Country Thunder Florida has announced it is officially canceling its 2020 festival in Kissimmee, after postponing it from its original spring dates due to COVID-19.
This year’s event was originally scheduled for March 27-29, 2020, but two weeks before, Country Thunder made the difficult decision to postpone the festival until October 16-28, 2020.
Now word comes Country Thunder is canceling those dates and starting anew with 2021 dates at the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee.
A new show opened at Disney’s Hollywood Studios yesterday, and it’s a non-actor replacement for the long-running “Beauty and the Beast — Live on Stage” show.
The popular Walt Disney World Swan Resort has reopened to guests with a special deal for Florida residents and WDW annual passholders.
Universal Orlando is now offering a special “Buy a Day” ticket option for Florida residents, and it’s a great deal!
How school for the 20/21 session will take place is currently up in the air, but in March before COVID-19 hit, the Florida Senate passed legislation for the return of the Florida Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday from August 7-9, 2020.
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[Top image: Generous Pour Wines 2020 courtesy The Capital Grille]
Last month, prior to reopening, Walt Disney World announced it was canceling this year’s Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. Now comes word that Disney will be closing or postponing several more attractions and projected updates.
Here’s what we know so far:
Starting this weekend, Osceola Arts will present the hit musical “Once on the Island” for a limited engagement online for theater fans to enjoy at home.
Due to the continued safety issues from COVID-19, MEGACON Orlando has made the decision to cancel its LIMITED EDITION convention scheduled for Halloween weekend.
The big question that has been looming since Universal Orlando re-opened to the public last month has finally been answered: there will be no Halloween Horror Nights for 2020.
Universal Orlando made the announcement this morning via posts on its Facebook and Twitter accounts:
Yesterday I told you how Walt Disney World closed a loophole in park safety that allowed guests to walk around without a mandated face cover. Now it seems Universal Orlando has also closed that loophole.
Walt Disney World has required park visitors to wear face coverings since it reopened its parks earlier this month, but some guests were using food and drink as an excuse not to be wearing a mask when walking around.
Disney got wise and has updated its face covering policy: Guests can no longer eat and drink while walking around the parks, strolling through Disney Springs, or exploring the resorts.
When you need a fun night to benefit a charity, who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters! … and Silvermoon Drive In in Lakeland, which will host a Ghostbusters night to benefit Nathaniel’s Hope on July 24, 2020.
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Starting this weekend, SeaWorld Orlando will host a stripped down version of its popular Seven Seas Food food festival for guests to enjoy, called “A Taste of Seven Seas.”
The original festival was cut short this spring, and SeaWorld Orlando decided to reboot it with the park now reopen.
Each week, guests can enjoy popular food and drink samples from one of the Seven Seas Food Festival markets.
Here is the schedule and menus…