More Character Dining to Return to Disney World This Fall

Posted on by Mathew Corn Disney Dining, Disney Parks, Disney Resorts

Characters are coming back to Walt Disney World, and we’re so excited. After announcing the return of a few meet and greets returning this July and more to come “in the coming months,” Disney has now announced the return of three character dining meals! 

From a Disney Cast Member;

Do you love interacting with characters? Have you been waiting patiently for that special hug as you feast on delicious eats? Well, you’re in luck because the time has come for even more character dining experiences to make their grand return!

Across Walt Disney World, some of our guest-favorite restaurants are gearing up to welcome popular pals back, including Stitch for breakfast at ‘Ohana at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, Minnie and her friends for breakfast at Cape May Café at Disney’s Beach Club Resort, and Winnie the Pooh and friends at The Crystal Palace in Magic Kingdom Park for both lunch and dinner.

Get ready for some hugs, laughs, and lasting memories because here are the places getting character dining back soon!

Let’s start with a trip to Magic Kingdom Park, where there are some special characters coming back for a friendship celebration nestled within Main Street, U.S.A. On September 20, some friends from the Hundred Acre Wood will be rejoining the celebratory feasting for lunch and dinner at The Crystal Palace: A Buffet with Characters featuring Winnie the Pooh and Friends. This greenhouse-inspired beauty is the perfect place to spend your day with some hugs and a feast, with options like Carved Prime Rib, Seasonal Ravioli, and Peel & Eat Shrimp.

At Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, get ready for some relaxing vibes as you treat yourself to some breakfast classics at the ‘Ohana Best Friends Breakfast featuring Lilo and Stitch, coming back on September 27! Nothing beats getting some love from everyone’s favorite mischievous friend, Stitch, to start off your day. Get your hugs in as you enjoy tasty treats like the Pineapple Coconut Breakfast Bread and Mickey Waffles and sip on the iconic Lilikoi Juice and the yummy Moana Smoothie.

Over at Disney’s Beach Club Resort, you’ll find Cape May Café, a New-England inspired spot serving up some tasty eats in an all-you-care-to-enjoy buffet! On October 4, the Cape May Café Minnie’s Beach Bash Breakfast will be making its exciting return. Have some fun with Disney friends as you enjoy your morning favorites at this feast, including the mouthwatering Salted Caramel “Beach Buns.” And what breakfast is complete without the famous Mickey and Minnie Waffles? Fuel up for your day the right way with these unforgettable characters and dishes.

I hope you’re excited for these exciting updates that will let you indulge in an all-you-care-to-enjoy fare and meet some of your favorite characters once again! These character dining locations join other newly returned experiences, like the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue and Chip ‘N Dale’s Campfire Sing-A-Long at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground.

To book reservations, go to the Walt Disney World Resort website or the My Disney Experience mobile app.

Top of the World Lounge at Contemporary Resort Reopening Soon

Posted on by Mathew Corn Disney Dining, Disney Resorts, Magic Kingdom

Popular among Disney Vacation Club Members, the Top of the World Lounge at Disney’s Contemporary Resort is finally reopening in July after being closed since March 2020.

From a Disney Cast Member;

This summer marks the return of one of Disney Vacation Club Members’ favorite places around the neighborhood: the Top of the World Lounge atop Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort.

On July 11, the lounge will officially reopen to *eligible members, which upon closer inspection, reveals a few new details.

Though long gone by now, it seems our Disney Villains briefly settled in while the lounge was closed, leaving behind a few infamous portraits and accessories.

Our cast embraced this latest chapter in the lounge’s ongoing story by creating a new, Villain-inspired menu of fiendish fare – from “Cherna-Board” of meats and cheeses and herb-roasted “Unfortunate Souls Shrimp” to “Lair-Made Hummus” and “Who’s Afraid of Pork Belly Sliders” – paired with cleverly named cocktails like “The Other Side,” “The Underworld” and “Mirror Mirror Moonshine.”

Like the villains who lounged before you, toast to your travels and relish in rebellious recipes while swapping stories of wicked fun and plotting your next (vacation) escape before capping the evening with a rooftop viewing of the “Disney Enchantment” nighttime spectacular at Magic Kingdom Park.

Welcome home to Top of the World Lounge – A Villains Lair. For the most current information on operating hours and upcoming events exclusive to *eligible Members, please visit DisneyVacationClub.com.

*Ownership interests must be purchased directly from Disney Vacation Club Development, Inc. in order to have access to this offer. These options are part of Membership Extras, which are incidental benefits subject to availability, change or termination. Access to Top of the World Lounge requires a valid photo ID, digital Disney Vacation Club Membership Card and Walt Disney World Resort hotel reservation.

Disney World opens brand-new Disney Vacation Club Resort Villas

Posted on by Mathew Corn Disney Resorts

The Walt Disney World Resort has just added 200 gorgeous new villas to its growing number of Guest rooms and available accommodations in Central Florida.

Only days ago, Disney announced the opening of a new expansion of the Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. The new addition encompasses 200 new rooms, offering Guests several choices in accommodations and floor plans.

The new expansion at Disney’s Grand Floridian includes one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom villas which can sleep up to 12 adults. According to the Walt Disney World website, each villa offers a wide range of features and amenities, including:

  • A fully-equipped kitchen, so you can prepare meals and snacks from the comfort of your villa
  • Spacious living and dining areas where your family can share even more quality time together after you return from the parks
  • Separate bedrooms that offer space, privacy, and tranquility – so it’s easy to rest, relax and recharge your spirit after each exhilarating vacation day
  • A washer and dryer, so you can pack lightly and always have fresh, clean clothes
Two queen beds with a night stand across from a sofa and a dresser with a TV

The new villas also feature theming from everyone’s favorite practically perfect nanny.

“The storyline we have going through with the live-action from Mary Poppins – there’s just a lot of hidden elements Guests can find as they go through,” said Shawn Moore, a Design Manager at Disney World.

mary poppins decor grand floridian resort disney

The newly-opened villas are beautiful and still offer the same ease of access to the parks at Walt Disney World that Guests are used to at the Grand Floridian Resort. Each villa also gives Guests a spectacular view of the nighttime fireworks and projection show at Cinderella Castle.

Disney World welcomes Guests to experience the beauty and magic of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa on its official website:

disney grand floridian villas balcony

Revel in Victorian-style splendor and enjoy the comforts of home at this elegant Disney Resort hotel. Stay in a stately deluxe studio or multi-bedroom villa. Indulge in a luxurious massage at the full-service spa or receive a grooming service in the salon. Unwind outdoors as evening fireworks light up the sky over Cinderella Castle. Just one stop from Magic Kingdom Park on the complimentary Resort Monorail, this timeless marvel evokes Palm Beach’s golden era.

BoardWalk Fall Lawsuit Filed Against Disney

Posted on by Mathew Corn Disney Parks, Disney Resorts

The Walt Disney Company is a massive corporation that employs hundreds of thousands of people, and Walt Disney World is a huge Resort that welcomes millions of visitors per year. Due to this, Disney is constantly dealing with lawsuits filed by Guests who visited The Most Magical Place on Earth. Guests will sue for various things and sometimes Disney will quietly settle and pay medical expenses and other times the cases are dropped as Disney proves they are not close to being at fault.

Recently, a woman filed a lawsuit against The House of Mouse for a fall that she took while visiting Disney’s BoardWalk. The woman claims that the injury happened in October 2020 — just a few months after Walt Disney World Resort reopened after its pandemic closure — but she filed the lawsuit earlier this year with the Orange County Court.

Disney’s BoardWalk can be found in the EPCOT resort area and can take Guests to both EPCOT and Hollywood Studios. The BoardWalk is home to Disney’s BoardWalk Inn, a number of delicious restaurants like Flying Fish Café, and fun activities for families. Guests can also walk around Crescent Lake and get to Disney’s Yacht Club and the Beach Club.

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According to the defendant’s lawsuit:

On or about October 19, 2020, the Plaintiff was an invitee at the aforementioned Boardwalk Resort owned, managed, controlled and/or maintained by Defendant when Plaintiff tripped and fell over decaying woods beams and uneven walking surface where the wooden boardwalk met the concrete walkway.

As a direct and proximate result of the Defendant’s breach of its duties, [the Plaintiff] suffered bodily injury and resulting pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, aggravation of a pre-existing condition, mental anguish, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, expense of hospitalization, medical and nursing care and treatment, loss of earnings, and loss of ability to earn money. The losses are either permanent or continuing and Plaintiff shall suffer the losses in the future.

The plaintiff is suing Disney Vacation Club Management and claiming negligence on DVC Management’s part. The plaintiff claims that the company was negligent in the following ways:

a. Creating the condition which caused Plaintiff’s injury;
b. Failing to timely and properly inspect its property for potentially dangerous or
unsafe conditions, including the one previously alleged; and
c. Failing to warn the Plaintiff of an unreasonably dangerous condition;
d. Failing to exercise reasonable care in the maintenance, inspection, repair, or
warning of the premises;
e. Failing to provide adequate and reasonable maintenance of the property,
including but not limited to any fixtures;
f. Failing to provide proper lighting on the subject premises;
g. Failing to provide reasonably safe premises in other ways which may be
determined through discovery.

The woman and Disney Vacation Club Management are still currently in litigation on the lawsuit.

This is not the first injury lawsuit filed recently against Disney. A woman slipped and fell at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort in 2020 and died of blunt force trauma, and her cousin is suing Disney. Another family filed a lawsuit on behalf of their young son, who injured his hand on a metal sign at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports and had to have several fingers amputated.

Caribbean Beach

Another woman who is suing Disney claims that she went down a Disney World hotel slide, hit the bottom of the pool, and now suffers injuries that will last the rest of her life. A different woman has decided to sue Disney, claiming she was injured when an electric scooter ran into her while she was in a Park. Anyone can rent a scooter at a Disney Park, so scooter injury lawsuits are not all that uncommon.

Disney’s practice is to not comment on pending litigation.

Popular Chip and Dale Activity Returning July 6

Posted on by Mathew Corn Disney Resorts

It has been just about two years since the Walt Disney World Resort reopened after its forced pandemic closure, and the theme parks are nearly back to the way they were before the pandemic. Masks are no longer required, multiple dining buffets are back or coming back, and character meet and greets are back to normal. While many things have returned to Disney World, there are a number of things that Guests have anxiously been waiting on for years, and now, we can announce one of them is coming back very soon.

One of the more overlooked Resort hotels at Walt Disney World is Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground. At Fort Wilderness, Guests can not only stay in their own RV if they want, but they can also book a gorgeous room that makes them feel like they are in the heart of frontier living. While it may not be considered one of the most popular Resorts for some Guests, it does have some of the most popular dining and activity spots on Disney property.

Fort Wilderness

Disney’s Fort Wilderness is home to both the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue and Chip ‘n Dale’s Campfire Sing-A-Long. Disney had shared a few weeks ago that the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue will return on June 23, but had remained quiet on the Chip ‘n Dale Sing-A-Long. Until now. Disney has finally revealed that the Campfire Sing-A-Long will return in less than two weeks, on July 6!

Hoop Dee Doo

If you are unfamiliar with Chip ‘n Dale’s Campfire Sing-A-Long, here is more information on the fun event from the Walt Disney World website:

S’More Fun

Roast marshmallows, sing songs and share hugs with Chip ‘n’ Dale!

Bring your own marshmallows and sticks, or purchase a s’mores kit from the Chuckwagon Snack Bar. After you enjoy the gooey goodness, croon along to old-time favorites led by a guitar-playing cowboy, as Chip ‘n Dale visit for photos, autographs, smiles and fun.

Campground Cinema

After the cowboy sing-along, cozy up for a classic Disney movie in a theater under the stars.

As night falls, the fun moves toward the giant screen, where cowpokes of all ages can delight in a favorite Disney movie shown in the fresh evening air. Bring camping chairs and blankets or sit on the benches provided.

The campfire sing-along and outdoor movie are complimentary and held nightly as weather permits. Movies and entertainment are subject to cancellation or change at any time and without notice.

Chip 'n Dale Campfire Sing a long

If you have any questions about Chip ‘n Dale’s Campfire Sing-A-Long, you can call Disney by calling them, chatting with them on the Walt Disney World Resort website, or messaging them on the My Disney Experience app.