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Every Thursday, Rope Drop Rundown brings you the Walt Disney World stories, updates, and tips worth knowing. Whether you’re counting the days to your next trip or just keeping the magic close, we read everything so you don’t have to.


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EPCOT Candlelight Processional 2026: Narrators and Dining Packages

Holidays at Disney World

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Sep 10, 2026

EPCOT Candlelight Processional 2026: Narrators and Dining Packages

The 2026 Candlelight narrators are set, dining packages book October 14, and DVC just ended reservation walking.

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Gabe Travers
Hurly-Burly Opens October 1 at Disney's BoardWalk

Rides & Attractions

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Sep 3, 2026

Hurly-Burly Opens October 1 at Disney's BoardWalk

Jellyrolls' replacement has a date, a menu, and a walk-up window, and Lakeshore Lodge opens the phone lines October 6.

Gabe Travers
Gabe Travers
Disney Cruise Line Returns to New York in Fall 2027

Disney Cruise Line

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Aug 27, 2026

Disney Cruise Line Returns to New York in Fall 2027

Seven Wish sailings out of Manhattan, three Wish-class ships at Port Canaveral, and Food & Wine opens today.

Gabe Travers
Gabe Travers
EPCOT Food & Wine Festival 2026: Every Menu Is Out

Rides & Attractions

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Aug 20, 2026

EPCOT Food & Wine Festival 2026: Every Menu Is Out

Every 2026 Food & Wine menu is out for the festival's 30th, plus which D23 projects got opening years and which didn't.

Gabe Travers
Gabe Travers
D23 2026 Parks Panel: How to Watch Horizons

Rides & Attractions

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Aug 13, 2026

D23 2026 Parks Panel: How to Watch Horizons

Disney's parks keynote streams live Saturday, plus Barbossa's Not-So-Scary takeover and a Wilderness Lodge water outage.

Gabe Travers
Gabe Travers
Lakeshore Lodge Reveals Three Restaurants and a Fireworks Lounge

Rides & Attractions

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Aug 6, 2026

Lakeshore Lodge Reveals Three Restaurants and a Fireworks Lounge

Halloween season opens tomorrow at Magic Kingdom, the Mansion sheds its scrim, and a shelved resort resurfaces on Bay Lake

Gabe Travers
Gabe Travers
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