Hello and welcome to a packed week of theme park news! From a much-anticipated roller coaster s jaw-dropping nighttime display to major Monday morning news that ll change the way you visit Walt Disney World in the future, here s what you must know.
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Walt Disney World dropped some major news yesterday morning and confirmed your resort hotel stay of the future will differ from that of the past.
Come Jan. 1, 2022 less than a year from now Disney s Magical Express will no longer exist. The massive fleet of buses, operated by Mears Transportation, provided free transportation to any Walt Disney World resort hotel guest, offering convenient and complimentary bus rides between their hotels and Orlando International Airport since it was first introduced in 2005.
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You can teach an old theme park operator some new tricks, but it doesn t mean the audience will enjoy the magic show.
Walt Disney World will discontinue Disney’s Magical Express bus service and end its Extra Magic Hours benefit for hotel guests in 2021, the company announced Monday. Later this year, resort guests will begin getting 30-minute head starts in all four theme parks every day, Disney says.