food IS a theme park
Well, it’s Thursday (aka FRIDAY EVE), which means it’s time for a trip to Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’! Frankly we’ll visit Homecomin’ on any day of the week that ends in a ‘y,’ but we were on a special mission today.
Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’
In addition to the incredibly delicious comfort food you can find here, one of the huge draws to Homecomin’ is their moonshine menu! But did you know that you can mix their moonshine together to create fun and unique combos?
The 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts FUN continues! That’s right, the very first EPCOT Festival of the year just kicked off on Friday, January 8th.
2021 EPCOT Festival of the Arts
We’ve most definitely been enjoying ALL of the eats and drinks at the Festival’s Food Studios, taking in all of the stunning artwork around the park, and even picking up a few artistic skills of our own. But we here at the DFB aren’t the only ones getting into the Festival of the Arts spirit around here… [Read more…]
If you’re a Disney World Annual Passholder, there’s some special, AP exclusive merchandise you can score right now!
Passholder Festival of the Arts MagicBand
At EPCOT’s International Festival of the Arts, there’s an AP exclusive MagicBand, an Annual Passholder shirt, and an AP Phone Case. Outside of the festival, we’ve also spotted a sparkly Annual Passholder Ear Headband. Now, we’ve gotten some more details about some more AP exclusive merchandise you’ll be able to find around the parks!
Step aside Minnie’s Main Attraction Series, the newest collection for 2021 is the Stitch Crashes Disney Series! The new monthly collection series features Stitch “crashing” into some of our favorite Disney films, with new plush, MagicBands, pins, and more released throughout the year!
©shopDisney
Already we saw the release of the first collection in the series via MerchPass, inspired by Beauty and the Beast, and we’ve also seen a sneak peek at the next collection inspired by Lady and the Tramp!
Disneyland Resort is currently serving as Orange County, California’s first mass vaccination site.
COVID-19 vaccination tents at the Disneyland Resort ©Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG
The property is one of five Super Point-of-Dispensing sites in California. While the theme park is mostly closed, Disney has opened the Toy Story parking lot to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine. Medical tents have been installed and the site has opened for vaccine administration.
Greetings from Disney Springs!
Dole Whip Nachos in Disney Springs
Walt Disney World’s shopping and dining district surprised and impressed on our most recent visit with some new eats… and we may have picked up a favorite standby, while we were at it (because Dole Whip Nachos are always a good idea). But there’s plenty of new merchandise to check out, too, along with a construction update to share. [Read more…]
We already know about quite a few new Marvel shows and movies coming to Disney+ or theaters in the future. But, we expected that we’d potentially have to leave some of our favorite characters or actors behind.
The Avengers
One of those actors is Chris Evans, who played Captain America. Evans had previously noted that he would be hanging up his shield, and his character quite literally handed the shield to another character at the end of Avengers: Endgame. But, some sources are now saying that Chris Evens could be coming back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
When Gideon’s Bakehouse first welcomed guests as part of its soft opening at the end of 2020, we stepped into cookie heaven and brought you all our hot takes on their GIANT treats.
Gideon’s Bakehouse
Gideon’s temporarily closed shortly thereafter, however. But, the cookie conservatory opened once again today! So, we stopped by to take a look around and (of course) grab some treats.
The next few years are set to bring us a BUNCH of new attractions in Disney World.
Guardians of the Galaxy Ride Vehicles ©Disney
EPCOT is no exception to this, especially since the EPCOT Transformation park overhaul is fully underway. One attraction that we’re SUPER excited about is the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind coaster — and now we’ve got an update on construction progress!
Wanna take home a Disney character come to life?
Beauty and the Beast Merchandise
We’ve seen a lot of mugs at the theme parks and online. Mickey mugs, Stitch mugs, and attraction mugs! You name a Disney icon and it’s probably on a mug. The mug that makes the most sense (and has one of the most endearing designs) is Chip from Beauty and the Beast. Over the years, Chip has been brought to life as an actual cup and we think we found one of the best versions yet!
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