food IS a theme park
A NEW Disney World restaurant is one step closer to being complete.
Cakes at the Cake Bake Shop in Indianapolis
Over at Disney’s BoardWalk, the NEW Cake Bake Shop Restaurant by Gwendolyn Rogers has taken over the old ESPN Club and is making lots of construction progress. We visited one of their locations outside of Disney World to give you a taste of what the Disney experience may be like, but now we’ve got another update on just how the restaurant’s construction is coming along.
Disney World is constantly CHANGING.
BoardWalk
From changes with Genie+ to adjustments on Annual Passholder perks and park map updates, there’s a lot going on. But now we’ve got some clues about potential other changes coming to Disney World, particularly at its resort hotels. Let’s dive into them right now!
Disney World is constantly changing.
Main Street, U.S.A.
The Happily Ever After fireworks are coming back, new things are coming soon to EPCOT, and even character meals have changed. But more adjustments could be on the way and we’ve got some clues as to what those could be!
Right now, there are several new attractions planned for Disney World.
Magic Kingdom
We’ve got the TRON coaster, currently under construction in Tomorrowland, set to open in the spring. There’s Journey of Water — Inspired by Moana over at EPCOT, which will be a walkthrough attraction where guests can interact with water, and it’s set to open towards the end of 2023. And of course, we can’t forget about Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, the retheme of Splash Mountain, which will open at Magic Kingdom in 2024. If you’re waiting for that last one, then you’ll be glad to know that the project just hit a big milestone!
If you haven’t been to EPCOT in a while, the park is basically unrecognizable these days.
EPCOT
With much of the middle of the park under construction, as well as new additions like Creations Shop, Connections Eatery, and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, it definitely doesn’t look the same as it did in say, 2019. But the transformation of EPCOT isn’t complete yet — we’ve still got quite a few projects on the horizon, including the mysterious PLAY! Pavilion.
Toy Story Land is a big part of Disney’s Hollywood Studios — and it’s about to get some BIG changes!
Toy Story Land
Not long ago, Disney announced plans for a new shop AND a restaurant, but all we know right now is that they should be opening sometime in 2022. Considering that we’re over halfway through 2022 at this time, we’re wondering when Disney will announce official opening dates! We recently got a bit of a clue about one of these Toy Story Land projects, so here’s what we know.
There are a lot of BIG hotel changes happening in Disney World — but it seems there might be another one to come.
The Swan and Dolphin, or “Swolphin” if you will.
We’re following along with construction on the new villas coming to Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort, the entirely new Disney Vacation Club section coming to Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, and the news about changes coming to Disney’s BoardWalk Inn Resort! Now, though, a new permit hints at a coming expansion at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel!
If you’ve been to EPCOT lately, you’ve probably noticed a few construction walls.
EPCOT
That’s because the massive EPCOT Transformation is still underway! Part of that transformation sees the center section of Future World turned into World Celebration. We’ve already experienced the new Creations Shop and Club Cool, but what else will this area hold?
There’s always a ton of construction going on at Disney World — the resort is always expanding and changing, which was always part of Walt Disney’s original intent for Disney Parks.
Tomorrowland Light & Power Co.
In the past year, though, construction has kicked into full gear — from the massive ongoing EPCOT overhaul to the TRON ride construction in Magic Kingdom to all the work being done at the Fantasmic! theater, we only expect to see even construction in the future. And now, a new permit suggests that a shop at Disney World might be getting an upgrade.
We have gotten a LOT of updates about Disney World’s 50th Anniversary.
Train Station
Not only will Magic Kingdom be getting a new Character Cavalcade and new golden statues, but it will also be getting a brand new FIREWORKS SHOW. Today, we might have spotted another hint at what’s coming. Could the Magic Kingdom train station be getting a special look of its own?
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