The Mickey Moms Show

In today's show we talk about the changes to packages for 2027 and then talk about 2026. and if all the massive discounts are worth planning for this year or waiting until Tropical Americas opens in 2027?

• Resort refillable mugs, when do they expire?
• 2027 packages debuted. Disney brought back the deluxe dining plan that debuted in 2020, but then of course we all know what happened and dining plans did not come back until 2024.

Different discounts currently available.

Free dining ends April 30

After 2 ticket

Disney + room discounts this summer

4 park ticket

30% off rooms in the late summer and early fall

Kids 3-9 eat free this year, but only a 20% discount next year

Leah’s Favorite eats from Flower and Garden this year.

Shrimp po boy

Spicy watermelon cider

French toast

Pineapple promenade ipa

Curry bread

Blackened fish slider

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On this weeks show Anna and Leah talk about the new Starlight night time parade, their experience at 2 different Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Parties and Leahs one day in Disneyland Paris!

Episode 40 Notes - 

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Our last show was in January…oooops. In our defense our children were seniors in high school, trying to figure out college, graduating from said high school, then my dog Lottie had a litter of 9 puppies, you went to Europe, then the girls off to college, and now maybe life has calmed down?! 

Current Disney deals - So many! 2026 is looking like a great year price wise to go to Disney or even take a Disney cruise. For all of 2026 kids 3-9 eat free when an adult is getting the dining plan. There are some crazy discounts you can stack with that as well. It’s been a long time since Disney had stackable discounts.

Side note I tested using multi pass later and while it is cast member dependent I was able to use a multi pass 3 hours after it expired. You can definitely use your multi pass up to one hour after expiration and make your next selection when the pass’s one hour is up so you could in theory hold 4 at a time.

Starlight

• 1st lets start with your thoughts on it. Beautiful but needs more performers in between the floats. We give it a B- to B.
• Best viewing - A little back from the front and raised if possible to be able to take in the large floats.
• Pro tip for watching the fireworks after starlight. I was coming from adventureland and they were routing everyone to the back of main street after the parade to then walk to the front of main street. We ended up at the last minute getting routed through the emporium and got a fantastic spot for HEA on the hump in between the emporium and plaza ice cream.

MNSSHP

• I did not have the best night due to the weather, but I think you did? Leah had great weather and did notice the crowds were elevated. They did not have the lower waits some of the earlier sold out parties had. Having characters in the treat trails was awesome and hopefully they keep it. Leah was able to get everything done she wanted to, but the line for Haunted Mansion was ridiculous all night, and Anna experienced the same wait time during her party.
• It was raining when we got there at about 4:30ish. So there was no one out in the alley to walk in, kinda disappointing. So they route you through the tomorrowland terrace. The girls were dressed as Cinderella and Aurora and wanted to meet their counterparts, but because it took us so long to get through the entrance route we didn’t get to meet them. Apparently princess fairytale hall closes early on party days to get ready for the treat trail. So that was the first bummer.  I used our strategies from our MNSSHP episode to get all of the overlays and special things done early to be able to see fireworks, parade, and then end with the Sanderson sisters. Well because of the rain the

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It's been a while!
*Side note we apologize for the end of the show. Anna kept getting a phone call and children walked in the house so we got a little distracted.

Real quick update. Free dining is back end of May until the beginning of August with the week of July 4 being blocked. There are also other discounts as well. Also non Disney related the new hotel at Universal, Tera Luna looks better than i was expecting. Still don’t sleep 5, but it looks very nice. Universal is still also running their promotion where you can get up to a $1000 gift card for dining! 

All the different options

Multipass : Paid fastpass

Singlepass : One extra paid ride in each park, MK has 2 with Tron and 7 dwarfs mine train

Premier Pass : you buy it for one park only and you can ride each ride once for all rides included in multi and single pass whenever you want during the day.

We have now both used the Multipass and single pass a few times at Walt Disney World. Leah, you used it a week after it was launched and I used it a month after. Let's talk about how it worked, what we liked and didn’t like. We are not going to fully go through the basics because there are so many great videos to watch. Just know your best use of it is staying on site and making all of your selections 7 days before check in, not 7 days before your first park day. 

Leah looks at it as you will definitely get 3 rides and the rest is bonus, she doesn't go into thinking she's going to get lots of rides and stay on her phone booking like Anna did.

Pro tip: If you can put MK on your second or third day to make sure you can get Tiana’s. With Big Thunder closed it’s going to be even more precious of a selection. 

Tip for Tianas: You cannot have overlapping plans. Any other ride you can book within 15 minutes of each other, but not Tianas.  

Overall tip: Anna used Multipass in August and in October. October definitely went smoother, but there can be hiccups along the way. Her biggest complaint with multipass is you really have to start your day by 10am. Not having to book at 7am is nice, but to get your money's worth you need to be up and where you are starting your day by 10 at the latest.

Top 3 choices for each park

MK
Tiana’s
Pirates
Haunted Mansion

EPCOT
Remi

HS
Slinky Dog Dash
Tower of Terror
Toy story mania

AK
Navi River Journey
Kilamnjaro Safari
Expedition Everest

Tip: Day of keep checking for earlier times. I was able to modify toy story mania from 2:30pm to 10:30am day of at 9:30am.

We were able to do 3 parks in one day on our 3rd day. We started in EPCOT, then went to AK, then HS, then watched HEA at Top of the World,and finished back at EPCOT for extra magic hours for deluxe guests. For AK we rode one ride and HS we rode 2 rides, but we used multipass for everything and did all the rides we wanted using MP at EPCOT.

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This show is about the new way to bore-book rides!

1. More discounts for fall and December were announced, one of which is getting a park hopper for free.
2. Mickey's very merry christmas party and jollywood nights are coming back

The new Genie+ rolling out July 24, at Walt Disney World only. Disneyland is only getting a name change. 

1. Genie+ will not be call Lightning Lane multipass and Individual Lightening lanes will now be called Lightening lane single pass
2. If you are staying on property you can make selections for your entire trip up to 14 days starting at 7 am 7 days from check in. There are a few caveats to that, if you are in the US you cannot make any selections until you are in the US. Also It does not roll out until July 24, so with my trip being July 26 I will not be able to book 7 days out, but Leah will be able to. Eligible hotels are Disney hotels, shades of green, and swan and dolphin. 
3. If you are not staying on property you can book 3 days out and are able to book for the length of the ticket. 
4. If you do not have a date based ticket and still need reservations you can book up to three days out for each day you are going. Annual Passholders have to have a theme park reservation to use this service or you have to book lightening lanes for after 2pm on days where you can enter after 2. Same 3 days booking applies to APs as non date based tickets. If it is a good to go day, passholders can make any reservations up to 3 days out. Just like with making park reservations your resort stay takes priority and the above 7 days/length of stay is what you would use.
5. Both of these things are like it was with fastpass where on property you booked at 60 days out for your whole trip and not on property was 30 days out and you have to do each day.  Thit is a huge perk for staying property.
6. Booking rides: Right now you can buy genie for one park or multiple parks. Going forward you can only pre book your 3 rides for 1 park. Once you have used your first LL you can book your next one. So you can hold 3 at a time. That next one can be for another park, so they are basically “giving” you the park hopper genie. Again this is pretty much exactly how fastpass worked.
7. Lightening lane single pass will also be bookable 7 days in advance.You will be able to see what times are available before you purchase the ride.
8. You will now be able to purchase the lightning lane single pass and multipass in one transaction.
9. Tiered groups: Just like they were doing with fast pass before it was retired you pick one of the better rides from tier 1 and 2 rides from tier 2.
10. AK does not have tiers.
11. You will be able to purchase this in the same places you found it before, the home screen of MDE, the tip board, or new lightning lane tile on the menu screen. You will also be able to see all booked experiences there.
12. If you try and game the system and book a room to try and get the 7 day advantage and then cancel some of the days or rooms your choices will be canceled within 24 hours. The passes themselves will not be canceled or refunded, just your rides canceled.

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On this show we talk about 1900 Park Fare returning, 2025 packages being released super early, our review of the Hoop Dee Do Review, and more!

1900 Park Fare is coming back. They will have gumbo on the menu now which sounds great. It’s a wishing theme.

Tianas Bayou adventure, Anna thinks it will open in June.

2025 January- to October 2025 bookings opened February 27, 2025, ticket prices went up, but it looks like they are not raising prices for 2024 which is nice. 

It comes with checkin day access to a water park, DVC can also take advantage of this perk. It seems to not be linked to a ticket, but rather a stay.

Early theme park entry is returning

Deluxe extra hours are also staying

Room only reservations will have to be canceled 8 days out instead of the current 5 days

Hoop Dee Doo Review https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/cabins-at-fort-wilderness-resort/hoop-dee-doo-musical-revue/

You can see the booking categories  in the link above.
Booking categories, 1, 2 , & 3 and where they are and pricing. AP and DVC get 10% off the price, but not off tax and gratuity so our discount was like $25 for the 4 of us.

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Anna and Leah took a bit of an extended break, but they are back talking about all the current changes for 2024 and some things to look forward to.

The importance of shows being reimagined and coming back!

Free dining is back along with up to 35% off rooms  July through September!

Tiana's Bayou Adventure may open early!

Beignets in Magic Kingdom

Shortened festivals

Country Bear Jamboree

Everyone should go eat at Eet!

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Destination D23. This event is typically held in Disney world on the every other year D23 is held. This is a much smaller event, but can have some big announcements if Disney needs to.

The theme for this year was Celebrating 100 years of Disney. The 100 eyar anniversary of the company is Ocotber 

The big panel was A Celebration of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Join Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro and special guests for an entertaining presentation looking to the future of Disney parks, featuring updates from around the world and some fun surprises along the way.

Ahsoka is going to be part of star tours 

Asha from wish is coming to Epcot 

They are sticking to 2024 for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. 

They answered the questions about the Hat Box ghost, like does the Hat box ghost round the mansion to 1000, but the hat box ghost is part of the 999. He’s not with the other ghosts after madam leotta because he is not a happy haunt and she is calling the happy ones. He will appear in late November. Our guess he will materialize when there are the most annual pass blockouts so anytime between November 17 and 25th.

Country bears are getting a redo as a Nashville musical review and are getting new songs. 

Pirates is getting a new tavern, does this mean alcohol in MK outside of sit down restaurant? Not sure I like that. I wonder if it’s going where tortuga is? The bird that used to be outside pirates is going to be the host of it. 

Epcot will be finished in December! Moana will open October 16. Moana will also meet and greet in there? The new nighttime spectacular Luminous the Symphony of Us will debut December 5. From the brief description and artwork it looks like harmonious without the barges.

Test Track is getting reimagined. Their sponsorship must be up for renewal. I am glad they are fixing it, it’s a skip for me in EPCOT. It’s fine, but not a must do and it breaks all the time.

MK beyond big thunder is happening, but it’s not fully finished on what they are going to do. They said it will be bigger than galaxies edge. 

AK tree of life is getting zootopia tree of life show ,replacing bugs life

This is still blue sky, but it seemed more thought out, detailed, and put together so I do think this will happen. At least the tropical Americas part. Dinoland is getting rethemed to tropical americas around the equator. There will be casita It’s not fully Encanto themed. Encanto will be mixed in the region. Dinosaur will be turned into Indiana Jones which is what Dinosaur is in Disneyland, so that’s a “quick” retheme.

Figment meet and greet started on the 10th. 

EPCOT Soarin’ over California returns for the 100th celebration on September 22. Hope this stays until after the dirt pit is finished so they can redo the last scene of EPCOT in soarin’ around the world.

EPCOT Information https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2023/09/opening-dates-revealed-for-new-epcot-fireworks-show-figment-moana-and

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I would love to be able to pay for some software to be able to maybe do some interviews? 

There has been a lot-ish that Disney has announced, but nothing too big to share.
Food and wine booths are out. https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/food-wine-marketplaces/

Our favorite types of bags

Loungeflys

Bookbags

Fancy Packs

What's in our bag?

Flat style wallet

$1 ponchos

Burt Bees chapstick

Lifestraw bottle

Ibuprofen

Sunscreen

Hair tie

Small brush

External charger

Cooling towel

Body glide

Fan

Sunglasses

Bandaids

Umbrellas

Mio water flavor

Reusable straws

Corkcisle

Dudewipes

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On this show we talk about the new Hollywood Nights we are so excited about and break down Rider Swap.

Rider Swap

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/rider-switch/

When would you use rider swap? 

If you have a child that is too small to go on a ride, or you have a child that is a little fearful and wants to sit out on a ride.

Rider swap only works on certain rides, basically any with a height or age requirement. 

I have a child that doesn't like Mickey and Minnies runaway railway and we would not be able to use rider swap with that since it doesn't have a height or age requirement.

How it works. First you need to set up the rider swap.

Outside of each attraction there is a cast member to facilitate the rider swap. If you are unsure where to go ask the cast members by the entrance to the ride they will help you.

The cast member will ask who is riding second. If you have 3 children and one is not riding you will only be able to pick one of your other children to ride with you. I cannot stand this rule. It used to not be this way, but with Genie+ they changed the rules.

If you have magicbands they will scan the bands of who is riding second and you go wait to the side or go get a snack or shop.

The rest of your party will go to the standby line to wait in the line. If you have genie+ you go through the lightning lane.

Once the first party has ridden you and the other person you are riding with will go through the lightning lane to ride the attraction.

Before we begin let's see how we did with our guesses for the dining plan.

QS $57.01 and $23.83

DDP $94.28 and $29.69

For both of these the child price went down.

Anna’s guess

• quick service $60 and $30 - Winner
• DDP $80 and kids $35

Leah

•  $70 adult $35 child
• DDP $93 $40 - Winner

Christmas room discounts dropped and they are amazing! They also announced a new party which we are going to talk about before we do rider swap. 

Jollywood Nights. I am going to read about it, but Tickets go from $159-$179 per person and these will sell out quickly! I will include a link to a video I found super helpful that gives all the information.

Celebrate the Season in Style With a New Nighttime Holiday Party at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

This is Disney Jollywood Nights - a new, separately ticketed event from 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. on 10 select nights November 11-December 20, 2023.

Experience holiday vibes throughout Disney’s Hollywood Studios with entertainment areas inspired by different genres

• Guests will be welcomed to Disney Jollywood Nights with a DJ spinning a mix of holiday tunes. 
• Commissary Lane comes to life with a lively Latin Street Fair. With 3 Latin bands playing and light strung everywhere
• Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy host a live holiday special at Theater of the Stars with some of their Disney friends Mickey and Minnie, Tiana, Belle, live b

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It was an insane few weeks for Disney News. On this show we cover every big announcement and out thoughts on all of it.
2024 Packages
No reservations
2023 tickets
Dining Plan returning and our guesses as to how much it will cost
Star Cruiser closing
Imagineering not moving to Lake Nona
And More!
Here are the show notes:
- Live action Little mermaid meet and greet coming May 26! In HS at walt disney presents theater

- Pixar area is open. It looks really cool also in HS

- the lake Nona imagineering campus and move has been canceled. Politics aside this is not great for World. Even though we make all the money and pay the bills we are treated like the red headed step child. 

- the star cruiser is closing permanently October 1!

• 2024 packages open May 31. This is earlier than last year by about a week. https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2023/05/disney-dining-plans-returning-exciting-park-reservation-updates-and-more-at-walt-disney-world/
• Early entry and late night for deluxe are staying
• If you purchase tickets in a package you no longer have to make theme park reservations!
• 2 new ticket options for summer, one for everyone and one for florida residents
  • 4 ParkMagic ticket
  • Florida Summer Magic https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2023/05/new-summer-ticket-offers-coming-to-walt-disney-world-resort/
• The dining plan is coming back!
  • Only 2 tiers are coming back, quick service and standard disney dining
  • Each of the plans comes with the refillable mug
  • The quick service is 2 quick service meals a day plus one snack and an alcoholic or specialty non alcoholic drink with each meal.
  • The standard of what they call the DIsney Dining Plan(DDP) is one quick service and one sit down meal and a snack per person per day as well as the alcoholic or non alcoholic drink with each meal. 
  • Let’s have some fun: what do you think the cost will be once it comes back?
  • In early 2020, the last time we had it Quick service, was $55 for adults and $26 for kids with tax
  • DDP $78.01 for adults and $30.51 for kids with tax

To give context a character meal was averaging $58 for lunch and dinner for adults and $35 for kids with tax so $55 and $32  in 2020.  Now it’s $60 + tax for adults and $38 for kids tax is 6.5% so $63.9 and $40.47

Quick service meals probably averaged $14-$15

Alcohol around $9-$14 depending on the type of drink. 

Anna’s guess

• quick service $60 because you get 1 less snack $30
• DDP $80 again because you get 1 less snack  kids $35

Leah

• Quick service  $70 adult $35 child
• DDP $93 $40

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