food IS a theme park
Headed to Orlando this coming week to enjoy some of your favorite attractions and snacks (and maybe a taste of EPCOT’s Festival of the Holidays)?
2020 Taste of EPCOT Festival of the Holidays
Well, one thing you’ll want to be aware of and plan for is the weather! And, while Florida is typically VERY warm for most of the year, things are actually looking a bit different for this next week. It seems Elsa is brining just a touch of winter weather to the Sunshine State!
Disneyland Resort reopened a small portion of Disney California Adventure Park for shopping and dining.
Carthay Circle
Buena Vista Street welcomed guests last week with modified gift shops and outdoor dining options. The Carthay Circle Lounge was adjusted to fit the California health mandates that require restaurants to seat diners outdoors. The lounge is now serving guests on a new make-shift patio. Upon opening, the lounge was only taking walk-up reservations for guests visiting Buena Vista Street…until now!
The holiday season is upon us and that means Christmas decorations, holiday specials, and new merchandise.
©Disney
We’ve seen LOTS of Christmas merchandise in the parks, including CHRISTMAS EARS, so we’re READY to get shopping for gift season. Today though, we got the news that a NEW pair of ears is coming soon and they might be the prettiest yet!
We all love our four-legged friends, don’t we?
Dooney & Bourke Dog and Cat Tote Bags
Well, now you have a chance to win a special holiday treat for your favorite best friend with Freeform’s 25 Days of Christmas Barkbox Sweepstakes!
Even though the Disney Parks have been open for several months now since the closures, we’re still waiting on some of our favorite dining options to return (We’re looking at you, Casey’s Corner!).
Woody’s Lunch Box
Today though, we’ve got pretty good news from Hollywood Studios. In the past few months, we’ve seen spots like ABC Commissary and Hollywood & Vine reopen, and now a Toy Story Land favorite is BACK.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Disney World is about to get a lot busier with the holidays, especially now that the parks are decorated, and the holiday snacks and entertainment have appeared!
Holidays at the Magic Kingdom 2020
That’s why we haven’t been TOO surprised seeing park pass availability for the month of December sell out, especially for Christmas and New Year’s Eve!
Right now, there are tons of updates going on at Walt Disney World!
Walt Disney World entrance sign
EPCOT’s undergoing a big transformation, complete with new attractions, new restaurants, and lots of “beautifying.” Cinderella Castle recently got a paint job, and now Disney’s updating many of the signs around property to match the color scheme. With all these changes, Disney likes to keep their online park maps as up-to-date as possible, and we’ve recently seen some new additions on Magic Kingdom’s map. Today, we just so happened to notice something new on another park’s map as well!
Disney really knows how to celebrate the holidays!
Holiday Character Cavalcade
From over-the-top decorations to delicious and Instagrammable snacks, there’s so much to see and do in the parks. This year alone we’ve seen Christmas-themed character cavalcades, special projections on park icons, tons of holiday merchandise, and just a general feel of Christmas cheer in the parks! But, Disney doesn’t stop their jolliness with the theme parks, because they’re also known for some exciting holiday programming, and this year will be no exception!
Name a punnier attraction in Disney World than the Jungle Cruise. We’ll wait.
Jungle Cruise Minnie ears
We’ve got big news for skippers and passengers alike today! This month’s Minnie Mouse: The Main Attraction line is based on the Jungle Cruise. You might remember when we were surprised to find it in Disney World before it released with shopDisney MerchPass — and now you can order this merchandise without a MerchPass ONLINE!
Nothing screams “holiday season” quite like chocolate!
Reindeer Food from Wilderness Lodge
Disney knows this, and they’ve incorporated it heavily into their celebrations! We’ve seen chocolate sculptures at the resorts, including a chocolate monorail, a gingerbread and chocolate village, and chocolate Mickey and Minnie figurines. We’ve also tried SEVERAL chocolate holiday treats, ranging from drinks to cakes and everything in-between! If you’re missing the chocolatey goodness from the parks, then we’ve got the perfect solution for you — you can combine Disney and chocolate at home!
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