In this post, we’re going to discuss some of the changes coming to Magic Kingdom in early 2023. Specifically, We’re going to be focused on the first four months of the year—January through April. More specifically, the bulk of this post is concerned with how the Splash Mountain closure and TRON debut will impact the park. Read on to learn what you need to know about Magic Kingdom to start this year!
Read MoreVisiting Disney World in 2022, 2023 (Two Year Outlook)
In this post, we provide an outlook on the next two years at Disney World, with the goal of helping to pick when to visit during that time. This post gets updated every few months, though in the interim you may see updates near the top that provide some additional information we haven’t yet built into the rest of the post.
Read MoreDisney World 50th Anniversary Celebration Plans [2022 Update]
The 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney World is in 2021, and with everything that’s transpired the past year, this is going to be a and even more significant event for Walt Disney World than we would have expected when we first dreamed of what might happen years ago.
In this post, we discuss what we know about the 50th Anniversary Celebration at Walt Disney World. As details are announced, we’ll expand this post and offer more analysis.
Read More2022 Disney After Hours Boo Bash Review and Guide
Disney has officially announced that 2021 will not see the return of Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party. Instead, it will see the debut of a new event, Disney After Hours Boo Bash. In this post, we discuss what’s been confirmed about this event so far, what we expect from it, and how we’re thinking about whether or not you should plan to visit for this new special event.
Read MoreWill Disney World FastPass+ Return in 2021?
Learn everything you need to know about Disney World FastPass+. We've got the FastPass rules, FastPass tiers for rides at every park, the FastPass tips that will keep you from waiting in line, and even a few FastPass secrets you probably don't know yet.
Read MoreGuide to Disney World Magical Express Airport Shuttle
Disney’s Magical Express free shuttle service from Orlando International Airport is one of the perks of staying at a Disney hotel. In this post, we cover everything you need to know about Magical Express, including why we don’t always take advantage of it.
Read MorePirate Room at Caribbean Beach Review, Photos, Video
The Pirate Rooms at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort are a set of rooms that have a different theme than the rest of the resort. Rather than “just” be Caribbean themed, the Pirate Rooms are themed specifically to—you guessed it—pirates. In this post, we’ll give our impressions of the Pirate Rooms at Caribbean Beach!
Read MoreAbout the Mouse Hacking Mailbag
We recently introduced a new feature for our newsletter subscribers — the Mouse Hacking Mailbag. In this post, we outline the basics about how we envision this new feature working.
Note: The Mailbag is no longer accepting new submissions.
Submitting a Question to the Mouse Hacking Mailbag
You must be a newsletter subscriber to submit a question. You can subscribe to the newsletter here (submissions temporarily closed).
You can submit a question here (submissions temporarily closed). The form (as of this update) has three fields:
Email Address
You’re required to submit your email address. This is so we can confirm you are a subscriber and let you know when we respond to your question. Your email address won’t be shared or included when we respond to your question.
If you’re concerned about anonymity with us, the best I can do is assure you we won’t judge your question as long as it’s appropriate. If you really hate some hotel we love and want to convince your partner to stay at your favorite hotel, we’re happy to give some talking points in your favor.
Your Question
This is where you’ll submit your question. It can be about Disney travel or any travel. Other topics might get answered, but we’re not really experts in them. We may need to follow up with you to clarify some details (or we’ll answer the question best we can, and you can follow up with us).
Your question will be shared on our website and with our newsletter (though you can stay completely anonymous if you wish).
We may tweak questions for readability or to expand/narrow the topic. You can always follow up with us if you’d like more information.
How You’d Like to Be Identified
You can leave this section blank (or write “anonymous”) to just remain anonymous. In this case, we might give you a fake name or just refer to you as anonymous.
Otherwise, any details you put in this box might be shared to identify you. E.g. if you wrote “I’m Ken, on instagram @coffeeandcomplaints”) then we would call you “Ken” in the question and share your instagram username. This might be helpful in case other people want to follow up with you about your question.
Getting a Response
About Our Responses
Our responses reflect our opinions only, though we may point you to other resources we trust, sometimes maybe even ones that disagree with us. We’re not affiliated with Disney in any way, and our answers aren’t based on any information besides what is available to the general public.
In particular, our predictions about when X ride will open or when Y safety requirement will be changed are just educated guesses.
How to Get a Response
We hope to respond to all questions either via a post on our website or by contacting you directly. Of course, if we’re overwhelmed this might not happen, and we’re sorry about that.
Questions with broader appeal or that pose interesting challenges are more likely to be featured in the newsletter or on the website. Questions like “What is the best ride at Magic Kingdom?” are likely just to get a private response directing you to our post on the topic.
When To Expect a Response
We hope to answer questions within a few weeks. If we get a lot of really good questions, we might have to space them out more, in which case timely questions will get faster response.
Disney World's New "2 Days Free" 2021 Discount
Disney announced a new “2 days free” offer where guests who book 4-night, 3-day packages will get an extra two days added to their tickets (transforming the package to a 4-night, 5-day package). In this post, we break down the new offer, basically reminding you to do the math on your own trip because not every deal is as good as it looks at first glance.
Read MoreDisney World Reopening Details — Hotels
As Walt Disney World Resort prepares to reopen, there are going to be a wide variety of changes. In this post, we’ll focus on changes to the hotel experience at Walt Disney World.
Read MoreExciting Updates About Disney Parks From IAAPA Expo 2020
There was a lot of news about Disney Parks today from the IAAPA Expo 2020, so let’s discuss some of it!
Read MoreDisney Q4 2020 Earnings Call News
In this post we’re going to discuss some updates from Disney’s fourth quarter and Fiscal Year 2020 earnings results. We’ll do our best to keep it interesting and relevant to trip planning, but that also means we’ll do a bit of speculating along the way.
Read MoreDisney Reopening November 11 Update
This week we’ve got a quick personal update, some good links where you can learn about Christmas 2020 at Walt Disney World, and some news from Walt Disney World and the parks around the world!
Read MoreLatest Disney Layoffs Cut Deep
Another round of layoffs has hit Walt Disney World, and these are some big losses to the atmosphere of the resort and its quality as a destination.
Read MoreDisney Reopening Update October 24
Hotel reopenings, Epcot festival news, a trick or treating ban, and more hours changes in this week’s Disney Reopening Update!
Read MoreNew 2021 Disney World Discounts Announced
Disney released a variety of discounts for early 2021. You can reach the full terms for the offers from Disney’s special offers page, but let’s take a look at the basics:
Read MoreDisneyland Faces Reopening Hurdles
California released their guidelines (“Amusement parks and theme parks”) for reopening theme parks, and the news was about as grim as anyone hoping for a Disneyland reopening could have feared. In this post we discuss the implications, including Disney’s next steps and possibility of a lawsuit.
Read MoreDisney Reopening Update October 19
Looks like this time I waited just long enough to finish this post, so we’ve got two new rumors from Walt Disney World, along with a host of updates from Disney World and around the world. Here’s the October 19 Disney World Reopening Update!
Read MoreDisney World Reopening Masterpost
Welcome to our Disney World Reopening Masterpost! This post serves as a content hub for the next few weeks or months as Walt Disney World reopens its parks following the lengthy mid-2020 closure.
Read MoreDisney Reopening Update October 5
While it’s been a bit just over a week since our last update, there isn’t much news to report. We start with the big, sad news that Disney laid off 28,000 Cast Members before discussing updates from Disney World and from Disney parks elsewhere.
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