{"id":28721,"date":"2013-03-18T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=28721"},"modified":"2022-02-05T22:24:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T03:24:39","slug":"rikkis-mouse-bites-31813","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/rikkis-mouse-bites-31813\/","title":{"rendered":"Rikki&#8217;s Mouse Bites 3\/18\/13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-26974\" alt=\"Rikkis News Bites\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RikkisNews4resized3-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RikkisNews4resized3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RikkisNews4resized3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/RikkisNews4resized3.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disney will be changing the minimum age for it&#8217;s admission policy for park guests.\u00a0 The new policy is that kids under the age of 14 must now be accompanied by a guest age 14 or older.\u00a0 The previous policy was that guests under that age of 8 had to be accompanied by a guest 14 or older.<\/li>\n<li>It is being said that the Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun! and the Disney Channel Rocks at Disney&#8217;s Hollywood Studios will be ending both of their runs on April 6.\u00a0 No public announcement has been made as of yet, however the cast is aware of the closure.<\/li>\n<li>Disney has announced that they will be redoing it&#8217;s Downtown Disney area.\u00a0 It will be called Disney Springs and will include double the number of shops and restaurant, from 75 to 150.\u00a0 The new area will include a waterfront section, open air promenades, and wonderful springs. Two parking garages will also be added.\u00a0 One will be on the Marketplace side.\u00a0 One will be on the West Side.<br \/>\nThe area will include four neighborhoods that will all be interconnected:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Town Center: <\/strong>A mix of shopping and dining along a relaxing promenade (a brand new area built on former parking lots.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Landing:<\/strong>\u00a0A thriving commercial district (formerly Pleasure Island.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Marketplace: <\/strong>More family friendly, including new features such as an over-the-water pedestrian walkway and an expanded World of Disney store.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Westside:<\/strong>\u00a0A lively entertainment district with lots of shade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-28721 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DS-Marketplace-Causeway-640x360.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DS-Marketplace-Causeway-640x360-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DS-Town-Center-and-Landing-640x360.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DS-Town-Center-and-Landing-640x360-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DS-Waterfront-640x360.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DS-Waterfront-640x360-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DS-West-Side-Elevated-Areas-640x360.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DS-West-Side-Elevated-Areas-640x360-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Construction will be starting next month and the area will be finished in 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Annual Passholders will be getting RFID passes starting on March 20.\u00a0 On that date, guests who purchase a new pass will receive the new RFID version.\u00a0 For guests who already have their passes, they may get them over at The Odyssey at Epcot.\u00a0 Passholders may do this anywhere from March 20 &#8211; May 19.\u00a0 To get the RFID passes, guests will need to show their AP, as well as a photo ID.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>This week&#8217;s Limited Time Magic, which will run from March 18 &#8211; 24 and will have guests take part in a Disney character Easter &#8220;egg&#8221; hunt at Epcot.\u00a0 Guests will search for hidden \u201ceggs\u201d which they will then be able to mark them with stickers on a special eggs-perience park map that will be available for purchase.\u00a0 They can be found at Point of Entry, Pin Central, Heritage Manor at the American Adventure Pavilion, or the International Gateway.\u00a0 When all the eggs have been discovered, you can turn your map at Port of Entry for a special prize.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Disney will be changing the minimum age for it&#8217;s admission policy for park guests.\u00a0 The new policy is that kids under the age of 14 must now be accompanied by a guest age 14 or older.\u00a0 The previous policy was that guests under that age of 8 had to be accompanied by a guest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":26974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6619],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mouse-bites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82527,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28721\/revisions\/82527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}