As we told you recently, Disneyland has set a re-opening date for California residents. Disneyland Finally Schedules to Reopen Today we’re back with more details. Theme Parks After being closed for more than one year, Disneyland park and Disney California Adventure park are planning to reopen to California Residents Only with limited capacity on 30 April […]
Disneyland Finally Scheduled to Reopen
Disney has announced that the Disneyland Resort’s Theme Parks and limited Hotels will reopen. No mention of Military Discounts. Updated: 4 April 2021 Updated: 26 March 2021 Theme Parks After being closed for more than one year, Disneyland park and Disney California Adventure park are planning to reopen with limited capacity on 30 April 2021. Disneyland […]
Using Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets in 2021
Well, it’s certainly been a crazy 11 months in Disney history, In the past year we’ve seen theme park closures, lack of information for the military community, partial theme park reopening, had to wonder when or if we would find out about 2021 military discounts, a 2020 ticket purchase extension, then a 2020 ticket purchase […]
Planning and Executing Your Walt Disney World Vacation During These Trying Times – 2021 Travel
Welcome to our resource for all of the things that are different about a Disney World Vacation during this Temporary Abnormal. On this page we’ll be discussing everything that is different about planning and executing a Walt Disney World vacation for military families during this temporary “health crisis.” UPDATE 28 Feb 2021 – Walt Disney […]
Our Third Trip Back to Walt Disney World
We’ve made our third trip back to Walt Disney World since their re-opened late last summer. You should read about our first trip back which took place shortly after WDW re-opened near the end of the summer 2020. There we detail all of the measures that are in place during this abnormal time. Crowds were extremely […]
2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Information – Rooms, Tickets, Memory Maker
Disney has updated their website with new information about the 2021 Salute Room, Ticket, and Memory Maker offers. UPDATE – 19 December 2020 – Base Ticket Offices will allow you to use 2020 Salute Tickets that you can’t use by 26 Sept ’21 towards new tickets! UPDATE – 5 December 2020 – Disney has confirmed to me […]
Our Second Trip Back to Walt Disney World
Well, we’ve made our second trip back to Walt Disney World since they re-opened late this summer after being closed in reaction to the 2020 virus. You can read about our first trip back which took place shortly after WDW re-opened near the end of the summer. There we detail all of the measures that […]
Park Hopping Returns to Walt Disney World!
Starting 1 January 2021, limited Park Hopping returns to Disney World!!! Today Disney announced the following: As the phased reopening of Walt Disney World Resort continues, we are nearing another exciting milestone we know many guests have been looking forward to: the return of the Park Hopper option! Starting Jan. 1, 2021, guests who purchased a ticket, […]
Walt Disney World Starting to Discount 2021
To date all of Walt Disney World’s announced Resort Room Discounts have only run through 25 December 2020, calling into question 2021 Discounts. UPDATE 3 Dec – Disney has announced 2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Info Now there is Good News and a Positive Sign for a 2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Room Discount! Disney […]
Our Return to Walt Disney World
We did it! We just spent 2 weeks at Walt Disney World and experienced all of the post-closure changes in person. In this post we’ll share it all with you. We’ll share our experiences, the good and the bad, our thoughts on the whole can of worms plus some tips. See our Second Trip Back […]
Will There Be a 2021 Disney Armed Forces Salute Room Discount? When Will Disney Announce a 2021 Salute Room Discount?
I am getting these two questions in growing frequency as the military community is wondering why we haven’t heard anything yet. This is understandable as each of the last 5 years, Disney has announced the coming year’s Military Salute Offer right about this time in September. And we’ve seen nothing yet. UPDATE 3 Dec – […]
Shades of Green Re-Open at Walt Disney World
On our Return Trip to Walt Disney World we stopped by Shades of Green to check out what’s happening. Our recent trip was the end of August/beginning of September 2020. It was our first trip of the year (we had 2 cancelled trips in the spring) and first trip after all of the special measures […]
Disney Accidentally Voided Some Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets
Well, it has been quite a year with lots issues that have come up with Disney’s Military Discounts! And here is the latest snafu! Disney World has inadvertently voided a block of 200-300 Disney Armed Forces Salute Tickets! Who knows what they were doing? But your Base Ticket Office should be contacting you if you […]
Shades of Green Cancels Discounts
All room discounts have been removed from Shades of Green’s website. Shades of Green re-opened after the lock-down closure on 12 August. Upon re-opening, all previously announced discounts were cancelled for August 2020 through January 2021. This includes: The various monthly discounts The Armed Forces Recreation Centers – Survivors’ Family Program The Red White and […]
Using the Walt Disney World Theme Park Reservation System
In this Tech Related Post we will walk you through making a Walt Disney World Theme Park Reservation. This is a really simple and quick process as you’ll see. As a reminder you will need to have your tickets (or vouchers from your Base Ticket Office) linked to your My Disney Experience Account to make Theme […]