food IS a theme park
Disney World is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in a BIG way.
50th Anniversary Bus
There are new shows, rides, merchandise, and (our personal favorite) LOTS of snacks and treats that have all debuted with the start of the 50th Anniversary festivities. Disney World transportation even got in on the action with some decorated monorails, Skyliners, and buses. But the 50th Anniversary-themed bus isn’t the only one that gets to celebrate the big occasion!
We’ve tried so many delicious eats and treats for Disney World’s 50th anniversary!
So festive!
There was a burger that looked like a toad, a hot dog topped with funnel cake, and even an ENTIRE pyramid made out of chocolate! But, even with all of festive food we’ve had, there is STILL more to try — can you believe it?! Come with us as we taste two new sweet treats in Magic Kingdom!
If you’re heading to Disney World soon, be prepared for 50th Anniversary merchandise all over the parks.
Vault Collection Display
There are a few different new collections, like the Celebration and Castle collections and the Vault collection. The Vault items are vintage-style souvenirs that celebrate Disney World’s past, and you can find all of that merchandise at a special display area in the Main Street Cinema. Today, while we were looking around at the sentimental souvenirs, we spotted a couple of NEW to us items!
A lot has changed in Disney World since the 50th anniversary celebration kicked off on October 1st!
Cinderella Castle in its 50th Anniversary decor!
From new 50th merchandise, decorations, food, and entertainment, there’s a lot to do in Disney World right now. And along with all of this excitement, you might have missed this little detail that changed in the My Disney Experience app!
Disney World’s 50th anniversary brought us a TON of new food items!
The fairest cone of them all?
And some of those items are a bit wild — like a drink with an octopus tentacle and a giant martini glass filled with ice cream and topped with a Mickey pretzel. Disney is truly going all out for its big birthday! And, the food is spread out across the 4 theme parks, so you can try special items at all of them. We’ve tried a lot of these new items at Animal Kingdom since the 50th anniversary kicked off, and now it’s time to give you our rankings!
Hello, DFB Friends!
Grand Floridian
Well, as you can tell, we’ve been pretty busy covering everything about Disney World’s MASSIVE 50th Anniversary Celebration, and, yes, we ate SO many blue cupcakes! But we also managed to get over to some of Disney World’s hotels to see if anything new was going on with them, so on with the updates!
Disney World’s 50th Anniversary has brought a lot of new offerings.
Harmonious
Perhaps the most exciting of these offerings are the new firework shows. We’ve already seen Disney Enchantment in Magic Kingdom and Harmonious in EPCOT. Disney fans certainly have big feelings about these new shows, but we noticed something particularly interesting about Harmonious. It’s not really a firework show, is it?
One of the best things about Disney World’s 50th Anniversary Celebration is all the new merchandise and NEW shops.
EPCOT’s Port of Entry
And one of the collections we’ve been the most excited about is the Vault Collection, which throws it way back to 1971 with retro-themed Disney World souvenirs. We are here for it!
Disney World’s 50th anniversary kicked off on Friday, October 1st, and we were in the parks to take in all of the celebrations.
Cinderella Castle in its 50th Anniversary decor
We tried a ton of new food items, saw new entertainment, checked out a new ride, and more! The day was exciting and historic, marking a huge milestone for Disney World — but that doesn’t mean it didn’t have its issues. We noticed some not-so-magical things happening on the 50th anniversary, and we’re here to share our experience and what could be done to fix or avoid these issues in the future.Â
Our reporters here at DFB are hard-working people! They’re in the parks every day of the week to bring the latest news, braving the heat, the crowds, and the general chaos of Disney World.
It was quite the week!
This past week, our Disney warriors hit the parks for the 50th Anniversary, phones charged, cameras ready, and reusable utensils on standby — ready to try what seemed like a million snacks and share photos of all the news. And let us just tell you, it was NOT a normal Friday. Some pretty funny things happened to our DFB reporters last week!
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