Walt Disney World Resort Update

– Disney World reaches front-line cast labor agreement (pending union membership approval) while Disney begins company-wide layoff targeted at 7,000; Disney Dreamers Academy 2023 highlights; Views Around the World; More!

– TRON Lightcycle / Run ‘soft opening’ underway with official debut April 4; #AllTheDisneyThrills news and views for all the parks and Disney Springs; This & That & Reminders; plus more!

– Walt Disney World will be sharing with us #AllTheDisneyThrills at its invited media event for TRON Lightcycle / Run starting today; before that, look at Disney Easter Eggs & more Views Around the World as we head in to St. Patrick’s Day!

– EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival is underway through July 5 (our first day views); What’s Next for Walt Disney World Resort? Will we find out next week? or September? or? This & That & Reminders celebrating HER Story

– Passholders won’t need park reservations after 2 p.m. (except Magic Kingdom on Saturdays & Sundays) starting April 18; PhotoPass attraction photos downloads included with Genie+ starting March 20; Flower & Garden Festival tomorrow; more!

– First Ride Aboard TRON Lightcylce / Run (courtesy a cast member family & friends preview); Views of Magic Kingdom; Views of EPCOT – final day of Festival of the Arts and plantings for Flower & Garden Festival; More After Hours ahead & more!

– TRON Lightcycle / Run previews continue, with D23 Gold Members having an opportunity on 2/5 to buy tickets for a special event, and Passholders and DVC Members (with hotel reservations) getting emails on 2/16 with an opportunity to register

– Disney hotels to offer more housekeeping services by end of February; Legislation about the future of Reedy Creek introduced; TRON cast member previews underway; More Tiana’s Bayou Adventure details revealed; Views of EPCOT; and more!

– TRON Lightcycle / Run Opens April 4 with Virtual Queue, Individual Lightning Lane Purchase Option, and Complimentary Lockers; Roundup Rodeo BBQ Opens March 23; Views of Disney’s Hollywood Studios home of Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway

– Splash Mountain has closed for its transformation into Tiana’s Bayou Adventure; More Magic Kingdom character encounters return; EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival Starts March 1; #ArtfulEPCOT continues through February 20; & More!