A Disneyland guest managed to place a doll holding a “Remember Hiroshima” sign on “it’s a small world,” Walt Disney World debuted a new Annual Passholder magnet featuring Crush, Disney has reached a mutual settlement with actress Gina Carano, and Pirates of the Caribbean Cast Members will be getting new outfits — all this and more in today’s daily recap for Thursday, August 7, 2025.
Daily Recap (8/7/25)
Walt Disney World
Magic Kingdom
- Pirates of the Caribbean ride, gift shop, and tavern Cast Members at Magic Kingdom will don new costumes soon.
EPCOT
- New Found Glory is the last band to be added to the Eat to the Beat Concert Series lineup at the 2025 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
- The new Annual Passholder magnet featuring Crush from Finding Nemo is now available for pick-up at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
- Disney announced three Passholder-exclusive Finding Nemo Magic Shots for Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
- Walt Disney World has announced that alongside the release of the new Crush Annual Passholder magnet, a new Totally Sweet Sundae themed to the character is also available for a limited time.
Walt Disney World Resort Hotels
- There are some new menu items on the Walt Disney World Resort Monorail loop — Disney’s Contemporary Resort has three new desserts, including a Caramel Popcorn Creme Brulee.
New Merchandise
- The newest headband plush character available at Walt Disney World is Oogie Boogie from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, just in time for the Halloween season.
- Disney shared a first look at the 2025 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party treat bag and Annual Passholder-exclusive merchandise.
Other Walt Disney World News
- Disney has recently confirmed that the Fantasia Gardens and Fairways Miniature Golf courses will be undergoing a refurbishment in the near future.
Disneyland Resort
Disneyland Park
- A Disneyland guest managed to place a doll holding a “Remember Hiroshima” sign on “it’s a small world.”
- Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was behind the “Remember Hiroshima” doll placed on “it’s a small world” in Disneyland, part of his new Up in Arms campaign against the U.S. weapons budget.
- So Much That We Share: A Tribute to the Sherman Brothers is temporarily closed due to filming of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series.
- The Wondrous Journeys nighttime spectacular will return between the Halloween and Christmas seasons at Disneyland Park.
Disney California Adventure
- Disney has shared a first look at some of the ongoing construction to expand Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure, and the first steel column for the project has now been lifted into place.
Disneyland Paris
Walt Disney Studios Park
- The Adventure Bay expansion of Walt Disney Studios Park, soon to be renamed Disney Adventure World, has reached a new milestone: construction has begun on Elsa’s Ice Palace.
Disney Store Merchandise
- As the daily Hallo-week drops continue, Disney Store has released new home goods and adult lounge apparel inspired by Halloween.
The Walt Disney Company
- In a response to Disney and Universal’s joint copyright infringement lawsuit, Midjourney points out that the media companies have used generative AI tools.
- Disney has reached a mutual settlement with actress Gina Carano regarding her lawsuit against the company, which she filed after being fired from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian.
Universal Orlando Resort
Universal Studios Florida
- The latest round of prop and detail additions for the many Scare Zones in Universal Studios Florida for Halloween Horror Nights 34 has included a fog machine, some bodies, and much more.
- Even more Halloween Horror Nights updates at Universal Studios Florida include food booths themed to Fallout and WWE Presents: The Horrors of the Wyatt Sicks.
Universal Studios Hollywood
- Universal Studios Hollywood has announced the final haunted house in its lineup, as well as the theme for this year’s Terror Tram.
Entertainment and Media
- Pixar’s Toy Story will be back in theaters this year for its 30th anniversary and Regal movie theaters will have special novelties celebrating the film.
WDW News Today
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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!