Do you have any younger siblings in strollers? If so, then you may want to pay attention to this blog article.
Disney announced they are banning oversized strollers. They have to be no larger than 31 inches wide and 52 inches long. Stroller wagons are also banned. This new rule is also for Disney water parks and the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Florida.
Recently the Walt Disney Company announced the opening dates for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland and Hollywood Studios! Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will open in Disney World’s Hollywood Studios on August 29 and in Disneyland on May 21. I can’t wait for it to open!
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run will be open on August 29 in Hollywood Studios but Rise of the Resistance will not and will open later this year. In Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run you will get to be the pilot of the Millennium Falcon! The height restriction for this ride is 38 inches. When Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance opens, the height restriction will be 40 inches.
Disney World just announced a new offer for free dining! This offer is for stays between July 5, 2019 and September 30, 2019. You must sign up for the free dining offer and stay for a minimum of 4 nights. (That’s enough time to go to all 4 parks!). If you stay at a Disney Value or Moderate resort you get the Disney Quick Service Dining Plan for free. The resorts that qualify for this offer are:
Value Resorts: The Art of Animation suites, All-Star Music, Pop Century and All-Star Sports.
Moderate Resorts: Port Orleans Riverside, Caribbean Beach Resort, Ft. Wilderness Cabins and Coronado Springs.
If you stay at a Disney Deluxe resort, you get the Disney Regular Dining Plan for free. The resorts that qualify for this offer are:
Deluxe and Villas: Grand Floridian, Old Key West, Beach Club Resort and Villas, Yacht Club, Animal Kingdom Lodge and Villas, Boardwalk Inn and Villas, Saratoga Springs Resort.
This is the perfect time to go to Disney World since the dining is FREE!!! For more information, please visit Disney Free Dining Offer!
Jedi Training is a Star Wars show at Hollywood Studios that you can be a part of and you even get to wear a Jedi robe! Only kids between the ages of four and twelve are allowed to participate and attempt to complete the Trials of the Temple.
To complete the Trials of the Temple, you will be trained as a Jedi and then must fight a Sith with a lightsaber. The Jedi Masters instruct you how to use your lightsaber and teach you how to fight the Sith. It’s really fun!
On my last two Disney World trips I had to go against Kylo Ren and last year I had to fight Darth Vader. Kylo Ren was trying to use the force on me to read my mind! It was scary! Once everyone is done dueling you take off your Jedi robes and get a badge. Most recently they gave me a water bottle afterwards, which helps in the summer time. This is a super fun and exciting activity!
Okay, let’s be honest! Not all the rides at Disney World take ten seconds to get on. Fastpasses can help shorten the wait times, but sometimes you don’t have a Fastpass for a ride. New rides or rides that are just very popular can take over an hour and it can become boring having to wait. Trust me, I had to wait over an hour to get on Space Mountain on my last trip.
I am going to tell you the faster way to let the time fly by. Downloading the Play Disney Parks App! This app is free and is full of games. Most of the games on this app only work in the parks or resorts so use your time wisely! When I used the Play Disney Parks App on my iPhone (it is also available on Android devices) it helped keep me occupied. You can also try quizzes or quiz a family member. The Play Disney Parks App for Space Mountain has secret codes and ship races! I also used this app while I was waiting to get on Alien Swirling Saucers. It was super fun playing with my brother! We took pictures and put on silly glasses and wigs on the pictures. So if you want the time to pass while you are waiting in line GET THIS APP!
Toy Story Mania! is in Toy Story Land, located in Hollywood Studios. It is a ride where you wear 3D glasses and shoot arrows, rings and other objects at lots of different targets. You sit two people side by side. The one who gets the most points wins. I usually don’t get the most points, but my accuracy is usually better.
What I Don’t Like About It
When the ride is changing from one screen to another, it whips you around. Besides that, this ride is great!
Slinky Dog Dash is located in Hollywood Studios in the new Toy Story Land. When you walk into Toy Story Land you feel like a small toy in Andy’s backyard!
Slinky Dog Dash is new and opened in June 2018. It is a roller coaster that is located outside. The ride seems like a small kiddie ride but DON’T be fooled. This ride is FAST! Towards the middle of the ride it speeds up. My favorite parts of the ride are when the ride goes up and when there are about five bumps that make the roller coaster bounce up and down.
What I Don’t Like About It
The ride is outside. Roller coasters that are outside scare me. Seeing all the people below me just freaks me out. This is probably why I enjoy Space Mountain so much.
Star Tours is a ride at Hollywood Studios based on Star Wars. You and C3PO have to escape from Darth Vader or the First Order. Oh no! They are looking for the rebel spy on your ship (they flash a picture of a random person on the ride who is the “rebel”). Every time you go on Star Tours it’s different, meaning that if you first saw Darth Vader, the next time your ride you might see the First Order.
What I Don’t Like About It
When the doors open for you to exit, the other doors for the people to get on the ride open too. If you’re getting off the ride, you can feel stressed and rushed, especially if you have had to store your bag underneath the seat and you have to get it out. It will be okay! If you hold up the line, it is not the end of the world.