Become the evil fairy of your dreams with this new horned headband modeled after Sleeping Beauty‘s Maleficent.
The horns are covered in a mix of black and green sparkles. The purple stripes are made up of sequins.
This headband sells for $29.99.
Though Halloween will be looking a little different this year, you can still put on your spookiest outfit and visit a Disney theme park in the Fall. Get ready for your trip with this new Mickey Mouse MagicBand from shopDisney.
This MagicBand features Mickey in a Halloween version of his magician outfit. There’s a jack-o-lantern on his hat and his bowtie is striped like candy corns. The MagicBand is orange and sprinkled with some floating stars and Mickey silhouettes.
The other side of the band says “Happy Halloween.” This MagicBand would look great with any of the new Halloween merchandise at Disneyland Resort or Walt Disney World.
This limited release Halloween MagicBand is $29.99 on shopDisney.
According to the Walt Disney World website, there will be a passholder-exclusive shopping event today, August 19, for a brand new Haunted Mansion Funko Pop.
The Funko Pop is of organ-playing ghost Victor Geist.
There will be two locations for the event. The first will be at World of Disney at Disney Springs on the morning of August 19. There will be signs for Annual Passholders to follow to the event’s designated entrance. The second location will be the Frontier Trading Post in Magic Kingdom for guests who have a park pass reservation.
Any remaining Victor Geist Funko Pops will then be released to all guests on August 20. The Funko Pop is a parks-exclusive and only available while supplies last.
This event will have a limit of 1 transaction per Passholder and 3 items per transaction. An Annual Pass and ID must be presented at time of purchase.
A new research report from VISIT FLORIDA outlines how COVID-19 has heavily impacted travel to Florida during the second quarter of 2020.
According to VISIT FLORIDA, Florida saw 12.8 million total visitors during 2020’s second quarter, which is a -60.5% decrease compared to last year. Domestic travelers accounted for 98.1%, or 12.6 million, of Florida’s total visitors while international travel is almost entirely halted.
Of the 12.6 million domestic visitors, 8.7% traveled by air. This is a -85.2% drop from last year. Occupancy of Florida hotels decreased -55% from last year and the average daily rate decreased -29.1%.
These dramatic decreases happened while most Florida destinations, including Walt Disney World Resort and Universal Orlando Resort, were closed. Without these big draws and with air travel restricted, it makes sense that tourism decreased.
These numbers are just preliminary and VISIT FLORIDA will update them as more data becomes available.
Face masks are the new norm at theme parks, and even the Most Magical Place on Earth is no exception to the rule, with guests required to keep their face masks on throughout their time in the Magic Kingdom—even for photographs.
New at the Magic Kingdom is an audio reminder played near the park’s icon, Cinderella Castle, telling guests to keep their face masks on for photographs. The reminder stands out against the usual slew of announcements and reminders as it features the voice of a woman with a distinct accent stating the following:
“Thank you for visiting us today. Please wear a face covering at all times, including when taking photographs. The exception would be when eating and drinking while stationary. Clean hands often and thoroughly. Cover your mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, and maintain physical distancing. Thank you.”
The announcement is in a testing phase now, and began just yesterday evening. You can hear the full audio clip in the video below:
Keeping face masks on for photographs, be it ones you take yourself or through a PhotoPass photographer, has been an established rule since the reopening of the parks
This is one of the more recent efforts by Walt Disney World to ensure health and safety guidelines are being met throughout the parks. Other recent changes to the Magic Kingdom include new physical distancing barriers in the queue for “it’s a small world” and even preliminary distancing markers along the sidewalk of Main Street, U.S.A. for current cavalcades and eventually, parades.