Category: Disney’s Hollywood Studios

It’s certainly no secret to WDWNT readers and listeners that Disney’s Hollywood Studios is my favorite park at Walt Disney World. Stop asking me why. Seriously.

Anyway, in all my love of Hollywood Studios, I have recently fallen out of love with counter service dining at the park. Since the Backlot Express menu overhaul in 2015 and the closure of Studio Catering Co., I find myself often avoiding counter service meals at the Studios. That being said, I have never been a fan of the menu at Min and Bill’s Dockside Diner (with the exception of the Blue Milkshake, which is indeed still available) in the Echo Lake area of the park. I know it has had several different menus in the last few years, but none of them ever really appealed to me in any way.

Recently, the menu was overhauled, adding items from the popular, yet now closed Echo Lake Eats.

Min and Bill’s Dockside Diner Menu

Min and Bill’s Dockside Diner Menu

Carolina Foot-Long Hotdog ($11.49)

Carolina Foot-Long Hotdog ($11.49)

We didn’t order the new Carolina Foot-Long Hot Dog because we figured it would be pretty similar to the stuff you can find at Casey’s Corner. I happened to see one sitting on the counter, so I pulled an “Inside the Magic” and just took pictures of something I didn’t order.

Carolina Foot-Long Hotdog ($11.49)

The photo on the Disney website is fairly inaccurate (surprise). Not only does in come in a loaf of bread, it’s definitely an entirely different color. That being said, we had something very similar at Casey’s and didn’t think it was too bad.

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Loaded Chili-Cheese Nachos ($10.49)

Loaded Chili-Cheese Nachos ($10.49)

The loaded nachos are pretty standard, but it’s a nice offering considering other options at the park. Sometimes you are just in the mood for nachos, and if you really are, this is a viable option. All of the prices here do seem a bit hight, but “welcome to Disney World” I guess.

Loaded Chili-Cheese Nachos ($10.49)

The guacamole isn’t all that great, but the sour cream was nice and fresh.

Min and Bill’s Pulled Pork Sliders ($10.99)

Min and Bill’s Pulled Pork Sliders ($10.99)

Again, probably overpriced, but I really enjoyed these. I have never been a fan of coleslaw, but I really think it blended well with the pork in this case. The buns were the highlight though. If any counter service hamburger had these buns, they would be at least 50% more edible. The buns were soft, flaky, and had a buttery flavor that was quite pleasant.

Min and Bill’s Pulled Pork Sliders ($10.99)

In addition to the all-new Jingle Bell, Jingle Bam! nighttime spectacular, Disney’s Hollywood Studios will be revamping a bit of their holiday lineup in 2016 in the wake of the the removal of the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights.

Santa Claus will meet guests on Sunset Boulevard, PHOTOS.BURNSLAND.COM

A new Santa Claus meet and greet will be setting up shop in the Once Upon a time store, just underneath the famous Carthay Circle facade. Santa will greet guests 11/14 through 12/24. Santa Goofy will stand in for Santa December 25th through 31st, 2016.

While Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! will replace Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular, even through the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the Star Wars show will return on December 31st to ring in the new year.

It looks as though the Doctor Strange meet and greet at Walt Disney World will be held inside Walt Disney: One Man’s Dream during a preview of the film.

A large section of The Legacy Continues area is blocked off. This could be for a new exhibit, but this space is right next door to the theater where the Dr. Strange sneak peek is being shown.

Cast members at the exhibit have not yet been informed what is going on behind the walls. The One Man’s Dream exhibit is located inside of Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

A parking structure is finally being built for Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort. Too bad it is just for cast members.

The new cast member parking garage for the park will be located just across World Drive, adjacent to the new fireworks launch site for the park. Work on the structure has already begun along with the new entrance and exit ramps for the park that we already told you about. Cast members will walk safely over traffic on a bridge over World Drive once the parking structure is completed.

The structure will assist with guest parking as it will free the current cast member parking lot for guest parking (or maybe just for the rumored Indiana Jones expansion somewhere down the line).

Disney has yet to announce the existence of this project, but should shortly.

Beginning September 12th, Mama Melrose’s Ristorante Italiano at Disney’s Hollywood Studios will offer a temporary menu to accommodate a refurbishment of equipment in the kitchen.

The flatbreads typically on the menu at Mama Melrose’s will not be available during this time. The project will take 4 weeks to complete.