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 Friday, September 3, 2021.
Walt Disney World
Magic Kingdom
- The Frontierland railroad station is being refreshed ahead of the park’s 50th anniversary.
- Restaurant owner Wolfgang Puck himself announced via the Disney Parks Blog’s Instagram story that Lady and the Tramp will be part of the Disney Fab 50 Character Collection this fall.
- The bronze character statues and their pedestals are now all gone from the hub.
EPCOT
- In light of the 50th anniversary on the way, Senior Production Designer for Walt Disney Imagineering, Joe Vitale, released details today of the recent expansion of the France pavilion only few have seen so far.
- After being closed for an unexpected thirteen days, Living With the Land has now reopened at EPCOT.
- Walt Disney Imagineer Zach Riddley has revealed a new Mickey Mouse mural inside Creations Shop at EPCOT.
- Miguel from “Coco” was announced as a Disney Fab 50 character for the statue collection.
- Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure is currently hosting guest previews this week, and we got a look at the full attraction and queue!
- Though La Crêperie de Paris has not officially opened to the public, it is holding previews alongside Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure at EPCOT. The restaurant has a quick-service counter outside, but we opted for a table-service meal.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
- We’re just weeks away from the debut at Disney KiteTails at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and work seems to be moving along to set the stage for this new daytime spectacular.
Walt Disney World Resort Hotels
- Disney’s Contemporary Resort is undergoing a big refurbishment as the rooms are given an Incredibles retheme, the lobby is updated, and The Wave is replaced with Steakhouse 71.
Disneyland Resort
- Shang-Chi and villain Death Dealer will soon be appearing in Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure.
- A plethora of spooky-themed treats are arriving at Disneyland in lieu of the Halloween season ahead, and a new White Chocolate Churro has materialized near Haunted Mansion for us to try.
- Halloween season has officially begun with the arrival of three new and returning spooky popcorn buckets found around Disneyland Park.
- A returning favorite to the Halloween seasonal offerings, the Maleficent Churro, has roared its way back into Disneyland Resort and we can’t wait to try this fiery favorite again!
- Among the new Halloween treats at Disneyland Resort this year are a plethora of special churros, and it’s time for the chocolate dusted churro.
- To celebrate Halloween, Alien Pizza Planet at Disneyland has three special items. We’ve had the Alien Macaron before, but there’s also a deconstructed lasagna and the Supernova Special.
- If you’re looking for something Halloween-themed to carry your drinks in this spooky season, there’s a new souvenir cup and insulated tumbler now available.
- With Haunted Mansion Holiday’s seasonal return to Haunted Mansion, we are in New Orleans Square looking for a sweet treat and new Chocolate Strawberry Beignets have arrived over at Mint Julep Bar just in time.
- The Halloween treat adventure continues in Disneyland at Red Rose Taverne, where you can find two hauntingly good-looking treats — The Grave Stuff and Candy Apple Cold Brew.
- Jolly Holiday Bakery Café at Disneyland Park is chock full of special treats this Halloween. We’ve seen some of these items before, but there’s plenty of new snacks too.
- Stage Door Café has two new treats as part of the Halloween Time celebrations at Disneyland. We stopped in to try the Spicy Corn Dog and Chocolate-Hazelnut Funnel Cake.
- River Belle Terrace is serving up new Pumpkin Spice Monkey Bread and a Chicken & Brisket Grilled Cheese Sandwich as part of the limited time festivities.
- Café Orleans in Disneyland is celebrating Halloween with a new chocolate-praline mousse cake themed to Dr. Facilier from “The Princess and the Frog.”
- You won’t be hungry this Halloween after a trip to Hungry Bear in Disneyland. This Critter Country counter-service restaurant is full of themed snacks, including the returning pumpkin cheesecake funnel cake and loaded french fries.
- We aren’t ones to pass up delicious beverages, and Rancho del Zocalo has two Halloween season options to quench your thirst.
- If you’re (very) hungry or looking for a spooky snack to share, fly on over to Pacific Wharf Café, Boudin Bakery, or Mortimer’s Market at Disney California Adventure for the Vampire Mickey-shaped Sourdough.
- As part of the limited-time Halloween celebrations at Disneyland, churros are available with seasonal pumpkin dipping sauce.
- In addition to the new Halloween churros at Disneyland, four new flavors have arrived at Disney California Adventure. We tried the new Chocolate-marshmallow flavor from Hollywood Churro.
- If you’re looking to quench your thirst this Halloween season, Hollywood Lounge has new alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages available, plus one returning drink.
- We’re trying all the terrifying treats around Disney California Adventure, and Schmoozie’s Smoothies has two new milkshakes: Mint-chocolate cookie and Chocolate Chip.
- Halloween treats are plentiful this year at Disney California Adventure, but if you’re looking for something savory, don’t worry. There are plenty of options, four of which can be found at Studio Catering Co.
- Another new churro, the Chocolate & Matcha flavor, can be found at Willie’s Churros.
- Clarabelle’s Hand-Scooped Ice Cream is ringing in the Halloween season with two returning treats, the Cookies & Candy Sundae and Spiked Hard Apple Float, along with the new Halloween Ice Cream Bar at Disney California Adventure.
- On top of the new churro flavors this Halloween season at Disney California Adventure, the Horchata Churro has returned.
- Ghost Pepper Nachos and a specialty cocktail are back at Lamplight Lounge with all-new versions for this Halloween season at Disney California Adventure.
- A new Shortbread Halloween Cookie has arrived at Jack-Jack Cookie Num Nums in Disney California Adventure as part of the seasonal celebrations.
- The pepper-jack cheese stick has made a limited time appearance at Corn Dog Castle.
- A whole host of Halloween treats have arrived for the spookiest season at the Holiday Cart inside Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa.
- We tried the new version of the Caramel Apple Churro, found at the Grizzly Peak Churro Cart.
- Spice up your spooky snacking with the new limited time Spicy Chicken & Fries from Flo’s V8 Café for the Halloween season at Disney California Adventure.
New Merchandise
- We found new Mickey pumpkin and “The Nightmare Before Christmas” items throughout Julius Katz & Sons and Elias & Co. at Disney California Adventure today.
Entertainment and Media
- Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” reached $8.8 million during its Thursday night previews.
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