We bring you a lot of stories every single day, and sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we’ve rounded up all our stories in one place to get today’s news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Wednesday, January 19, 2022.

Walt Disney World

Magic Kingdom

• Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was unexpectedly closed today when we arrived at the Magic Kingdom.
• If you’re the balloon type, you might enjoy this new light-up 50th Anniversary balloon we spotted at the Magic Kingdom today.
• Even more paneling has been installed on the canopy’s edge at TRON Lightcycle Run.

EPCOT

• Also on the list of unexpected closures was the sudden shuttering of the Disney Skyliner’s line to EPCOT just days before a scheduled refurbishment.
• Our very own Tom Corless went down to EPCOT to try every single food item at the 2022 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, and you can watch his reactions to everything!

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

• The new Jessie’s Trading Post store and the previously-announced Roundup Rodeo BBQ table service outlet will open this year in Toy Story Land.

Walt Disney World Resort Hotels

• A new menu is on its way to the Turf Bar & Grill at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa.

Other Walt Disney World News

• The temporary COVID-19 testing site has reopened at the Maingate Complex.

Disneyland Resort

• Full menus were released today for the upcoming Lunar New Year festival at the Disneyland Resort.
• A cute new light-up balloon themed to Mickey and Minnie at Sleeping Beauty Castle floated into Disneyland Park today.
• We tried the first of the new Lunar New Year offerings at Disney California Adventure today with a Hoison Pork Slider, Green Tea Slush, and Lemongrass Ginger Soda.
• Also new to our palate today was a delectable Strawberry Cheesecake Funnel Cake for Valentine’s Day at Disneyland Park.
• The games of Pixar Pier have officially switched from a card to token-based redemption system.

Tokyo Disney Resort

• Tokyo DisneySea has debuted its new Totally Minnie Mouse event with a greeting themed to the classic show “A Table is Waiting”, which we were there to capture photos and videos of!

Disneyland Paris

• Multi-day tickets have returned to Disneyland Paris for the first time since March 2020.

Hong Kong Disneyland & Shanghai Disney Resort

• Hong Kong Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland have revealed some of the special food and drinks coming to the two resorts for the Lunar New Year.

Aulani

• Hawaii may soon require a third vaccination against COVID-19 to enter the island state, which could affect those traveling to Aulani.

New Merchandise

• Hotel merchandise fans rejoice, as a new line of items themed to Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa is now available!
• If you’re in the market for limited release pins, check out the new Star Wars and Windows on Main Street U.S.A. pins we spotted today at Walt Disney World.
• A colorful Walt Disney World tee we first spotted on shopDisney is now available at the resort itself.
• Those who love taking home toiletries will love the new set of travel essentials packs we found themed to the Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary.
• Hercules and “Monsters, Inc.” are getting some sporty love with new baseball shirts themed to the classic animated films at Walt Disney World.
• A granite-inspired tumbler with a Cinderella Castle straw topper has arrived at Walt Disney World.
• Disney Vacation Club members can now get their hands on a special button-up featuring various park icons at Walt Disney World.
• A new Winnie the Pooh Steiff bear has joined Tigger and Dumbo at Walt Disney World.
• Our latest Walt Disney World merchandise roundup featured tons of late holiday merchandise, stylish new tees, and much more!
• Two new tees themed to the Genie and the Big Bad Wolf have made their way to Disneyland Resort.
• The popular Mickey Mouse soap dispenser is getting reinvented with a new “foam stamp” type of dispenser, coming in February to Tokyo Disney Resort.

Entertainment & Media

Disney+

• “Hawkeye” star Fra Fee has joined the cast of the “Beauty and the Beast” prequel series.

The Walt Disney Company

• Visa presale tickets for the D23 Expo 2022 sold out lightning-fast today!
• Disney CEO Bob Chapek and former CEO Bob Iger both more than doubled their annual compensation last year compared to 2020, netting as high as $45.9 million.

WDW News Today

Major Overhaul of Toy Story Land Underway, Out of the Wild at Animal Kingdom Closing – NewsToday 1/19

Totally Minnie Mouse “A Table is Waiting” Harbor Greeting – Tokyo DisneySea

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

Spencer Lloyd