food IS a theme park
We’ve already tried SO many holiday snacks, so we might as well add just one more to the list!
HOLIDAY TREATS!
Yesterday, we reported that the Fa La La La Funnel Cake arrived at Sleepy Hollow in Disney’s Magic Kingdom. This location is known for serving up all the delicious battered goodies: funnel cakes, waffles, and corn dogs! Today we stopped by to try out this holiday spin on one of their classic treats.
We noticed something a little different in Magic Kingdom today! We took a spin on Haunted Mansion to get our fix of ghouls and ghosties and noticed that something has changed.
Haunted Mansion
This attraction hasn’t quite been its regular old self since it reopened due to health and safety measures, but now it’s one step closer to normal.
Well, things have started to clear up a little — but we’ve had a pretty rainy day so far in Disney World! Hey, we were sure to have a wet one today!
Rainy Animal Kingdom
After all, Tropical Storm Eta is passing over Florida and you can pretty much expect to have a wet one in Central Florida at any given moment. Missing out on the damp Disney World times? We’re bringing you some rainy day pics and vids!
You’ve got all of your tickets linked in My Disney Experience, you’ve got all of your family members’ accounts set up and ready to go in the app, and you’ve stretched your fingers and practiced tapping at a super fast speed, but when the Boarding Groups for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance are released you only get…a backup boarding group.
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
“Backup” boarding groups are assigned to guests after the day’s official boarding groups limit has been reached. Guests with a boarding group may get the chance to ride this incredibly popular ride IF, and only IF, all of the official boarding groups are already called, the attraction is still operating (without technical issues), and the park is still open.
So, you may be wondering — “what are the chances that I get to ride Rise if I only score a backup boarding group?” Here’s what we’ve found out.
We love how quickly Disney World puts up its holiday decorations. We are always awed by the amount of work that goes into getting all the holiday decor up for the first official day of the season.
Pluto Tree at Disney Springs
And although each park slowly gets decorations before the official start of the holidays, it’s the overnight work the day before that is truly magical!
Rafiki’s Planet Watch is home to the Affection Section where you can get up close and personal with a bunch of cutie-pie goats.
Rafiki’s Planet Watch
You could visit the goats and other animals when Disney’s Animal Kingdom reopened in July. However, guests couldn’t enter the pen and pet the animals like they could prior to closing. We’ve got an indication that the petting zoo could reopen this weekend!
Hello, everyone, from EPCOT!
Epcot Imagination Pavilion
We took a walk around the World Showcase and the rest of the park to see what’s going on, so here’s what’s new!
We’ve had a lot of news in the realm of quick service dining at Disney World recently!
Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe
Several restaurants (like Sommerfest, The Lunching Pad, and Kringla Bakeri og Kafe) that were previously open only on the weekends have now reopened full time. And we recently spotted several major menu changes at Woody’s Lunch Box (even though the restaurant is still closed). We expect Harambe Market in Disney’s Animal Kingdom to be reopening this weekend, and now we’ve noticed some MORE changes to their menu — including price increases!
Disney has been decking the halls all throughout the parks and Disney Springs, but now one Disney World Resort hotel is getting in on the action!
Main Christmas Tree
When we visited Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort today, we spotted Christmas trees, festive garland, and all kinds of other beautiful holiday decorations. Come with us on a virtual trip to this Disney Vacation Club resort now for some holiday fun!
One of the most impressive new lands built in Disney World is Pandora — The World of Avatar.
Pandora — The World of Avatar
Between the floating mountains, bioluminescent plants, delicious food, it’s a place you simply MUST visit during your next trip to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Plus, this land has some of the most unique attractions including the incredible Avatar Flight of Passage. But, today we noticed that one ICONIC item in the ride’s queue was missing!!
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