Shannen Ace 
There are now snickerdoodle glazed beignets available at Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen Express in Downtown Disney District. You may remember our review of the Mardi Gras glazed beignets, so we were excited to try this new seasonal item. Guests can make their orders at Jazz Kitchen Express by scanning a QR code on the sign. … Read more
Disney has filed several construction permits for theaters at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Three permits have been filed for the Hollywood Hills Amphitheater, which houses Fantasmic!. The permits cover both the island and backstage areas. Permits have also been filed for Theater of the Stars (Beauty and the Beast – Live on Stage) and the Indiana … Read more
In a new video, Disneyland Imagineers discuss working on refurbishing Snow White’s Scary Adventures and turning it into Snow White’s Enchanted Wish. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, working on this attraction was a particularly unique experience as designers worked from home. The video also gave us a deeper look inside the attraction since the first … Read more
While we wait for Disney California Adventure to finally reopen, we are getting glimpses of the upcoming MARVEL Avengers Campus from Buena Vista Street. There are now “open house” banners outside WEB SLINGERS: A Spider-Man Adventure. The red-and-white banners line the street, advertising the W.E.B. (Worldwide Engineering Brigade) open house. One of them refers to … Read more
A new mystery pin bag is available at Disneyland Resort. These “fanntasy packs” have five of sixteen possible fanny pack pin designs. Fanntasy Packs – $29.99 The front of the mystery bag has a Mickey-inspired fanny pack pictured. Each pack has five randomly selected pins. All sixteen designs are pictured on the back. Each fanny … Read more
Since we last checked in, the exterior covered queue of Pirates of the Caribbean at Magic Kingdom is now full of Plexiglass dividers. The ride was briefly down this morning, but we got a good look at the dividers that now reach the attraction’s arched entrances. With dividers in place, more guests can safely fit … Read more
Last August, we reported on a lawsuit between Validus Construction Services and Disney amidst the refurbishment of Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort. Validus sued Disney Vacation Club Management for breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation, specifically citing a 15-year-old fire code violation and misogynistic comments against owner Nicole Wickens. After Validus discovered the fire code violation, … Read more
While the Cinderella Castle stage remains covered in scrim at Magic Kingdom, the moat surrounding the castle is now being drained. We spotted dams up on both sides of the moat in the past couple of days. This dam is on the east side. Though not immediately obvious, we can tell draining has begun by … Read more
Walt Disney World has a new baseball cap featuring Magic Kingdom’s famous Mickey-shaped balloons. We found the new hat at the Geiger’s kiosk outside Merchant of Venus in Tomorrowland. Mickey Balloon Baseball Cap – $27.99 The baseball cap is white, with the balloons on the front. There are three different colored balloons embroidered on the … Read more
Additional Plexiglass dividers have been added to the exterior covered queue of Pirates of the Caribbean at Magic Kingdom. Much of the exterior queue does not have the dividers, but guests are always encouraged to distance themselves by six feet. The dividers have been installed closer to the building’s entrance. As with most queue dividers, … Read more
A new Stitch ear hat has arrived at Disneyland Resort. Unlike previous Stitch ears, this hat includes both Stitch’s ears and Mickey’s ears. Stitch Ear Hat – $19.99 The base hat has Stitch’s eyes and nose. His triangular ears stick out from the sides. Behind his ears are round Hawaiian-themed Mickey ears for an extra … Read more
While Disneyland Resort mostly remains closed, Cast Members continue to prepare the theme parks for their eventual reopening. From Buena Vista Street and beyond, we can see into different lands of Disney California Adventure, including Cars Land, which now has health and safety reminder signs. We spotted one sign near the entrance to Cars Land. … Read more
AirPods users can now store their headphones in this Sleeping Beauty Castle charging case available at Downtown Disney District. Sleeping Beauty Headphones Case – $19.99 The case is blue with a keychain ring, and has an embossed Sleeping Beauty Castle on the front with fireworks. Other character-inspired charging cases were released in December at Disneyland … Read more
As of 2:00 PM today, February 16, both the Express Monorail and Resort Monorail lines at Magic Kingdom have been down for over two hours. At Magic Kingdom, the Monorail entrances were roped off. Around 1:00 PM, a Cast Member there told us they were doing final safety checks, but the Monorails did not reopen … Read more
The Walt Disney World Swan Reserve is officially opening on September 1, 2021, and reservations are now available. Reservations can be made online or by phone at 1-888-236-2427. The Walt Disney World Swan Reserve is next to the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin. It will have 349 guest rooms, 149 spacious suites, and two … Read more
In 2020, Florida tourism has fallen to its lowest number of visitors in ten years due to the COVID-19 pandemic with only about 86.714 million tourists. Visitation had been growing steadily in the past decade from the 80.879 million tourists who visited Florida in 2009 and 82.315 million tourists in 2010. Florida has had at … Read more
