Puppies were found locked in a hot car at Disney Springs, Piglet joined Pooh for meet and greets at EPCOT, and more progress has been made at Tiana’s Bayou Adventure — all this and more in today’s daily recap for Thursday, May 9, 2024.

Walt Disney World

Magic Kingdom

• Crews are preparing to install entrance signage for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Magic Kingdom, and a new sign has been installed in a flowerbed nearby.

EPCOT

• Piglet is now meeting guests with Winnie the Pooh in Christopher Robin’s bedroom at the U.K. Pavilion of EPCOT.

Disney Springs

• On Saturday evening, a guest left four Bernedoodle puppies in their hot car at Disney Springs while they had dinner.
• Paradiso 37 at Disney Springs has received new signage, complete with a reimagined design.

Walt Disney World Resort Hotels

• BouTiki and Kona Cafe at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort are back open after a leak on Wednesday morning.

New Merchandise

• DisneyStyle in Disney Springs has a new series of Walt Disney World loungewear featuring Mickey Mouse. 

Other Walt Disney World News

• A new Chip ‘n’ Dale bus wrap has debuted at Walt Disney World Resort.

Disneyland Resort

• Smokejumpers Grill has a new passion, guava, and orange punch and cocktail for AAPI Heritage Month.
• More scaffolding has come down since our last Tiana’s Bayou Adventure construction updateat Disneyland Park.
• Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln at Disneyland will receive a $5 million refurbishment.

Tokyo Disney Resort

• A Monorail on the Disney Resort Line, transporting guests between Maihama Station and Tokyo Disney Resort, has debuted a new Fantasy Springs wrap.
• A Fantasy Springs album including various songs from the new Tokyo DisneySea land will be released in June, as will a CD version of the “Journey to Fantasy Springs” theme song.

Entertainment and Media

• John Malkovich has joined the cast of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s “The Fantastic Four” movie.

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