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 Tuesday, January 26, 2021.

Walt Disney World

Magic Kingdom

• After five days, Rivers of America in Magic Kingdom is now completely refilled with water following a refurbishment of the Liberty Square Riverboat track
• New Wishables keychains and pet merch showed up at the Magic Kingdom, as we show you in this most recent photo report

EPCOT

• While the Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts continues, Walt Disney World is already gearing up for the Taste of EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival 2021 to begin on March 3, 2021, and Disney has now announced which outdoor kitchens will be available at the festival
• We also now have the full list of topiaries and gardens coming to the 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival
• In addition to the list of outdoor kitchens and topiaries, Walt Disney World has now announced all the entertainment coming to the Taste of EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival
• We are once again back at Coral Reef Restaurant in EPCOT to try more of their cuisine, like their Shrimp Cocktail, Lobster Bisque, Oven-Roasted Herb Chicken, and Grilled Rib-Eye

Walt Disney World Resort Hotels

• The new Walt Disney World Swan Reserve hotel is still under construction near its sister resorts the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, with a scheduled opening of July 2021, so we decided to check in to see how the construction was going
• Work has been moving quickly on the 50th anniversary reimagining of the Osceola Parkway entrance to Walt Disney World
• EPCOT resorts are receiving 5G cell towers, which is good news for anyone who has had difficulty with cell service during their Walt Disney World resort stay

Other Walt Disney World News

• Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park will be reopening on March 7, 2021, and tickets are now available for purchase
• With this, Walt Disney World has updated their face covering requirements for water parks ahead of the Blizzard Beach reopening March 7, 2021
• State of Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis released an open letter to the International Olympic Committee encouraging them to move the 2021 Olympics from Tokyo, Japan to Florida, citing the NBA Bubble environment at Walt Disney World as proof of concept for a safe Olympiad

Disneyland Resort

• UBS predicts that Disneyland and other Disney theme parks will reach historical attendance levels by 2022 due to pent-up demand
• We learned last week that the abandoned Rainforest Café in Downtown Disney District would soon become the new Star Wars Trading Post shop and now, sci-fi alterations to the Rainforest Café building have begun, and they have to be seen to be believed

New Merchandise

• A new series of collectible keys is coming to Disney Springs and shopDisney just in time for Valentine’s Day — the “Love Series” features six keys inspired by The Aristocats, Bambi, Dumbo, Lady and the Tramp, and The Lion King
• In celebration of the 60th anniversary of One Hundred and One Dalmatians, shopDisney has two new pins now available
• The next collectible Imagination Key coming to shopDisney.com is inspired by Pixar’s Up, the latest of many Up items now available online
• Two new pins have arrived at Walt Disney World, one being the first in a monthly series and one celebrating the Lunar New Year

Entertainment and Media

• Walt Disney Animation Studios has released the first full-length trailer for Raya and the Last Dragon, coming to theaters and available through Disney+ Premier Access on March 5, 2021

Disney+

• In an interview with Collider, Billy Crystal gave an update about “Monsters at Work”, a Monsters, Inc. spinoff series coming to Disney+, revealing that he has already recorded several episodes

WDW News Today

• Start your Engines and get set to go Deep in the Plus as we race into the 1969 Disney Classic – The Love Bug starring Disney legend Dean Jones as Jim Douglas, a racecar driver down on his luck, until he wanders into a car dealership and meets Herbie, The Love Bug
• Tonight at 10pm ET, tune in for another battle of the bloggers on “Tom vs. Josh” as our own Tom Corless does battle with Josh of easyWDW for 60 minutes of fierce conversations including

• Start your Engines and get set to go Deep in the Plus as we race into the 1969 Disney Classic – The Love Bug starring Disney legend Dean Jones as Jim Douglas, a racecar driver down on his luck, until he wanders into a car dealership and meets Herbie, The Love Bug
• Tonight at 10pm ET, tune in for another battle of the bloggers on “Tom vs. Josh” as our own Tom Corless does battle with Josh of easyWDW for 60 minutes of fierce conversations including what the new Disneyland annual pass memberships should look like, Disney’s worst PR mistake, Disney’s worst merchandise, and more

Resistance Base Decorations Installed on Former Rainforest Café for New Star Wars Trading Post Store

Disney+ Review | The Love Bug | Deep in the Plus

2-Bedroom Villa Room Tour – Disney’s Beach Club Villas

🔴LIVE: GETTING WILD with Pete at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Tom vs. Josh – Episode 4 (1/26/21)

That’s it for today, we hope you enjoyed this Daily Recap. Thanks for stopping by, and we’ll see you tomorrow!