food IS a theme park
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
Galaxy’s Edge Merchandise
… we started to deck out our homes with Star Wars gear. And loads of Baby Yoda toys. And lightsabers. Because collecting all the great Star Wars merchandise that’s now available is so much fun!
Disneyland has been closed for nearly a year. And last month, Disneyland announced that it would be discontinuing its annual passholder program.
Disneyland’s Gate on July 9
Although Disney promises a new program will take its place, it also renamed its current passholders — those who had active memberships through March 14th, 2020 — as “Legacy Passholders.” The company promised that those passholders would still get certain perks through the program.
After the state of California began distributing COVID-19 vaccinations, Disneyland (which remains closed due to the global health crisis) was chosen as the state’s first mass vaccination site.
Disneyland
As a result, the Toy Story parking lot at Disneyland opened as a vaccination site in January. However, winter storms across the U.S. have created some problems for the vaccination location.
Disney World Annual Passholders get quite a few perks!
Tree of Life
They often get SWEET discounts on Disney merchandise, access to exclusive Disney stuff (like some really cool MagicBands and Minnie Ears), and more! And now Annual Passholders can get some perks at Disney’s Animal Kingdom on weekdays (including the ever-popular Passholder Magnets!).
Some HUGE changes are coming to EPCOT!
Spaceship Earth
We’ve already seen a few new changes, including the new fountain in front of Spaceship Earth and the new Leave A Legacy display. But so much more is coming, including the Harmonious nighttime show, the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ride, and more!
Construction has really ramped up this year at Disney World!
Fantasmic! at Disney’s Hollywood Studios
EPCOT has already seen a few updates, with more on the way. Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom got a makeover, and several rides are currently in progress. But Disney’s Hollywood Studios might get some work done soon, too!
Over at EPCOT, we’re still waiting for some of our favorite restaurants to reopen!
Morocco
This is especially true over at the newly-reopened Morocco Pavilion — we’ve been waiting for both Tangierine Cafe and Restaurant Marrakesh to open their doors again! But now, there’s a new snack option in the Pavilion you might want to check out.
One thing that is so cool about EPCOT is that you can get a variety of unique souvenirs from the World Showcase Pavilion shops! We’ve found a lot of unique and tasty chips, as well as trolls (not the internet kind) and some fiesta-worthy Minnie ears at the pavilions!
House of Good Fortune
And one of our favorite shops there is the House of Good Fortune in the China Pavilion. Yes, we’ve had a lot of AMAZINGLY awesome snacks from there, but we love the other merch there, too! And today, we found the most interesting plush ever!
We’re at Disney World every single day, and well, we’ve seen some things…
Dole Whip!
We’ve seen ride fails, merchandise fails, and more. But we think what we saw today might be the most anxiety-inducing thing we’ve ever seen at Disney World.
We spent a lovely rainy day at Magic Kingdom.
Rain, Rain, Go Away
And sure, it was wet, but we didn’t let that stop us from walking around the park to see if we could spot anything new! So here are our rainy day updates!
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