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It’s time to celebrate Mardi Gras! And if you will be in Disneyland for the occasion, you’ll want to know about some limited time specialty menu options at a few of the park’s dining locations.
New Orleans Square in Disneyland
At Café Orleans, specialty items include the Potato Leek Soup or a Mardi Gras twist on the Monte Cristo Sandwich, which will be dusted with royal-colored sugar and served with maple syrup and bacon herb slaw. [Read more…]
If you’ve ever daydreamed about a Disney wedding designed by Fairy Tale Weddings (or if you just like to gawk at the gorgeousness and cringe at the costs…), our Disneyland correspondent Heather (hi, @DiningInDisney!!) is bringing you some serious eye candy (or should we say eye bling?) from her visit to the Disney Weddings Showcase! So let’s link arms and make our way down the aisle, shall we?
Floral design on Magic Kingdom Lawn at Disneyland Hotel
Sigh. Those are flower petals in stunning ombre filigree on the Magic Kingdom Lawn at Disneyland Hotel. [Read more…]
Happy Saturday to you! We’re back with another DFB Video this weekend, and — in case you missed it — there is a TON of new info to share about Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge!
Blue AND Green Milk ©Disney Parks
That’s right… there was a HUGE amount of information released this week regarding the upcoming land coming to both Disneyland this summer and Disney World’s Hollywood Studios this fall. We’re talking everything from eateries and their food and drink options to more about the land’s two attractions to how technology will be utilized in unprecedented ways to enhance your experience on the Planet Batuu, and SO much more. We’ve got all the bullet points to help get you up to lightspeed in our latest DFB YouTube Video!
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The donut cart that resides in front of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at Disneyland is known for its incredible donut creations — and two new donuts are ready-made to celebrate the royal mouse couple.
Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle
The Mickey Mouse Donut is a yeasted donut sliced lengthwise — bagel style. [Read more…]
The “Get Your Ears On” Celebration at Disneyland has already brought us some ah-mazing sweets!! We’ve tried churros, cake, and caramel apples, and now we’re bringing you the newest treat in the line-up. Please say hello to Mickey Butterscotch Beignets!!
Mickey Butterscotch Beignets
These cuties are available, starting today, at the Mint Julep Bar in New Orleans Square…just in time for Mardi Gras!
Yesterday we shared a look at the looks coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in regards to Cast Member costumes and uniforms. Today, Disney has also released a photo gallery and more information about the significance in Black Spire Outpost of these unique costume styles.
Cast Member Costumes ©Disney
Cast Members in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be “residents of the planet Batuu and carrying out their daily lives in Black Spire Outpost.” And the efforts towards authenticity will come through in the costumes of the Black Spire villagers, members of the Resistance, and The First Order. Even within those groups, the costumes will be varied and customizable. “Different styles and colors for pants and shirts, and optional accessories like scarves, hats and even necklaces, will allow Cast to mix and match to create [and] individualize their part of our Star Wars story.” [Read more…]
Well, if your mind hasn’t already been blown by everything you’ve seen so far about what’s coming to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge when it opens in Disneyland this summer and Disney World’s Hollywood Studios this fall, wait until you see this…
Hondo Ohnaka Screenshot from video ©Walt Disney Imagineering
THIS is the Audio-Animatronic Hondo Ohnaka coming to the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction queue, and he is part of “the next evolution” of the A100 Audio-Animatronic figures. [Read more…]
Where is a hungry visitor supposed to go when traversing the Black Spire Outpost on the Planet Batuu in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge?
Black Spires Outpost on Batuu ©Disney/Lucasfilm
As it turns out… lots of places! But today we’re taking a closer look at Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo which will open along with Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland this summer and Disney World’s Hollywood Studios this fall. [Read more…]
We’ve been hearing that Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be the most immersive and interactive lands in Disney. Now, we know even more about HOW that interactivity is going to happen… .
Artist Concept of Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run ©Disney Parks
The Play Disney Parks App that was launched last summer is full of games, trivia, and playlists that will be the key to all the interactivity in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
Are you ready to step inside the “fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy”?! Well, you’ll still have to wait until Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens this summer in Disneyland and this fall in Disney World’s Hollywood Studios. But in the meantime, we’ve got NEW DETAILS about Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run!
©Disney from @DisneyParks on Twitter
The OCRegister has shared the scoop learned on a behind-the-scenes tour on the attraction which will allow guests — who will fulfill the roles of pilot, flight engineer, or gunner — to take control of the Millennium Falcon to transport contraband cargo! [Read more…]
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