{"id":37174,"date":"2015-02-16T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/?p=37174"},"modified":"2022-02-05T21:38:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T02:38:45","slug":"rikkis-mouse-bites-walt-disney-world-news-21615","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/rikkis-mouse-bites-walt-disney-world-news-21615\/","title":{"rendered":"Rikki&#8217;s Mouse Bites &#8211; Walt Disney World News 2\/16\/15"},"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<ul>\n<li>Quite a few pieces of refurbishment news to pass along.\u00a0 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad refurbishment has been pushed back from March 4-7 to April 27-30, reopening on May 1.\u00a0 Also Buzz Lightyear&#8217;s Space Ranger Spin will be closed for two days, March 4-5, reopening March 6.\u00a0 Finally, Peter Pan&#8217;s Flight will be closed from March 5-6, reopening March 7.<\/li>\n<li>The Tomorrowland Arcade at the Magic Kingdom has closed officially as of February 9. Many believe this is due to the recent (and supposedly vaguely written) law that bans internet cafes. (Essentially, this law could have the opportunity to <span id=\"ContentPlaceHolder_MainBody_Label_NewsBody\">potentially be applied to video game arcades that dispense prizes or provide winning tickets, which many of Disney\u2019s arcades in both the parks and resorts did.\u00a0 Therefore, many arcades across Disney property have been seeing changes and removal of both games, as well as prize counters.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Richard Petty Driving Experience will be closing permanently at the Walt Disney World Speedway. The date of closure is tentatively set for June 28. This closure is taking place to make room for an unspecified transportation project.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/walt-disney-world\/dining\/menus\/las-ventanas-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Las Ventanas<\/a> restaurant at Disney&#8217;s Coronado Springs Resort will be open now for dinner from <span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1571935367\">4:00 p.m. \u201310:00 p.m.<\/span>\u00a0The dinner menu will be the same as the current lunch menu. In addition, lunch and dinner reservations can be booked beginning\u00a0<span tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1571935368\">March 1<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Eligible Guests staying in a Walt Disney World hotel will now have the option to participate in the Direct-to-Room Check-in process where they can go directly to their hotel room once it is ready, without the need to stop at the Front Desk. In order to be eligible for this optional offering, there are a few things that must occur.\u00a0 First, Guests must have the MagicBands for their current stay shipped to their home.\u00a0 Second the Guests must have completed the Online Check-In process including paying for their reservation in full or establishing a credit card and PIN.\u00a0 They also must provide a method of communication&#8211;either text or email.\u00a0 Once Guests have created their MagicBand and had them shipped to their home, they will receive an email making them aware of the service, as well as the other steps that need to be completed to be eligible. If all eligibility steps are completed, they will receive a message via email and\/or text prior to their arrival notifying them of their room number and that they then have the option of going directly to their room.\u00a0 Once the Guest arrives at the hotel, they will be greeted by Curbside Cast and the Guest can to choose to use the traditional check-in method or\u00a0 to go directly to their room instead.\u00a0 This process is being slowly phased to all resorts.\u00a0 The schedule is:<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><b>Now Available:<\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom Lodge (including Jambo House, Kidani Village)<\/li>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Art of Animation Resort<\/li>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Contemporary Resort (including Bay Lake Tower)<\/li>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Polynesian Village Resort<\/li>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Pop Century Resort<\/li>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Port Orleans Resorts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><b>February 25 <\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Disney\u2019s BoardWalk Inn (including Boardwalk Villas)<\/li>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Grand Floridian Resort &amp; Spa (including Grand Floridian Villas)<\/li>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Wilderness Lodge (including Wilderness Lodge Villas)<\/li>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Yacht and Beach Club Resorts (including Beach Club Villas)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><b>March 10 <\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Disney\u2019s All-Star Resorts<\/li>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Caribbean Beach Resort<\/li>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Coronado Springs Resort<\/li>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Old Key West Resort<\/li>\n<li>Disney\u2019s Saratoga Springs Resort &amp; Spa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Disney\u2019s Fort Wilderness Resort &amp; Campground implementation is to be determined.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quite a few pieces of refurbishment news to pass along.\u00a0 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad refurbishment has been pushed back from March 4-7 to April 27-30, reopening on May 1.\u00a0 Also Buzz Lightyear&#8217;s Space Ranger Spin will be closed for two days, March 4-5, reopening March 6.\u00a0 Finally, Peter Pan&#8217;s Flight will be closed from March&#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-37174","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\/37174","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=37174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82460,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37174\/revisions\/82460"}],"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=37174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}