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What’s New at Disney’s Hollywood Studios This Week (Spoiler Alert: CLOSE-UP Skyliner Pics!!)

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It’s time to make another stop into Disney’s Hollywood Studios where construction continues in earnest on three BIG projects! Plus we’ve got a little merchandise and menu update! Come along with us, superstars!

Disney’s Hollywood Studios Entrance Construction

There’s progress on construction right at the entrance to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, but there’s a bit of debate about what this will be.

Entrance Construction

The cast member we spoke to this week said it’s extra bag check space in anticipation of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. [Read more…]

Check It Out!! Disney’s Skyliner System Testing Gondolas at Full Speed!

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Disney World’s newest transportation option, the Disney Skyliner System, has been testing gondolas on the lines over the past couple of weeks. Now, it looks like they are testing the system at full capacity and speed near the Hollywood Studios Skyliner Station.

Disney Skyliner System Testing at Hollywood Studios

Those are actual gondolas, not the test gondolas we first saw at the beginning of the month. We can even see some of the artwork on the gondolas through the tarps.

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What’s New in Hollywood Studios: Skyliner, Bus Station, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Construction plus New Merchandise!

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Our recent visit to Hollywood Studios included lots of construction walls — we’ll update you on the Skyliner Station, New Bus Stations, Park Entrance Area Construction, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Construction — but that isn’t all! We’ve also got updates from the Shops and Stores in the park.

Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Guitar

First thing we noticed? It looks like the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster has had an update. The Hanes logo used to be on the guitar pick on the ride’s iconic guitar, but now there is some artwork on the guitar pick instead.

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What’s New in Epcot: Flower and Garden Fest Landscaping, Lots of Construction, Funnel Cake Updates, and More!

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As Epcot enters into the closing week of the Festival of the Arts (you have until February 25 to enjoy this Festival), they are already getting ready for the upcoming Flower and Garden Festival with some special landscaping!

Epcot Flower and Garden Festival Landscaping

One of the most popular pieces of landscaping for the Flower and Garden Festival is taking shape around the lakes between Future World and the World Showcase!

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SO MUCH NEW in Epcot!!!: Snacks, Chocolate Pretzels, Must-Have Merchandise, New Rides, Construction, and More!

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Every visit to Epcot is filled with construction updates, new food, and fun merchandise — and this visit to Epcot is jam-packed with new food (including gluten-free snacks, chocolate covered pretzels,and more), the cutest and sweetest smelling merchandise, and progress on new rides, restaurants, and the Skyliner.

Look who we found in Italy!

After spending some time with our new BFF Pinocchio, we walked the park — here’s what we found!

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NEWS: Real Skyliner Gondolas Being Tested Around Walt Disney World!

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It was just last week we saw some “test” gondolas being tested on the Skyliner System around Disney World. Yesterday, however, we spotted the big boy gondolas being tested on the system!

Gondolas being tested on the Skyliner System

Take a look at that distinctive shape! Those aren’t the open-sided testing gondolas from last week! Those are the real gondolas that will be spanning the sky come this fall!

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What’s New in Hollywood Studios!: Pastries, Popcorn Buckets, and MORE Construction

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We’re checking in from Hollywood Studios with some new popcorn buckets, a few menu changes, new snacks and — for a shocking change of pace ???? — more construction!

New Construction Walls in Hollywood Studios

Let’s jump right in to find out what’s new in Hollywood Studios this week!

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News!: Disney World Skyliner Testing Photos and Video

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Disney World just announced the Disney Skyliner System was moving into the test mode

, and today our Instagram friend @themeparkologist saw what looks like some test gondolas on the cables of the Disney Skyliner System!

Gondola Testing on Disney Skyliner System

Those don’t look like the cute and fun looking Gondolas we know will be coming to the system. Right now it looks like they may be testing the lines and cables with test gondolas.

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What’s New in Hollywood Studios: Everything We Found This Week!

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Hello from Hollywood Studios! There’s a lot coming to this park between Star Wars: Galaxy Edge, a Lightning McQueen attraction, the first Mickey and Minnie focused attraction in Disney World, and the Skyliner Gondola system! See what we found in addition to all of these changes this week.

Look who is back! The Celebrate Mickey Birthday Plush!

Look who we spotted — Mickey is all decked out in his birthday best for this 90th Birthday Celebration Plush. We saw him over his birthday weekend in November, then he “disappeared”. Now we’ve spotted him back in stock in Hollywood Studios and Disney Springs! Welcome back Mickey!

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Whats New in Hollywood Studios: Popcorn Buckets, Menu Changes, Construction, Merchandise, and More!

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Hollywood Studios is busy preparing for new arrivals (we’re talking Lightning McQueen and Star Wars), but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other changes in the park. Here’s all the new updates we spotted this week!

ooohhh! A Light Up Key Chain!!

We can’t resist this Alien Key Chain! How Fun!

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