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✨ It’s TIME ✨ — Fantasmic! is coming back to Disney World!
Fantasmic! is back!
Fantasmic! has been closed since the parks shut down in March of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ve been watching construction from a bird’s eye view on the stage for a while now, and Disney teased its return a few times. As of November 3rd, the show is back in the parks, and we were invited to a media event to check out the show a day early — let’s see what has changed!
Ever since Disney World reopened in July 2020, we’ve seen the slow return of entertainment to the theme parks.
Toy Story Land
It started with outdoor shows, where guests could safely social distance, then some indoor entertainment came back. But now, we’re finally getting the return of some streetmosphere options in the parks, including some beloved Toy Story Land entertainment!
Even though Disney World reopened a while ago, it’s taken some time for every experience to return.
Fantasmic billboard in Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Disney just announced that Fantasmic! will FINALLY be returning to Disney’s Hollywood Studios on November 3rd, but they kept us in the dark about show times. All that has changed, though, because now we officially know exactly when we can see Fantasmic! once again.
Sometimes Disney movies inspire attractions in the theme parks, and sometimes theme park attractions inspire Disney movies!
Jungle Cruise
We’ve seen rides like Haunted Mansion, Jungle Cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean inspire Disney movies, while other rides, like Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Rise of the Resistance, and Flight of Passage are all based on movies. But, there are more things than just rides in the parks that can inspire movies. And, it was just announced that another Disney movie is being made based off of something in the theme parks!
The holiday season will be here before we know it — are you ready?!
Festival of the Holidays
Christmas is officially less than 100 days away and over in Disney World, Cast Members are busy preparing for all that entails. Disney just announced all the Holiday Kitchen Food Booths that are coming to the 2022 EPCOT Festival of the Holidays — and now we know what entertainment we can expect at this year’s festival too!
Disney+ is starting to get into the Halloween spirit!
Hocus Pocus 2 is coming!
We’ve already seen lots of Halloween merchandise you can grab and snacks in the parks you can munch on. But now, new Halloween movies and TV shows are on their way! Disney+ has just announced this year’s spooky lineup that you can enjoy while counting down to Halloween night.
We’re still recovering from all the whirlwind news we heard at the 2022 D23 Expo.
Te Fiti Model — Journey of Water
From movie and series announcements to updates and details on Disney parks projects, a LOT of information was revealed. But, there were also quite a few things missing from the announcements, and many guests took note. We wanted to know what Disney fans wanted to hear at this year’s D23 Expo but didn’t, so we asked our readers!
Disney World’s 50th Anniversary brought several new shows and attractions to the parks. One of those was a fun show at Disney’s Animal Kingdom featuring kites in the shape of Disney characters.
Timon and Pumba
Disney KiteTails has characters from The Lion King and The Jungle Book as intricate 3D kite creations, flying above the Discovery River Lagoon throughout the day. If you’ve loved this show as much as we do, we unfortunately have some very sad news. [Read more…]
Disney’s D23 Expo took place this weekend in Anaheim, California and there were a TON of announcements made!
Outside the Expo
We got a new look at what the Splash Mountain re-theme will look like, a trailer for Hocus Pocus 2, a teaser for the live-action The Little Mermaid, news about the return of Happily Ever After in Disney World, and so much more. We also found out about an exciting event coming to California this year that Encanto fans are going to want to know about!
The day has finally come — it’s Disney+ Day!
It’s Disney+ Day!
We’ve been not-so-patiently waiting for this day so we could stream all the new premieres and hear the latest announcements and juicy details about what’s next for the popular streaming service. We had already learned that Dancing with the Stars would be moving to Disney+, and now we know which celebrities are part of the inaugural Disney+ cast!
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