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Construction walls have officially gone up in DinoLand U.S.A. at Animal Kingdom.
The first construction walls are up
The first round of closures started on January 13th, 2025 to make way for the brand-new land themed to the Tropical Americas, Pueblo Esperanza. The closures consisted of TriceraTop Spin, Chester & Hester’s Dinosaur Treasures, and the Fossil Fun games.
Astro Orbiter is now closed for refurbishment in Magic Kingdom.
Astro Orbiter is closed
The ride officially closed on January 13th for maintenance, and it will once again open later this year.
2025 is here and we’re already thinking about the trends we will see at Disney World this year.
Magic Kingdom
With so much happening in Disney World this year, we want to be ready to tackle it all while wearing cute, comfortable Disney clothing. So this latest collection caught our eye and now, we think this is what everyone will be fighting to get their hands on for their Disney trip.
Sometimes you can’t just walk up to a Disney World attraction and get in the queue.
Virtual Queue sign up
If a Disney ride has gone down and the queue has needed to be evacuated, you won’t be able to stand in line to wait (though you can stand around the ride if you’d like, but we don’t recommend that if the Cast Members are hinting that the ride could be down for awhile). However, there are a handful of Disney World rides that have what are called Virtual Queues, and you must enter one of those to be able to ride. If you’re heading to the parks this year and haven’t been in a while, these are the only rides we expect to continue using Virtual Queues this year.
The 2025 EPCOT Festival of the Arts begins on Friday, January 17th!
2024 EPCOT Festival of the Arts
This is one of EPCOT’s four seasonal festivals. The festival brings lots of exciting and fun things to do, see, and enjoy. It’s the most colorful of the festivals that includes art in various forms, including art made by YOU, the guests of the festival. We love all the EPCOT festivals, but this one is full of enjoyment for the whole family. So let’s get a quick preview of just a few of the exciting things coming to this year’s Festival of the Arts! [Read more…]
Happy New Year from Disneyland! We’re celebrating this epiphany the best way we know how: with FOOD! We are Disney FOOD Blog, after all. It’s kind of our whole thing. And, it wouldn’t truly be a new year at Disneyland without heading out down to the Bayou!
Tiana’s Palace in Disneyland
We’re heading down to New Orleans (Square) at this park to check out a festive returning treat that we look forward to getting every year. That’s right — King Cake is back at Disneyland and we’re bringing you our FULL review.
In October 2024, Disney launched a pricey new Lightning Lane service option — but there’s one BIG perk that’s missing!
Kilimanjaro Safaris
Want to cut down on your wait times on your next Disney World vacation? Disney offers several add-on options that allow guests to access shorter “Lightning Lanes” for select attractions in the parks. But the most expensive Lightning Lane option is missing one HUGE benefit that might make you second guess the hefty price tag!
Update: These items have been pulled from the website and will be released again on January 17th.
We are LESS than a week away from the start of the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts!
EPCOT Festival of the Arts
The festival officially kicks off on Friday, January 17th, and we can’t wait to explore everything the festival has to offer. And, of course, eat and drink our way around the food booths! We will be providing FULL coverage of the Festival of the Arts, but if you are just as excited as we are, you can already grab some festival merchandise!
BIG changes have hit Magic Kingdom’s flagship merchandise store and we’ve got the photos to prove it!
Magic Kingdom
There’s nothing like coming home from your Disney World trip with a bag full of new souvenirs. But, if you’re heading to Magic Kingdom soon, it might be a little bit harder for you to shop ’till you drop like you normally would. The Emporium is currently undergoing construction, leaving a large portion of this store unavailable.
So Disney made a lot of MASSIVE announcements in 2024, especially about the parks.
Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom
We learned about all kinds of new lands and rides coming to Disney World and Disneyland. Now, we don’t have a LOT of details on many of these projects, but we expect to find out more soon, as well as learn more about Disney’s financial state, as a whole. That’s because Disney is hosting its Q1 2025 earnings call on February 5th — and we expect to get some BIG announcements during that call.
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