We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Thursday, July 15, 2021.

Walt Disney World

Magic Kingdom

• More new props have been added to the queue of Jungle Cruise with more references to the Society of Explorers and Adventurers (S.E.A.).

EPCOT

• Along with a new paint job on restrooms near Spaceship Earth, a new set of trash cans have arrived in the upcoming “World Discovery” section of the park.
• Hello from the opening day of the International Food & Wine Festival! We were excited to check out all the new food booths and merchandise arriving today, as well as some updates around the park for today’s photo report!
• A brand new collection of merchandise has arrived at the Festival Market, part of the 2021 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, by the Mexico pavilion in EPCOT, celebrating the fan-favorite bar, La Cava del Tequila.
• Two new limited release MagicBands are now available at the 2021 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival.
• Join us on a “journey into culinary delight” with this “awesome to the core” merchandise that can be found throughout the festival at Port of Entry, Festival Markets, Mouse Gear, and more.
• We made our way around to MouseGear to find all of the new exclusive pins released in honor of this year’s event.
• Here’s a look at the menu boards and what each booth has to offer at the 2021 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, which began today.
• The Rotunda Bistro is appearing at its inaugural EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, offering “tasty cuisine featuring fresh seafood and produce” in the rotunda of The American Adventure.
• The Funnel Cake Kiosk, a favorite of ours during the different festivals around EPCOT, served up both sweet and salty flavors by adding a s’mores funnel cake with bacon to their menu.
• New to the 2021 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina, featuring Mediterranean-inspired flavors with dishes like falafel and different types of grilled kebabs.
• Back for another year at the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is Appleseed Orchard, the best place at the festival to feed your apple cravings.
• Several new marketplaces were added, including the Noodle Exchange, which has two pho dishes, curry, and udon on the menu.
• Let’s check out the French marketplace and see if the dishes live up to Remy’s standards.
• If you’re looking for classic American fare during your visit to the 2021 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, Hops & Barley is a great choice!
• Greece returns to the festival with several new wines and food items added to the menu.
• The Japan marketplace has decided to return with two new food options and an entirely new drink menu!
• Flavors From Fire is back for another year, but the same dishes from last year have returned with no new offerings on the menu.
• Shimmering Sips, one of the prettiest booths at the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival, returns again, bringing beautiful, fruity delights that we can’t wait to taste.
• Australia has returned to the festival after taking a few years off, so let’s head over to the down under and try some spicy shrimp and lamb chops!
• Back for another year at the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is the Canada marketplace, which brings a taste of the popular restaurant “Le Cellier” to the festival.
• The German marketplace might not have added any new dishes this year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy classics like Schinkennudeln and bratwurst.
• Fans of the Spicy Githeri dish from festivals past will be excited to see this African-inspired vegan dish has moved to the Refreshment Outpost for this year’s festival.
• At the Refreshment Port this year, Braised Beef Poutine and Maple Boursin Cheesecake have been added to the menu!
• Earth Eats, hosted by Impossible™ Foods, brings savory, hearty flavors to this year’s festival while staying down to earth and using plant-based meat products in their dishes.
• Brew-Wing at the EPCOT Experience flies into the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival for the first time in 2021 to offer a variety of wings, flatbreads, and specialty beers and ciders.
• Back for another year is the Mexico marketplace, which returns with a new menu and several new margaritas, and a sangria.
• Hawai’i has been a popular booth asince it joined the lineup in 2011 and while the booth didn’t add much to their menu this year, their delicious dishes are still worth the stop when making the rounds.
• We’re once again back at an Italy food booth during an EPCOT festival. While these haven’t been our favorite places to eat over the years, maybe the 2021 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival will be different!
• Another new booth, the Swanky Saucy Swine, features ribs, pork rinds, and even a pig ear salad.
• The China marketplace booth at the EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival is consistently one of our favorite booths and this year they added a new Bao Bun to the menu.

Disney’s Hollywood Studios

• Hello from another lovely day here at Walt Disney World! We managed to stay dry and find some things to show you, so let’s get started in this photo report!

Walt Disney World Resort Hotels

• Shades of Green Resort announced via Facebook that they will be among the participating resorts offering Early Park Entry beginning October 1.

Disneyland Resort

• Two locations — Minnie and Friends Breakfast at Plaza Inn at Disneyland Resort and Mickey’s Tales of Adventure Breakfast at Storytellers Café at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa — will have Character Dining experiences this summer.
• Kat Saka’s Kettle has officially reopened inside Galaxy’s Edge, and we just had to stop by to try out the new galactic popcorn offering.

The Walt Disney Company

• The Walt Disney Company has confirmed they will be relocating approximately 2,000 jobs from California to a Lake Nona campus not far from Orlando. 

WDW News Today

• Tonight! You’ve read WDW News Today, so it’s time for WDW News Tonight! Join us at 9PM ET for a recap of the week’s news, a special report from our “Florida Man” correspondent, the DFB Cupcake Game, and Build-A-Backstory – Avengers Campus Edition.

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WDW News Tonight 176 (7/15/21) – Cupcake Game, Avengers Campus Backstory, Florida Man

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

Katie Francis