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, March 13, 2022.

Walt Disney World

EPCOT

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, the newest attraction coming this summer to EPCOT, will contain easter eggs for the former Universe of Energy Pavilion.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

• Vice President of Disney’s Animals, Science, and Environment, Dr. Mark Penning, shared a video of Annie the anteater celebrating her 20th birthday.

Disney Springs

• The Disney Springs Instagram account announced the long-awaited arrival of the first installment of the Mickey Mouse Main Attraction collection, Space Mountain, will debut tomorrow at World of Disney.

Walt Disney World Resort Hotels

• Included with every Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser voyage is an exclusive MagicBand, which will be used as a “databand” during the immersive experience; we’ve compiled a spoiler-free guide to show you what the band looks like and how to use it during your stay.
• The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa have announced an expansion, and construction is underway. 
• Today, we stopped by The Market at Ale & Compass inside Disney’s Yacht Club Resort to try the new St. Patrick’s Day Irish Chocolate Cream Cupcake and Vanilla Mickey Cupcake.
• We stopped by The Drop Off Pool Bar at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort to try the new St. Patrick’s Day drink: The Good Luck Charm.
• One of the activities on the first night of the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is Sector Set, billed as a Halcyon-exclusive game featuring planet matching.
• We stopped by the Boardwalk Bakery to try their new St. Patrick’s Day Mint Cookies ‘n Cream cupcake.

Other Walt Disney World News

• A man previously arrested for multiple counts of inappropriately touching teenage girls at the Disney Parks has been sentenced to 15 years.

Disneyland Paris

• Disneyland Paris will drop the requirement to show a COVID-19 vaccine pass to gain entry.

New Merchandise

• On a recent visit to EPCOT, we came upon this new gardening shirt, part of the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival 2022 collection.
• Today we visited Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios; let’s look at our discoveries.

Entertainment and Media

• William Hurt, the actor behind Thaddeus Ross from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has passed away at age 71.

WDW News Today

• We say goodbye to the original Toontown, and say hello to this year’s Flower and Garden and California Food and Wine festivals! Join us for another episode of ParksCenter!

Toontown Shuts Down, EPCOT Flower and Garden and California Food and Wine Festivals! – ParksCenter

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

Katie Francis