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MEMORY MAKER ONE-DAY ADDITIONAL PACKAGE OPTION NOW AVAILABLE FOR WALT DISNEY TRAVEL COMPANY-FLORIDA PACKAGES
Memory Maker is a digital imaging product that provides Guests the opportunity to capture their vacation memories with everyone in the picture at Disney PhotoPass® locations throughout the Walt Disney World® Resort, including at iconic locations, Character Experience locations, select attractions, and select dining experiences. Guests receive unlimited digital downloads of their Disney PhotoPass photos to view and share through their MyDisneyExperience account.*
As a reminder, Memory Maker is a digital imaging product that provides guests the opportunity to capture their vacation memories with everyone in the picture at Disney PhotoPass locations throughout the Walt Disney World Resort, including iconic locations, character experience locations, select attractions and select dining experiences. Your Clients receive unlimited digital downloads of their Disney PhotoPass photos to view and share through their MyDisneyExperience account.*
And now, a new Memory Maker One Day additional package option can be added to Walt Disney Travel Company Magic Your Way® packages with a length of stay of 1- or 2-nights. Memory Maker One Day has all the same features as Memory Maker, but for one day of the Guest’s choosing (the Memory Maker One Day entitlement window is one day).
All photos taken outside of the Memory Maker One Day window must be purchased separately.
Please note there is no commission available for this product.
*Memory Maker includes photos taken during the Memory Maker window and linked to the Memory Maker Guest’s Disney account. A MagicBand is required to receive certain attraction photos and other digital content. Photos and other digital content will expire pursuant to the expiration policy at https://mydisneyphotopass.disney.go.com/ help-and-support. Valid theme park admission required for certain photo locations. Memory Maker is subject to Memory Maker terms and conditions at https://mydisneyphotopass.disney.go.com/help-and-support/policies. Not responsible for missing, lost or damaged photos.
Video Highlights – Disney’s Hollywood Studios Holiday B-Roll: Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!
The 2016 holidays season brings a all-new nighttime spectacular to Disney’s Hollywood Studios with “Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!.” The facade of the Chinese Theater comes alive with state-of-the-art projections, and guests will experience special effects, fireworks and even snow on, above and around the theater. “Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM!” will run Nov. 14 to Dec. 31, 2016.
NEW HIGHWAY IN THE SKY DINE-AROUND LAUNCHES DEC. 2 AT WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT
Guests can now experience a culinary journey around the Walt Disney World® monorail with stops for cocktails, appetizers, dinner and dessert along the way at some of our favorite Disney resorts. The new Highway in the Sky Dine-Around gives Guests priority boarding on the monorail for an unparalleled dining journey around the circuit between Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort and Disney’s Contemporary Resort.
Guests will start the journey by checking in at The Wave…of American Flavors at Disney’s Contemporary Resort then board the monorail to be whisked off to Disney’s Polynesian Resort to celebrate the spirit of the South Pacific with island-inspired sips and appetizers.
Guests will hop back on the monorail and head to Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, stepping into the elegant hotel to enjoy a sumptuous wine dinner at award-winning Cítricos. After dinner, Guests sip sparkling wine and sample artisanal cheese in the lavish lobby.
Disney’s Contemporary Resort is the final stop for dessert, cordials and coffee on a private patio with the Magic Kingdom®fireworks over Cinderella Castle as the backdrop.
The Surprising Best (And Worst) Times To Visit Disney World
Most of us know the obvious—weekends are busier than weekdays at any Disney theme park, and the week between Christmas and New Year’s is considered to be a sugar-induced holiday haze of teeming masses and long lines.
24th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival Welcomes Spring with New Outdoor Kitchens, Topiaries and Entertainment
Celebrating 24 years when it kicks off March 1, 2017, the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival will jump-start spring with gardens of earthly delights plus new character topiaries, entertainers and food and drink offerings.
The festival, which expanded to 90 days in 2016, will open with an irresistible array of fresh surprises and new treats:
- Fresh, farm-market food and beverage flavors will debut at two new Outdoor Kitchens that will join 13 returning Outdoor Kitchens. Guest can sip and savor their way around Epcot, enjoying chef-inspired noshes and refreshing libations with or without a kick.
- The new generation of princess topiaries (Snow White, Anna and Elsa – the first to be designed and created with topiary facial features) will welcome a brand-new Belle topiary as fans remember her from the Oscar-winning Disney film, “Beauty and the Beast.” Located outside the France pavilion with the Beast topiary, Belle will come to life with sculpted facial features and her yellow ball gown created with golden blooming Joseph’s Coat plants.
- Another festival first will be a 6-foot-tall topiary of Figment, the feisty dragon mascot of the park’s Imagination! pavilion, perched atop a 5-foot-diameter ball fashioned from yellow Joseph’s Coat.
- The brand-new Epcot front-entrance topiary garden inspired by a vintage Walt Disney short film will spring to life with a floral-festooned maypole featuring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Daisy and Pluto.
- The popular Garden Rocks concert series will expand to four days each week, with three concerts each Friday through Monday presenting pop musicians that span multiple genres over four decades.
- New Garden Rocks Dining Packages will be available on select days at a number of Epcot restaurants.
- Reimagined interactive play gardens will include a new take on the “Cars”-themed garden introducing a new character topiary from the June 2017 release of the Disney•Pixar sequel, “Cars 3.” Music Garden Melodies play area will return with new garden and topiary elements.
- For the first time, the event’s Festival Center will extend operating hours from Wednesday, March 1 through Sunday, March 5. Throughout the rest of the festival, the center will be open each Friday through Sunday with an entertaining mix of gardening seminars and DIY workshops.
One of the popular Outdoor Kitchen gardens, Urban Farm Eats, will return with savory bites, sweet treats and ideas for planting produce that can inspire growing numbers of guests who want to learn to grow their own edibles.
“A lot of people, including young children, are serious foodies now, and they have lots of questions about gardening,” says Eric Darden, festival horticulture manager. “We’re getting more and more people in their 20s and 30s asking, ‘How can I grow this?’ I think we’ll be creating more gardeners because people can see what’s possible.”
The 2017 festival forecast will be sunny with colorful floral bursts by day and a nighttime landscape aglow with twinkling lights:
- Topiaries of Donald Duck and nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie will share Future World space in front of Spaceship Earth with Chip and Dale for a “Fresh Epcot” selfie and family photo opportunity.
- Anna and Elsa topiaries will return to the Norway pavilion festival landscape in celebration of the park’s new Frozen Ever After Nearly 100 festival topiaries in all will include up to 70 character creations such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Lady and the Tramp, Simba, Timon and Tinker Bell.
- Guests will encounter garden surprises and special appearances related to Earth Day and other spring activities.
- The Butterflies on the Go garden will return with the story of the Monarch’s epic journey across the continent and featuring butterflies emerging from their chrysalises.
- On the way to the new Soarin’ Around the World film at the Soarin’attraction in The Land pavilion, guests can discover gardens featuring edible flowers, plants that benefit health and healing, and a pollinator paradise.
Dozens of Disney-crafted “flower towers” and beds of multi-colored blooms will transform the park’s landscape. At least 70,000 bedding plants will surround the Future World east and west lakes alone; on the water, 220 mini-gardens will be set afloat.
For more information about the 24th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival, call 407/W-DISNEY (934-7639). As the festival nears, more details will be available at epcotinspring.com. The festival, including all gardening programs and exhibits, is included in regular Epcot admission.
Disney World Wants to Turn EPCOP Into EPCOT
Disney ‘s slowest-growing Florida theme park will be getting a makeover. Imagineers may be hard at work getting Pandora — The World of Avatar ready to open next summer at Animal Kingdom and breathing new life into Disney’s Hollywood Studios with Toy Story Land and Star Wars Land in the coming years, but Epcot appears to be the theme park giant’s next target for rejuvenation.
TIANA’S RIVERBOAT PARTY ICE CREAM SOCIAL & PARADE VIEWING LAUNCHES AT MAGIC KINGDOM PARK NOV. 29
“Tiana’s Riverboat Party Ice Cream Social & Parade Viewing” will make its debut launch on the Liberty Belle Riverboat at Magic Kingdom® Park on Nov. 29, 2016. The fun starts at the boat dock, where guests can enjoy hand-dipped ice cream and soft drinks while they visit with Princess Tiana and Naveen.
Guests will then board the riverboat to enjoy an incredible birds-eye-view parade viewing for the park’s “Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade” and a cruise around Tom Sawyer’s Island. Princess Tiana and Naveen will join the group on the Liberty Belle Riverboat after the parade concludes for photos. Please note during the holiday period Dec. 23-31, 2016, Guests will view the “Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmastime Parade” instead.
This offering is part of the new Enchanting Extras collection, which offers guests a variety of options to enhance their Walt Disney World® Resort vacations.
Tiana’s Riverboat Party Ice Cream Social & Parade Viewing is available for $49 per adult and $29 per child age 9 and under (includes tax). Reservations can be made now by calling 407-WDW-DINE. As usual, entertainment is subject to change without notice.
D-LIVING HOME DÉCOR STORE COMING TO DISNEY SPRINGS
A new shop is coming to Disney Springs™ at Walt Disney World® Resort just in time for the holiday shopping season.
D-Living is the ultimate home décor store for Disney fans and kids of every age. Here, guests will find a curated assortment of Disney-themed products and more that changes with each season. And, for the holiday season, this signature store will look and feel just like an inviting home on Christmas morning. In every room, and around every corner, guests will discover a charming selection of Disney-inspired furnishings, housewares, and décor sure to make every home magical and bright.
D-Living, which opens Nov. 23, 2016, will be located adjacent to UNOde50 in Town Center at Disney Springs.
Magicband 2 Coming to Walt Disney World
A new MagicBand is coming to the Walt Disney World® Resort as part of Disney continuing push to innovate and personalize the Guest vacation experience.
As you can see in this photo, MagicBand 2 will feature a new design for the band itself. While the design helps make MagicBand 2 more versatile and customizable it’ll still work like the current MagicBand. You will be able to link My Disney Experience to your MagicBand 2, which can serve as a theme park ticket, access to FastPass+ selections, Disney PhotoPass card as well as a room key for Disney Resort Guests.
MagicBand 2 will make its resort-wide debut soon.
