Disney World released a full list of holiday food and beverages, an upset guest drove a Cast Member to tears after trying to use someone else’s MagicBand for free parking, and two new holiday kitchens are coming to the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays — all this and more in today’s daily recap for Friday, November 1, 2024.

Walt Disney World

Magic Kingdom

• With Halloween over, Magic Kingdom is preparing to celebrate Christmas. 
• Sources indicate that a fourth ferryboat will be joining the fleet at Magic Kingdom sometime in the not-too-distant future.
• One week before the holiday season officially kicks off at Disney, eight Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party dates are sold out.

EPCOT

• Another Disney guest interaction is going viral online, this time featuring a guest trying to park at EPCOT for free with someone else’s MagicBand.
• Disney teased seven new offerings and experiences that will be available at the 2024 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays.
• EPCOT Park Pass reservations are all booked for New Year’s Eve 2024 for regular ticket holders and resort guests.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

• Disney has posted a casting call for the new Disney Villains stage show coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom

• After debuting with the restaurant and then being discontinued just a few months later, Satu’li Canteen breakfast service is back in Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

Walt Disney World Resort Hotels

• The Disney bakery team has installed new decorations on the Grand Floridian gingerbread house as they continue constructing the display for its 25th year. 

New Merchandise

• Walt Disney World has a new collection of Mickey ear hat keychains.
• A new Christmas Dooney & Bourke tote bag and wallet are available at Walt Disney World.

Other Walt Disney World News

• Disney has released the full list of holiday food and beverage items that will be available at Walt Disney World Resort hotels, Disney Springs, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
• Disney has announced this year’s gingerbread displays for Walt Disney World, including a gingerbread Spaceship Earth at EPCOT.

Disneyland Resort

• Disney has announced this year’s gingerbread displays for Disneyland Resort.
• Disney has announced that Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Disneyland Park will utilize a Virtual Queue when the ride opens later this month.
• Mickey’s Toontown is decorated for the 2024 holiday season, which runs from November 15 through January 6 at Disneyland Resort.
• Guests can now book reservations for the Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo Nighttime Gathering, a new fireworks dining package for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland Park.

The Walt Disney Company

• Variety reports that former CTO of Walt Disney Studios, Jamie Voris, has been named to lead the newly created “Office of Technology Enablement,” which seeks to integrate AI and mixed reality across the company in a responsible way.

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

Katie Francis