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Each week, we scour Amazon to find the latest Disney merchandise and steepest Disney deals the massive e-tailer has to offer.
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This week, Amazon is offering up some of the best clothes and bags for a day at Walt Disney World!
LONG-AWAITED changes are coming to a pair of Magic Kingdom icons!
Magic Kingdom Entrance
Back in August, Disney made numerous announcements at the 2025 Destination D23 event, touching on every corner of the company from films, television, and — our focus today — their theme parks. In fact, to a 30-year visitor to the Magic Kingdom like myself, the biggest announcements had to do with two changes I’ve been waiting ages for.
Anyone who has been to Disney World in the last couple of decades knows how integral MagicBands have become to the resort experience.
MagicBand
The latest iteration, MagicBand+, serves multiple functions, including functioning as a Walt Disney World or Disneyland entry ticket, checking in for Lightning Lanes and connecting with Photopass, and reacting to select Disney theme park attractions with “lighting effects and gesture recognition.”
Disney fans, drop everything and get to Amazon ASAP!
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We’re always scouring Amazon looking for the BEST Disney deals, and we’ve found three great ones today!
Get out your calendars, it’s time to look at some of Disney’s most important upcoming dates.
DINOSAUR
The biggest date on the minds of Disney fans like me who’ve been visiting Disney World for decades revolves around Dinosaur, the opening day Animal Kingdom attraction that’ll be closing early next year to make way for the completion of the park’s new Tropical Americas. However, the day Dinosaur’s countdown to extinction ends isn’t the only one those planning to visit Disney World in the coming months need to mark on their calendar.
Disney Adults are saying arrivederci! to a popular EPCOT pavilion for now.
Italy
Over my 7 years of covering Disney’s theme parks, I’ve seen the popularity of EPCOT World Showcase pavilions ebb and flow. New snacks — or even new rides — will lead to a spike in popularity for a particular country for a while before crowds move on, while on the other side of the coin, a disappointing reveal or simple stagnation will leave some pavilions on the skip list. Currently, the park’s Italy Pavilion is facing that issue.
In recent years, the EPCOT International Gateway entrance has experienced a surge in usage, thanks to the introduction of the Skyliner, which has led many to discover and take advantage of this secondary entrance located near the World Showcase’s France Pavilion.
International Gateway Friendship Boat
I’ve been visiting EPCOT for 30 years, and for the vast majority of that time, the International Gateway between the France and United Kingdom pavilions in World Showcase has been available to EPCOT guests. First opened in the early 1990s, the secondary entrance was initially meant for guests staying in the EPCOT Resort Area (Yacht & Beach Clubs, Swan & Dolphin, and later the Boardwalk) as well as the then MGM-Studios theme park, each of which is linked to the Gateway via walking paths and Friendship boats. As mentioned above, use of the entrance increased drastically with the opening of the Skyliner gondola system in 2019.
Every week, we report the average Disney World wait times in every park so that you can be prepared for your next trip to Orlando!
Magic Kingdom
With Fall in fall swing, wait times have stabilized! So, knowing what the weekly average wait times are for those popular rides can make or break your upcoming trip. If you’re heading to the parks soon, we’ve got all the info you need to know! [Read more…]
If you’re in the market for a new backpack, look no further!
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Whether you’re looking to pick something up for a trip to Disney or the new school year, or just because you want one, these are some of the highest-rated and best-reviewed bags we found online.
Heads up, Rescuers Down Under fans, there’s a new merchandise collection available now!
BoxLunch
One of the best things about the ever-growing collection of Disney Loungefy bags is the number of deep cuts. Sure, there are bags inspired by major characters like Mickey and the company’s biggest films, but there are also bags representing somewhat obscure corners of the company’s film and theme park libraries…which brings us to the NEW BoxLunch Rescuers collection.
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