food IS a theme park
After Disney World’s reopening, we slowly began to see weekend park pass availability beginning to fill up for Annual Passholders on a regular basis, particularly with Disney’s Hollywood Studios. (Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is still a HUGE draw.)
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
And most recently, we noticed that weekends in October were beginning to fill up for Annual Passholders.
Halloween is here, and we could not be more stoked! And with this spooky time of the year, we get all kinds of wonderfully creepy new merchandise, including LOADS of The Nightmare Before Christmas goodies (like these gorgeous figures we found at Disney World).
Jack Skellington
And the wonderful thing about The Nightmare Before Christmas is that it’s not just a Halloween movie: it’s a Christmas movie, too! Halloweenmas, anyone?
It seems like Disney World is getting a lot busier on weekends. We expected it on holiday weekends like Labor Day for example, but it looks like that’s extended into the rest of the year, too.
Hollywood Studios
Since the theme parks reopened, Annual Passholders (and other guests) have had to snag a Disney Park Pass reservations before entering the park. Reservations, especially for Disney’s Hollywood Studios have been filling up FAST. Thus meaning APs are having to book weeks, and sometimes months in advance if they’re looking to visit Hollywood Studios.
It’s the 40th anniversary of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, and we’ve seen a lot of awesome merch already released. But the coolest and most popular items were part of the Minnie Mouse: The Main Attraction Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Collection.
Minnie Mouse’s Main Attraction Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Ears
And items from that collection are hard to come by: we recently saw a pretty long line in Magic Kingdom when we tried to get our hands on some of that sweet merch at Disney World.
So much is happening at Tokyo Disney Resort! Not only have the theme parks reopened there, but the resort also recently resumed nightly fireworks and parades, as well as character meet and greets!
Tokyo Disneyland Castle
But there have also been some other fun additions to Tokyo Disneyland, too, including several new attractions!
Hello from Magic Kingdom! We’re wandering around this wonderful world that’s all decked out for Halloween and having a blast!
Magic Kingdom Halloween Decorations
It doesn’t seem that long ago when we were here last (it wasn’t), but we still have a lot of updates! So let’s get to it!
When we think of iconic eats in EPCOT’s United Kingdom pavilion, Fish and Chips is one of the first menu items that comes to mind!
Fish & Chips Minnie Ears
And apparently we’re not the only ones that appreciate the golden brown, deep-fried deliciousness of this dish. Because not only did we spy some AMAZING Fish and Chips Minnie Ears, but we just found a ton more Fish and Chips merch, too! We’re all about food-related merch at Disney World!
After Disney World reopened, many of its bars remained closed and were unable to serve alcohol to guests, due to a statewide ban of on-premise alcohol consumption at bars. This ban affected any bars that received more than 50% of their gross revenue through alcohol sales.
White Wine Flight at Weinkeller
Recently, though, the state of Florida lifted that ban and allowed bars to reopen at 50% capacity. And we’re starting to see bars at Disney World begin to reopen, too, like the Uzima Springs Pool Bar at Animal Kingdom Lodge, and the Thirsty River Bar, and Dawa Bar at Animal Kingdom.
It’s officially SPOOKY season, and that means we can celebrate the Haunted Mansion even more than we normally do! We’ve seen a lot of really cool Haunted Mansion merch in the parks, including Haunted Mansion Crocs (!!!), Haunted Mansion Loungefly bags, and a Haunted Mansion wallpaper mask.
Haunted Mansion Hitchhiking Ghosts Figure
But there’s one specific character in the Haunted Mansion that’s been getting a lot of attention lately!
Y’all know how much we love the Baby Yoda Show, aka The Mandalorian, on Disney+. We’ve talked a lot about all the great Baby Yoda merch we’ve discovered, as well as other merch related to the series!
Baby Yoda Mug
So you can imagine how excited we are about the upcoming second season of The Mandalorian!
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