{"id":34249,"date":"2014-08-04T09:03:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T13:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=34249"},"modified":"2022-02-05T21:47:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T02:47:08","slug":"rikkis-mouse-bites-walt-disney-world-news-8414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/rikkis-mouse-bites-walt-disney-world-news-8414\/","title":{"rendered":"Rikki&#8217;s Mouse Bites &#8211; Walt Disney World News 8\/4\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/2013\/05\/rikkis-mouse-bites-51313\/rikkisnews4resized3-300x300\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29385\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RikkisNews4resized3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"RikkisNews4resized3-300x300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RikkisNews4resized3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/RikkisNews4resized3-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disney has announced that the Yankee Trader gift shop, found in Liberty Square at the Magic Kingdom will be turned into a Haunted Mansion gift shop and it will reopen sometime this Fall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/2014\/08\/rikkis-mouse-bites-walt-disney-world-news-8414\/20140803-183414-66854599-jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34251\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140803-183414-66854599-300x400.jpg\" alt=\"20140803-183414-66854599.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140803-183414-66854599-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/20140803-183414-66854599.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AstroOrbiter&#8217;s refurbishment has been extended.\u00a0 The Tomorrowland attraction will now be closed until September 27, reopening on September 28.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/2014\/07\/rikkis-mouse-bites-walt-disney-world-news-72814\/epcot-food-and-wine-festival-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-34190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Epcot-Food-and-Wine-Festival-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Epcot Food and Wine Festival\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Epcot-Food-and-Wine-Festival-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Epcot-Food-and-Wine-Festival.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For those of you who have a favorite artist performing at this year&#8217;s Eat to the Beat Concert Series, a brand new dining package has been introduced.\u00a0 Guests can choose to have either lunch or dinner at select dining establishments around Epcot and will receive a reserved spot for one Eat to the Beat concert that same evening.<\/li>\n<li>Also related to this year&#8217;s Epcot Food and Wine Festival, two new events have been added.\u00a0 The first is called Late Nights LIVE, which is a street party that will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays during the festival, from 9:45 p.m. \u2013 1:00 a.m. and will include six tastes (food and beverages) from select marketplaces, live music, a DJ, and other additional entertainment offerings. The street party will be located between the United Kingdom Pavilion and World Showcase Plaza and the cost of this event is $79, plus tax.\u00a0 Disney has also introduced the Epcot Food and Wine Festival Premium Package which is available for guests staying at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel, Monday through Thursday, where guests will be able to visit 10 different VIP areas known as &#8220;Premium Package Areas&#8221; situated around World Showcase from 12:00 noon until 8:00 p.m., September 22 through November 6.\u00a0 At these VIP areas, guests will be able to order items from select Marketplaces and have them delivered to them. The package will cost $199, plus tax (plus Epcot admission). The package will also include an in-room gift with wine (for those who are 21 and older); a special festival wine glass; truffles; and an Epcot International Food &amp; Wine Festival MagicBand plus a $50 Disney Gift Card.\u00a0 Also included in this Premium Package will be one admission to Epcot Food &amp; Wine Festival \u2013 Late Nights LIVE!<\/li>\n<li>For guests who have Tables in Wonderland, the card has seen some changes recently.\u00a0 First, Victoria and Albert&#8217;s will no longer participate in the program.\u00a0 In addition, select restaurants will see Tables in Wonderland blackout dates that are in addition to the card&#8217;s normal blackout dates.\u00a0 The new dates include&#8211;November 23-29; December 21-27; March 8-April 4, 2015; and May 31-June 20, 2015. The restaurants that this effects are:\n<ul>\n<li>1900 Park Fare<\/li>\n<li>Chef Mickey\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Ohana (Dinner Only)<\/li>\n<li>Cinderella\u2019s Royal Table<\/li>\n<li>Les Chefs de France<\/li>\n<li>Akershus Royal Banquet Hall<\/li>\n<li>Le Cellier Steakhouse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Disney has announced that the Yankee Trader gift shop, found in Liberty Square at the Magic Kingdom will be turned into a Haunted Mansion gift shop and it will reopen sometime this Fall. AstroOrbiter&#8217;s refurbishment has been extended.\u00a0 The Tomorrowland attraction will now be closed until September 27, reopening on September 28. For those&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":29385,"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-34249","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\/34249","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=34249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82467,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34249\/revisions\/82467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}