Another figure has been added to the Disney Villains collection that has been showing up at Walt Disney World and on shopDisney. Previous figures featured Maleficent, Iago, “Poor Unfortunate Souls”, The Evil Queen’s poison apple, and more. Today, we found a new figure with Pain and Panic from Hercules. Panic is sipping from his Hercules … Read more
Main Street Cinema in the Magic Kingdom, home to the Art of Disney, a purveyor of 2-D and 3-D works of art of Disney subjects, reopened officially on July 11, 2020 (and previously for previews) as part of the original group of stores open for the initial phase of reopening in the park. The one … Read more
Greetings from Disney Springs on what turned out to be a very busy day. We experienced food and retail locations reopening, some Disney-owned locations closing after reopening, and everything in between. Let’s get going, there’s a lot to cover. First thing’s first, Disney has again opted not to utilize the virtual queue system for stores … Read more
Welcome to the arts! With many of the stores reopening today at Disney Springs, Art of Disney and World of Memories has reopened today as well with new social distancing measures in place. Right from the moment you walk in through the designated entrance, there are social distancing markers in place for guests to queue … Read more
Good morning from the beautiful EPCOT park! It’s sunny and unseasonably warm for December, and we just can’t wait to see what’s new in the park today! The first thing we noticed is that the old location for The Art of Disney has closed. The new location also opened at the American Adventure pavilion in … Read more
Today, the Art of Disney location in EPCOT’s Future World closed its doors and moved into The American Adventure. We heard about this change in location back in October, when Heritage Manor was announced that it would be the new permanent location for Art of Disney in EPCOT. The sign of the old Art of … Read more
Disney’s Riviera Resort thrives off of its artistic flare and designs. Now you can even bring home some of the artwork from the resort with the latest Art on Demand kiosk, located in La Boutique within the Riviera Resort. Located between the resort merchandise line and the sundries, you’ll find this touch screen kiosk. You … Read more
Good day from EPCOT! Today, we stopped by to see what’s new in everyone’s favorite Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow. Crowds were pretty light this morning, despite the warm December weather. These ropes were covering a large crack in the cement work over by one of the former Leave a Legacy monoliths. This, of course, … Read more
The Disney Springs Christmas Tree Trail is back this year, and so are the amazing, inspired posters that line its fences. For years, we’ve stared in awe at the art featured in these posters, designed after extinct EPCOT icons like the Rainbow Tunnel, as well as longstanding favorites like The Haunted Mansion and DINOSAUR. Many … Read more
A new map has debuted for EPCOT, which is in the midst of a park-wide reimagining. In order to drive anticipation and excitement for many of the park’s upcoming additions, many of these projects are now listed on the new map. Let’s delve inside and check out all of the changes. You’ll notice that the … Read more
Greetings, world travelers! Let’s see what’s going on in EPCOT this fine, sunny festival day! Construction on the Regal Eagle, a smokehouse and barbeque restaurant in the America pavilion continues. We saw some guests dancing to the mariachi band at the Mexico pavilion. The old restroom by the Canada pavilion is no longer visible from … Read more
With the transformation of Epcot well underway across Future World, there is one offering that is actually making its way across the World Showcase lagoon, and that’s the Art of Disney store currently located near the entrance to the park. Once the Art of Disney closes on December 15th, it will move on to Heritage Manor … Read more
In 2017, Walt Disney World started phasing out the old Mickey design on the MagicBand readers for merchandise, food and beverage, and front desk areas in favor of generic black RFID readers. Then in 2018, credit card chip readers were installed at resort front desks. However, for being the premier place for spending money, they’re … Read more
We recently stopped by Disney Springs on a weekday afternoon to check out what was going on and to see what might be new and exciting! Let’s have a look… We started near the Lime Garage. On our trip, we passed by Blaze and there was no line! Mind you, this was at noon (lunch … Read more
Uh oa! Uh oa! Uh oa oa oa… my wallet. A new collection of Trader Sam’s merchandise has arrived at the Art of Disney at Epcot and we’re about to go broke. We love this new Trader Sam’s artwork because it features so many different mugs from one of our favorite Disney hang outs. Tiki … Read more
Let’s be honest: who doesn’t love a good attraction poster? Fans of attraction posters are in luck, with a brand-new set of now available on demand at The Art of Disney kiosks around Walt Disney World and the Disneyland Resort. Classic attractions like Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Space Mountain, The Haunted Mansion, and Spaceship Earth … Read more