The race course has been released for the Disneyland Half Marathon, a documentary about the disappearance of the Buzzy animatronic from EPCOT is debuting next year, and we checked out the room with the worst view at a Walt Disney World hotel — all this and more in today’s daily recap for Thursday, December 19, 2024.
Walt Disney World
Magic Kingdom
- Guests visiting Magic Kingdom this morning found that The Magic Carpets of Aladdin was temporarily closed, with multiple maintenance Cast Members on site.
EPCOT
- 2025 is less than two weeks away and Disney has started setting up for New Year’s Eve parties throughout EPCOT.
- Walt Disney World has officially made “¡Celebración Encanto!” a full-time entertainment offering at EPCOT.
Walt Disney World Resort Hotels
- We checked out a room with the worst view at the new DVC Island Tower.
- We reviewed the entire menu at Wailulu Bar & Grill, the restaurant located in the Island Tower at Disney’s Polynesian Villas and Bungalows.
New Merchandise
- Walt Disney World has a cozy new collection of fuzzy “Bambi” merchandise featuring the titular deer on accessories.
- Walt Disney World shared a look at three Annual Passholder-exclusive 2025 dated merchandise items coming to the parks.
- Christmas might be just around the corner, but two new Christmas-themed shirts have just arrived at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground.
- The December edition of the Bicoastal Adventures pin has arrived at Walt Disney World, taking inspiration from the legendary Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.
- Additional items from the 2025 dated collection have arrived at Walt Disney World.
Other Walt Disney World News
- The Emmy-winning animated series “Bluey” will officially come to Walt Disney World Resort in 2025.
- A Dense Fog Advisory was in effect for Walt Disney World this morning, causing the Magic Kingdom Ferryboat to not be in operation.
Disneyland Resort
- The Emmy-winning animated series “Bluey” will officially come to Disneyland Resort in 2025.
- A recent post on the official runDisney Instagram has revealed the official course for the runDisney Disneyland Half Marathon.
- Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Disneyland has a new single rider queue with different operating procedures than the old Splash Mountain single rider line.
- The December S’mores ears from the Disney Eats collection have now arrived at Disneyland Park.
Disney Cruise Line
- The Emmy-winning animated series “Bluey” will officially come to Disney Cruise Line in 2025.
- A new Disney Cruise Line collection of mosaic-inspired merchandise is debuting on the Disney Treasure ship.
Entertainment and Media
- “Stolen Kingdom,” the documentary about wrongdoings and the theft of Buzzy at Walt Disney World, will premiere at the 31st Slamdance Film Festival next year.
- Disney was the only movie studio to make $2 billion at the domestic box office this year, marking a major recovery for the company after a series of underperforming films.
Disney+
- An eagle-eyed fan, or perhaps eagle-eared fan, caught a suprising reference to Star Tours — The Adventures Continue in an episode of the original series “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” on Disney+.
Universal Studios
Universal Orlando Resort
- A stage is set up in Universal CityWalk Orlando for an NBC Sports “Football Night in America” live broadcast this weekend that will feature an Epic Universe sneak peek.
WDW News Today
Tony’s Jollywave Night 2024 featuring Tony Party 4, Disney Springs Trees, & Santa Gertie
That’s it for today; we hope you enjoyed this Daily Recap. Thanks for stopping by, and we’ll see you tomorrow!