Tarps cover a giant hole in the Grand Floridian lobby, more covered seating opened at Woody’s Lunch Box, and we have a full guide to the Key to Disneyland experience — all this and more in today’s daily recap for Saturday, May 17, 2025.
Daily Recap (5/17/25)
Walt Disney World
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Over three years after work began, more covered seating opened at Woody’s Lunch Box
Walt Disney World Resort Hotels
- Following the dismantling of the Grand Floridian lobby birdcage, the place where the iconic piece once stood is now a covered hole in the middle of the construction walls.
New Merchandise
- Several new apparel and merchandise items have arrived at Disney Ever After in Disney Springs, including a new plush Donald collection, a Baymax Loungefly ear headband, and more.
- A new Disney Lacers series of Disney Parks-inspired vinyl shoe figures is now available.
- Her Universe released a new line of Disney Princess-inspired athletic dresses at Walt Disney World.
- A series of new short-sleeved striped t-shirts featuring Mickey, Minnie, Donald, and Tigger arrived this week.
- Walt Disney World has new “Lilo & Stitch,” Figment, and “Peace” Little Words Project bracelets.
- A sleek new Mickey Mouse purse by Dooney & Bourke is available at Uptown Jewelers in Magic Kingdom and other designer purse locations.
- Also now available at Uptown Jewelers is a new Walt Disney World Pandora jewelry charm.
Disneyland Resort
Disneyland Park
- The Disneyland 70th Celebration includes a new Key to Disneyland experience. Guests can purchase a large toy key and then use it to “unlock” the park’s magic. At the end of the experience, they get an exclusive mystery trading pin.
Disneyland 70th Anniversary Food Reviews
- For the 70th anniversary of Disneyland, The Golden Horseshoe has wrangled up some Cowboy Fries.
- The Hungry Bear Barbecue Jamboree has two special items for the 70th anniversary of Disneyland, though neither are BBQ.
- Some of the food offerings for the 70th anniversary of Disneyland include tributes to past offerings, such as the Grilled Tahitian Ribs at Bengal Barbecue.
- One of the items “inspired by the past” is a classic Banana Split from the Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor.
- Carnation Cafe, a table service restaurant at Disneyland park, is offering three 70th anniversary celebratory menu items, including two alcoholic beverages.
- Galactic Grill is resurrecting the Space Place Cottage Fries.
Disney California Adventure
- Sshhhh! Don’t tell Dr. Doofenshmirtz, but Perry the Platypus disguised as Agent P is having limited time meet and greets at Disney California Adventure this summer.
New Merchandise
- The 70th Anniversary Ballon is now available at Disneyland Resort.
Tokyo Disney Resort
Tokyo DisneySEA
- Tour a Porto Paradiso Superior Room at Tokyo DisneySea Hotel MiraCosta.
Disney Store Merchandise
- A third molded Mickey Mouse Loungefly bag is now available online from the Disney Store. This new Loungefly is all white, following sparkly black and sparkly purple versions.
The Walt Disney Company
- The Walt Disney Birthplace partnered with creative agency Uncle Jake Media to redesign their website as a “visually rich and intuitive experience”.
Entertainment and Media
- Epic Games has launched a new conversational AI feature in Fortnite… featuring Darth Vader.
That’s it for today; we hope you enjoyed this Daily Recap. Thanks for stopping by, and we’ll see you tomorrow!