Today, we released two new shirts on Teepublic in honor of the upcoming 35th anniversary of Epcot. For the next two days these shirts will be just $14, that’s 30% off!
The shirts celebrate the EPCOT Center of the past featuring:
Figment from Journey Into Imagination
Singing Vegetables from Kitchen Kabaret
Manatees from The Living Seas
Bird and Robot from the World of Motion
Floating Shoes from Horizons
Crannium Commandos from Wonders of Life
Dinosaurs from Universe of Energy
Geodesic Spheres from Spaceship Earth
Get these shirts now to celebrate 35 years of Epcot!
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.
We made our way over to Epcot to check out some of the newly released Epcot 35th Anniversary merchandise found at MouseGear. Keep in mind this isn’t everything that will be released. Let’s check it out below!
Yellow Figment Epcot 35 Women’s Cut Tee – $29.99
Epcot 35 Metal Ornament – $16.99
White Figment Pattern Epcot 35 Women’s Cut Tee – $29.99
Last night, we made our way over to Epcot to check out the new 35th Anniversary merchandise that showed up at MouseGear and decided to make a pitstop at Test Track to check out the progress on the transformation from After Market Shop to Test Track SIMporium. Check out the changes below as well as a neat video showing the cool new lighting effects added to the shop.
The awning and Test Track banner are still missing after they were removed due to Hurricane Irma a couple of weeks ago. No news on if and when it’ll return.
I spy with my little eye, a new SIMporium sign near the entrance of Test Track!
As we get closer we see the new updated signage above the entrance to the store…
The Stat Station isn’t running yet and we don’t have many more details on what you’ll be able to do with these once they go live.
New accents were added recently with the 4 logos you test your SIM Car on Test Track, and now they are accented by lighting effects and illuminating logos, just like on the attraction.
The Engravable I.D. tags machine moved opposite of where it was last week.
Behind the cash registers is a brand new Test Track mural which is really sweet and matches the new accents added to the SIMporium.
Walt Disney World has announced that they have commenced with the construction of the Ratatouille attraction for the France Pavilion at Epcot.
Work began on September 20th, 2017 for the ride that will open sometime before October 1st, 2021. Construction is not yet visible to guests and is only taking place backstage.
The ride, already a popular attraction at Disneyland Paris, was announced at the D23 Expo 2017 as part of phase 1 of the Epcot park overhaul.
The Ratatouille ride will be part of a larger expansion of the France Pavilion that will include new shopping, dining, and more.
Disney today announced the many festivities that will be taking place on October 1st, 2017 for the 35th anniversary of Epcot. Here the list of what you can expect:
Commemorative Guide Map – Be sure to pick up a commemorative Epcot Guidemap and Times Guide on your way into the park. They’ll be available at the park’s Main Entrance, at International Gateway and Guest Relations.
Anniversary Celebration – A special celebration will be held at the Fountain View stage at 10:01 a.m. Gather to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Epcot with Mariachi Cobre and Voices of Liberty.
Exclusive Anniversary Merchandise – Guests visiting Epcot on October 1 will have the chance to grab anniversary merchandise as a part of the “I Was There” collection, which has been specifically designed for this year’s milestone. Items in the collection will be available only at a “pop-up” shop (which will be open for one day only/while supplies last), located just past the Art of Disney location at Epcot on October 1. Additional Epcot 35th Anniversary logo merchandise will be available in select merchandise locations at the park, such as Mouse Gear and on the Shop Disney Parks app. Some of this merchandise was released yesterday and you can see it here.
Special Edition: IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth – Conclude your day at the park by attending a special edition of the park’s nighttime fireworks show, “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth,” which begins at 9 p.m. If you would like reserved viewing for this and a selection of drinks and snacks, WDWCelebrations still has tickets for sale to their Illuminations Dessert Party for October 1st.
For the last few days, we have been speculating what the new Stat Stations at the newly renamed SIMporium inside of Test Track will do. Well now we know…
Guests can scan their MagicBands or tickets at the kiosks and create a custom card featuring the car they built on Test Track. Guests may then purchase this card to take home with them.
Sadly, we don’t have pricing or any additional information yet, but we should soon.
The popular “You Are Here” mugs available at the Starbucks inside of Creature Comforts at Animal Kingdom have changed designs.
The new mug replaces the former design featuring the Tree of Life.
The new design features only attractions from the Asia area of the park, including Expedition Everest, Kali River Rapids, a tiger, and bats.
Here’s what the old design looked like:
Disneyland also updated their version of the “You Are Here” recently to feature just Fantasyland, so it is possible that all parks will soon have land-specific versions for sale.
The Atlanta Braves are ending their 20 years of Spring Training at Walt Disney World in favor of building a new stadium near Sarasota, Florida.
As we reported earlier this year, the Atlanta Braves’ contract with Disney at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex will expire after the 2018 season, and it looks like the team isn’t going to extend the deal.
The new stadium will put the Braves much closer to the other teams in the Grapefruit League, which mostly seem to be along the Gulf Coast.
The new stadium has already received final approval and is set to open in time for the 2019 Spring Training season. This 8,000 seat stadium will reportedly cost $100 million, with funding being split between the Braves, Florida tax payers, and private funding. The Braves are looking to sell naming rights to the new complex to offset some of the cost.
The Atlanta Braves have been playing at Disney’s Champion Stadium at the ESPN Wide World of Sports ever since the complex opened in 1997, making this year the 20th anniversary. If you want to see the Atlanta Braves play at Walt Disney World one last time, it looks like Spring 2018 will be your only chance.
