Theme park news: $1 billion resort near Disney World / Disneyland COVID-19 vaccine / ‘Soul’ exhibit
At full build-out, the $1 billion resort will offer 10,000 bedrooms across a variety of properties.
Disney World hotel guests are losing perks, but travel agents don’t expect off-site exodus
Travel agents said guests will learn to live without Magical Express when the service ends in 2022.
Theme parks news: Kings Island resort / Knott’s shops / No New Year’s Eve events at Disney
The $27 million resort will be called Kings Island Camp Cedar, located less than a mile from the park gates.
Walt Disney World Swan Reserve shows off new views ahead of summer 2021 opening
The 14-story hotel will feature 349 rooms, including 149 suites that offer conference-style seating.
Universal Orlando’s newest hotel makes delayed debut on Dec. 15
The 2,050-room Dockside Inn & Suites was supposed to open in March.
Theme park news: SeaWorld hiring despite layoffs / Animal Kingdom giraffe / Polynesian entrance
The open jobs include positions for which SeaWorld had recently permanently laid off furloughed employees.
Theme park news: California reopening push / SeaWorld San Diego Halloween / Swan & Dolphin layoffs
California cities want Gov. Newsom to allow theme parks in the ste to reopen, and the parks themselves are becoming more critical of the governor.
Nearly 1300 more Universal Orlando hotel workers are being laid off
Additional notices filed with the state of Florida bring the total number of affected workers to 2,306.
Disney World news: Discovery Island manhunt / Disney outlets reopening / Polynesian Resort
Videos obtained by WKMG-TV offer a glimpse at Disney World’s abandoned Discovery Island when police searched for a trespasser in April.