For months, we’ve been monitoring the reopening guidelines in California and seen how Orange County, where Disneyland Resort is located, has progressed through California’s reopening tiers.

Most recently, Orange County was in California’s Orange Tier, but now things are changing in a way that could cause increases in capacity at Disneyland.

According to the Orange County Register, California’s Orange County will be moving to the yellow tier under California’s reopening guidelines tomorrow, May 19th.

According to state data shared by the OCR, the “number of cases per 100,000 resident had reached 1.5 and had remained below the threshold of 2 cases per 100,000 for the required two weeks,” allowing Orange County to move to the yellow tier. California’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy website already shows the county to be in the yellow tier.

What changes will take place under the yellow tier? Well, some businesses will be cleared to reopen indoor service or expand their attendance, bars that don’t serve food will be able to allow a certain number of guests inside, and museums, zoos, and aquariums will be able to go from 50% capacity to full capacity.

When it comes to amusement parks, like Disneyland and others, they will be allowed to increase capacity from 25% to 35% under the yellow tier.

Under California’s theme park reopening guidelines, in the yellow tier theme parks can also allow indoor dining to go from 25% capacity to 50% capacity.

On Monday, Dr. Mark Ghaly, the Secretary of Health and Human Services in California said that California’s rules requiring that masks be worn indoors will stay in place until June 15th. That’s the date when California is expected to fully reopen.

As of right now, Disneyland has not yet announced that it will be increasing park capacity as a result of Orange County entering into the yellow tier, but we will be on the lookout for more updates about that. 

Stay tuned for all the latest updates!

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In Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, you can find gear for both Jedi and Sith.

And that includes lightsabers! We’ve previously seen hilts for Rey, General Leia Organa, and Count Dooku. And now, there’s an EPIC new option.

In Dok Ondar’s Den of Antiquities in Disneyland, we spotted the new Darksaber!

This legacy lightsaber features its trademark black blade and black hilt. And doesn’t it look AWESOME?!

If you need to add this to your collection, you can snag it for $199.99. We’re expecting it to sell out quickly, so act fast! And stay tuned to DFB for plenty more Disney news.

Check Out the Rey Lightsaber Hilt!

Are you going to get this lightsaber? Let us know in the comments!

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Looking for breakfast on the go when you’re in Disney World? There are plenty of options to choose from in the parks and resorts!

You can pick up quick items like the Cinnamon Roll at Gaston’s Tavern in Magic Kingdom or some pastries from Les Halles in EPCOT. You’ll also find Joffrey’s and Starbucks locations all around the property, so there are usually quite a few choices there. The other day, we picked up a quick bite from Joffrey’s, and in true DFB fashion, we just had to share our thoughts!

At the Joffrey’s location at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, you can snag yourself a quick bite on your way to the parks, which is especially convenient for breakfast time. We stopped by to grab two of their pastries the other day — the Lemon Pound Cake and the Croissant Doughnut. 

The Lemon Pound Cake was a pretty decent size for the price of $4.99.

It was moist, rich, and heavy — all things that are good for a pound cake, but ultimately we think that the Starbucks version is a little better. 

Read our full review of the lemon pound cake here! 

We had similar thoughts about the Croissant Doughnut, also priced at $4.99. We expected this one to be pretty dry going in, but we did get a little bit of butter right at the end of the bite. It wasn’t knock-your-socks-off delicious or anything, and we’d probably skip this one in favor of the regular doughnuts at Joffrey’s. 

Neither of these treats was “bad,” but we do think that there are better versions in other places, especially with a bakery case full of goodies at Contempo Cafe and a Starbucks next door in Magic Kingdom. If you’re really hungry and you find yourself at the Joffrey’s cart, you might want to try them out. Other than that, we recommend holding out for something more exciting.

Stay tuned to DFB for more breakfast and snack reviews from all around Disney World. We’ve got the latest food news you need to know!

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Earlier this year, Disney introduced its NEW MagicMobile service.

Through this service, you can basically use your phone to do many of the same things your MagicBand can do — like scan your ticket to enter the parks and more! When you set up your digital Disney ticket to use through MagicMobile, you’ll have the chance to select a digital pass design to use for your tickets. Recently, 2 new designs became available for you to select!

You can already pick from a number of fun digital MagicMobile pass designs including ones featuring ear hats, the Castle, Spaceship Earth…

…the Tree of Life, the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror, and more.

But now there are 2 NEW designs for you to pick from! In the section for Disney’s Animal Kingdom, you’ll now find a digital card design featuring an elephant, zebra, giraffe, and other animals out on the savannah. 

And in the section for Magic Kingdom, there’s a new digital card design featuring a magic wand topped with a star and surrounded by pixie dust.

There are more new designs on the way too! Recently, Disney sent an email to Annual Passholders to let them know that they will no longer be providing free MagicBands to Passholders starting later this year. In that email, Disney also shared that 2 NEW, Passholder exclusive MagicMobile digital card designs will be coming out soon. These will feature Orange Bird and Figment!

We’ll keep an eye out for more updates on that and let you know what we find. But, if you’re interested in checking out these new digital card designs, be sure to look for them in the My Disney Experience app. Stay tuned for more updates!

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Cruella De Vil is one of Disney’s most infamous villains, and she soon will have her own live-action film showing how she became the evil fashionista we see in 101 Dalmatians!

Her origin film is set to debut in theaters and on Disney+ on May 28th, 2021 (you can watch on Disney+ for an additional fee). We’ve seen Disney getting ready for the film with a lot of new De Vil-inspired items, like these Cruella keys and this Cruella gelato sandwich! Now, there are two NEW shirts you can grab to wear while you watch the new film!

BoxLunch just released this Cruella Britannia T-Shirt showing Emma Stone’s portrayal of Cruella De Vil in front of the British flag!

The flag is surrounded by the words “Cruell” and “Britannia” in a fun blue design. The shirt is currently on sale for $21.67 (normally $28.90).

Click here for the Cruella Britannia T-Shirt!

The other shirt we found is this Cruella Portrait Long Sleeve T-Shirt on sale for $24.67 (normally $32.90).

The black long sleeve T-shirt shows a stylized portrait of Cruella with her name above her in red. De Vil is featured on the sleeve on the shirt in the same striking red font!

Click here to get the Cruella Portrait Long Sleeve T-Shirt!

These shirts are absolutely perfect to watch Disney’s Cruella, whether you’re going out to the movie theater or chillin like a villain on your couch watching on Disney+! We can’t wait to see what Disney’s newest live-action flick has in store for us!

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What do you think of these new Cruella shirts? Will you be ordering one for yourself? Let us know in the comments!

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