food IS a theme park
It has been a HUGE weekend full of announcements and sneak peeks at what is coming for The Walt Disney Company at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event!
Disney Legends Ceremony
We are so grateful to have been a part of it all. We finished off the weekend by attending the Disney Legends ceremony on Sunday evening, and it was a beautiful celebration of some fantastic people.
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.
Hollywood Studios
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.
©Hong Kong Disneyland
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.
Did you know that there is a Sephora at Disney Springs?
Sephora in Disney Springs!
If you ever forget one of your beauty products while packing for a trip to Disney World, don’t sweat it. You can head over to the Sephora at Disney Springs to replace any item you may have forgotten. And now Sephora at Disney Springs has a fun offering for kids and for kids at heart!
We’ve got a case of the Disney Treasure on the brain!
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And it makes sense because this brand-new ship coming to the Disney Cruise Line fleet has so many new things for us to experience, like the Aristocats-themed lounge and Haunted Mansion Parlor. We’re just beside ourselves with all the excitement. But before we get too far ahead, and since we’re talking about these lounges and the food they’re going to have there, it got us thinking about another experience that’s unique to the Disney Cruise Line — rotational dining. Let’s talk about it and see if you should skip it or not!
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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