Alan Dalinka

– Haunted Mansion inspires Haunted Mansion Parlor lounge aboard Disney Treasure; More Winter Holidays Details; Blizzard Beach To Reopen/Typhoon Lagoon to Close; After Hours to Return in 2024; Views & More!

– Journey of Water, Inspired by Moana is now open; Disney shares details of new mural that will decorate queue of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure; Views of Disney’s Animal Kingdom; This & That & Reminders with more Disney Springs Halloween beverages

– Park Hopping Rules Eased, Prices Hiked, Candlelight Narrators Announced, Swan and Dolphin Food & Wine Classic Preview, Give Kids the World to offer VIP Holiday Tours, and more!

– Wishing Walt Disney World Resort a happy 52nd anniversary and EPCOT a happy 41st with some new views of EPCOT and the latest This & That & Reminders plus the new early booking hotel discounts.

– Disney100 celebration kicks it up a little notch over at EPCOT. This is our weekly roundup of This & That & Reminders about what’s going on at Walt Disney World Resort.

– Beyond Big Thunder Mountain this week, Florida Wildlife officials were called in to remove an actual bear from backstage, while Disney Parks says it is developing plans to develop some of its nearly 1,000 acres globally.

– Destination D23 offers some specifics about what’s coming next at Walt Disney World Resort and things Disney is considering adding to its Florida property

– Central Florida hunkers down as Tropical Storm Idalia churns in the Gulf of Mexico, likely becoming Hurricane Idalia by the time you read this, but no operational changes at Walt Disney World at our publication time.

– At some point in September, all four Walt Disney World theme parks will have courtesy trams running in their parking lots again; This & That & Reminders and so forth…