4th of July celebrations took place across the U.S. Disney Parks, Halloween merchandise moved in, and Tokyo Disney Resort announced a drone show coming to various locations across Japan — all this and more in today’s daily recap for Thursday, July 4, 2024.

Walt Disney World

EPCOT

• To celebrate the 4th of July 2024, Mickey and his pals are dressed in their finest “Spirit of ’76” costumes for a meet and greet outside of The American Adventure Pavilion in EPCOT.
• The “Heartbeat of Freedom” Fireworks tag returned to EPCOT tonight, playing for the first time after the nighttime spectacular, “Luminous: The Symphony Us,” which premiered last December.
• Disney’s Voices of Liberty a cappella group has returned to The American Adventure Pavilion rotunda to perform patriotic-themed sets in celebration of the 4th of July 2024.

Walt Disney World Resort Hotels

• Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground is once again hosting a golf cart parade to celebrate Independence Day 2024.

New Merchandise

• We have spotted the first of what will surely be many Halloween merchandise offerings at Magic Kingdom.
• We found some resort specific merchandise in Johari Treasures at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge.

Other Walt Disney World News

• A heat advisory has been issued for Central Florida for Thursday, July 4, which includes the Walt Disney World area, due to expected high temperatures.

Disneyland Resort

• We recently spotted new Disneyland Resort-centric Halloween T-shirts in the Downtown Disney District.
• Following its release at Walt Disney World in celebration of the grand opening of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, a new Princess Tiana Dooney & Bourke collection is now available at Disneyland Resort.

Tokyo Disney Resort

• Tokyo Disney Resort has announced that a special Fantasy Springs drone show titled ‘Magic in the Air’ will be making its way to several different fireworks festivals across Japan this summer.

The Walt Disney Company

• A new book titled “Walt Disney Treasures: Personal Art and Artifacts from The Walt Disney Family Museum” will be released on October 1, 2024 to celebrate the 15-year anniversary of the museum.

Universal Studios

Universal Orlando Resort

• A heat advisory has been issued for Central Florida for Thursday, July 4, which includes the Universal Orlando Resort area, due to expected high temperatures.
• Woody Woodpecker’s KidZone may be gone but the classic character lives on through new Universal Orlando Resort merchandise.

Universal Studios Japan

• Universal Studios Japan has unveiled the new Lost World Restaurant menu that will be available when the quick-service dining location reopens on July 5.

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

Katie Francis