Not to be outdone by Animal Kingdom and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the Magic Kingdom also now has a new Starbucks “You Are Here” mug for sale at the Main Street Bakery.
The new mug does away with other park icons, now focusing on just Fantasyland attractions like the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train.
Our thanks to WDWNT reader Shaun for sending in these pics!
Apprently Stitch’s Great Escape at the Magic Kingdom is no more, replaced with the yet-to-open Stitch’s Alien Encounter Character Greeting in Tomorrowland at the Magic Kingdom.
No further details are available as of yet, but it seems likely that guests will be able to meet Stitch here starting soon (purely speculation on our part).
Stitch’s Great Escape went into seasonal operation last year, last open a few weeks ago for the busy summer season.
Photo courtesy of @1Ben_Laurence on twitter.
A few days ago, we told you that it was being rumored that the Jingle Cruise seasonal overly of the Jungle Cruise would not return to either coast this year. Well, we now know it will at least be at one resort.
Disney has informed us that the Jingle Cruise WILL return to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World for the 2017 holiday season. However, it remains unknown if it will return to Disneyland Park, but it at least sounds like, as of right now, that it will not be in Anaheim this year.
Despite not being promoted with all of the other seasonal offerings for this year, Magic Kingdom will add the holiday delight from November 2017 through January 2018. For whatever reason, California is looking to cut the offering, at least for this year. This is somewhat surprising as the Disneyland Resort relies on a mostly local audience who return every season for such overlays, as opposed to Walt Disney World where many guests are either first-timers or only return every few years.
After the merchandise with the original intended artwork was pulled from shelves at the first Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party of 2017, there is finally Hocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular merchandise for sale at the after-hours Magic Kingdom events.
The t-shirt retails for $29.99, while the tank top is $27.99.
The ornament was released at the September 26th party and retails for $14.99.
Of course, all of these items are only available to party guests. It remains unknown what the reason was for pulling the original merchandise, but it is said to have been some legal quarrel over the rights to the artwork in use. Here is what the merchandise would have looked like:
Our thanks to reader Stephanie Jensen for the shirt photos above.
Starting 9/25, guests at the Magic Kingdom can get a special PhotoPass Magic Shot with a giant Adventureland Dole Whip!
No further information is available as of yet, but again, it is set to be offered by PhotoPass photographers at the Magic Kingdom beginning September 25th.
A new secret menu item will be introduced at Magic Kingdom Park later this fall, while Pecos Bill’s will retire the Nachos Real Grande offering.
Secret menu items are unadvertised offerings that Guests may learn about from a friend or discover on their own. While Disney won’t say what the dish is, the My Disney Experience app will soon list this new offering, which is said to be “out-of-this-world!”
The Nachos Real Grande, a limited time secret menu offering at Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn & Café, will no longer be available starting October 1st.
Guests can look for the next secret menu item later this fall.
New at the Magic Kingdom, Guests will now find kiosks where they can make a hard plastic Tomorrowland Speedway driver’s license.
For $5, you can print a hard plastic driver’s license, but also receive a digital certificate that will show up with all of your PhotoPass photos on the MyDisneyExperience app.
Sadly you can’t pay with a MagicBand, only cash or credit card.
Touch your MagicBand first to make sure you get your digital certificate.
You too can be happy like this child for just $5.
The kiosk will take 3 shots of you and allow you to pick your favorite one. Mine were all terrible, please look away.
After a few moments, your card will print and drop out of the bottom.
The card itself is pretty sleek looking, not a bad souvenir for $5.
Hey’ who’s got a few thousand dollars to burn and loves The Haunted Mansion? Marketplace Co-Op at Disney Springs sure hopes the somebody does…
If there’s “room for one more” chair at your dinner table, the Disney Springs shop has Haunted Mansion chairs with or without armrests for sale.
The version without armrests will cost $2000 each.
The chairs are not actually in stock, but are special order items that have no discounts applicable and there are shipping charges attached.
The one with armrests will cost $4000 each. Yes, they are cool, but they do seem tiny bit overpriced. Regardless, I’m sure people will buy them because they are Haunted Mansion-related and Mansion fans never cease to amaze me.
Personally, I’d settle for this new mirror that is for sale, $250 and any discounts are applicable.
It’s pretty neat, although I would have made it with just a hitchiking ghost in the middle, just like in the attraction.
There is apparently also a new $55.00 Haunted Mansion tea set for sale, but it was sold out when we got to Marketplace Co-Op.
The last in our series of videos taken before Hurricane Irma rolled through takes us to the Magic Kingdom for a quick look at how the park prepared for the storm:
Don’t forget to check out our videos from Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios as well.
After being closed for two days, Walt Disney World has announced the reopening of their parks following Hurricane Irma. Hours for Tuesday, September 12th are as follows:
Magic Kingdom
Epcot
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park
Disney Springs
Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon Water Parks will remain closed until further notice.
