This week, the Frozen segment finally debuted in Celebrate the Magic at the Magic Kingdom. The segment features the “Let It Go” sequence from the film along with the song performed by Idina Menzel as Elsa in the film. The segment is pretty cool and is a welcome addition to the show:
What do you think?
A new trailer for Disney’s Muppets Most Wanted was released today by The Walt Disney Studios.
Disney’s Muppets Most Wanted, directed by James Bobin, follows the Muppets on a global tour, selling out some of Europe’s grand theaters in Berlin, Madrid and London. As usual, mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, and they are unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine—the World’s Number One Criminal, who happens to be a dead ringer for Kermit—and his dastardly sidekick, portrayed by Ricky Gervais. The film also stars Tina Fey and Ty Burrell.
Check out the trailer below:
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Muppets Most Wanted will be released in theaters March 21, 2014.
WDWNT Reporter Dirk Wallen visited the Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Saturday and has some newsworthy photos to share with us from his trip:
The free Jingle Cruise posters may be gone, but you can still snap a shot of this one…
New souvenir holiday cup
Some tarps are up on the top of the buildings that house Country Bear Jamboree and the Enchanted Tiki Room
Walls came down in front of Pinocchio’s Village Haus revealing a new planter/bench
It seems this will also serve as some overflow seating for guests at the restaurant on busy days (the seating area was also expanded slightly)
The paint is still drying in some areas
Walls are still up on this section
The giant Mickey wreath is now up on the Contemporary
Moving over to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the Christmas tree has been installed replacing the long-running Monsters University display
Yummmmmm…
A sparse collection of celebrity autographs now hangs in Sid Cahuenga’s at the Studios, no longer a store and now a MyMagic+ service center
Phineas and Ferb wearing holiday attire
Much of the Sid Cahuenga’s merchandise has moved to the AFI Showcase by the Backlot Tour
The final display in the AFI Showcase from Life of Pi is now gone
Inside the Magic of Disney Animation building, posters are now up for Big Hero 6 and Inside Out
As well as The Good Dinosaur and Planes Fire and Rescue
Next door to the Cars meet and greet, a new quick service coffee and pastry stall is going up
The web at the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Playset Adventure is under refurbishment
Some sort of permanant stall is going up at the front of PIXAR Place as well…
Story courtesy of Jeremiah Good @JeremiahGood
The Hollywood Brown Derby just began some early testing with changing framed “magazine covers” on the walls in the lobby. The frames were installed several weeks ago, but tests actually using these screen pictures just began this past weekend.
At this point, if a cast member with a photo attached to their MagicBands walks into the lobby, they will appear on the cover of the framed magazines. When the final product rolls out with MyMagic+, when guests with reservations come into the restaurant, it will trigger with a “set” picture attached to their MagicBand to appear on the screens.
Once the guest is seated at a table, they will be brought a photo print of their cover. There is no word yet on if this would be an added cost to buy or included with PhotoPass. It is also possible that this will be part of MyMemoryMaker, which we still have no further details on.
The pictures you see in this post are the default pictures. The little black dot on the upper left hand corner of the pictures is the sensor.
So, what do you think? Is this a cool use of MagicBand technology, or a waste?
After several months, we finally have a photo report from the Disneyland Resort. YAY!!! (Wild Applause) So here are a few pictures of some stuff going on at the Disneyland Resort.
WDWNT Reporter Joe Hogarty went to Epcot on Friday to experience the first day of Holidays Around the world and he has a ton of newsworthy photos to share with us, so let’s take a look:
Holidays Around the World has returned to Epcot
Joyful! has returned for 2013
As has the Santa Mickey popcorn bucket
Holidays Around the World of course brings us the story of Christmas from each culture
Santa’s Village is back at the American Adventure
The Norsk Kultur cultural exhibit featuring Frozen in Norway finally opened
A really cool model in the exhibit featuring the castle
The American Adventure Christmas tree at night
The World Showcase Christmas tree looks great, as always
These snowflake decorations in Future World are new this year
Happy holidays from Epcot!
I made a few visits to the Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Contemporary Resort, and Downtown Disney over the last couple of weeks and have been taking quite a few photos to share with you, so let’s take a look at what’s new and exciting at Walt Disney World:
Disney Infinity store displays can now be found in the parks
The gingerbread display at Disney’s Contemporary Resort is once again “it’s a small world” themed
There’s a tiny Contemporary made of out of gingerbread
Some of the offerings have Monorails filled with children of the world
There are even 5-legged goat crispy treats…
They also have a hidden Mickey cupcake!
Belle’s Village at the Magic Kingdom has been decorated for Christmas
Gaston uses antlers in all of his decorating…
There is now a Gaston’s Tavern antler hat
Also now for sale at the parks are these Disney food magnets
Moving to Downtown Disney, the path in the front of the West Side is now closed to guests
Pleasure Island is now the Walkway to the Marketplace…
The new bridge around Pleasure Island opened recently
Disney Springs artwork can be found on the construction walls
It seems all of the buildings not staying have been removed at this point and construction should go vertical soon
Captain Jacks and the marina should be removed very soon
Some new iPhone 5 cases with a better safety bumper came out recently
Also, we found the Master Gracey lenticular phone case
Another bumper case
Starbucks is coming to the West Side, replacing Wetzel’s Pretzels
Another look at Disney Springs construction
Another bumper case featuring Mickey Mouse
The food trucks have moved…
They can now be found between Disney Quest and La Nouba
The Namaste Cafe menu
The Superstar Catering menu
Recently, WDWNT shared with you the news that Walt Disney World was offering an online-exclusive t-shirt honoring the 30th anniversary of the Horizons attraction. Disney’s Design Group Artist, Casey Jones, has another unique collector’s shirt ready for the holidays, and this one features Epcot’s Journey Into Imagination attraction, which opened at Epcot on March 5, 1983.
From December 4-8, 2013, you can visit www.DisneyStore.com/ParkEvents to order this holiday-themed T-shirt featuring Dreamfinder and Figment. (This shirt will ship in 6-8 weeks, and express shipping will not be available, so it may not arrive in time for this Christmas season, but you will have it for many Christmases to come!)
These one-of-a-kind shirts will make you the life of your next holiday party; order your’s today!
Will you be getting this Dreamfinder and Figment Holiday shirt?
Cutesters Snow Day
Caley Hicks
Expected Release Date: 01/17/14
Expected Price: $12.95
The next installment of Cutesters will be called Snow Day and was designed by Caley Hicks. It is an 8 figure set featuring animals in a snowy theme. We know of: Cat, Reindeer, Seal, Penguin, Bear, Narwhal.
