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    News EPCOT's Harmonious to be replaced with new nighttime spectacular Luminous

    Nothing was ever going to be Illuminations for me but I think this show does more right than it does wrong. I also don't think we could get better for Epcot with current leadership. We were there in person (really lucked into the timing of our trip): -Loved the narrator and preshow music...
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    Disney Genie and Genie+ at Walt Disney World

    My folks are there now and I'm helping them with Genie+ from afar. I'm currently trying to get them a better time for Peter Pan's Flight and it seems pretty simple. Select your original booking from the "My Genie Day" tab and there is a modify option. Can choose a different time for that ride or...
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    News Disney's Magical Express to end after 2021

    We have a trip booked for April with family friends and plan to go on that (tickets purchased two years ago now, so we need to use them). Unless we are super pleasantly surprised, we're taking a break for a bit. I was actually pricing out Universal for a trip in the fall and that seems most...
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    News Disney Park Pass System announced for Walt Disney World theme park reservations

    Our next trip is a long planned visit in April to celebrate a close family friend's high school graduation. It's our last shot at doing this trip with them, so we're going. We're also using tickets we bought in February 2020 that we never got to use. If it weren't for that I don't know if it is...
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    Disney Genie and Genie+ at Walt Disney World

    I'd be happy if they went back to standby only. Standby when others are using G+/LL isn't quite the same. And I can promise you never heard me complain about the previous planning. I loved that I could have a rough outline of our day ahead of time and not worry once we were there. Somehow the...
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    Disney Genie and Genie+ at Walt Disney World

    This just doesn't seem comparable to me. One early morning 60 days out where I can use my computer to book instead of a phone versus having to do the same scramble every single day of my vacation. As the person who plans for my family, I'm really not looking forward to having to do that almost...
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    Disney Labor Shortage

    What dollars are they competing with? The Child Tax Credit? Expanded UI benefits have been gone since early September. Getting regular state benefits is incredibly difficult depending on which state and the funds are low (my state maxes out at $362/week (equivalent to $9.05/hour), few qualify...
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    News Reflections of Earth confirmed to be replaced by Harmonious

    Yeah the lack of connection to World Showcase stood out to me. I really though they'd connect the chosen Disney music to each specific pavilion- then maybe have those pavilions light up or something? It just felt so disconnected! I realized I was never going to love it as much as Illuminations...
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    News Expedition Everest refurbishment in 2022

    Feeling real unlucky! My favorite ride and our trips are booked late January and early April. Assuming we don't delay then again at least.
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    Disney Genie and Genie+ at Walt Disney World

    This seems really unpleasant for group travel with multiple families. We have a trip booked in April with some family friends (delayed from April 2021). Eleven people, four family groups with different budgets/priorities. If everyone does the Genie+ option, we could book those things together...
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    News Disney's Magical Express to end after 2021

    I'd agree with this. We enjoy other trips- national parks, visiting different cities, etc- but nothing quite compares to our Disney trips. We like being busy and having lots to do. We like that it is an easy place to travel with family (in that we can all do our own thing sometimes). It's just a...
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    News Disney's Magical Express to end after 2021

    In the past I've opted not to stay off property or at Universal because of the convenience of the Magical Express. This plus the elimination of Extra Magic Hours? I love being in the bubble but man even I have to look at that and wonder if it is worth it. I could easily book a Disney Springs...
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    Longest you have gone between trips

    We went a lot when I was little because my grandparents spent winters down there (from Michigan). The stopped doing that in 1991 and we didn't make it back again until 2003. Our next trip after that was in 2008. I was a Disney parks obsessed child too. Constantly watched the updates they used to...
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    Predictions on when evening hours and nighttime shows can resume?

    We go often enough that I wouldn't rule out a May 2021 and Fall 2021 trip. I'm just not booking a second until I know we're able actually go. Plus I think the idea of two full years between our trips (Sept 2019 to Oct. 2021) would make me too sad right now.
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    Predictions on when evening hours and nighttime shows can resume?

    We moved our May 2020 trip to December 2020 and now just moved it again to May 2021. We aren't really sure what it will take to bring us back but probably at a minimum longer hours. We have some dates in mind for Fall 2021 as well if we decide to move it again. I'd love for nighttime...
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