A plumbing failure at Disney’s Boardwalk Villas caused a water leak that resulted in flooding and drywall damage to multiple resort rooms. The leak happened between the second and third floors of the Disney Vacation Club Villas around 4am on Saturday, February 20th.
According to a post in a Disney Vacation Club Facebook group, sources stated that over 2 inches of standing water flooded multiple villas. The leak triggered the resort’s fire alarm system and emergency services quickly arrived at the scene.
The since-deleted Facebook post included images of seemingly severe ceiling damage, drywall damage, and standing water inside a resort villa. Industrial fans were spotted today to help repair the damage on both the first and second floor.
Disney has not made a public statement on the details surrounding the incident.
We previously shared the exciting news that Walt Disney World announced details surrounding their 50th Anniversary celebration. One of the most exciting parts of the announcement is that the celebration is going to last a full 18 MONTHS!
Walt Disney World first opened their gates to guests on October 1, 1971, so it’s only appropriate that the celebration begins on the official date of the 50th Anniversary, October 1, 2021. If you aren’t able to make it on October 1, the rest of 2021, or even 2022… you’ll still have a chance to celebrate in 2023. With an 18-month celebration, you can expect the party to keep on rolling through April 2023!
This 18-month celebratory event will feature new experiences at the resort’s four theme parks and beyond, where shimmering EARidescent décor will appear as if by magic. Shining at the center of it all will be Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom Park, which will add to its royal makeover from 2020 with new gold bunting, sparkling golden embellishments and other new enhancements, including a 50th anniversary crest warmly welcoming guests to the join the festivities.
Big news coming out of Walt Disney World today! The 2022 Walt Disney World Resort vacation packages and tickets are now available. Keep in mind, packages and promotion may be confusing to navigate. This is a great time to use a Magical Vacation Planner to ensure you receive the best price for these 2022 packages. For a no obligation, FREE Quote with new bookings and to learn more about each of these special promotions, contact Magical Vacation Planner by CLICKING HERE so you can start planning your Walt Disney World vacation today!
As shared by Disney: 2022 Walt Disney World Resort vacation packages are now available to book!We know many guests are looking to book future vacations, so today we’re giving guests a head start on planning as they can now book 2022 Walt Disney World Resort vacation packages. Guest check-in date cannot be more than 500 days in the future. Disney Vacation Club Resorts are available for booking on a rolling 11-month schedule. Disney Dining packages remain unavailable at this time.
As a reminder, the Magical Express will no longer be available beginning January 1, 2022. Some Disney Resorts have remained closed. Any resort currently closed is unavailable for bookings, although the hope is more resorts will open in the future!
Disney’s Key to the World cards can operate as a room key, park ticket, and credit card all in one. Though Walt Disney World has rarely used Key to the World cards since the introduction of MagicBands, they are still available, but now with new designs!
This new set of cards each feature a different one of the Sensational Six: Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Donald, or Daisy. The cards also each say “The Most Magical Place on Earth” beneath the Walt Disney World logo.
With MagicBands no longer being given to resort guests for free, Disney decided it was a good time to update the design of the long-existing cards. The distribution of the cards will likely be a more common occurrence given the policy change.
Pop Warner’s annual Super Bowl and National Cheer and Dance Championships is typically held at Walt Disney World. They have announced they will be moving down the road and partnering with Florida Citrus Sports to make Universal Orlando Resorts and Camping World Stadium the new home of Pop Warner national championship week.
As report on Pop Warner’s website: Pop Warner Little Scholars, the nation’s oldest and most prominent youth football organization, and Florida Citrus Sports announced that Orlando will continue to play host to the historic Pop Warner Super Bowl and Cheer & Dance National Championships, which combine to draw 10,000 Pop Warner student athletes and their families from around the country and internationally each December. Under the new long-term agreement, the 60,000-seat Camping World Stadium, which has hosted the NFL Pro Bowl and major college bowl games, will be the feature field during the Pop Warner Super Bowl. Additional games and practices will be held on fields on the expanded stadium campus in Orlando. Universal Orlando Resort will be the new host to Pop Warner families staying in Orlando and the award-winning theme park destination will host the spectacular Pop Warner party during championship week.
Why is Pop Warner’s Super Bowl and National Cheer and Dance Championships switching from Disney to Universal Orlando Resorts and Camping World Stadium?
A: We continue to have a great relationship with Disney and are sure families will visit the parks that week. While Disney has played host to our Pop Warner Super Bowl and National Cheer & Dance Championships for years, our partnership regarding championship week came to a pause when the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020. We were putting final touches on a new agreement when Disney was suddenly tasked with hosting and creating a bubble for professional leagues like the MLS and NBA at their ESPN Wide World of Sports complex. With so much uncertainty it was difficult for Disney to commit to the future and because our first priority is our Pop Warner members, we decided to start searching for a new location to ensure our teams had a first-class Championship home. Luckily, we did not have to look far and found a highly experienced and well-respected partner in Florida Citrus Sports and an exciting new location at Universal Orlando Resorts and Camping World Stadium, both of which we think will offer some amazing, new experiences for our athletes and their families.
