food IS a theme park
Hello, DFB Friends!
Anna
We spent a rainy day at EPCOT, checking on construction progress, looking out for new merch and snacks, and seeing what lines and crowds were like! And we have some updates, so are you ready? Here we go!
Hello, friends! We spent the day at Disney World, reporting in on new Donut Minnie Ears (!) new drinks, and a water leak at the Polynesian Resort!
Rainy day
It’s been a busy and rainy day, but that doesn’t stop us from just taking time to enjoy everything at the parks so that we can get tons of photos and videos to share with you. Because it’s just not the same if we can’t bring y’all along with us!
There’s no denying it — 2020 has been quite the interesting year that brought about a LOT of changes all over the world, including at Walt Disney World.
Magic Kingdom
While you may be aware of some of the major changes that happened this year (like the temporary suspension of FastPass+ and fireworks), some other BIG changes have happened this year that you may have totally forgotten about. So, today, we’re breaking down 8 HUGE changes at Walt Disney World that happened this year which you may have totally forgotten about!
Over the years we’ve seen some odd Disney snacks, including several that aren’t necessarily the prettiest flowers in the garden.
Pumpkin Spice Pretzel
There was the infamous Pumpkin Spice Pretzel, the moldy-looking Space Sandwich, and even candy based on poop! Then, just last week, the Salted Caramel Spaceship Earth Cookie at EPCOT’s International Festival of the Holidays got a special makeover. While it was still delicious, we just weren’t really sure what to think of the flesh-colored sprinkles and weird socks. It seems as though the new look wasn’t very popular, because today, the cookie changed yet again!
EPCOT might be getting a little bit snazzier at night soon!
Spaceship Earth
Last month, Walt Disney Imagineers announced that EPCOT’s Spaceship Earth will be getting a new programmable lighting design. Now, we’ve learned a little more about the new lights — and work could be starting soon!
There are a LOT of rides in Disney World, and some of them get through WAY more folks than others.
Expedition Everest
With all the hubbub about capacities in a reopened Disney World and our constant interest in wait times, we’re wondering which Disney World attractions actually have the HIGHEST capacities — and maybe you are too! We’re looking at the top five highest capacity attractions in each Disney World park!
2020 has been A YEAR, hasn’t it? There’s no question that Disney World’s temporary closures have had a big impact on tons of upcoming projects across the parks and resorts.
Spaceship Earth
With just a few weeks left to this calendar year, let’s take a look at the projects that should have opened this year, but were DELAYED due to the closures!
We’re SO excited for all the new things coming to EPCOT!
Spaceship Earth
Last week we learned LOTS of exciting details about many of these projects during the “EPCOT — The Magic of Possibility” presentation as part of D23’s Fantastic Worlds events. Disney shared news about Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, Harmonious, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, and more! Not too long after that, Disney shared a press release on their website about the EPCOT transformation as well. And while this was all super exciting, we couldn’t help but notice a few things were missing. But we were also excited to see that a few things we haven’t heard about in a while were still mentioned. Let’s break it all down.
We’re totally #adults here at Disney Food Blog, but that doesn’t mean we’ll say no to a Happy Meal!
Goofy Toy
We especially can’t resist a good Happy Meal when it’s loaded with Disney toys! In honor of Mickey and Minnie’s 92nd birthday, McDonald’s teamed up with Disney to release some super sweet toys. We got our hands on the cutie pie Happy Meals last week. We’re back to tell you all about the awesome sweepstakes you can enter when you buy one for yourself!
We’ve been hard at work scoping out all the news for you this week. Today we have the details on the latest in the Disney theme parks and MORE!
Mickey Elf Popcorn Bucket
See all of our coverage on Disney park reopenings HERE. We still have a LOT to share with you this week, so let’s jump right in… .
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