Unofficial Guide Book Updates 2020

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Part 2 - Planning Before You Leave Home

Page 21 - Our online room reservation service has switched from fax to email, and from 5 days in advance to 30 days in advance.

Part 4 - Money

Disney raised ticket prices in February 2020 by about 6% on average. Here's a spreadsheet with the latest prices.

Part 5 - Accommodations

Page 178 - The Gran Destino has opened at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, and we've updated Coronado's page on the site. Additional content about Gran Destino can be found on our blog here, here, and here.

Part 6 - Dining In and Around Walt Disney World

Page 300 - The Galaxy's Edge Milk Stand serves alcoholic versions of its blue and green milk. The optional splash of alcohol – rum for blue milk, tequila for green – doesn’t add anything but cost to the experience.

Page 318 - Oga's CantinaOga’s has been packed from the moment it opens. Disney makes online reservations available up to 180 days in advance. All tables are usually taken within minutes of showing up online. If you can’t get one, try showing up at Oga’s after 7 p.m. for a walk-up spot. The later the park is open, the better your chances of getting in.

Page 326 - Takumi-Tei has opened at Japan in Epcot's World Showcase. Read our review of Takumi-Tei here.

Page 368 - The Three Bridges Bar and Grill has opened at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort. Read our Three Bridges review here.

Part 9 - Arriving and Getting Around

Page 456 - The Disney Skyliner gondola service has opened, connecting Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios with the Art of Animation, Pop Century, Cariibean Beach, and Riviera resorts.

Page 458 - Allow extra time to park at Disney's Hollywood Studios in the morning, because of extra traffic for the Rise of the Resistance ride.

Part 12 - EPCOT

Note: Disney has changed the name of this theme park from Epcot to EPCOT.

P. 530 The massive construction project in Future World has begun.

Club Cool has closed. It will reopen at some point in the future in a different location.
The entire center of Future World has closed for construction
Innoventions East and West have closed and been demolished
The Fountain View has closed. It will reopen at some point in the future in a different location.
Mouse Gear has been temporarily relocated in Future World East
The Epcot Character Spot has closed. Character greetings have been dispersed throughout EPCOT.

Page 540 - The Guardians of the Galaxy roller-coaster opens in 2021.

Page 550 - Agent P's World Showcase Advencure has closed. It will be replaced by a similar game theme to Disney's DuckTales television show later in 2020.

Page 554 - An updated film for China, titled Wonderous China, is coming soon.

Page 556 - Morocco's gallery now displays artifacts from desert rally racing.

Page 557 - Remy's Ratatouille Adventure opens summer 2020.

Page 559 - The film O Canada! has been replaced by Canada Far and Wide. Here's our review.

Page 560 - The name of EPCOT's next nighttime show is HarmonioUS. We expect it to open on October 1, 2020.

Part 13 - Disney's Animal Kingdom

Page 590 - Primeval Whirl has moved to seasonal operation.

Part 14 - Disney's Hollywood Studios

Page 601 - Rise of the Resistance (ROTR) has opened at Galaxy's Edge. With it comes immense changes related to touring the Studios. Here's where to find more information:

More on Rise of the Resistance.

Page 606 - The Studios' FastPass+ tiers have changed, and with it, our advice about which FastPasses to get. Here's our updated coverage of FastPass+ at Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Page 622 - Characters you can meet at the Launch Bay include Chewbacca, Darth Vader, and BB-8.

Last updated on March 1, 2020