Walt Disney World Resort Update

– Modified Park Hopping has begun; Taste of EPCOT Festival of the Arts begins Friday 1/8; Robo-Carts at WDW Golf; Florida Resident Tickets Available; Book Now for 2 Additional Park Days for Certain Non-Discounted Resort Stays

– Disney Vacation Club explains Member account credits due to temporary closures, 2021 cost increases caused by enhanced cleaning, additional transportation, insurance, labor & more. Hall of Presidents thoughts for a Happy New Year & future!

– Taste of EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival scheduled March 3 to July 5, 2021; Get A Couple of Extra Park Days with Certain Disney Resort Stay Packages; Give Kids The World Village to Begin Reopening January 17, 2021

– More details announced for the upcoming Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, including performances by Voices of Liberty; one of the new platforms for ‘Harmonious’ has begun testing at World Showcase Lagoon; and ‘Fun at Home’!

– Celebration of the Holidays continues at Walt Disney World Resort. It is a quiet week for new announcements, but we have new views from around Disney Springs and repeat our recap of The Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays.

– Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays underway through December 31 (with more news and views on this page after 6 p.m. Eastern); a bit of Magic Kingdom pyro; it’s #GivingTuesday; and more!

– Views of Magic Kingdom’s holiday cavalcades and castle projections; Modified Park Hopping Available Starting Jan 1; Agreement for Train Station at Disney Springs; Joe Rohde Retiring; EPCOT Transformation Updates. Happy Thanksgiving & more!

– We finally have a look around and experience Disney’s Hollywood Studios for the first time since March; Give Kids the World Village debuts its Night of a Million Lights Spectacular; Lots of This & That items fill the news.

– Walt Disney World Resort is celebrating the holidays 2020-style. Staff Writer Alan Dalinka shares his first looks at and thoughts about Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Animal Kingdom since the parks reopened during the pandemic.

– With cooler weather, lots of Views around EPCOT for the first time since its phased reopening, news of layoffs in Live Entertainment, a change to Rise of the Resistance virtual queues, and lots of merchandise photos (incl. Christmas).