A temporary closing date was announced for Paint the Night, new Halloween Horror Nights merchandise arrived, and we got a first look at EPCOT Food & Wine Festival Annual Passholder merchandise — all this and more in today’s daily recap for Monday, August 18, 2025.
Daily Recap (8/18/25)
Walt Disney World
Magic Kingdom
- A limited-time frozen glacier treat inspired by Disney Starlight is available at Magic Kingdom: the Starlight Frozen Dream!
- All but the central supports for the Adventureland entrance archway have been removed from Magic Kingdom.
Walt Disney World Resort Hotels
- Refurbishment work on Disney’s Yacht Club and Beach Club Resorts has been extended through 2027.
- Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter has announced a lobby refurbishment, set to take place this fall.
New Merchandise
- Disney shared a list of Annual Passholder-exclusive merchandise coming to the 2025 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival.
- A new Ariel Corkcicle tumbler is available at Walt Disney World.
- Another Walt Disney World Corkcicle tumbler has arrived at EPCOT.
Disneyland Resort
- Join Eden for the latest photo report around Disneyland Resort!
Disneyland Park
- Disneyland Resort announced a closing date for Paint the Night parade’s 2025 run.
Disney California Adventure
- We visited Disney California Adventure for the first Oogie Boogie Bash of 2025 and got a full video of this year’s Frightfully Fun Parade.
- The Avengers Campus expansion continues to grow, with roofing added to the structure we saw earlier this month.
New Merchandise
- A new Haunted Mansion sipper inspired by Victor Geist, a.k.a. the Organist, will be released at Disneyland in a few days.
- A new Cars backpack, youth sweatshirt, and youth t-shirt are available in Radiator Springs at Disney California Adventure.
Disney Merchandise
- Bath & Body Works is releasing a new Disney Villains Collection featuring items inspired by the Evil Queen and Maleficent.
- The new Disney Parks racing collection by Her Universe has sped into stock online from the Disney Store — and one item is already sold out!
- The latest release in the Loungefly pastel collection has arrived online at the Disney Store, this time celebrating Lotso from Toy Story 3.
The Walt Disney Company
- runDisney revealed the Muppet-themed “medals” that runners who participate in the 2025 Virtual 12Ks of Christmas will receive.
Universal Orlando Resort
Universal Studios Florida
- After 16 years of operation, Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit in Universal Studios Florida has closed permanently.
- Following the last ride of Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, construction walls have now gone vertical around the roller coaster’s entrance.
New Merchandise
- Though Pride Month ended a few weeks ago, Universal Orlando Resort just got a new piece of Pride merchandise.
- A new haunted houses T-shirt, Mel’s Die-In Zombies shirts, lots of Five Nights at Freddy’s pins, and much more Halloween Horror Nights 34 merchandise arrived at Universal Studios Florida this weekend.
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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!