On the heels of the new resort security measures we reported this morning, it appears that DVC resorts are also implementing some changes that may be related. In an email sent today to Disney Vacation Club members, a change to the longstanding policy of trash removal every fourth day was announced: Your in-room experience has … Read more
Beginning with the three monorail resorts near the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World Resort Hotels will no longer provide guests with “Do Not Disturb” signs to put on their doors. The signs will be replaced with “Room Occupied” signs that will notify cast members that guests are in the rooms. However, these guests will be … Read more
As we reported earlier this week, rumors were indicating that the Magic Kingdom would be moving its security checkpoints further out. Well, it appears that construction has begun on the new checkpoints for guests on watercraft and busses. This screening area will likely be for guests coming off of the Walt Disney World busses. The … Read more
It seems as though Disney may be trying to create a better guest flow at the entrance of the Magic Kingdom by moving the security perimeter of the park further out. If all goes according to rumored plans, guests parking at the Transportation and Ticket Center will go through security bag check and metal detectors … Read more
Our latest photo report brings us to Epcot for the Festival of the Arts, new merchandise, and more! It’s a Zoo Out There A slew of new open edition pins were released recently, including Zootopia and compact mirror designs. There is no actual mirror in these pins, but the silver works sort of like one. … Read more
Disneyland Reporter Conner Purzycki brings us back to the Disneyland Resort to see all that is new and exciting in his latest photo report. The Rivers of America are taking shape quickly, the tarps are growing on Tower of Terror, and a security shake-up of massive proportions is underway at the Resort, so let’s check … Read more
From the OC Register: ANAHEIM – Disney is moving one of its security checkpoints so that Downtown Disney is pulled inside its secured area. The move was expected to be completed by year’s end. “We are moving the location of our bag-check and metal detectors to the point where guests enter our property through Downtown … Read more
Following Monday’s incident where a Louisiana man attempted to bring a loaded gun into Epcot, Walt Disney World Security has altered the way in which they are screening guests entering the park. At Disney’s Hollywood Studios, guests without bags are now being directed down a new route where they are forced to be screened a … Read more
French radio station France Info is reporting that a 28-year-old man not known to Disneyland Paris’s security services is being held after trying to enter Hotel New York at Disneyland Paris whilst carrying two firearms. Another radio broadcaster reports that the man was carrying two low-calibre weapons, cartridges and a Qur’an. This has not been confirmed … Read more
An unfortunate sign of the times, coupled with recent domestic and international acts of terrorism, has led the Walt Disney Company to decide to install metal detectors at the front gates of its US parks, at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland. After a man tried to enter the Magic Kingdom with a gun last week, … Read more