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You heard it here first, ladies and gents. Breaking news.

The president of the Disneyland Resort, Thomas Maslum, held some strategy sessions with outlets like MiceChat about upcoming changes and what is going on around the resort.

This was an opportunity to talk directly to the fan base about decisions and give a glimpse of what is coming.

One of the items was the reservation system at Disneyland.

It's not going anywhere for the moment as it helps the resort better manage attendance, patterns, and staffing.

However, the 11 a.m. park hopping restriction will be going away soon.

Also, Monsters Inc. Mike and Sully to the Rescue, is delaying closing until sometime next year.

These, I think, a lot of like social media outlets like jumped on all of these. Our next story we'll get to, I think, is what was probably the coolest thing that came out of this. But, I mean,

nobody's complaining that monsters is staying and that park hopping is going away. I am curious,

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