food IS a theme park
While our eyes have been closely watching the reopenings of Walt Disney World’s EPCOT and Disney’s Hollywood Studios today, there’s another park reopening across the ocean!
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Disney shared the news of today’s opening of the Disneyland Paris theme park, Walt Disney Studios Park, Disney Village, and Disney’s Newport Bay Club Hotel.
As if you didn’t have enough excitement on your plate right now with all four Disney World theme parks being open for the first time since March, we want to share with you a sneak peek of a brand new Minnie Mouse: The Main Attraction collection!
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Disney has been releasing one of these new collections each month which and each one is inspired by an iconic Disney attraction. For now, U.S. releases are still temporarily paused, so we’re not really sure when we can expect to see new collections such as The Minnie Mouse: The Main Attraction Carousel Collection arrive here in the States although it’s being released in Europe on July 18th (you can always shop on the shopDisney UK website).
We’re back in Hollywood Studios today!
Rise of the Resistance at Hollywood Studios
Like everyone else who’s made their way to Hollywood Studios on its reopening day, we have one attraction that rises above the others on our priority list. Rise of the Resistance is still the highest-demand ride in Disney World. To help with the lines, Disney has implemented a Virtual Queue — and it’s a totally new system than it was before the closures!
Instead of there being one big window to get a spot in the queue, guests in Hollywood Studios have three chances — 10AM, 1PM, and 4PM.  It used to be that you had two hours to return when your boarding group was called; now it’s only one hour and we MISSED our window! Here’s what happened!
Greetings, World travelers. We’re at EPCOT today for its historic grand reopening. And who are we kidding…we’re also here to sample more items at the Food and Wine marketplace food booths scattered throughout the World Showcase.
Bonjour Remy!
So far, we’ve already shown you what crowd levels look like for the first day of the Taste of EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival, which is also making history today. It will be the longest-running EPCOT Food and Wine festival of all time, plus you’ll find parts of EPCOT’s Flower and Garden Festival patchworked in.
UPDATE: According to Attractions Magazine, Disney has issued the following statement relating to the two attractions: “As with most businesses during this period, we are further evaluating long-term project plans. The decision was made to postpone development of [the] ‘Mary Poppins’-inspired attraction and Spaceship Earth at this time.”
We’re live from the grand reopening of EPCOT in Walt Disney World!
Epcot Experience Sign
Prior to closing, EPCOT had announced a huge overhaul to the theme park. EPCOT would get a new look and add attractions like the Moana-inspired Journey of Water and a new PLAY! Pavilion with interactive experiences and characters. The new attractions and overhaul is displayed in the EPCOT Experience video. Today, we noticed something huge missing from the EPCOT Experience video. Well, TWO huge somethings missing from the video! [Read more…]
We’re keeping you up to date everything happening at Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ reopening today! It’s been busy and we’ve noticed crowds backing up in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Pre-Closure
Long waits and crowds are nothing new for attractions like Rise of the Resistance. But, the backups we’re seeing aren’t ride-related!
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Moments ago, we showed you what the crowd levels looked like at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, but now it’s time to get some perspective on what EPCOT’s like on the first day of ITS historical grand reopening!
A Taste of EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival
Not to mention, today is the first day of A Taste of EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival featuring more than 20Â marketplace food booths scattered throughout the World Showcase. Let’s see who’s arrived to do some wining and dining!
We’re headed over to Canada because we’ve got some fun news!
Canada Ears
NEW EARS, BABY! We were passing through the Canada Pavilion in EPCOT today as we snack our way around the 2020 Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival when we spotted a new piece of merch that caught out eye. Check out theses Canada Minnie Ears!
EPCOT threw open the gates today to welcome back guests for the first time in what felt like forever. We have been at EPCOT to capture all the special moments, including the kickoff of the 2020 Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival!
A Taste of EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival
As excited as we have been to get back to EPCOT, we’ve noticed how pumped up the Cast Members are to see everyone!
Crowds
So far, we’ve shown you what the crowds have been like today and talked briefly about some of the wait times we were noticing. Now we’re going to share with you a more in-depth look at what the wait times have looked like in Disney’s Hollywood Studios so far today.
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