure that these accommodations are provided only for the guests for whom they are intended.
- We will be making efforts to preserve the Disability Access Service (DAS) for those it’s intended to accommodate — only those guests who, due to a developmental disability like autism or similar, are unable to wait in a conventional queue for an extended period of time. To help with this, we are also extending DAS enrollment for eligible guests from 60 days to 120 days and adjusting DAS party size to include no more than four, except for immediate family members.
- These updates take effect on
May 20 at the Walt Disney World Resort and on June 18 at the Disneyland Resort.
2025 Vacations 🏰
- January-October 2025 dates are available to BOOK now. Secure the BEST rate and your choice of hotel/room with just a $200 deposit. NEW PERK: Throughout 2025, when you stay at a Disney Resort hotel can enjoy admission to 1 of 💦Disney’s Water Parks on your check-in day – included with your stay!
🎪Magic Kingdom Park: A new interactive search-and-sniff experience presented by Scentsy is coming to Magic Kingdom. There will be 8 Smellephant statues around Storybook Circus. At the ticket booth in front of Big Top Souvenirs, a cast member will provide guests with an illustrated map of the land and a sticker sheet to guide them in their first task as a Whiff-sistant.
Hollywood Studios: 🥳🎈35th Anniversary Celebrations on May 1st! Exclusive Merchandise!
⚠️STAR WARS FANS: 🤑You will now have to pre-pay for the experiences at Savi’s Workshop (build a lightsaber) and Droid Depot (build a droid) when you make your reservation through the Disney World website or Disney World app. Bookings open 60 days prior to your arrival (at midnight)!
PIN TRADING is BACK! 😍📍
💚Tiana’s Bayou Adventure set to OPEN this Summer (awaiting an official date) with Preview Dates coming soon. Rumors and Hints seem to point to early June.
MAY Happenings
- 🌻EPCOT Intl. Flower and Garden Festival. NOW thru May 27th, 2024. Foodie Guide.
- May 1: Hollywood Studios 35th Anniversary Celebrations
- May Crowds: Mostly Average. Some Below Average “weekdays”. PEAK Crowds: Memorial Day. Busy Weekends: May 4th and 5th and Mother’s Day May 10-13.
- 🌌May the 4th (STAR WARS DAY) Celebrations: Foodie Guide. Expect Hollywood Studios to be busy.
- Cinco de Mayo 🌮🍹expect EPCOT to be busy.
- May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Foodie Guide
- Weather: Warm…then Hot. 80-90. Go the first half of the month. Mid-day storms.
3️⃣❌Refurbishments and Closures
All-Star Movies Resort Fantasia Pool: Jan thru April 2024
Yacht & Beach Club Resorts Stormalong Bay & Shipwreck Pool: Jan 2025 thru May 2025
Test Track is temporarily closing June 17th, 2024, for “brand new rendering of the attraction”.
Country Bear Jamboree (Magic Kingdom): Closed until Summer 2024
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure (Magic Kingdom): 🐸OPENS Summer 2024!
Aerosmith Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster (Hollywood Studios): Closed til Summer 2024.
Voyage of Little Mermaid (Hollywood Studios): Never reopened. NEW show The Little Mermaid- A Musical Adventure debuts fall 2024.
Blizzard Beach Water Park : Closed
4️⃣EPCOT Intl. Flower and Garden Festival 🌹🌺🌻🪻
NOW to May 27th, 2024
- More than 70 Topiaries. Including NEW Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy (this plays music!); Asha, Valentino & Wishing Star from Wish; and Miguel & Dante from Coco (glows at night).
- Garden Rock Series. Dining Package Available.
- 20 Outdoor Kitchens. BEST of the FEST: my personal recommendations: Honey Bee-stro: and
- Spike the Bee’s Pollination Exploration Scavenger Hunt
- Butterfly Landing by AdventHealth. Blossoms of Fragrance by Scentsy. Camp Get Out N’ Play Garden.
- Be sure to check out Disney Store online for festival merchandise. Lots of stuff on SALE!
5️⃣Disney Cruise Line News
It’s time…to book your 🎃Halloween on the High Seas OR🎄Very Merrytime Cruise Vacation!
Last minute DEALS:
- Save 20%, 🛳️Sailing from Port Canaveral on June 3, 10, 17 or 24th, 2024. 4 Night Bahamian Cruise onboard the Disney Wish, VGT (guaranteed verandah category, stateroom assigned later).
- Save 25%, 🛳️Sailing from Barcelona on July 12th, 2024. 5 Night Mediterranean Cruise onboard the Disney Dream, VGT (guaranteed verandah category, stateroom assigned later).
- Save 25%, 🛳️Sailing from Barcelona on July 17th, 2024, and ends in Southhampton. 7 Night W. European Cruise onboard the Disney Dream, VGT (guaranteed verandah category, stateroom assigned later).
Interested in one of these fabulous deals? Email me for a quote. AngieBaycura@d2travel.com. More deals are also available.
- Valid for new bookings only
- Full payment is required at the time of booking for all Guests
- Bookings are non-refundable
- Full legal names of all Guests are required at the time of booking and no name changes are allowed
6️⃣Disneyland Resort News
Stay up to date with Disneyland’s 2024 Event Calendar
Lots happening this month!! 🌟Star Wars- Season of the Force & ❤️💛💙PIXAR FEST!
PIXAR FEST
- Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration! 🎈Parade at DCA…
- Together Forever- 🎆A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular at DLP
- Club Pixar at DCA and 🥳Pixar Pals Playtime Party at DLP
- Pixar-Themed Food, Marketplaces and exclusive Merch, see below
- Encounters with lots of Pixar Characters including those from new animated films like Luca, Elemental, Turning Red, and more!
Foodie Guide! ❤️💛💙Everything looks soooo gooood. 🤤
2 Disneyland Tours are back!
Cultivating the Magic Guided Tour
Disneyland Railroad Guided Tour
7️⃣Universal Orlando Resort News
Epic Deals!
- Play 4 Days! Discounted 2 Park Ticket.
- Save 30% on a 3-park, 5-night vacation package…Sun-Thurs Travel.
Get a Quote now! 🌍 🎁Psst…When you Book with me, you’ll receive free Expert Planning, Tips, Touring Advice, Wizarding World Secrets & Gifts.
Halloween Horror Nights RETURNS 😱💀🧟🧛🏼♂️
*Event dates: August 30-31; September 1, 4-8, 11-15, 18-22, 25-29; October 2-6, 9-13, 16-20, 23-27, 30-31; November 1-3.
Email me to buy tickets and/or book packages/tours!! AngieBaycura@d2travel.com
Single-night event tickets, Packages and Express Passes
UPGRADES- the guided, nighttime R.I.P. Tour experience where guests receive priority V.I.P. access to the haunted houses; and the Behind the Screams: Unmasking the Horror Tour that offers a glimpse into how the scares are brought to life via a daytime, lights-on journey through select haunted houses.
Here’s What’s Debuting This Summer!!
💙Dreamworks Land Debuting June 14, 2024 (Shrek, Trolls, Kung Fu Panda)
💖Universal Mega Movie Parade Debuting July 3, 2024 (daytime parade, T-Rex, E.T., Trolls and more)
🏰Hogwarts Always Debuting June 14, 2024 (new nighttime projection show)
🎇Cinesational- A Symphony Spectcular Debuting June 14, 2024 (film soundtracks, drones, water fountains, featuring Jurassic World, Harry Potter, Jaws and more)
MORE Information about the 2 NEW Resorts opening in early 2025!
🌌Universal Stella Nova Resort: Take off for amazing adventures at the theme parks and touch down for relaxation and recharging in between the fun. Designed to reflect the infinite vastness of the universe – where galaxies spiral ever outward and unknown worlds revolve around unnamed stars – this hotel is highlighted in serene teals and calming purples to instantly put guests at ease.
- Comic Food: Cosmos Cafe & Market, Galaxy Bar & Grill, and Nova Bar.
🌑Universal Terra Luna Resort: Explore the unknown and step onto planets that have yet to be discovered. Here, guests will find themselves in the midst of an extraordinary landing zone within an awe-inspiring solar system – accented with fresh surroundings and terrestrial greens and golds.
- Cosmic Food: Omega Cafe & Market, Moonrise Bar & Grill, and Luna Bar.
Both resorts will feature stellar amenities like a resort-style pool (hot tub, lounge area, table seating, firepit & more), recreation activities (poolside movies & outdoor games), fitness center, game room, recreation room and a UOR store.
Stella Nova Resort and Terra Luna Resort are adjacent to Universal Epic Universe and just minutes away from the existing Universal Orlando theme parks. 💫Resort perks: EARLY PARK ADMISSION, Complimentary Shuttle Bus to theme parks & CityWalk, resort-wide charging privileges, complimentary merchandise delivery & more.
Temporary Attraction Closures
🐟One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish is closed April 27 – May 24, 2024.
🚲ET Adventure will be closed May 6th – May 15th, 2024.
🪲Revenge of the Mummy will be closed June 17th – June 22nd, 2024.
🪽Pteranodon Flyers is closed.
🏎️Fast & the Furious-Supercharged will be closed August 19th – November 3rd, 2024.
💦Dudley Do-Right’s Ripsaw Falls will be closed October 1st 2024 – January 2nd, 2025.
👽Men in Black Alien Attack will be closed from November 4th – December 10th, 2024.
Loews Portofino Bay Hotel– major construction & renovation is ongoing thru Dec. 2024.
Cinnabon and Quiet Flight in CityWalk have permanently closed.
8️⃣Aulani
Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa in Ko Olina, Hawaiʻi
Save up to 30%!🏝️
- Save 30% on stays of 5 or more consecutive nights (Disney Visa Cardmembers Save 35%*)
- Save 25% on stays of 4 consecutive nights (Disney Visa Cardmembers Save 30%*)
This offer is valid on select rooms and villas, for stays most nights from August 21 to November 23, and from November 30 to December 20, 2024 (with checkout no later than December 21, 2024).
Save 10% on villas only for stays of 4 or more consecutive nights—valid most nights from July 29 to August 20, 2024.
9️⃣🌟💦Disney H20 GLOW After Hours at Typhoon Lagoon
Splash into magic—and enjoy lower wait times for popular attractions—at this 3-hour nighttime event!
8:00 PM to 11:00 PM on select evenings from May 25 to August 31, 2024. Enter at 6:00 PM.
Event Highlights
- Experience Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park in a new light—illuminated at night.
- Delight in complimentary ice cream novelties, popcorn and select beverages.
- Enjoy some favorite attractions—like Typhoon Lagoon Surf Pool, Castaway Creek, raft rides and waterslides—with lower wait times since the number of tickets for this event is limited.
- Move and groove to hot beats during a DJ dance party.
- See some beloved Disney Characters.
Prices $75 or $85 depending on date. Passholder/DVC Member Discounted Price $60 or $70 depending on date. Contact me for availability and pricing.
🔟EPCOT Intl. Food & Wine Festival 🧀🥖🌐🍷🍽️
Dates Announced!
August 29th to November 23rd
Who’s ready to be wined & dined?
Thanks for Reading! 💗
🥀Enchantingly Yours, Angie Baycura
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