A new Guardians of the Galaxy themed booth is coming to Food & Wine Festival, guests will be able to dine at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza at HHN 34, and DVC Members can get a free tote bag at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party — all this and more in today’s daily recap for Wednesday, August 13, 2025.

Walt Disney World

Magic Kingdom

• Disney Vacation Club members can pick up a complimentary Halloween tote bag at Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party this year, but only on select nights.
• Unlike previous years, Destination D23 2025 won’t have a Disney D23 Parks panel dedicated to new announcements — instead, there will be a panel just about Disney Villains experiences, possibly teasing some news for the upcoming Villains Land at Magic Kingdom.
• The latest round of Halloween decorations at Magic Kingdom includes the classic Mickey flowerbed, Town Square scarecrows, and Mickey jack-o’-lantern wreaths as the date of the first Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party draws nearer.
• The Rivers of America at Magic Kingdom is almost fully drained and some scaffolding has been removed from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

EPCOT

• Disney has released the full menus for the 2025 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival.
• A Guardians of the Galaxy themed booth has been announced for the upcoming EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

• The Little Mermaid – A Musical Adventure at Disney’s Hollywood Studios will soon open its Lightning Lane and become part of the regular Lightning Lane Multi Pass.

Walt Disney World Resort Hotels

• The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin released a first look at the menu for their 2025 Food & Wine Classic.

New Merchandise

• Her Universe has a new collection of Disney Villains apparel available at Walt Disney World including neon-colored shirts inspired by Yzma, the Evil Queen, and more.
• Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort has a new Minnie ear headband and a new mug featuring Minnie.

Disneyland Resort

New Merchandise

• A shiny new crystal Tangled sun ornament is available from Crystal Arts, the Arribas Brothers location in Disneyland.

Universal Orlando Resort

Universal Studios Florida

• The latest issue of SFX revealed that guests will get to dine at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria during Halloween Horror Nights 34.

CityWalk

• Universal announced the theme for this year’s Dead Coconut Club, the Halloween Horror Nights overlay of Red Coconut Club in Universal CityWalk.

New Merchandise

• IT’S SO FLUFFY! You’ll be saying that over and over again as you check out the new fluffy unicorn merchandise collection inspired by Despicable Me at Universal Orlando Resort.
• A new series of Minions Bob + Tim mystery figures are available at Universal Orlando Resort. 
• The Gothic-style umbrella used by Team Members in Dark Universe at Epic Universe is now available for purchase online and in the parks.

Universal Studios Hollywood

• The Purge: Dangerous Waters will return to Universal Studios Hollywood for Halloween Horror Nights 2025.

Entertainment and Media

• Boston Red Sox rookie Marcelo Mayer will use a custom Cars Lightning McQueen bat during MLB’s upcoming Players’ Weekend, as revealed in a new MLB post on X.
• A live-action sequel to the animated Vampirina Disney Jr. series is coming to Disney Channel and Disney+ this fall.

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

Katie Francis