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Ears the News: September 28, 2018 Edition

Welcome to the latest edition of Ears the News Brought to you by our friends at WDWMagic.com Beginning October 16, 2018, Walt Disney World will launch a new vacation planning site to help guests purchase date-based tickets. Disney's date-based ticket-pricing is making the ticket purchasing process more complex than it was, and the company is keen to try and make things as easy as possible for guests. This appears to be especially true when date-based pricing comes to multi-day tickets. With the new site, when guests are ready to purchase tickets online, they may use an interactive online calendar, which displays different prices based on the dates guests choose to visit and states tickets will need to be used during a specific time period. The calendar also allows guests to quickly see the lowest-priced days within a month. For example, prices may be lower during off-peak travel periods. According to Disney, the new online vacation-planning destination will also fe

Ears the News: September 21, 2018 Edition

Welcome to the latest edition of Ears the News Brought to you by our friends at WDWMagic.com The Star Lord and Groot meet and greet at Disney's Hollywood Studios will be ending this month and will be replaced with a Monsters, Inc.  meet and greet.  Photo courtesy of WDWMagic.com .  Located in the "Walt Disney presents' attraction, the meet and greet is set to have its final day of operation on September 29, 2018. Mike and Sulley from Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. will be returning to Disney's Hollywood Studios in a new meet and greet at Walt Disney Presents in 2019. Mike and Sulley will start meeting guests from January 18, 2019. The current version of the Move It! Shake It! Dance and Play It! Street Party is likely to have its final show later this year. Disney has announced that its replacement “Move It! Shake It! MousekeDance It! Street Party” will debut in the Magic Kingdom on January 18, 2019. Photo courtesy of  WDWMagic.com .  In the

Ears the News: September 14, 2018 Edition

Welcome to the latest edition of Ears the News Brought to you by our friends at  WDWMagic.com Photo courtesy of www.WDWMagic.com   The high-tech greeting card company Lovepop is coming to Disney Springs this fall Located in the Marketplace Co-Op, Lovepop will offer its intricate 3D paper sculpture greeting cards. Lovepop founders Wombi Rose and John Wise became best friends at Webb Institute training to become naval architects. After school, the duo traveled to Vietnam where they discovered incredible hand-crafted paper cards. Rose and Wise launched Lovepop out of the Harvard Innovation Lab in late 2014. Since then, they were named to the 2015 Techstars class, nominated for 50 on Fire by BostInno, and appeared on season 7 of "Shark Tank," where Kevin "Mr. Wonderful" O'Leary became an investor. Photo courtesy of  www.WDWMagic.com   Maria & Enzo's and Enzo's Hideaway at Disney Springs are now offering 40% off to Disney Ann

Ears the News: September 7, 2018 Edition

Welcome to the latest edition of Ears the News Brought to you by our friends at WDWMagic.com . Epcot's V.I.PASSHOLDER event nights gets underway on September 6, 2018. Similar to Extra Magic Hours, but specifically for registered Gold and Above passholders, the event takes place at Epcot from 9pm to 11pm. Here is a look at the attraction line-up. As always, this is subject to change, to check guides on the day of the event for any updates. V.I.PASSHOLDER Night Attraction line-up at Epcot Future World East Spaceship Earth® Mission: SPACE® Test Track®  Future World West Photo courtesy of WDWMagic.com . Meet Baymax at Epcot Character Spot  Meet Joy and Sadness at Epcot Character Spot  The Seas with Nemo & Friends®  Soarin’® Around the World  Living with the Land  Journey Into Imagination With Figment  Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival  World Showcase Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros  Mexico Meet Anna and Elsa at Royal Somme