food IS a theme park
Run into the holiday spirit!
runDisney
If you’re a runner, it’s time to start gearing up for runDisney’s 12Ks of Christmas Challenge. If you complete it this December, you could earn three merry 4K medals, and a Challenge medal featuring Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.
A change we’ve LONG desired is coming.
San Angel Inn
The San Angel Inn Restaurante has long been one of our favorite Walt Disney World restaurants as far as atmosphere goes. Located within the Mexico pavilion at EPCOT’s World Showcase, the restaurant takes total advantage of that pavilion’s unique-for-the-park faux indoor setting to create a permanent “outdoor” dining at night experience, which is especially cool with the massive pyramid rising above and boats from the Gran Fiesta Tour passing by. While food quality has come and go over the years, this setting has always remained fantastic… with one glaring exception in recent years.
Disney’s culture war with Ron DeSantis may officially be over.
©Governor Ron DeSantis Website
After several years of political and legal battles, and several months of deescalation and settlement deals, Disney’s most recent legal action seems to indicate that the company’s long-running ideological battle with Florida’s governor has cooled.
California investigators have opened up an investigation into a tragic death at Disneyland.
Disneyland
On Friday June 7th, Bonnye Lear – – an administrator at Disneyland’s Club 33 – – died from injuries suffered two days earlier at the park. On June 5th Lear had been riding a golf cart in a backstage area near Critter Country when she fell off the vehicle.
Updated: June 26, 2024
A new virtual queue is DEBUTING at Magic Kingdom.
Tiana!
We’ve known for a while now that Tiana’s Bayou Adventure would feature a virtual queue, but it feels different now that it’s FINALLY HERE. If you’re planning on riding this new Magic Kingdom attraction soon (!!!), we’ve got you covered on how the virtual queue works and what you need to know before riding. [Read more…]
Food connoisseurs, prepare for boarding!
The Norwegian Gem
A brand-new themed cruise is setting sail from Miami to Cozumel next May, and the whole trip sounds like a food-lovers delight.
Prepare to eat like Pumbaa, Lion King fans.
Timon and Pumbaa
In preparation for the upcoming 30th anniversary of The Lion King, Disney has introduced five NEW desserts themed to the film at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. There’s a new ice cream sandwich, a Simba-themed cookie, a Zazu DOLE Whop float, and more! Let’s get eating!
It seems like there’s ALWAYS a new DOLE Whip flavor to try in Disney World.
EPCOT
Disney World has a litany of Dole Whip flavors and combinations spread across the property. Some of them take up space in our pantheon of favorite theme park snacks while others should be left in the dustbin of Disney World history. So, where does the most recent flavor we tried stand? [Read more…]
The most IMPORTANT part of EPCOT’s transformation is here.
CommuniCore Hall
Over the last several years, EPCOT has — for better or worse — gone through a metamorphosis. Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, and Journey of Water — Inspired by Moana have been added to the park’s attraction lineup, and the entirety of what used to be Future World has been radically redesigned. This past week, the final piece of EPCOT’s reinvention — CommuniCore Hall and Plaza — opened, and we’ve got a tour of the best part…
A modern Disney superstar recently visited EPCOT!
Journey of Water
We see posts from celebrities that they were in the parks from time to time, and we always wish we were there to meet them. It’s cool to know that they share our love of Disney World and Disneyland. What’s really neat is when we find out that a star from a Disney movie got to visit their character or movie attraction, which is what just happened recently in EPCOT!
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