Katie Francis 
The 2021 Holiday Tribute Store has opened a day early at Universal Studios Florida. Join us for a full photo and video walkthrough tour! This year’s tribute store features four themed rooms. We enter through a barn façade into what appears to be Santa’s office. Santa is preparing for the big day. An empty glass … Read more
Life Day celebrations are in full swing on Batuu! We landed at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disneyland to check out the festivities. Over at Docking Bay 7 Food and Cargo, Pork Broth Noodles – $15.49 Angel Hair Pasta with Bok Choy, Mushrooms, Roasted Pork and Yuzu-Tomato Compote in a Pesto-Tonkotsu Broth A hearty, hot … Read more
For all the kids and kids-at-heart, a new Happy Holidays “Toy Story” popcorn bucket has just arrived at Disney California Adventure. Happy Holidays “Toy Story” Popcorn Bucket – $25 Woody and Buzz are perched on a block stack spelling out “Happy Holidays.” The lanyard matches with red, green, and white alphabet blocks. Buzz places the … Read more
Happy Disney+ Day from Disney’s Hollywood Studios! In addition to special character sightings, guests could also catch a special Disney+ Day Cavalcade. The cavalcade stepped off, led by two Cast Members bearing a Disney+ Day banner. Tiana, in her flapper dress, was close behind. Tiana was followed by Russell and Dug from “Up” plus Sulley … Read more
New to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland this year are special Life Day foods and beverages for the holiday season. We tried the offerings at Oga’s Cantina earlier, and now we journeyed over to Kat Saka’s Kettle for the Potato Hand Pie and Black Sesame Macaron. Potato Hand Pie – $6.79 Tikka Masala-spiced with … Read more
Bright suns and happy Life Day! The celebrations have begun at Black Spire Outpost at Disneyland. Oga’s Cantina is offering two Life Day specials: the Tarkenian Nightflower cocktail and Kaadu Pork Belly Slider Skewer. Oga’s Cantina was packed. If you are uncomfortable with being shoulder-to-shoulder with maskless guests, you may want to avoid the cantina. … Read more
For the first time in forever (well, since last year), Olaf has brought his holiday finale to “For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration.” Olaf, Anna, and Elsa ring in the season. Olaf wishes everyone a “happy merry holly jolly season’s greetings” in a special musical number. Elsa brings snow (and snoap) … Read more
Disney’s Hollywood Studios rolled out the blue carpet for Disney+ Day today, and one of the special offerings is rare character sightings around the park. Let’s take a look at who we found today. “Up” Characters On the lawn near The Hollywood Brown Derby, we spotted Russell, Carl, and Dug from “Up.” Darth Vader and … Read more
Happy Holidays from Disneyland! While enjoying the festive sights, we ventured over to Tomorrowland to try the new Pink Coconut Churro with chocolate marshmallow crème dipping sauce. Pink Coconut Churro – $6.75 Pink Coconut Churro with chocolate marshmallow crème dipping sauce It just tastes like a slightly sweeter regular churro, but at least it takes … Read more
The halls are decked, and the cookies (or tarts) are baked, and you know what that means: Santa is coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios! Santa’s Merry Motorcade cruised through the park today. Santa was joined by many of his elves. Two of his high-flying reindeer were also here, joined by Pluto in his own set … Read more
Disney+ subscribers can now view a new Marvel Studios Disney+ Day Special. The 13-minute special reviews all of the Disney+ originals so far and those yet to come. Spoiler warning: the special features brief recaps of the various series, including endings. New footage was also shown for the upcoming “Hawkeye,” starring Jeremy Renner and Hailee … Read more
Disney has confirmed the spinoff to Marvel’s “WandaVision” starring scene stealer Kathryn Hahn. “Agatha: House of Harkness” is coming soon to Disney+. No official release date or series details have been announced at this time.
The holidays are here at Disneyland Resort, and we’re trying some of the new festive foods around the parks. Over in Tomorrowland at Disneyland Park, we stopped by the pretzel cart for the new Toffee Pretzel. Toffee Pretzel – $7.75 Cream cheese-filled pretzel sprinkled with toffee sugar and chocolate marshmallow crème dipping sauce We already … Read more
Happy Disney+ Day! The announcements continue with a first look at the new animated musical series, “Tiana,” coming to Disney+ in 2023. The series follows Tiana from “The Princess and the Frog” into new adventures. Directed and written by Stella Meghie, the series “follows the newly crowned Princess of Maldonia on a new adventure, but … Read more
A new behind the scenes sneak peek at “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” the upcoming Disney+ Star Wars original series, is now available to watch on Disney+. The 1-minute video stars Ewan McGregor and director Deborah Chow. Yesterday, we reported the video had leaked and was subsequently removed. Now, Disney+ subscribers can see the preview, which includes never-before-seen … Read more
The live-action retelling of “Pinocchio,” starring Tom Hanks, is now set to premiere in fall 2022 on Disney+. Alongside the release date, Disney also announced more actors for the film. Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet,” Broadway’s “The Color Purple”), Luke Evans (“Beauty and the Beast”) join the cast as the Blue Fairy and the Coachman respectively, as … Read more
