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 Sunday, January 3, 2021.
Walt Disney World
EPCOT
- While we continue to shop in EPCOT’s temporary Mouse Gear, the store’s permanent location is under construction and the work has now hit a major milestone in the store’s refurbishment as new windows have been installed
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- For the third day in a row, Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster has failed to open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, having yet to open at all in 2021
Walt Disney World Resort Hotels
- The new rugs in Disney’s Yacht Club Resort lobby really tie the room together, and are the last part of the lobby refurbishment, with patterns and colors that evoke the sea while clearly defining lobby seating areas
Other Walt Disney World News
- Walt Disney World has introduced a new innovation to its golf courses: Robo-Carts, robotic carts that carry your golf clubs for you while following you around the course, making it perfect for anyone who wants to go golfing but doesn’t want to carry their golf bag
- Disney has quietly announced the operating hours for Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park upon its reopening, March 7, 2021
New Merchandise
- shopDisney has created a placeholder page indicating that Disney nuiMOs — small, posable plush figures that can be accessorized with different outfits — will soon be available on the shopping site
- New 2021 merchandise continues to arrive at Walt Disney World so if you’re looking for a little more new year cheer, check out this new cup and snow globe
- Walt Disney World has new apparel for any “soul cats” searching for their next gig, with new t-shirts and face masks that we found at the Disneyland Resort now making their way over to the East Coast
- After a morning on Disney’s Lake Buena Vista golf course in Walt Disney World, we swung by the course’s pro shop where we found some new character tumblers by Titleist
- The droids you’re looking for are soon going to be available online as exclusive items from Droid Depot in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will be available on shopDisney tomorrow
- This new Mickey Mouse “1928” baseball cap is perfect for the warm spring days ahead, but there’s no need to wait until spring as it is available now at Walt Disney World
Entertainment and Media
Disney+
- To give us a look into what went into bringing “Soul” to life, several artists from Pixar took to their personal Twitter accounts to share a few examples of the art processes and break down what went into creating some of these massive environments, such as The Great Before
WDW News Today
- Tonight on Pressing Issues, we bring on two new panelists from last month’s auditions to discuss Disney allowing guests to stay on Main Street U.S.A. after park close to count down to the new year, the return of Park Hopping, no more free MagicBands for Walt Disney World resort guests, plexiglass dividers added to “it’s a small world” boats, and more
- This week’s “Timekeeping” takes us back to 1981, for the Tencennial Celebration marking the 10th anniversary of Walt Disney World’s opening
