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Dec- 2021 -10 December
Chef Luis Creates a Brand New Dish for the Festival of the Holidays at Disney California Adventure
One of the most exciting parts of attending the annual Festival of the Holidays at Disney California Adventure is trying all of the delicious new food offerings! This year has seen a number of new dishes taking inspiration from the cultures and traditions celebrated during the festival as well as hit Disney films. One of the new dishes to debut this year was recently created by Chef Luis Madrigal,
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10 December
Walt Disney World to Host Job Fair & Offer Sign-on Bonuses for New Cast Members
The hospitality industry, like many fields and industries across the country, is continuing to struggle with labor shortages brought on my the COVID-19 pandemic. While we have seen lots of areas reopening around the Walt Disney World Resort, select restaurants, activities, and even parks in the case of Disney's Typhoon Lagoon have remained closed, largely due to staffing shortages. Staffing challe
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10 December
‘Disney Princess Style’ Unveils a Shopping List for Travelers
Are you traveling this holiday season? If so, Disney's Princess Style Instagram account has the perfect shopping list for you! For the past twelve days of the Disney princess sweepstakes, Disney Princess Style has been releasing gift guides for different Disney themes. On the travel-themed day, the Instagram account partnered with @girlgoingthedistance to feature two essential products for traveli
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10 December
EPCOT to Only Have One Showing of Harmonious Fireworks Prior to This New Year’s Eve Countdown
Changes are coming to EPCOT for Guests hoping to ring in the new year in the park this December 31. With the exception of New Year's Eve 2020 when the festivities were cancelled altogether, EPCOT has typically offered two showings of its New Year's Eve fireworks show with a countdown to midnight following the second show. In the past, when IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth was the park's nightly
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10 December
Disney Very Merriest After Hours Event is Now Sold Out for Remaining Dates
One of the most popular events this holiday season at the Walt Disney World Resort has been the “Disney Very Merriest After Hours” event at the Magic Kingdom, which effectively replaced Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party for this year's season. Disney's Very Merriest After Hours is more comparable to a Disney Vacation Club event or pre-pandemic After Hours event offered to Guests for
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10 December
This Lesser-Known Brand Has Disney Princess Wedding Dresses
There are plenty of people who want Disney weddings or Disney wedding dresses–but those are both costly! The dresses from the official Disney princess wedding collection, which is Allure Bridals' Disney Fairy Tale Wedding Collection, cost several thousand dollars each. However, there are plenty of ways to get a wedding dress that feels like a Disney princess wedding dress at a much cheaper p
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10 December
Disney Ambassadors Receive New Alumni Name Tags
You may recall seeing special pins worn on the nametags of Disney Ambassadors to represent their home park. (Disney Cast Members can also be spotted with pins showing how many years they have worked for the company.) Now, for the first time ever, Disney Ambassador alumni will be recognized with their very own nametags inspired by the pins worn during their term as Ambassadors. While special name t
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9 December
Disney Fairy Tale Weddings Teams Up With Corkcicle
Since Corkcicle is “the official premium Drinkware of Walt Disney World Resort” (according to Disney Fairy Tale Weddings' Ever After blog), it makes sense that the “stylish and sustainable Tumblers” would have a presence in the Disney Parks. But did you know that Disney is also incorporating Corkcicle drinkware into its weddings? On the Ever After blog, Disney’s Fairy Tale
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9 December
Lily James Plays Another Disney Princess
The actress Lily James is already known for her work as Cinderella and her work in romantic comedies–but now the Englishwoman is playing another classic Disney princess! The Disney princess that Lily will play is none other than Belle from ‘Beauty and the Beast', and she'll be playing the princess in BBC Two's “star-studded Christmas pantomime“. These pantomimes are done fo
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9 December
‘Cinderella’ Actress Lily James Stars in a New Rom-Com
If you're not already familiar with Lily James due to her role as the iconic Disney princess Cinderella, her role on Downton Abbey, or her charitable work, then now is the time to notice the English actress! Lily James won many audience members' hearts when she played Cinderella (and garnered lots of praise from co-stars, who confirmed that she has a lot in common with the good-natured, good-heart
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