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Mickeyphile Podcast Episode 90:  It’s a Small World Marathon Saturday

Travis Detrick joins us this week to talk about his marathon Small World Experience on May 14.  12 hours, 20 trips, 4.1 miles, on the Happiest Cruise that ever sailed.  And there is a little news thrown in too.  On episode 90 of the Mickeyphile Podcast.

1.          Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind to launch into EPCOT on May 27

Virtual queue  

Beginning at 7 a.m. on the day of their park reservation, guests with a valid ticket or pass and a Disney Park Pass Reservation for EPCOT will be able to check for an available boarding group via the My Disney Experience app* and request access to the virtual queue. This can be done before you leave your Resort hotel or on your way to the park. 

At 1 p.m., there will be another opportunity to join the virtual queue for anyone who wasn’t able to join a boarding group earlier in the day. Keep in mind, guests must be inside EPCOT to access this second virtual queue opportunity.  

Virtual queue during extended evening hours  

Registered guests staying at a Disney Deluxe Resort, Disney Deluxe Villa Resort or other select hotels will have an additional opportunity to request to join the virtual queue at 6 p.m. on select dates during Extended Evening theme park hours. Guests with this benefit do not need to be in EPCOT to request to join at that time. 

Individual Lightning Lane 

Guests with valid park admission and a park reservation can purchase individual Lightning Lane entry in the My Disney Experience app* via the Disney Genie service on the same day of their visit, subject to availability. Lightning Lane fee has not be provide yet.

2.          Harmony Barber Shop Reopening its Doors this Summer at Walt Disney World

A mainstay of Magic Kingdom Park since opening day, Harmony Barber Shop is opening its doors once again on July 31 for the world’s most magical haircut.

Will be bookable in the My Disney Experience app beginning June 28.

3.          At Walt Disney World Only Starting on June 8, 2022, Disney Genie+ will only be available to purchase on the day of your visit to a Walt Disney World theme park, via the My Disney Experience app.

Genie+ is currently offered as an add-on to a Walt Disney World ticket before arrival. Guests who have already purchased it as an add-on will still be able to use it.

Guests will only be able to purchase Genie+ on the day of their visit for the rest of 2022 and all of 2023. Disney also stated Genie+ is “subject to availability.”

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Intro Music:

Strength of the Titans by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5744-strength-of-the-titans

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Outro Music:

Adding the Sun by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5708-adding-the-sun

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/