Disney Cruise Line has announced that the Disney Fantasy will resume sailing on September 11. Some of the current 2021 itineraries have been modified, and one has been canceled.
The 7-night cruise departing September 4 has been canceled. Guests booked for this cruise will be given a 125% future cruise credit if they have paid in full. If guests have not paid in full, they will receive a full refund. All UK/EU guests will receive a full refund.
The following list of cruises has been modified from 7 nights to 4 nights.
New dates for Sept. 11 departure: Sept. 11-14
New dates for Sept. 18 departure: Sept. 18-21
New dates for Sept. 25 departure: Sept. 25-28
New dates for Oct. 2 departure: Oct. 2-5
The new itineraries will have two stops at Disney’s Castaway Cay and no other ports of call.
Guests who booked the modified cruises will be given three courses of action to choose from: remain on the same sailing, move their sailing, or cancel.
With Walt Disney World’s Extra Magic Hours gone, Disney is preparing to release two new early entry and extended hours options that differ from Extra Magic Hours. First up, beginning October 1, ALL Walt Disney World Resorts will have a chance to experience the new “Early Theme Park Entry”. This new perk will allow all Disney Resorts Guests a jump-start their day inside the Park with a 30-minute early entry to ANY theme Park, EVERY day. If you’re staying as a Disney Deluxe Resort Guests you’re eligible to spend TWO extra hours in select Parks on select days! This new perk is called “Extended Evening Theme Park Hours“ and is only available to Disney Resort Guests staying at select Deluxe Resorts. While we previously shared that Disney released some October dates for extended evening hours, we’re now seeing even more October dates have been added to the calendar.
When visiting the Walt Disney World website, you’ll see in the screenshot below, Disney’s October Extended Evening Theme Park Hours include:
October 4 at EPCOT (10pm – midnight)
October 6 at Magic Kingdom (9pm – 11pm)
October 11 at EPCOT (10pm – midnight)
October 13 at Magic Kingdom (9pm to 11pm)
October 18 at EPCOT (10pm – midnight)
October 20 at Magic Kingdom (9pm – 11pm)
October 25 at EPCOT (10pm – midnight)
October 27 at Magic Kingdom (9pm to 11pm)
Unsure if you’re staying at one of the participating resorts? Extended evening theme Park hours is a benefit for registered Guests staying at Disney Deluxe Resorts and Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts, which include the 24 Resort selections below:
Disney Deluxe Resorts
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge
Disney’s Beach Club Resort
Disney’s BoardWalk Inn
Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort
Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
Disney’s Yacht Club Resort
Disney Deluxe Villa Resorts
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 Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
Disney’s Beach Club Villas
Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
Disney’s Old Key West Resort
Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
Disney’s Riviera Resort
Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Other Select Hotels
Walt Disney World Swan Hotel
Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel
Walt Disney World Swan Reserve
Shades of Green® on Walt Disney World®
Guests staying at these resorts will still need a valid theme park ticket to gain access to the park, as well as a theme park reservation. If you’re visiting Disney’s Animal Kingdom for example but still want to enjoy staying up until midnight at EPCOT and have a valid park hopper ticket or annual pass, you can hop to EPCOT as long as you entered your first park where you made your reservation earlier in the day. For all the details about Extended Evening Theme Park Hours, visit Disney’s website.
Earlier last week we shared the news that Tropical Storm Fred was forecasted with Central Florida in the cone of uncertainty. While you’ll still want to prepare for a good amount of rain, it looks like your vacation won’t be a huge washout! Rather, Fred is “poorly organized” and seems to be shifting west of Florida – with Walt Disney World for the most part out of the cone of uncertainty.
Since we are right in the middle of hurricane season, this seems to be the best news possible for now. This season we’ve seen the rains Hurricane Elsa brought with her to Florida. We hope Fred continues to remain poorly organized. And yes, much like Elsa, we can’t help but think of Disney character Fred from Big Hero 6. He’s a sweet guy – but “poorly organized” could describe his demeanor as well!
It is being reported that Gina Carano will be starring in and producing a currently-untitled revenge thriller, which is based on Eric Red’s novel White Knuckle. Red, whose work includes The Hitcher and Near Dark, will also be writing the film’s script.
The production is being developed with Carano and conservative media company The Daily Wire, and has been in the works for several months now. The film is reportedly in negotiations with a director, with plans to release the film in Q1 of 2022.
“I’m completely ignited to be creating this thriller with The Daily Wire and Bonfire Legend,” Carano said in a statement. “I feel I am exactly where I want and need to be at this moment in my life; it feels as if I have wings.”
Typically when we hear of an arrest linked to Disney it has something to do with people making the wrong decisions inside or around the Parks. Not too long ago a man was arrested for jumping the wall at Magic Kingdom to gain access to the most magical place on earth. When COVID closed the Parks, another man was arrested for making camp on Disney’s abandoned property, Discover Island. On occasion, you hear of the more serious situations, such as the woman that was arrested for hiding a gun in a Disney planter then blaming it on her 6-year-old. Needless to say, some people don’t make the best decisions even at Walt Disney World. While these previous arrests can be threatening, this newest arrest linked to Disney is scary as actual threats came from a Florida man saying he was going to blow up Walt Disney World executives’ homes.
As reported by WESH: “A Florida man is accused of threatening to blow up the homes of Disney executives on Twitter. Authorities say Steven Jordan, 31, created a Twitter account on Aug. 8 and made 186 tweets in a three-hour period. Two of the tweets were directed at Walt Disney World, threatening their executives. The tweets read: “@Disney or we will blow up all of your execs houses with C4” and “@Disney I will toss a hand grenade threw their loft window.” Officials say Jordan made other tweets at Activision Games about their executives, making derogatory comments. Twitter suspended the account on Aug. 9.”
Jordan admitted to writing the tweets when questioned by detectives. According to WESH, Jordan was previously convicted on the charge of a false report about planting a bomb, explosive, or weapon of mass destruction. At the moment he is being held in a Pinellas County Jail on a $10,000 bond. Authorities are continuing to investigate the situation.
