Our house, is definetly one of those that loves to do DIY projects and crafts. Around the holidays we love making or designing our own decorations. These Ceramic Disney Pumpkins by CERAMICSBYJAN on Etsy are a wonderful project for creating your own Halloween Disney decor!
These Disney Pumpkins are poured, cleaned, fired, unpainted and ready for you to paint. You can also have this little guy glazed at a ceramics shop. The pumpkin is approximately 7 inches wide from ear to ear and 6 inches tall. What I also really love, is this piece has a hole in the bottom for lighting options. The Etsy shop even sells Corded bulb with switch and clip so you can get everything at one time. These make a great solo or family project and with a blank canvas your decorating possibilities are endless!
What ideas do you have for these Ceramic Disney Pumpkins? I think I would need 2, one for a classic Mickey pumpkin, and another to get really creative with!
Disneyland currently has three resort hotels on Disney property, Disneyland Hotel, Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel, and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel, which can make for slim pickings if you wait too long to book your Disneyland vacation. Fortunately, there are many Disneyland hotel options surrounding the Disneyland Resort. These hotel options make it easy to stay off property, but in close proximity to the parks.
Next week, on September 13th, the Wincome Group will break ground on a new luxury resort in Anaheim, Ca. The group plans to tear down the Anabella Hotel, located near the Anaheim Convention Center, and build the new four diamond rated Westin Hotel. The luxury resort is expected to be completed by 2019, once finished it will be the only four diamond resort in Anaheim not on Disney property.
The 42,000 square foot will be comprised of 613 room, 101 suites, 3 restaurants, 11 meeting rooms, and a pool & roof-top lounge. Standard room rates are expected to range from $275.00 – $325.00 a night. Not only will the resort bring Anaheim a non-Disney luxury resort option, the hotel is expected to bring in 600 employees, of which 450 are said to be full-time.
What do you think of having an off-property luxury resort option in Anaheim?
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If you’re still looking for some not so scary Disney Halloween decorations for your yard, look no further! These Mickey & Minnie Disney Yard Stakes are perfect for adding a touch of Halloween and Disney, with easy set up.
The Mickey & Minnie Yard Stakes are the perfect lawn decoration for any Disney fan. Trick or Treaters will love Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse in their costumes. These yard stakes are made of waterproof plastic and are great for putting in the garden, along pathways and in front of your house. The Mickey Mouse sign measures 15″ x 14″ and the Minnie Mouse sign measures 17″ x 14″.
As Hurricane Irma approaches the coast of Florida we have all been anxiously watching. It is now Official, Walt Disney World will begin closing all parks Theme Parks tomorrow in anticipation of the storm’s arrival.
Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios will be closing at 7 P.M. Saturday. Magic Kingdom and Epcot will be closing at 9 P.M. on Saturday. The parks are closed until Monday, with reopening on Tuesday. All evening shows will be cancelled for Saturday night as well. Disney Springs will also be closing at 9 p.m. on Saturday, and reopening Tuesday.
We hope that everyone stays safe during this storm, and please heed all local advisories if you are in the storm’s path.
For all of the Walt Disney World Hurricane Irma updates you can visit our Hurricane Info page here.
Due to the expected impacts of Hurricane Irma, Universal Orlando Resort will be closing at 7pm Saturday, September 9. They will remain closed on Sunday and Monday and are anticipating normal operating hours on Tuesday September 12.
Guests can contact Universal Orlando Resort to reschedule or cancel their Universal Parks & Resorts Vacations hotel accommodations and Universal Orlando theme park tickets (booked directly with Universal Parks and Resorts) without any cancellation or change fees imposed.
If you have additional questions or need to change or cancel your travel plans, please contact a member of their Guest Contact Center team by calling 800-407-4275 or emailing [email protected].
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Well here’s some good news to come from Hurricane Irma’s impending arrival. The threat of the Hurricane has caused Hollywood Studios to remove the walls or “scrims” around the new Grand Avenue area at Hollywood Studios. Thus, we have our first look at the new area.
With walls down, most likely because of Irma, we can get a first look at the new Grand Avenue area at Hollywood Studios: ?: @maddie_odairpic.twitter.com/uGm8HoXlYR
Looks pretty awesome! Can’t wait for it and all of the other new attractions at Hollywood Studios to open!
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Sea World, Busch gardens Tampa Bay have just released the following statement ahead of Hurricane Irma :
To ensure the safety of our guests, ambassadors and animals during the expected impact from Hurricane Irma, SeaWorld Orlando, Aquatica Orlando, Discovery Cove, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Adventure Island will be adjusting schedules as follows:
SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay are currently planning to close by 5 pm ET on Saturday, Sept. 9, pending further updates as we monitor the storm. Both parks will remain closed on Sunday, Sept. 10 and Monday, Sept. 11. Aquatica Orlando and Adventure Island will be closed on Saturday, Sept. 9, through Monday, Sept. 11. Discovery Cove will be closed on Sunday, Sept. 10 and Monday, Sept. 11.
We have comprehensive weather preparedness plans, and security and zoological staff will remain on property in secure locations as we monitor the storm. We’re also providing support and temporary housing for animals from other zoological facilities in coastal areas expected to have greater impact. Guests are encouraged to check our websites and follow our social media channels for more updates.
Due to the projected path of Hurricane Irma, SeaWorld Orlando, Discovery Cove, Aquatica Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay have enacted our Named Storm Policy, also known as the “Peace of Mind” Policy, effective immediately. The parks are rescheduling or refunding any vacation package or individual park tickets booked through SeaWorld Vacations, Busch Gardens Vacations, DiscoveryCove.com, SeaWorld.com, BuschGardens.com, or the contact center. The parks will not apply any cancellation or change fees for this service.
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Disney World is starting to reveal the fantastic details of its Christmas 2017 celebrations including a series of fun Holiday-themed enhancements over at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Dubbed the “Flurry of Fun” plans for this year’s Hollywood Studios’ Christmas festivities include:
Sunset Seasons Greetings – In addition to the return of the much loved Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! evening show featuring state-of-the-art projections, pyrotechnics and dazzling special effects, Hollywood Studios will also be offering another projection show on Sunset Boulevard including the Hollywood Tower Hotel. Highlights of the show will include a projection show on the Tower featuring Toy Stoy characters, Minnie and Minnie in a Norman Rockwell-inspired vignette, The Muppets as well as everyone’s favorite snowman Olaf! The show will run each evening from November 9th until December 31st.
Olaf to Appear in For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration – In a special holiday treat for Frozen fans, Olaf will also be joining the other much-loved characters at the singalong. The holiday version of the show will feature Disney’s new animated short film “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” which will culminate in an appearance by Olaf himself!
New Echo Lake Christmas Decorations – This holiday season, the Echo Lake area of Hollywood Studios will also receive a Christmas inspired facelift which will include a colossal Christmas tree, giant ornaments and most importantly a special Santa hat for Gertie the Dinosaur.
We hope you are as excited as we are about seeing all of these wonderful Christmas transformations take place not only at Hollywood Studios but throughout Walt Disney World Resort.
Readers are encouraged to keep following along with Chip and Co for the latest news and updates regarding Christmas at Disney.
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Hurricane Irma officially made landfall in the lower Florida Keys this morning and is now tracking North towards the Tampa Bay area. Winds began to pick up in the Orlando/Disney World area yesterday and will continue to do so as the worst from the storm is expected overnight in Central Florida. Hurricane Irma is currently still a Category 4 Hurricane and packing winds up to 130 miles per hour. The eye of the storm is currently 80 miles SSE of Naples, FL.
The parks at Disney World are closed and are scheduled to be so through tomorrow, Monday, September 11. Guests are advised to hunker down in their resorts to ride out the storm. Cast Members are taking great care of guests who have evacuated from the storm and/or are currently stranded inside the resorts. Characters have been spotted at several of the resorts and extra activities have been planned for guests to pass the time.
It’s so crazy to see all the parks closed in the middle of a Sunday!
Image: My Disney Experience
Reports indicate that around a million people are without power in the state of Florida. Most of the outages are concentrated to the southern part of the state including the Florida Keys, Miami-Dade County, and Broward County. No outages have been reported at Disney World at this time.
Keep following along as we will continue to post all the latest Hurricane Irma and Disney World updates!
Updated September 9, 2017 at 12:00 pm EST
Cancellations and Closures:
Disney’s Blizzard Beach® Water Park: Closed as of Friday, 9/8 – Monday, 9/11
Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon® Water Park: Closing Saturday 9/9 at 5 p.m. – Monday, 9/11
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex: Closed on Saturday, 9/9 – Monday, 9/11
Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park: Closing on Saturday, 9/9 at 7 p.m. – Monday, 9/11
Disney’s Hollywood Studios®: Closing on Saturday, 9/9 at 7 p.m. – Monday, 9/11
Epcot®: Closing on Saturday, 9/9 at 9 p.m. – Monday, 9/11
The Saturday, 9/9 Illuminations: Reflections of Earth performance is canceled.
Magic Kingdom® Park: Closing on Saturday, 9/9 at 9 p.m..
The Saturday, 9/9 Happily Ever After fireworks performance is canceled.
Disney Springs: Closing on Saturday, 9/9 at 9 p.m. – 9/11
La Nouba by Cirque du Soleil 9 p.m. show canceled on Saturday, Sept. 9.
Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort will close Saturday, Sept. 9 at 10 a.m.
Disney’s Vero Beach Resort closed as of Friday, Sept. 7 at 2 p.m.
Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground and Disney’s Saratoga Springs Treehouses will be closed beginning Saturday, Sept. 9 at 2 p.m.
Night of Joy at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex has been canceled on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. The performances on Friday, Sept. 8 will take place as planned.
Guests with tickets for Saturday are welcome to attend Friday’s event instead by exchanging their tickets at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Box Office after 4 p.m. Friday.
Requests for a full refund for either event night will be honored.
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party has been canceled on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. The event will take place as planned on Thursday, Sept. 7. Guests are invited to exchange their Sunday, Sept. 10 event tickets for one of the following options:
Tickets to attend another Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party
Tickets to attend an upcoming Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party
1-Day Magic Your Way Tickets with Park Hopper Option, to be used within the next 2 years
Receive a full refund for event tickets
Disney Resort Transportation from Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios will end at 8 pm on Saturday, September 9.
Disney Resort Transportation from Epcot and Magic Kingdom will end at 10 pm on Saturday, September 10.
Storm Updates and Impact Orlando
Currently, Hurricane Irma is 90 miles ESE of Cuba and packing winds of 125 miles per hour or a Category 3 Hurricane. Winds did decrease overnight when the storm moved over Cuba but are expected to re-intensify before making landfall somewhere in Florida. Irma is currently moving west at 9 miles per hour.
Currently, there are 30,000 people without power in the state of Florida. Mostly in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Per the following tweet, hundreds of utility trucks have been spotted in the parking lot at Epcot.
Disney’s Blizzard Beach® Water Park: Closed as of Friday, 9/8 – Monday, 9/11
Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon® Water Park: Closing Saturday 9/9 at 5 p.m. – Monday, 9/11
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex: Closed on Saturday, 9/9 – Monday, 9/11
Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park: Closing on Saturday, 9/9 at 7 p.m. – Monday, 9/11
Disney’s Hollywood Studios®: Closing on Saturday, 9/9 at 7 p.m. – Monday, 9/11
Epcot®: Closing on Saturday, 9/9 at 9 p.m. – Monday, 9/11
The Saturday, 9/9 Illuminations: Reflections of Earth performance is canceled.
Magic Kingdom® Park: Closing on Saturday, 9/9 at 9 p.m..
The Saturday, 9/9 Happily Ever After fireworks performance is canceled.
Disney Springs: Closing on Saturday, 9/9 at 9 p.m. – 9/11
La Nouba by Cirque du Soleil 9 p.m. show canceled on Saturday, Sept. 9.
Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort will close Saturday, Sept. 9 at 10 a.m.
Disney’s Vero Beach Resort closed as of Friday, Sept. 7 at 2 p.m.
Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground and Disney’s Saratoga Springs Treehouses will be closed beginning Saturday, Sept. 9 at 2 p.m.
Night of Joy at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex has been canceled on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. The performances on Friday, Sept. 8 will take place as planned.
Guests with tickets for Saturday are welcome to attend Friday’s event instead by exchanging their tickets at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Box Office after 4 p.m. Friday.
Requests for a full refund for either event night will be honored.
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party has been canceled on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. The event will take place as planned on Thursday, Sept. 7. Guests are invited to exchange their Sunday, Sept. 10 event tickets for one of the following options:
Tickets to attend another Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party
Tickets to attend an upcoming Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party
1-Day Magic Your Way Tickets with Park Hopper Option, to be used within the next 2 years
Receive a full refund for event tickets
Updated September 8, 2017 at 3:30 pm EST
Disney World has just announced the falling closures to their parks:
Epcot and Magic Kingdom will be closing at 9 pm on Saturday evening and will remain closed on Sunday and Monday
Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios will be closing at 7 pm on Saturday evening and will also remain closed Sunday and Monday
The folowing nightitme shows are cancelled for Saturday evening: Illuminations, Fantasmic!, Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular, and Rivers of Light
Updated September 8, 2017 at 10:00am EST
Disney has just announced no Advanced Dining Reservations will be accepted for Sunday, September 10 and Monday, September 11. Cancellation fees for reservations have also been waived for this time period.
Port Canaveral will close today, Friday, September 8, at 3 pm EST. No time has been announced for when it will reopen.
Update from Disney Cruise Line for Future Bahamian and Eastern Caribbean Sailings: At this time, there are no changes to other sailings on the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy. However, we continue to closely monitor Hurricane Irma and assess its impact on the ports of call we visit in the Caribbean and Bahamas. Updates regarding any necessary itinerary changes will be posted beginning September 12. While we always strive to deliver magical cruise vacations, nothing is more important to us than providing a safe experience for our guests and crew. We will continue to closely monitor the weather and provide updates as necessary.
Update September 7, 2017 at 5:00pm EST
Disney World will be closing the Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground on Saturday, September 9th. We will have more details on this soon.
Also, Disney World will be canceling their performances of Mickey’s Backyard BBQ and Hoop-Dee-Doo Revue on September 9th, 10th, and 11th.
Disney’s Vero Beach Resort in Vero Beach, FL will close Friday September 8th at 2 p.m
Disney “Spirit of Aloha” dinner show at the Polynesian Village that is scheduled for Saturday, September 9th has been canceled.
The Highway in the Sky Dine Around for September 9th has also been canceled.
Disney’s Hilton Head Island Resort will close on Saturday, September 10th at 10 a.m.
Updated September 7, 2017 at 2:30 pm EST
Updated below under closures and cancellations to add Food & Wine Festival Events, Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party, and Night of Joy Event.
With Hurricane Irma bearing down on the state of Florida right now, Disney World has released an official statement and started to announce closures ahead of the storm.
The following statement was posted by Disney World for Travel Agents this morning at 9 am EST. There is a similar message on the official Disney World consumer site.
Tropical Weather Update
Walt Disney WorldResort is operating under normal conditions. We continue to monitor the path of Hurricane Irma and are taking the necessary steps to ensure the safety of our Guests and Cast Members.
Please CLICK HERE to view the Hurricane Policy for Walt Disney World Resort.
Please note the Disney Reservation Center is currently experiencing heavy call volume. If you need to service a reservation for arrival between now and Sept. 13, 2017, we encourage you to stay on the line. If you need to service a reservation for arrival after Sept. 13, 2017 we recommend using your online booking tool, or call back at a later time.
I also noticed on the official Disney World consumer site that there is a “live chat” option for questions pertaining to Hurricane Irma.
Closures and Cancellations
Disney has announced the following closures. We will keep this list updated as the come in:
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Disney World has just announced a freeze on Advanced Dining Reservations for September 10 and 11 in preparation of Hurricane Irma. No new reservations will be accepted for these two days.
Here is the statement from the Disney World website:
In addition, all Advanced Dining Reservation fees will be waived for Sunday, September 10 and Monday, September 11. So, if you have cancelled or rescheduled a visit to Disney World due to Hurricane Irma’s threat, you do not have to cancel your reservations.
Guests looking to make reservations for any other dates can still do so during this time.
Is Disney freezing ADRs a sign that Disney World will also be closed during these dates? We will continue to monitor the ever-changing situation with the Hurricane.
For a complete list of closures and cancellations at Disney World, please CLICK HERE.
For coverage on the Hurricane Irma, please CLICK HERE.
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For any Disney travelers, planning on braving the storm, please take note of the following airport closure which may drastically affect guests arriving and departing from Orlando this weekend. Orlando International Airport (MCO) announced yesterday that as a result of Hurricane Irma, the airport will be closing at 5 p.m. on September 9, 2017. No details have been released as of yet regarding when the airport is expected to re-open.
During this time all commercial flights will be suspended. In the official announcement issued by Orlando Airport yesterday, they also highlighted the impact that Hurricane Irma will have on arrivals and departures from the airport. For instance:
As of yesterday (September 7, 2017), 24 scheduled flights had been canceled including 13 arrivals and 14 departures.
17 of today’s flights (September 8, 2017) have already been canceled and MCO is expecting this number to go up throughout the day.
As each airline has different policies regarding making changes or alterations to existing bookings affected by Irma, guests are advised to contact their airline directly to discuss options.
Here’s a look at the official tweet issued by Orlando International Airport:
Hurricane #Irma Update – 9/7/17 PM
Following meetings with airline partners, MCO will cease commercial ops at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday, 9/9/17. pic.twitter.com/1ShX6bUCgz
Once the order to cease operations at 5 p.m. tomorrow has started, guests are strongly advised not to visit the Orlando Airport whether it be to wait out the storm or to for shelter.
Readers are encouraged to keep following along with Chip and Co. for the latest Hurricane Irma news and updates.
Due to the expected impacts of Hurricane Irma, the US Coast Guard of the Port (COTP) has set Hurricane “Condition Yankee” for Port of Canaveral. Port Condition Yankee designates that sustained gale force winds are predicted within 24 hrs. Condition Yankee marks the last chance to further prepare Port Canaveral as well as mitigate potential heavy weather threats. Only essential Port personnel will report to work.
As of 3:00 PM today, Port Canaveral will cease all operations and is closed until further notice.
Yesterday the Canaveral Port Authority released all non-essential employees from work at close of business. At 12 Midnight, all non-hurricane Port operations had ceased.
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