PHOTO REPORT: Epcot 5/21/19 (Park Entrance Construction, Japan Restaurant Progress, Strange World Showcase Candy, and More!)

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It’s a fine summer day. A good day for a trip around the world––both Future World and World Showcase. Let’s see what’s happening in Epcot today! Park Entrance Changes You may have noticed if you’ve been to Epcot recently that there are quite a few construction walls up around the entrance. They’re currently working on … Read more

PHOTOS: Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure at Epcot – Construction Update 5/20/19

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Things are moving along at a steady pace in the France pavilion on “Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure”, the new attraction coming to Epcot next year. We recently told you how the attraction is progressing ahead of schedule, and looking at the construction site today, that would certainly seem to be the case. Quite a bit has … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Animal Kingdom 5/20/19 (Pandora Pavement Painting, Club 33 Preparations, New Merchandise, and More!)

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Today is the perfect day to go to Animal Kingdom! Let’s do this. Work is finally underway just outside the park entrance to revamp the parking lot tram. Animal Kingdom is the last of the four parks to get started. Merchandise As you enter the park, a new sign has popped up alerting guests to … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Magic Kingdom 5/18/19 (Wishables Sneak Peek, Tomorrowland Touch-Ups, and the Pepper Jack Pretzel Moves Again!)

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There’s always something happening in the Magic Kingdom. Let’s see what’s in store for us today! They’ve been doing some promotional photo shoots over the last week or so. Last time we saw them, they were doing a shoot for the new Junk Food clothing line. Today though, was something a little more special. I … Read more

REVIEW: New Bird Cupcake Flutters into Restaurantosaurus at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

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Do you like cupcakes? Do you like birds? Well, have I got the thing for you! The aptly named “Bird Cupcake” just landed in Restaurantosaurus at Animal Kingdom, and it’s actually pretty good. Restaurantosaurus, if you couldn’t tell by the name, is in Dinoland, U.S.A. Bird Cupcake Lemon and blueberry? Just what I need on … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Magic Kingdom 5/16/19 (Main Street Vehicles, Retro Junk Food Apparel, Tomorrowland Speedway Final Touches, ETC.)

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It’s a beautiful morning at Magic Kingdom! Let’s see what’s going on in the most magical place on earth today. Merchandise As I was strolling down Main Street U.S.A, I noticed that the recently-released line of Toy Story 4 merchandise has made it to the Emporium. It’s not quite as big of a display as … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Epcot 5/14/19 (Guardians Coaster Damage, Flower & Garden Festival in the Rain, “Toy Story 4” Merchandise, and More!)

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It’s a great day to be at Epcot! It’s going to rain later, but don’t worry: I’m prepared. Let’s see what’s going on in the park today. Merchandise A trip into Mouse Gear revealed tons of new goodies. What looks like the entire Toy Story 4 line dropped seemingly overnight! You can see our coverage … Read more

PHOTOS: Entrance Awning Revealed at New Japan Signature Restaurant in Epcot

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Ever since we first told you early last year about about the upcoming signature dining experience coming to the Japan pavilion in Epcot, we’ve been following its progress closely. While we have no way of knowing how far along the inside of the restaurant is, the outside has definitely made some big strides in the … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Epcot 5/11/19 (Missing Future World Tarps, More Construction Walls, Morocco Pavilion Museum, ETC.)

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Join me on a stroll through Future World and World Showcase, will you? Let’s see what’s new. Construction and Maintenance The very first thing I noticed today was that some of the tarps near Fountain View (the Starbucks location in Epcot) were missing! I asked around, but no one seemed to know if they were … Read more

PHOTOS: Epcot’s Guardians of the Galaxy Roller Coaster Show Building Nearly Enclosed, Universe of Energy Facade Being Prepared

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Just last month, the side of the show building for the new Guardians of the Galaxy attraction at Epcot was still wide-open as they were installing track in the launch tunnel. Now that the installation in that section of the building is about finished, they’ve started sealing up the side of the building. The view … Read more

PHOTOS: Tram Loop Demolition Begins at Epcot Entrance

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Work is underway all across Walt Disney World property to re-configure the park entry experience for guests. Each location is different, with some projects being more complicated than others. At Epcot, construction walls went up a few weeks ago, but since then it’s been pretty quiet. Now, demolition has started in earnest on the old … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Magic Kingdom 5/10/19 (More New Paint In Tomorrowland, Tron Updates, Pathway Expansion, ETC.)

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Let’s take a look around the most magical place on earth; the Magic Kingdom. What’s new you may ask? Well, let me show you. Merchandise We first spotted these Pirates of the Caribbean key chains out on the West Coast. It’s good to see that they’ve made it over here. Appropriately, they were in the … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Epcot 5/8/19 (Merchandise Sales, New Plush, Relaxing in The Seas, ETC.)

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The Flower and Garden Festival may still be upon us for another month or so, but the Summer weather has hit Epcot already. Let’s see what the park has in store for us today! Merchandise and Sales in Mouse Gear A selection of Flower and Garden Festival merchandise is on sale throughout the park. You … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Hollywood Studios 5/8/19 (Wait Times, Star Wars Autographs, General Construction Updates, ETC.)

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Let’s take a lap around Disney’s Hollywood Studios and see what’s going on. It really wasn’t too busy today, by recent standards. At about 10 AM (an hour after open), the line for Slinky Dog Dash wasn’t even using the entire queue. I don’t think that 85 minutes wait was accurate either, seems too long … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: Magic Kingdom 5/7/19 (Tomorrowland Speedway Testing, New Merchandise, Non-Smoking Areas, ETC.)

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It’s May in the Magic Kingdom! Summer is here, as is the heat, and soon, also, the crowds. Let’s enjoy this minor lull in traffic and see what’s new in the park. The in-park smoking ban is now in full effect. I can finally visit a few of the quiet spots that I, as a … Read more

REVIEW: Raspberry Lemon Razzle Dazzle Glacier at Big Top Souvenirs in The Magic Kingdom

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One of my favorite parts of the Storybook Circus area of Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom is “Big Top Souvenirs”. It’s one of the larger gift shops in the park, but it’s also full of lots of fun snacks, like any good circus should be. In addition to cookies and candy apples, they also have a … Read more