Facial recognition technology was tested this morning at the entrance to Magic Kingdom. Walt Disney World has shifted in recent months to utilizing more touchless technology, and the newest addition could be touchless entry to the theme parks through facial recognition.
The test was optional this morning, and testing will continue sporadically. The test was only conducted for a short period today.
The testing takes place in three easy steps. Guests begin by entering the designated facial recognition testing lane. After that, guests are instructed to remove any hats, visors, or sunglasses before approaching the facial recognition testing zone. Guests will need to position their MagicBand or valid park admission close to a scanner to activate the technology. The technology will then capture an image and convert that into a unique number that is associated with the valid ticket.
Disney added a note stating that the “security, integrity, and confidentiality of your information are extremely important to us.” They go on to state that the images captured will only be stored for 30 days, and that the images or unique numbers will not be shared with third parties. They also add that despite strict security measures, “no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.”
The heavily anticipated Brightline high speed rail that would connect the Orlando International Airport to Walt Disney World is now scheduled to start service as early as mid-2026. The route from Disney property to the airport would cost anywhere from $1.03-$2.1 billion, depending on which exact route is selected.
Florida transportation authorities recently stated that they gave Brightline a deadline of mid-summer 2021 to negotiate an agreement with local and state agencies. This agreement includes securing leases that would involve adding the station at Disney Springs by the end of 2023.
With Disney’s Magical Express transportation to and from the Orlando International Airport ending in 2022, the Brightline rail could help reduce the impact of this loss once service begins. However, the train service still won’t be running for years after that end date.
We previously shared the news that Disney is introducing a new system called “MagicMobile” that will soon debut as an innovative way to have all access to your park tickets and more right from the My Disney Experience App. This new MagicMobile is said to be beneficial to all Disney guests, but especially Disney resort guests which no longer receive a complimentary MagicBands. Well, it looks like the MagicMobile will hopefully be arriving sooner rather than later, as it now appears on the My Disney Experience App menu.
Head to the menu page on your My Disney Experience App where you’ll now see “Disney MagicMobile Pass”.
When pressing the “Disney MagicMobile Pass” option, you’ll be sent to this “Coming Soon!” screen with the details.
Slowly, but surely we’re getting there Disney fans! Today, March 22, is an exciting day at Walt Disney World as Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort officially reopened to guests since it’s closure over a year ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So, what’s to come for the remaining Disney Resorts?
Currently Open:
The following Disney Resort hotels are open and accepting new reservations:
– Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
– Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
– Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
– Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort
– Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
– Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
– Disney’s Beach Club Villas
– Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
– Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
– Disney’s Contemporary Resort
– Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort
– Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground
– Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
– Disney’s Old Key West Resort
– Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
– Disney’s Pop Century Resort
– Disney’s Riviera Resort
– Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
– Disney’s Yacht Club Resort
– The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Reopening Dates Disney Has Announced:
Currently, the Walt Disney World website shows the following three resorts with estimated reopening time frames. Keep in mind, the three noted below have already reopened the Disney Vacation Club (DVC) Villas.
– May 30, 2021 Disney’s Beach Club Resort
– June 6, 2021 Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
– Summer 2021 Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
So, which Resorts are missing?
Resorts that currently don’t have a reopening date include:
Animal Kingdom Lodge – Jambo House (DVC Villas already open)
Disney’s All-Star Music
Disney’s All-Star Sports
BoardWalk Inn (DVC Villas already open)
Port Orleans French Quarter
Port Orleans Riverside
Disney is continuously accessing park capacity, social distancing, and the need for their Disney Resorts to reopen. We suspect when Disney is able to lift their 35% capacity, it won’t be long before guests flood to the park and fill up the resorts once again.
Spring season is in full bloom at Disney Parks, and now with Easter coming up, the parks are offering limited-time food items to celebrate.
From a Disney Cast Member;
Ready to hop into Easter with some deliciously adorable offerings from Disney Parks? We have everything from cute Easter cupcakes, mini bunny cakes, and chocolate-covered eggs to a list of Easter brunches at Walt Disney World Resort! We even give you Easter highlights from our friends in our international Disney Parks. Check it all out in this Foodie Guide. Happy Easter!
Walt Disney World Resort
Creature Comforts, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park (mobile order available)
Flame Tree Barbecue, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park (mobile order available)
Restaurantosaurus, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park (mobile order available)
Thumper Cupcake – Carrot cupcake with cream cheese filling, caramel buttercream, and a chocolate “Thumper” (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 5)
Tiffins Restaurant, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Easter Brookie Basket – Easter brookie basket with white chocolate ganache, buttercream, and chocolate eggs (available Apr. 4)
Le Cellier Steakhouse, EPCOT
Key Lime Robin Egg – Key lime mascarpone cheesecake with blueberry gelée, crème fraîche whipped cream, graham cracker shortbread, and key lime powder (available Apr. 4)
Amorette’s Patisserie, Disney Springs
Bunny Mini Dome Cake – Coconut ice cream mousse with caramel cream cheese center and carrot cake (available Mar. 28 through Apr. 4)
The Ganachery, Disney Springs
Easter Minnie Bunny Piñata – Milk chocolate sphere filled with marshmallow treats (available Mar. 21 through Apr. 4)
Boozy Bourbon Chocolate Bunnies – Milk chocolate bunnies filled with bourbon chocolate drink (available Mar. 21 through Apr. 4)
Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop, Disney Springs
Fill your Easter basket with the classic Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Bunny and Mini Milk Chocolate Caramel Bunnies (available through Apr. 4 while supplies last)
World Premiere Food Court, Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort (mobile order available)
Landscape of Flavors, Disney’s Art of Animation Resort (mobile order available)
Everything Pop Shopping and Dining, Disney’s Pop Century Resort (mobile order available)
EGGStraordinare Cupcake – Vanilla cupcake with lemon filling, vanilla buttercream, and sugar eggs (available Apr. 1–4)
Contempo Café. Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Mini Bunny Cake – Mini carrot cake filled with cream cheese icing decorated with fondant and buttercream (available Apr. 2 –4)
Gasparilla Island Grill, Disney Grand Floridian Resort & Spa (mobile order available)
Carrot Blondie Pop – Buttery brown sugar cake bar on a lollipop stick decorated like a carrot (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
Bunny Box – Dark chocolate bunny with Easter egg petit cake and foil-wrapped chocolate eggs (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
Marshmallow Bunny Tail Pops – Jumbo marshmallows dipped in pastel chocolate with spring sprinkles (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
The Grand Egg – White chocolate egg filled with jelly beans (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
Miniature Bunny Cake – Individual serving sized bunny confetti cake with vanilla buttercream (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
Pastel Mickey Whoopie Pie – Buttery pastel vanilla sponge cake with spring colored vanilla icing (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
Easter Egg Hunt Cupcake – Carrot cake cupcake with marshmallow filling topped with buttercream, jelly beans, and chocolate bunny (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
The Artist Palette, Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort (mobile order available)
Easter Cake – Layers of lemon sponge cake and strawberry buttercream, fresh diced strawberries, and decorative Easter touches (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 5)
Good’s to Go, Disney’s Old Key West Resort
Easter Cupcake – Lemon sponge cake filled with a strawberry compote topped with vanilla buttercream and garnished with decorative Easter touches (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 5)
Topolino’s Terrace – Flavors of the Riviera, Disney’s Riviera Resort
Spring Garden Dessert – Pistachio cake, caramel cream, brown butter crumble, and blood orange-carrot sorbet (available Apr. 4)
Roaring Forks, Disney’s Wilderness Lodge (mobile order available)
Key Lime Easter Cupcake – Key lime cupcake with butter cream icing, and Easter décor (available Apr. 1–4)
The Market at Ale & Compass, Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resort (mobile order available)
The Beach Club Marketplace, Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resort (mobile order available)
Mickey Chocolate Easter Egg (available Mar. 14 through Apr. 4)
Minnie Chocolate Easter Egg (available Mar. 14 through Apr. 4)
Robin’s Egg Blueberry Macarons –Three blue-speckled macarons filled with blueberry ganache and blueberry jam sitting on chocolate crunch “nest” (available Mar. 14- through Apr. 4)
Easter Bunny Strawberry Cheesecake – Strawberry cheesecake with lemon crust with velvet white chocolate and decorated with a ruby red glitter glaze and fondant (available Mar. 14- through Apr. 4)
Easter Cookies n’ Cream Bonbons – Cookies n’ Cream bonbons with cookies ‘n cream mousse and cookies ‘n cream base covered in chocolate (available Mar. 14 through Apr. 4)
Easter Carrot Cupcake – Carrot cake cupcake with a cream cheese icing decorated chocolate ganache, cookies ‘n cream crumbs, buttercream, and wildflower quins (available Mar. 14 through Apr. 4)
Lemon Crinkle Cookies – A pack of three brightly colored lemon-flavored crinkle cookies (available Mar. 14 through Apr. 4)
Join us for Easter brunch at these Walt Disney World Resort restaurants:
Olivia’s Café, Disney’s Old Key West Resort – View brunch menu and make reservations here.
Ale & Compass Restaurant – View Easter brunch menu and make reservations here.
Whispering Canyon Café – View Easter brunch menu and make reservations here.
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Here are all the details from Disney Cast Member Karen McClintock:
Ready to hop into Easter with some deliciously adorable offerings from Disney Parks? We have everything from cute Easter cupcakes, mini bunny cakes, and chocolate-covered eggs to a list of Easter brunches at Walt Disney World Resort! We even give you Easter highlights from our friends in our international Disney Parks. Check it all out in this Foodie Guide. Happy Easter!
Walt Disney World Resort
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Creature Comforts, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park (mobile order available)
Flame Tree Barbecue, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park (mobile order available)
Restaurantosaurus, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park (mobile order available)
Thumper Cupcake – Carrot cupcake with cream cheese filling, caramel buttercream, and a chocolate “Thumper” (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 5)
Tiffins Restaurant, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Easter Brookie Basket – Easter brookie basket with white chocolate ganache, buttercream, and chocolate eggs (available Apr. 4)
Le Cellier Steakhouse, EPCOT
Key Lime Robin Egg – Key lime mascarpone cheesecake with blueberry gelée, crème fraîche whipped cream, graham cracker shortbread, and key lime powder (available Apr. 4)
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Amorette’s Patisserie, Disney Springs
Bunny Mini Dome Cake – Coconut ice cream mousse with caramel cream cheese center and carrot cake (available Mar. 28 through Apr. 4)
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The Ganachery, Disney Springs
Easter Minnie Bunny Piñata – Milk chocolate sphere filled with marshmallow treats (available Mar. 21 through Apr. 4)
Boozy Bourbon Chocolate Bunnies – Milk chocolate bunnies filled with bourbon chocolate drink (available Mar. 21 through Apr. 4)
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Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop, Disney Springs
Fill your Easter basket with the classic Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Bunny and Mini Milk Chocolate Caramel Bunnies (available through Apr. 4 while supplies last)
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World Premiere Food Court, Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort (mobile order available)
Landscape of Flavors, Disney’s Art of Animation Resort (mobile order available)
Everything Pop Shopping and Dining, Disney’s Pop Century Resort (mobile order available)
EGGStraordinare Cupcake – Vanilla cupcake with lemon filling, vanilla buttercream, and sugar eggs (available Apr. 1–4)
Contempo Café. Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Mini Bunny Cake – Mini carrot cake filled with cream cheese icing decorated with fondant and buttercream (available Apr. 2 –4)
Gasparilla Island Grill, Disney Grand Floridian Resort & Spa (mobile order available)
Carrot Blondie Pop – Buttery brown sugar cake bar on a lollipop stick decorated like a carrot (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
Bunny Box – Dark chocolate bunny with Easter egg petit cake and foil-wrapped chocolate eggs (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
Marshmallow Bunny Tail Pops – Jumbo marshmallows dipped in pastel chocolate with spring sprinkles (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
The Grand Egg – White chocolate egg filled with jelly beans (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
Miniature Bunny Cake – Individual serving sized bunny confetti cake with vanilla buttercream (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
Pastel Mickey Whoopie Pie – Buttery pastel vanilla sponge cake with spring colored vanilla icing (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
Easter Egg Hunt Cupcake – Carrot cake cupcake with marshmallow filling topped with buttercream, jelly beans, and chocolate bunny (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 4)
The Artist Palette, Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort (mobile order available)
Easter Cake – Layers of lemon sponge cake and strawberry buttercream, fresh diced strawberries, and decorative Easter touches (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 5)
Good’s to Go, Disney’s Old Key West Resort
Easter Cupcake – Lemon sponge cake filled with a strawberry compote topped with vanilla buttercream and garnished with decorative Easter touches (available Mar. 18 through Apr. 5)
Topolino’s Terrace – Flavors of the Riviera, Disney’s Riviera Resort
Spring Garden Dessert – Pistachio cake, caramel cream, brown butter crumble, and blood orange-carrot sorbet (available Apr. 4)
Roaring Forks, Disney’s Wilderness Lodge (mobile order available)
Key Lime Easter Cupcake – Key lime cupcake with butter cream icing, and Easter décor (available Apr. 1–4)
The Market at Ale & Compass, Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resort (mobile order available)
The Beach Club Marketplace, Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resort (mobile order available)
Mickey Chocolate Easter Egg (available Mar. 14 through Apr. 4)
Minnie Chocolate Easter Egg (available Mar. 14 through Apr. 4)
Robin’s Egg Blueberry Macarons –Three blue-speckled macarons filled with blueberry ganache and blueberry jam sitting on chocolate crunch “nest” (available Mar. 14- through Apr. 4)
Easter Bunny Strawberry Cheesecake – Strawberry cheesecake with lemon crust with velvet white chocolate and decorated with a ruby red glitter glaze and fondant (available Mar. 14- through Apr. 4)
Easter Cookies n’ Cream Bonbons – Cookies n’ Cream bonbons with cookies ‘n cream mousse and cookies ‘n cream base covered in chocolate (available Mar. 14 through Apr. 4)
Easter Carrot Cupcake – Carrot cake cupcake with a cream cheese icing decorated chocolate ganache, cookies ‘n cream crumbs, buttercream, and wildflower quins (available Mar. 14 through Apr. 4)
Lemon Crinkle Cookies – A pack of three brightly colored lemon-flavored crinkle cookies (available Mar. 14 through Apr. 4)
Join us for Easter brunch at these Walt Disney World Resort restaurants:
Olivia’s Café, Disney’s Old Key West Resort – View brunch menu and make reservations here.
Ale & Compass Restaurant – View Easter brunch menu and make reservations here.
Whispering Canyon Café – View Easter brunch menu and make reservations here.
Disneyland Resort
Trolley Treats, Disney California Adventure Park
Marceline’s Confectionery, Downtown Disney District
Easter Egg – Chocolate cream, vanilla cream, and peanut butter filling covered in milk chocolate embellished with sugar flower (available through Apr. 4)
Bunny Krispy – Mickey rice crisped treat dipped in white chocolate, decorated with pink chocolate, and topped with a coconut with marshmallow for a tail (available through Apr. 4)
Easter Minnie Apple – Granny Smith apple dipped in caramel, marshmallow ears, enrobed in purple chocolate and decorated with green sugar and a pink chocolate bow (available through Apr. 4)
Easter Chick Apple – Granny Smith apple dipped in caramel, marshmallow wings, enrobed in bubble gum yellow chocolate with a white chocolate egg shell and embellished colored chocolate (available through Apr. 4)
Kayla’s Cake (cart located near World of Disney and Starbucks), Downtown Disney District
Premium French Macaron Gift Set – Each box of 12 contains the following flavors: Espresso milk tea, rose vanilla, lavender, mango pineapple, raspberry cheesecake, pomegranate lemonade, strawberry shortcake, s’mores, and molten chocolate.
Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen Express, Downtown Disney District
Banana Foster Glazed Beignets – Banana rum icing, cinnamon sugar dust, caramel drizzle, and vanilla bean creme anglaise
Join us for Easter brunch at these Downtown Disney District restaurants:
Tortilla Jo’s – View brunch menu here and contact location directly for reservations.
Uva Bar & Cafe – View Easter brunch menu and make reservations here.
