I managed to spend the last three busy days citing Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the Magic Kingdom, and Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World and I have some photos to share with you all from my journey, so let’s tai a look at what’s new and exciting:
New 2014 iPhone 4/4S and 5 cases have hit stores
These have a new design as they are hard cases with a bumper
Disney’s Hollywood Studios once again had the stage up for the holidays and used the screens to give guests park information
The Legend of Jack Sparrow is now only available to guests via a ticketing system done on a first-come, first-serve basis. Disney’s thoughts are guests will be less let down that this isn’t a ride if they don’t have to stand in line for 30 minutes or more. The tickets were all gone by the time we got there on the 30th.
Specialty holiday drinks were available in the park
Comedy Warehouse returned again for the busy holiday season
Moving to Downtown Disney, the new barbecue quick service location at House of Blues is nearing completion
These two-layered t-shirts were found at World of Disney
It’s a mesh layer over a colored character layer
The Disneyland 4-D puzzle has made its way to WDW
A whole bunch of new charms for charm bracelets have been released, including the Orange Bird
The 4th and final food truck debuted at Downtown Disney, Fantasy Fare
There are a lot of good offerings
CORN DOGS!!!
I dared to venture to the Magic Kingdom for New Year’s Eve again this year…
This looks much worse than it actually was, it took less than 3 minutes to get through bag check
Some lines were long, as to be expected, especially at Starbucks
Casey’s Corner was offering breakfast due to crowds
The ham, egg, and cheese croissant was excellent
Golden Oak Outpost has re-opened and now has a spicy chicken sandwich, the lines were just too long to try it on the 31st…
Pirates of the Caribbean reached an 80 minute wait at one point
Work continues on the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
Friar’s Nook is open as well and now has gourmet mac and cheese dishes
There are 3 choices of different mac and cheese styles
Here is the Cheeseburger Mac and Cheese
And the mac and cheese with bread crumbs, both were very good
The 31st was your last chance to catch Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade
See you in 2014 Santa!
Prince Eric’s Village Market was offering soup since it was cold
90 minute wait for Under the Sea: Journey of the Little Mermaid
Cinderella’s Coach is out for photos through the 4th to deal with some crowds
The second seating planter by Pinocchio’s Village Haus came out from behind walls recently
A new sign was added to the facade of the Country Bear Jamboree in an attempt to draw in more guests
We dined at the Tortuga Tavern buffet that was only open for the busy holiday season and I have to say it was pretty good
Some great desserts as well!
The animated Pluto bank is now available in stores for $19.95
As always, free cookies and cocoa were offered at the end of the night to keep guests in the park during the midnight rush to leave
Moving over to Animal Kingdom, the Dawa Bar in Africa has moved opposite the Tusker House check-in desk to accommodate the eventual queue for Festival of the Lion King
A new limited release iPhone 5 case available at the park
Some new clothing
A sweatshirt
Construction continues on the new Festival of the Lion King theater
All guests visiting Animal Kingdom can now use FastPass+ by heading to any service center or FastPass+ location
This is the first KODAK picture spot sign I’ve seen blank, but it should have a new NIKON picture spot sing in it soon
Some new Toy Story action figures made by Disney Parks have been released
Also, a number of Adventureland and Jungle Cruise themed items!!!
