Disney Vacation Club’s ‘Stay, Play, Sail Sweepstakes’ Offers a Chance to Win a 7-Night Resort and Cruise Combo Vacation

Posted on by Mathew Corn Disney Parks, Uncategorized

Disney Vacation Club’s “Stay, Play, Sail Sweepstakes” offers a chance to win a four-night stay at Disney’s Riviera Resort combined with a three-night cruise on the Disney Wish. 

Current Disney Vacation Club members, as well as non-members, can enter to win a free vacation which includes a five-day, four-night stay at Walt Disney World in in a One Bedroom Villa at Disney’s Riviera Resort, as well as a three-night Disney Cruise Line voyage aboard the newest ship, the Disney Wish.

The grand prize includes the winner and three guests, as well as air transportation and four five-day park hopper tickets. It has an approximate retail value of $19,577. 

Once a guest has submitted basic contact information, they are registered once for the sweepstakes. Interested users may register additional times by watching informative videos about the sweepstakes and the Disney Vacation Club. By watching these videos, participants will receive up to 15 additional entries, for a total of 16 entries.

After finishing the videos, a link is presented to take guests to the Discovery Portal, where they can learn more about Disney Vacation Club. Viewers can then opt to attend a webinar, a live chat session, or schedule a virtual appointment to further learn about the Disney timeshare program.

Contest entry is available through May 26, 2023, with one grand prize winner chosen on-or-around June 9, 2023. The winner must book the grand prize trip no later than September 26, 2023, with travel occurring between July 26, 2023, and May 1, 2024.

The contest is open to both current and prospective members. Limitations and exclusions apply. Complete details and entry rules can be found at https://www.stayplaysailsweeps.com/rules.

If you’d like to register for this sweepstakes, you can do so here.

Disney Vacation Club sign at Saratoga Springs Resort

If you are a frequent visitor to Disney properties, you may be interested in the Disney Vacation Club. We have an article here that goes over the details of how it can save you money on your vacations over time.

The Disney Vacation Club is a timeshare program offered by Disney that allows members to purchase points that can be used to book accommodations at Disney resorts or other vacation destinations around the world. Members can use their points to book stays at Disney Vacation Club resorts or exchange them for stays at non-Disney properties through an exchange program.

The Disney Vacation Club is designed to provide its members with a flexible and customizable way to plan their vacations and enjoy the magic of Disney.

Disney Vacation Club members also receive special merchandise and vacation discounts, events, and perks throughout the year.

Disney Gets Rid Annual Pass Virtual Queue

Posted on by Mathew Corn Animal Kingdom, Disney Parks, Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom

Disney World Annual Passes have been on sale for almost a week. That sentence alone is shocking to us. At Disneyland, Magic Keys sell out within hours. We fully expected a similar situation on the East Coast.

Disney has limited how many Annual Passes it will sell. In the past, sales were basically unlimited. You could buy a Disney World Annual Pass anytime you wanted. After the pandemic, however, Disney said they had temporarily paused new Annual Pass sales. Since then, they have brought them back for very brief windows of time.

On April 20, 2023 Walt Disney World Annual Passes finally went back on sale! This means that once again Disney’s most loyal guests can access Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom when they liked. With the water parks upgrade, they can access Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon anytime they like as well.

Disney fans flooded the website the day Annual Passes went back on sale. In fact, so many flocked to the site to but that the website crashed more than once. Many waited in a virtual queue for hours to buy their Pass, with some saying they’d waited more than 5 hours.

Disney didn’t announce whether the passes would be limited or not until the day they went on sale. Midway through the day they updated the website to say that due to overwhelming demand, they expected some or all pass types to become unavailable. However, nearly a week in all Pass levels remain available.

At the time of this writing, not only can you still buy your Disney World Annual Pass but you can do so without a long wait. After the initial rush died down, Disney removed the virtual queue requirement to buy. When we checked the website, we were able to add an Annual Pass to our cart with no wait. This is great news for anyone unable to buy their Pass last Thursday.

Even though the initial surge to buy passes has died down, you won’t want to delay if a you plan to become a Disney World Annual Passholder. No one knows just how many passes have been bought or how many are left available. If you wait, there is no guarantee you’ll be able to make your purchase.You cab purchase online on your My Disney Experience account, at any Disney Park or Disney Springs.

Parents’ Horrendous Display at Disney

Posted on by Mathew Corn Disney Parks, Epcot

The dreams of several children came crashing down due to the lack of obedience by their parents in Disney World.

In the last few months, it seems that good Guest behavior at the Disney Parks and Resorts has been in somewhat of a decline. From Guests flashing their bare chests on Disney’s Skyliner to hopping out of ride vehicles, Guests have taken quite a few rules and turned them into mere suggestions.

Inside the Magic recently reported on a shocking incident that took place Friday evening, with multiple adult Disney World Guests lounging in a fountain. A video was taken of the incident, which took place in the World Showcase section of EPCOT at Walt Disney World. The group shown in the video has now been identified as a cheer team.

According to other outlets, the adults were parents of cheerleaders who were visiting from Canada. The group was there to participate in Cheerleading Worlds 2023. It’s extremely common to see cheer groups at Walt Disney World, especially in the warmer months.

Unfortunately, the group was disqualified from the competition due to the behavior exhibited by the parents. The video went viral on TikTok and now has over one million views:

@magicbyshana

♬ Oh No – Kreepa

Perfect Storm Athletics stated that they are disappointed in what they saw as a company and issued the following statement:

We are aware of this situation and have spoken to the individuals involved. We absolutely do not condone this behavior and are very disappointed. We will be addressing our code of conduct forms these parents signed about behaviour involving anything Perfect Storm Athletics is a part of. 

t’s critical that Guests follow the rules laid out by Disney, not only to ensure their own safety but the safety of other guests and Cast Members as well.

Disney Attraction Destroyed, Canceled Indefinitely

Posted on by Mathew Corn Disney Parks

Via InsideTheMagic.net

An entire section of Disneyland has been destroyed following a devastating accident.

As we’re sure you’re already aware, a massive fire broke out during Saturday night’s performance of Fantasmic at the Disneyland Resort. Hundreds of videos and photos spread online of the incident giving us multiple views and angles of the devastating accident. Flames quickly overtook the Melafeicent dragon during the show, leaving Guests stunned.

The direct cause of the fire is still under investigation. This was by far one of the worst accidents we’ve seen take place at Disney, with video footage of the fire leaving us speechless. Guests could see the flames and smoke from around the entire Park, with some catching glimpses of it as they barreled down the drop on Splash Mountain.

The fire was devastating and essentially left the dragon animatronic destroyed. New photos show the totality of damage on “Murphy,” the dragon:

Murphy is almost completely gone. #Disneyland Fire still on site. No damage to the rest of the area from our view

As you can see below, what’s left of the figure has been covered with tarps:

Work has already started fixing the #fantasmic stage at #Disneyland #disneylandfire

In some of the Guest footage, you can see fluid leaking out of the dragon well before he caught on fire. It’s believed that this is what caused the fire to take place.

It’s important to note also that Tom Sawyer Island has been closed as a result of this fire. Fantasmic! takes place at both Disneyland and Walt Disney World. At the time of publishing this article, all performances of Fantasmic! have been canceled.

We aren’t sure how long Fantasmic! will be down for, but it’s safe to assume we won’t be seeing the dragon anytime soon. This accident also prompted Disney to halt all use of pyrotechnics throughout its Parks and Resorts, though this was later changed to only affect very little.