food IS a theme park
Sometimes we get Disney World changes that inconvenience us, and other times we come out with a win.
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If you’ve visited Disney World lately, you might have noticed changes in everything from decor to crowd levels, and even new attractions. But, one recent change in particular has helped us sleep better at night while on vacation at Disney World.
Joe Rohde is officially a Disney Legend.Â
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As part of the D23 Ultimate Fan Event in August of 2024, Disney inducted its latest class of Legends. Among Hollywood heavyweights like Harrison Ford, Jamie Lee Curtis, James L. Brooks, and composer John Williams, Disney Imagineering icon Joe Rohde officially took his rightful place amongst the Disney pantheon.Â
The Hungry Bear Restaurant in Critter Country at Disneyland Park is getting a retheme soon and Disney just released a look at the NEW menu!
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The restaurant is being renamed to Hungry Bear Barbecue Jamboree where you will be able to find the bears’ favorite barbecue food at the rethemed restaurant. This retheme will even include a “soundtrack of their greatest hits.” We just got a look at the NEW food coming to Hungry Bear Barbecue Jamboree and we are drooling a bit over here.
Something wicked this comes comes.Â
NEW VILLAINS LAND
At the D23 Ultimate Fan Event, Disney released a slew of information about upcoming theme park projects including a new Cars area coming to Magic Kingdom, new Marvel and Avatar experiences at the Disneyland Resort, and Monster’s Inc. at Hollywood Studios. However, for longtime Disney Parks fans, there was arguably nothing more exciting than Villains Land.Â
It has been a HUGE weekend of announcements and we got a sneak peek at so many new attractions that will be coming to Disney World in the next few years during D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event.
Cinderella Castle
We learned more about Pueblo Esperanza which will be replacing DinoLand U.S.A. in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, as well as found out about a Monsters, Inc. land coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Magic Kingdom also got some big news with BOTH a Villains land and a Cars land announced for the park. There have been some discussions on where these new lands will be going in Magic Kingdom, and we just got some confirmation on where they will be located.Â
The Disney park news just keeps coming!
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Disney dropped SO MANY announcements at the Horizons — D23 Disney Experience Showcase on August 10th; it was almost hard to keep up! But we got all the news live from the Honda Center including the new Villains Land and Cars Land coming to Magic Kingdom, the new name for the Tropical Americas re-theming of DinoLand, U.S.A., the new nighttime parade coming to Magic Kingdom, the Avatar Land headed to Disney California Adventure, and so much more. But it was the announcements for Disneyland Paris that got our nostalgic hearts racing!
Every week, we report the average Disney World wait times in every park so that you can be prepared for your next trip to Orlando! Last week saw an interesting pattern develop, and we need to talk about it.
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Disney World had a bit of a bizzare week, as far as wait times go. Most were generally up at the resort, especially at EPCOT, but the Magic Kingdom saw some bizarre fluctuations. Is this an effect of the new Lighting Lane Multi Pass system? Possibly.Â
Disney has hit us with so many announcements this weekend at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event.
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That means we’ve learned about how even more Marvel is coming to Disney Parks all over the world. In Disneyland Resort, Avengers Campus is going to expand and add two new rides. At Shanghai Disneyland, a Spider-Man roller coaster is on the way. Plus a new Marvel ride was announced for Hong Kong Disneyland — and we’ve got the details.
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event dropped some BIG surprises and EPIC Disney news.
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event
On the second day of the event, August 10th, we heard a TON of news at the Horizons — D23 Experiences Showcase about upcoming theme park projects, new nighttime entertainment, new cruise line ships, new gaming, and so much more! Disney dropped a lot of awesome previews of each of the new projects and got us excited for the next few years of Disney experiences. Every announcement was confirmed to be in production, and none were “Blue Sky” ideas. Now, we’re getting a first look at all the Imagineering models for each of the major announcements!
Disney World has the best rides, right?!
Jungle Cruise
And we’re not all just about the brand new rides like Tiana’s Bayou Adventure or TRON Lightcycle / Run. No, even the classics like Peter Pan’s Flight or the Mad Tea Party can still slap. Now that got us thinking about your next trip especially if you’re a true fan of the Jungle Cruise and you’re counting down the days until your next voyage, there’s this one rule that every Cast Member at Jungle Cruise is begging you not to break. Let’s talk about it!
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