3. Water Park and Sports add-on at Walt Disney World now on sale

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Guests can now purchase a new Water Park and Sports Option (designed to replace the Park Hopper Plus and Water Park Fun and More options) that can be added on to their theme park tickets to experience a number of add-on experiences during their visit to Walt Disney World, including the following:

• Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park
• Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park
• NBA Experience
• ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex
• Disney's Oak Trail Golf Course (greens fees only)
• FootGolf at Disney's Oak Trail Golf Course
• Disney's Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf Course (one round prior to 4:00 p.m.)
• Disney's Winter Summerland Miniature Golf Course (one round prior to 4:00 p.m.)

The cost of this Water Park and Sports Option is $70 plus tax per person and the total number of admissions you can get with this option is based on the length of your theme park ticket (so a 4-day ticket will allow someone with this add-on to have four admissions to the listed extras). This price is a flat rate, so this option is definitely worth considering if you are visiting the resort for multiple days and are planning on visiting at least two of these locations, especially the water parks, as the regular price just one visit to a water park is $69 . 

4. Spaceship Earth to close for massive refurbishment May 26, 2020

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Disney has announced that Spaceship Earth will close on May 26 2020 to begin its transformation into Spaceship Earth: Our Shared Story. Disney has not shared a timetable for the opening of this new version of this attraction, but reports suggest that we are looking at an 18-24 month closure, which would shutter this iconic attraction until late 2021 at least. However, we do have some idea about what this attraction will be like when it reopens. 

5. New viral "Chewie Mode" discovered at Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run

A new video last week from YouTube channel Fresh Baked Disney discovered a secret new mode in Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run.  Known as “Chewie Mode”, this special secret new ride mode replaces the voice of pirate Hondo Ohnaka with Chewbacca for the entire ride!

Now of course, since this mode doesn't include any instructions (unless of course you can understand Chewbacca roars!) we wouldn't suggest this mode for those who have never experienced this attraction before. However, if you have mastered the Smugglers Run and know when to fire harpoons and make the jump to lightspeed, you can learn more about activating this mode here.