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That means it’s time for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party to kick off the holiday season at the Walt Disney World resort. This separately ticketed event is full of exclusive holiday experiences like Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas Parade, Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks Show, character meet & greets, and of course exclusive holiday treats! All of that being said, did you know while you’re at the party, there are select locations where you can stop by for FREE holiday drinks and cookies?!

Most likely magic, iconic characters, and family fun come to mind — not employee injuries. But a recent report came out that shows employee injuries at Disneyland are on the rise. Let’s talk about it!

If you’ve been on every single ride at Disney World, you can probably recognize them simply by a simple clue. So, test out your skills by naming the rides given their VERY literal description!

Truly, is too much of a good thing at Disney World be a problem?

The holidays are here, which means it’s the perfect time to grab that Disney merch you’ve been eyeing for a while and now. And guess what? They’re on sale right now online at Amazon!

Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. pisi (Fop) poses significant threats to pea cultivation worldwide. Controlling this disease is mainly achieved through the integration of various disease management procedures, among which biological control has proven to be a safe and effective approach. This study aims to extract and identify antifungal secondary metabolites from Streptomyces alboflavus KRO3 strain and assess their effectiveness in inhibiting the in vitro growth of Fop. This bacterial strain exerts in vitro antagonistic activity against Fop, achieving highly significant inhibition over one week. The ethyl acetate extract, obtained from its ISP2 agar medium culture, also exhibited strong antifungal activity, maintaining an inhibition rate of approximately 90% at concentrations up to 250 µg/plug compared to the control. Thus, the organic extract has been fractionated using chromatographic techniques and its bioguided purification allowed us to isolate the main bioactive compound. This latter was identified as metacycloprodigiosin using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), and specific optical rotation data. Metacycloprodigiosin demonstrates dose-dependent inhibitory activity against the phytopathogen with an effective concentration of 125 µg/plug. The other secondary metabolites present in the ethyl acetate extract were also identified by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). This study highlighted the potential of S. alboflavus KRO3 strain and its antimicrobial compounds for the management of the pea pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. pisi.

The Disney World parks are certainly the big draw to the resort, but Disney Springs certainly has its own charm.

If I told you right now that Summer 2025 wouldn’t be the “busy season” for Disney World, would you believe me?

Rapuzel’s Forest in Fantasy Springs at Tokyo DisneySea

The progress never sleeps at Disney World, especially when it comes to the re-theming of DinoLand, U.S.A. into a Tropical Americas themed land.