food IS a theme park
We’ve loved seeing our favorite characters ride (or in poor Elsa’s case…WALK by herself!) around World Showcase in EPCOT.
Elsa in EPCOT. Someone Give This Girl a RIDE!
While we didn’t see a Halloween themed Promenade make its way around World Showcase, we now know what festive character experiences we’ll see this Holiday Season!
It may still be Halloween time but Disney World is fully starting to shift its eyes to Christmas.
Cookie Stroll Plate
We know the International Festival of the Holidays in EPCOT will be returning this year — without the beloved Candlelight Processional — and now we know another favorite that WILL be returning: the Cookie Stroll!
The hallmark of EPCOT’s World Showcase has always been the unique cultural representation of countries around the world.
Morocco Pavilion
This was especially notable in the Morocco Pavilion, where the Kingdom of Morocco funded, designed, and oversaw the creation of their country’s Pavilion. Ever since, the Pavilion’s restaurants, stores, and exhibits have been overseen by an independent operating participant, not Disney directly. Today we have exclusive news for you that this will be changing by the end of 2020.
We just learned that Disney World has opened up reservations through their big 50th-anniversary date in October, 2021 through the end of that year!
Partners Statue in Magic Kingdom
With the ability to book reservations and buy tickets through this time comes another necessity in reopened Disney World: Park Passes. And it looks like these are now bookable all the way into early 2022!
We’ve had cucumber margs. We’ve had avocado margs. We’ve even had beet margs.
La Cava del Tequila
Could TOMATOES be next?!
It may be a world of pumpkins and spice in Disney World right now (or still near 100 degrees!) but it’s time to start thinking about the Christmas season.
Gingerbread Castle
Disney just dropped a BOMBSHELL on everyone with details of what is — and more importantly ISN’T — going to be included in this year’s festivities at Disney World. We’ve now learned a long-time fan-favorite tradition won’t be making the cut this year.
It’s time to party like it’s 1998 because Mulan is available today (for a price!) on Disney+!
©Disney
OK, so not THAT Mulan…the new live-action one! You know, the one that was SUPPOSED to be released right when all the craziness blew up in the world? So what better way to celebrate the long-awaited release than by sporting everyone’s favorite new accessory to come out of the global crisis — a mask!
Happy weekend, friends! We’re back with a new DFB Video full of all the news you might have missed from this past week.
Magic Kingdom
More festival booths are coming to EPCOT, some of our favorite snacks return to Magic Kingdom, a new costume policy change for guests, and we spotted the first new popcorn bucket in Disney World since January!
Disney World is mere days away from officially reopening. That means final preparations are underway to be ready to welcome guests back into the parks.
Cinderella Castle in Reopened Disney World
One of the biggest changes has been the introduction of the Park Pass Reservation System, which requires guests to have both a valid ticket AND a reservation for access to one of Disney World’s theme parks. When the Park Pass system went live, a number of Annual Passholders were left in a confusing situation — if they held a hotel reservation, they were only able to book the length of their resort stay and NOT also their three days of passes at a time allotted to them as Passholders. It seems this has changed!
We’re inching closer and closer to Disney World’s grand reopening this weekend!
Cinderella Castle
Along with things like Disney World transportation and many in-park dining locations resuming operations soon, we’ve now learned that a few more restaurants are reopening as well!
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