We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Monday, January 25, 2021.
Walt Disney World
Magic Kingdom
- An entirely new story is come to the Jungle Cruise at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and Disneyland Park with significant scene changes to be made in the lost safari scene to make the ride more “culturally sensitive”
- While these Jungle Cruise changes seemingly line up with the release of the Jungle Cruise movie, now set to release in 2021, it has been confirmed that there will be no significant tie between the new changes and the Jungle Cruise movie
- We had a bit of an ugly day as far as the weather’s concerned, but that didn’t stop us from visiting Magic Kingdom and EPCOT to bring you all the best the parks have to offer in this most recent photo report
- The Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom card game is now permanently closed after almost eight years of operation, and subsequently the Main Street Firehouse has closed for a refurbishment to sponge away the last vestiges of the once-popular card game
- Following a refurbishment of the Liberty Square Riverboat track, Rivers of America at Magic Kingdom continues to be refilled
- During testing of the still closed Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover, cars are now crashing into each other in what seems like an intentional part of testing to ensure no accidental crashes would result in serious issues
- A new guide map debuted at Magic Kingdom today, with several small changes including Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom being removed, dining locations added, and more
- Beginning February 1, Tomorrowland Terrace Restaurant in Magic Kingdom will be closed on weekdays and only operate Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays
EPCOT
- While we’ve been focused on the refurbishment of Mouse Gear, as well as the demolition of Innoventions West, work continues on the expected future Club Cool location as well
Walt Disney World Resort Hotels
- The Hippy Dippy Pool at Disney’s Pop Century Resort will be closing for maintenance on February 15 and remain closed through early March
Other Walt Disney World News
- Disney Gift Card previously announced that DisneyGiftCard.com would be receiving an upgrade rendering accounts unavailable, after which guests could use their standard Disney account login, that was was originally scheduled for January 20 but the upgrade has now been moved to February 3, 2021
- President Joe Biden has signed an executive order renewing the COVID-19 travel restrictions that were scheduled to be lifted today, the same restrictions that have been in place since March 13, 2020, severely affecting travel to and from American theme parks
Disneyland Resort
- The regional stay-at-home order for Southern California has been lifted as of today, January 25, which lifts restrictions from Disneyland Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood
- In light of this, guests are now allowed to eat on property if they are stationary and distanced, following the same rules that were in place before the stay-at-home-order went into effect in December
New Merchandise
- Though we can’t currently get autographs from characters, we can still collect pins and this new series of open edition pins available at Walt Disney World features the autograph of each Disney Princess, along with the princess herself and Cinderella Castle
- You can now decorate your phone just like The Haunted Mansion in Magic Kingdom with this new PopWallet accessory available from Walt Disney World
- The first series of the new Stitch Crashes Disney collection recently debuted on shopDisney, and now he has has crashed into Walt Disney World where, in addition to being available at Disney Springs, the Beauty and the Beast series is available at Magic Kingdom
- A few new merchandise items are now available at Disneyland Resort, like these cute baseball jerseys we found at World of Disney
- A new tee featuring the Partners Statue and Cinderella Castle is now available at Walt Disney World
Entertainment and Media
Disney+
- In their continued effort to promote diversity and inclusion, Disney has made select films unavailable on children’s Disney+ profiles due to negative cultural depictions, particularly racist stereotypes
WDW News Today
Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover Ride Vehicles Crash Into Each Other During Testing
Eric Idle Forgot Figment, Possible Disneyland Annual Pass “Memberships” Revealed – NewsToday 1/25
🔴LIVE Just Another Magic Monday Live Stream From The Magic Kingdom
BREAKING: Cultural Sensitivity Changes Coming to Jungle Cruise at Walt Disney World, Disneyland
Cosmic Reid Live (01/25/2021) – Favorite Queues at Walt Disney World!
That’s it for today, we hope you enjoyed this Daily Recap. Thanks for stopping by, and we’ll see you tomorrow!