Today, we are sharing a first look at the Epcot 35th anniversary merchandise collection that will be released in 2017.
Epcot will celebrate its 35th anniversary on October 1st, 2017. This merchandise should be released around that time.
In a somewhat shocking turn of events, 4 more Magic Kingdom theme park restaurants at Walt Disney World will begin serving alcoholic beverages on December 19th, 2016.
More Magic Kingdom Restaurants Adding Alcohol to the Menu
Tony’s Town Square Restaurant, Liberty Tree Tavern, the Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen and Cinderella’s Royal Table will serve the beverages daily during lunch and dinner services. They will join Be Our Guest Restaurant, which when it opened in 2012, became the first Magic Kingdom establishment to serve alcohol. Prior to that, the park had a ban on the sale of the substance which it inherited from Disneyland, a tradition dating back to 1955 and continued when the Magic Kingdom opened in 1971.
As it was before, the beer and wine will only be sold at sit-down restaurants and there are zero plans to add kiosks or anything else of the sort serving alcohol to the park.
Here is a list of the drinks being added too the menus:
Join us this evening at 10:30 PM for Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular’s return to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, (maybe with new additions to the show inspired by Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, now in theaters).
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For a limited time, guests can enjoy a quick-service breakfast at Restaurantosaurus in DinoLand U.S.A. at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
The location will open 30 minutes after park opening and serve breakfast until 10:30AM from December 19th through December 31st, 2016.
Selections will include Mickey Waffle Platters for adults and children, as well as a toppings bar featuring up to 12 different toppings including: warm syrup, whipped butter, walnuts, warm cinnamon apples, warm cherries, warm bananas foster, warm caramel, warm chocolate sauce, strawberry topping, whipped cream, sprinkles, and chocolate chips.
Cereals with milk, yogurt parfaits, and fruit cups will also be available.
Disney today is sharing details on the first retail MagicBand 2 and MagicKeeper accessories that will be sold at Walt Disney World.
On December 16, Disney will release a limited edition retail MagicBand 2 that celebrates the 45th Anniversary of the “it’s a small world” attraction. This classic Magic Kingdom Park attraction opened in 1971. Presented in a decorative box, the MagicBand 2 will have an edition size of 2,500.
On December 19, two retail MagicBand 2 designs for 2017 will be released. These designs incorporate the dated 2017 program artwork you will find on select merchandise items in the coming year.
Finally, Disney also previewed some of new MagicKeepers for guests who prefer an alternative way to wear their MagicBand 2. MagicKeepers will include two Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse-themed lanyard clips and a carabiner. The images above show how MagicKeepers will be sold (without a removable icon) and how they appear with removable icons.
The MagicKeeper accessories will be released at a future date.
In an unexpected turn of events, Remember… Dreams Come True fireworks are returning to Disneyland Park.
The show is currently set to return in early February for an undisclosed amount of time. Remember was replaced by Disneyland Forever in 2015 after several years operating as a seasonal show following its debut run in 2005.
Disneyland has yet to confirm this return, but should soon.
Beginning December 21st, Walt Disney World Annual Passholders can utilize their very own designated entry lines at the four major theme parks.
No end date has been announced for the program. No further details are available as of yet.
In celebration of the release of Rogue One in theaters today, Disney Parks have started to sell a brand new bubble blower shaped like Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter!
The bubble blower sells for $20 and is currently on sale at outdoor carts around Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Pretty neat, huh?
In many cases in the news articles here on WDW News Today, we tell you when attractions, eateries, shows, etc. will be closing, but often there is not enough advance notice for you to say your goodbyes. This time, however, you have at least a few years to say farewell to the Crossroads at Lake Buena Vista shopping center on SR 535 at the intersection with Hotel Plaza Blvd.
Anyone who’s traveled that stretch of SR 535 in the past 10 years has realized that the traffic in this area is a nightmare. Perhaps going to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner? Sweet Tomatoes for lunch? Goodings for groceries (Oh the horrors!) or maybe you remember Jungle Jim’s? The shopping center that is home to these locations and more may one day be no more. As you can see from the aerial imagery, the SR-535 exit from I-4 Westbound is a single exit ramp for traffic heading in both directions on SR-535. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Florida Department of Transportation has looked at a number of options for reconfiguring this interchange, possibly with one of those fancy flyover ramps or maybe a direct connection to Hotel Plaza Blvd. But whatever the final design, the Crossroads Shopping Center looks to be clearly in the way, along with the Radisson and Waffle House just south of the shopping center.
Disney originally owned the land on which the shopping center sits, and originally developed Crossroads at Lake Buena Vista in 1988. The shopping center was sold off in 2005. It is likely that Disney would benefit from the demolition of a shopping center so close to Disney Springs, as it would drive more traffic to its own eateries and shops. Personally I’d be sad that I’d have to travel much farther to find a Sweet Tomatoes or Buffalo Wild Wings, but the loss of the shopping center would have been much harder to take if Jungle Jim’s had still been there.
The long-closed Tree of Life Garden pathway that has been closed for several years has finally reopened at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
The area can be accessed across the path from Creature Comforts (Starbucks) or at the other end by the entrance to “it’s tough to be a bug”.
It is much easier to see the kangaroos from this pathway.
This area might be the most photogenic in all of Walt Disney World and a wonderful place to go and relax and escape the crowds.
With this path now open, (and the other recently opened trails) the years of work around the Tree of Life are finally finished
