Minnie Van Service Expands to Animal Kingdom Lodge:
Beginning today guests staying at Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge at both Kidani Village and Jambo House will now be able to utilize the Minnie Van service. Guests can activate the service by visiting the front desk at the resort.
The service began a few weeks ago after its announcement at the D23 Expo at Disney Yacht & Beach Club and Disney's Boardwalk. Last week, the service had successfully expanded for the first time at Disney's Wilderness Lodge.
Disney's Minnie Van service is a point-to-point transportation service that costs $20 per ride through the Lyft app. The service is expected to expanded throughout the Walt Disney World in the coming weeks and months.
Cinderella's Royal Table Closing for Short Refurbishment in 2018:
Cinderella's Royal Table will close for a short refurbishment next year in 2018. The restaurant inside Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom will close between February 28 through March 2. The restaurant and reservations are open for March 3.
The new DuckTales series will premiere in Summer 2017 on Disney XD. Today, we learned who will voice our favorite returning characters when the series premieres. A video was also released of the new cast singing the famous theme song from the series.
"The trio of troublemakers, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, will be voiced by Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz, and Bobby Moynihan, respectively. David Tennant joins the cast as Scrooge McDuck, with Beck Bennett voicing his pilot, Launchpad McQuack. Mrs. Beakley (Toks Olagundoye) and Webby Vanderquack (Kate Micucci) are back, and DuckTales devotees will be happy to know that favorite characters like Donald Duck, Flintheart Glomgold, Gyro Gearloose, Duckworth, Gizmoduck, Magica DeSpell, Gladstone Gander, and Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys will also take part in the wacky, quacky adventures."- Nicole Nalty, D23.com
Here is the cast singing the famous theme song of the show:
Walt Disney World Introducing Annual Passholder Entry Lines for Holidays:
Walt Disney World is introducing separate entry lines for its Annual Passholders at all four of its parks for the next coming weeks. Beginning December 21, annual passholders will be able to utilize their own entry lines entering into the parks.
No end date or details were announced about the new entry lines for Annual Passholders.
Several Magic Kingdom Restaurants Adding Alcohol to their Menu's:
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Several Magic Kingdom restaurants will be adding alcohol to their menu's beginning next week during lunch and dinner. Up until 2012 none of the restaurants in the Magic Kingdom had served alcohol on their menu's. It was something Walt even at Disneyland tried to keep the park mostly dry for fear of guests drinking excessively and becoming unruly at the parks. Be Our Guest was the first in the Magic Kingdom to serve alcohol on their menu.
Here is some of the choices guests will have at each of the four restaurants which include Tony's Town Square, Liberty Tree Tavern, Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen, and Cinderella's Royal Table.
Tony’s Town Square Restaurant, the Italian restaurant close to the entrance of the park, will serve Italian wines and beers, including a Chianti Superiore that will pair well with their grilled pork chop with mushroom-bean pancetta ragu and marsala reduction.
Liberty Tree Tavern will serve beer, cider and domestic wines to go with the American cuisine they serve. A New England lager is paired with the Patriot’s Platter.
Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen, the newest restaurant in Adventureland will beverages from around the world such as a riesling to pair with Trader Sam’s head-on shrimp.
Cinderella’s Royal Table, inside Cinderella Castle, will serve champagne and sparkling wine.
