PHOTO REPORT: Epcot 7/10/17 (Choza Tequila, Mission Space, Figment, T-Shirt Sale, Etc.)
Our latest photo report brings us to Epcot for the first time in a while, although I think the D23 Expo should bring us some news that will make trips to the park a lot more frequent for these reports…
The Calm Before the Storm
Vera Bradley has released an Alice in Wonderland collection at Disney Parks.
Dooney and Bourke has a new version of the Sketch design for sale, a good upgrade on the old, IMO.
Some new phone cases for sale. Disney seems to be favoring these hard plastic cases now, rather than those with the rubber borders.
There’s been so many new mugs released recently that it’s kind of hard to keep track of them all.
New to the parks is the “Love is Magical” collection, which bolsters some of the existing wedding related items.
Cars 3 merchandise is available at the exit of Test Track now.
This pretty neat souvenir cup can be found at various food and drink stands around the park.
A Trip Around the World
There have been a lot of construction walls around the planters and railings at the Odyssey for a while now. Some still look pretty battered like above, but some already have new floor lights in place.
Some of the grates over the lights aren’t even painted yet.
Some are finished. Either way, it’s nice to see them paying attention to this forgotten corner of the park.
Work continues on the heavily delayed Choza Tequila outside of the Mexico pavilion.
The exterior of the pavilion is still being repainted, I’m not sure how I feel about the darker colors…
The bottom portion likely givers us a taste of the finished product for the whole facade.
Another look at Choza Tequila.
A peek under the wall reveals what should be a rather pleasant bar.
I’m woefully behind on dining reviews, but I have one for San Angel Inn that I hope to have out soon.
For whatever reason, they laid a slightly updated map of Shanghai Disneyland over the old one. It’s not all that different, but maybe slightly easier to see because the overall image of the park is larger.
The Outpost in Africa is back now selling jewelry made from seeds and other natural ingredients.
I didn’t notice the “no photography” sign until I after I took this, but how will a picture of the jewelry hurt the sale of it? I understand pictures of art and then you could print them out, but this seems odd.
As we reported a few weeks ago, it seems likely that Club 33 at Epcot will go above the American Adventure.
The front section of the Mitsokoshi store in Japan was remodeled.
It’s very “kawaii.” I learned that from my hipster friends who have been to Japan. I only go to theme parks, so I never learn things like this.
It’s just preparation for the Food and Wine Festival at this point, but this is the future home of the Ratatouille ride between Morocco and France.
Lots of Ratatouille merchandise can already be found in France.
Meanwhile, the U.K. now has a bunch of character merchandise for sale.
They also have all of the Disney related teapots for sale.
This and That
Heading back to Future World…
This awesome Figment journal is now for sale!
I visited Epcot on Sunday afternoon and have some newsworthy photos from my trip to share with you today: Welcome to Epcot The now-pulled Epcot Starbucks mug was on shelves when I visited Sunday And it was never seen again… A mug with a different color monorail will eventually be made If you look closely, you can see construction vehicles out behind The Land at Epcot, rumor has it additional Soarin’ theaters may be constructed The “healthy” food cart between The Land and Imagination! recently got a new menu In Canada, the Lumberjack show is making some modifications for a log rolling act The seating area from Brazil at the Food and Wine Festival was kept as a nice spot for guests to relax The new group in Morocco was out as I passed by Some walls are up in the gardens in Japan New Disney villains pins recently were released Also, this really neat Dug pin The front section of the Puffin’s Roost, which was once the Frozen meet and greet, is once again shop space No visible progress on the Frozen attraction The future site if the Frozen meet and greet building Walls up outside of the Mexico pavilion for some reason Several new shirts can be found at MouseGear This Minnie Mouse shirt was in the men’s section, which might be a first Kid’s shirts Several new iPhone 6 cases were released, all in new, slimmer packaging The old packaging can still be found Figment iPhone 5 case I’m not certain, but these princess pillows looked new A new popcorn bucket featuring Test Track is now available Ep. 140 Sumo Another Japanese Vinylmation alert!!! Mark your calendars for November 14th, because these two new Japan Daruma keychains will be hitting shelves. Vinylmation World spotted this pair, take a look at the designs below: These will make perfect companions to the regular sized three inch Daruma Vinylmation coming out. The vinyls are following a similar junior trend where the platform is starting to have much more detailed designs. Love the vibrant colors and the hidden Mickeys on the pair. What do you guys think of these? Ep. 138 Side Mickey Ep. 138 Mod Ep. 137 Killer Bee Ep. 135 Green Thumb Vinylmation Exchange has posted a new photo detailing two new Japanese exclusive vinyls coming out. The designs are of Mickey and Minnie and they represent the annual Japanese Doll Festival which occurs every year on March 3rd. Great use of accessories, these vinyls keep well with the Japanese style we’ve grown accustomed to, and would look great next to any other Japanese vinyls in a collection. These will release on December 26th. What do you guys think? Ep. 091 Super Mouse This week we discuss the releases of the Nursery Rhymes and Popcorns series. We review the new Tony Food and Wine figure. We give you the first details about the 2012 Dee Vee Award nominations. And we have an interview with artist Rust this World who is heading up the Custom Artist Project and the upcoming release of the blind box Sidekickz series.
Tom Corless’ 1/30/15 Epcot Photo Report (Recalled Mug, Frozen, New Merchandise, ETC.)
Episode 140 Sumo
New 2014 Japan Daruma Junior Keychains Spotted
Episode 138 Side Mickey
Episode 138 Mod
Episode 137 Killer Bee
Episode 135 Green Thumb
Japan Exclusive Hinamatsuri Vinyls Coming Soon
Episode 091 Super Mouse
