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2019 Week 39 - 27th Sep - Thomas Cook, Attendance Flops and Magic Bees
• 178-year-old UK tour operating company Thomas Cook declared bankruptcy and ceased operations this week, stranding travellers all over the world, including many in Disney World.
• Good morning America released a video sneak peak inside Rise of the Resistance, as part of a Disney media blitz on Galaxy’s Edge.
• Hong Kong Disneyland is feeling the pressure from local unrest, with year on year attendance for August down 40%, and worse expected for the final quarter of this year.
• A mixed week for transport at WDW with another Monorail breakdown, as well as cast member previews of the Disney Skyliner.
• Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure had to closed briefly this week to relocate a swarm of protected native bees.
• Disney has announced its bring hundreds of new Vegan options from October 1st, and introducing new signage to indicate these options. Disneyland resort will follow suit in Spring next year.
• At Hollywood Studios, the Mickey Shorts Theater will replace the Star Wars: Path of the Jedi movie in the ABC Sound Studio theater, opening next spring.
• Dates for next years Flower and Garden festival at WDW has been announced. It’ll run from March 4 and through June 1st.
• Popular Former Disneyland Paris ceo Catherine Powell has left the Disney company to do something else. Her role as President of the Disney Parks Western Region, has been eliminated as part of the corporate restructuring, which has also elevated the president of WDW and moved the president of DLR into that role.
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• Good morning America released a video sneak peak inside Rise of the Resistance, as part of a Disney media blitz on Galaxy’s Edge.
• Hong Kong Disneyland is feeling the pressure from local unrest, with year on year attendance for August down 40%, and worse expected for the final quarter of this year.
• A mixed week for transport at WDW with another Monorail breakdown, as well as cast member previews of the Disney Skyliner.
• Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure had to closed briefly this week to relocate a swarm of protected native bees.
• Disney has announced its bring hundreds of new Vegan options from October 1st, and introducing new signage to indicate these options. Disneyland resort will follow suit in Spring next year.
• At Hollywood Studios, the Mickey Shorts Theater will replace the Star Wars: Path of the Jedi movie in the ABC Sound Studio theater, opening next spring.
• Dates for next years Flower and Garden festival at WDW has been announced. It’ll run from March 4 and through June 1st.
• Popular Former Disneyland Paris ceo Catherine Powell has left the Disney company to do something else. Her role as President of the Disney Parks Western Region, has been eliminated as part of the corporate restructuring, which has also elevated the president of WDW and moved the president of DLR into that role.