In this post we discuss the Cast Member layoffs and how you can help those impacted.

It’s been a few weeks since our last update, and while there have been a handful of small updates we really only missed one big one—the announcement of holiday plans at Walt Disney World.

It was one of the busier weeks for news in recent memory, with updates on Halloween, a major hotel refurbishment, monorail news, and new deals available through December 25. Let’s start with the most festive news—Halloween is coming to Magic Kingdom!

With only a few small updates this week, we’re going to spend the bulk of this post grappling with the new “big question.” The reopened parks seem to have found their groove…so how long will it last? When will we be “back to normal”? Read on to see our thoughts on this question, plus some updates on parks pass and Rise of the Resistance.

In this post, we look back at wait times for the first month (or so) the Disney World parks have been reopened. We look at each park, resort-wide trends, and compare things to what crowds were like in 2019. Read on to see how wait times have changed at Walt Disney World this summer!

Last week, I complained that Disney was doing a poor job working with some of their key stakeholders at a critical time in the parks’ history. In particular, I singled out their failure to reach an agreement with Equity to bring performers back to the parks, and their continuing struggles to offer annual passholders access to the parks. This week, we’ve got a mix of good and bad news on these two fronts.

This week saw only a few updates, but the ongoing entertainment changes to the resort are starting to get more attention, and we want to talk a bit about what’s going on…

This week saw mostly stable wait times at Hollywood Studios, with one ride inching up a bit. Our strategy performed well, and we’re happy to share some new results from our “random walk” simulator! Read on to see what wait times looked like this week at Hollywood Studios!

This week we talk about a huge surge in Splash Mountain wait times, a small surge in other waits, and a change to our recommended rope drop strategy. Let’s chat about the Magic Kingdom wait times for the week ending August 2!

This week we’ve got discussions of the demand at Disney World, a few updates from other Disney resorts, and one thing we’re excited for at Disney World!

A reader reached out to us about a DVC rental in October that she won’t be able to use. Read on for the details and how you can get this great rate for an October stay!

This post serves as an introduction to the “random walk” analysis we do occasionally in evaluating park touring strategies. It’s a simple idea, but with a lot of necessary context to fully understand.

As a fun—yes, fun—new project, we’re producing Disney World wait time “scorecards” that look back at the last week of wait times at each park to identify trends as the parks reopen. In this post, I explain what to expect from these scorecards.

This week saw a few news items and a collection of new posts from us for those of you who want to learn more about the reopening.

With so many changes coming to Walt Disney World this year, we’re breaking up our reopening content into different focus areas. This post will focus on changes specific to the parks. As time goes on, we hope to have even more details from each specific park, but for right now we’re still looking broad. Read on to learn about the changes coming to Walt Disney World parks…