You heard me right- you can literally eat for free in WDW now. We haven't covered the dining plan since it came back this year, but we can tell you that we stand by what we've always said- plan out your meals and use every. single. credit. on the most expensive items you can and you'll get your moneys worth! The dining plan is all about strategy and picking the plan you know your family will use! So do your research on the different ways you can dine in WDW (and check out our favorite Quick Service, Table Service, and Character Diningrestaurants blogs) and set your family up to be well fed!!

+ This year with the purchase of specific vacation packages through a Walt Disney World Travel Agent, you can book a hotel and get the dining plan for free! Just talk to an agent and book accordingly to get the dining plan for free and really master the art of a WDW vacay.

Okay, so this isn't in Walt Disney World but we are SUPER excited about this one. We've been getting teasers all year so far on projects like the Beyond Big Thunder Mountain Expansion and the Dinoland retheme to the Central Americas, but we are gearing up for D23 Expo from August 9th-11th to see what other big projects they'll be announcing. With big news coming nearly weekly at this point from the teams building out new Park projects, we're almost expecting something huge from D23 to really give us conrete timelines for these expansions! I am on the edge of my seat about the possibility of a villains themed land in the Magic Kingdom, so best believe I will be waiting on bated breath.

On June 17th, Test Track Presented by Chevrolet is going under for a lengthy refurbishment and re-imagining! We have yet to get many details for this one beyond the likely chance it will be more similar to its predecessor World of Motion. We're honestly excited to see this one go in for a tune up, because it's just not in the shape it used to be! With the Chevrolet sonsorship renewed, there's no surprise that they wanted to update the ride to feel more current- and we're definitely excited to see it come together, so be sure to mark your calendar and ride Test Track before its June 17th closure to get one last ride in!

We just got dates for Food and Wine Festival 2024!! F&W is going on from August 29th to Nov. 23rd. Significantly cut down from the last couple years, but honestly we're not mad about it! The days when EPCOT has no festival are some of the nicest because it just feels overall way less crowded! This is a great time to enjoy Guardians, Luminous, and everything else about EPCOT without the fest crowd level.

EPCOT Has Test Track Closing as mentioned above, but they also have a new gathering space opening soon! CommuniCore Hall is set to open its doors to changing and evolving exhibits that go hand in hand with EPCOT's different festivals! Outside this summer will be a new stage show featuring Mirabel and Bruno from Encanto aptly named Celebracion Encanto. Inside a new area will be Mickey and Friends, a permanent meeting space for Meeting and Greeting your favorite Fab 5 Characters.

After what has felt like 84 years, we're gearing up to get some reopening news about Rock'n'Roller Coaster. Last year, this popular coaster underwent a long refurbishment, but shortly after opening it was seeing technical difficulties again! We have heard long swirling rumors of a reskin or an update regarding theming because of Aerosmith Contracts, popularity, and other factors, but we really just wanna know when it's opening again! It should be sometime in the summer, according to Disney, but I guess we'll! just! keep! waiting!

We don't have a confirmed reopening date for this one yet, but we are sure it will be shortly after Tiana's Bayou Adventure Opens (see below!). The Country Bears have been hard at work rehearsing a brand new show of all of your disney favorites. As much as we were sad to let go of the cringey and incredible previous show, this will be a happy and welcome change to the newly revitalized Frontierland Area! We're very much looking forward to seeing what the Imagineers have put together with this one and cannot wait for that opening date announcement, but until then you can catch us enjoying the hoe down with the bears and country Chip'n'Dale in the Frontier Streets.

Credit: Disney Imagineering

This is one we're looking forward to on both coasts! Our girl's ride is almost done!!! With imagineers in the park nearly every week day doing ride testing and other final touches, we know this one is coming soon! On our end, we're speculating that we're going to see May/June Previews for Cast and AP/DVC with a hard open set aorund 4th of July time! With that summer heat, we know people visiting Florida will find it irrisistable to get in line for a nearly brand new ride and cool off in the water. We could not be more excited to see Tiana's ride make her debut.