WDWNT Weekly Recap: Fall Treats Arrive at Walt Disney World, Christmas Offerings Announced for the Parks, New Merchandise, and More

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Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from September 6 to September 13, 2020. Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom Join us on a … Read more

PHOTOS: NEW Figment and Remy Taste of Food & Wine Festival 2020 Pandora Charms Arrive at EPCOT

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Wear your favorite EPCOT festival on your sleeve with these new Pandora charms for the Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival 2020. The first charm is an Annual Passholder exclusive and features everyone’s favorite Chef, Remy from Ratatouille. Remy is holding a strawberry and a slice of cheese. Next to Remy, it says … Read more

WDWNT Weekly Recap: Restaurants Reopen in Magic Kingdom, Disneyland Readies for Eventual Reopening, Labor Day Crowds Descend on Both Coasts, Fall Treats and Merch Come to Walt Disney World, and More!

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Every week is a busy week when it comes to Disney news. To help you keep up with all the updates coming out of Walt Disney World and other Disney resorts, here’s WDWNT’s weekly recap of the Disney news from August 30 to September 6, 2020. Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom We ventured into the … Read more

PHOTOS: New EPCOT Food & Wine Festival 2020 Magnets and Phone Cases Debut at Walt Disney World

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There’s new merchandise cooking at EPCOT for the 2020 Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival. New magnets and phone cases have arrived around the park featuring classic characters and global goodies. (It should be noted that these items don’t have the “Taste of” part of this year’s festival name, meaning they were likely … Read more

PHOTOS: Every New Piece of Merchandise (with Prices) for the Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival 2020

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Though the Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival started in July with the re-opening of EPCOT, most merchandise for the event wasn’t released until today. We did get some bottles for Remy’s Hide & Squeak scavenger hunt, but we’re excited to finally see more. So let’s take a closer look at every new … Read more

PHOTOS: New Remy’s Hide & Squeak Scavenger Hunt Water Bottle Prizes Featuring Minnie Mouse and Figment Debut at the Taste of EPCOT Food & Wine Festival

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Earlier in the week, two new water bottle prizes for completing the Remy’s Hide & Squeak scavenger hunt debuted. The bottles featured Remy and Mickey Mouse, and today we were delighted to see an additional two have joined the lineup! The new prizes feature Figment and Minnie Mouse, and we may need to play an … Read more

SHOP: New Figment Magnetic Shoulder Plush Now Available on shopDisney

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If you haven’t been able to get to EPCOT to pick up the new Figment magnetic shoulder plush, you don’t need to just imagine that you have it! The merchandise item that’s all the rage has finally flown onto shopDisney. The plush had multiple accidental early releases ahead of its planned August 8th launch, but … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: EPCOT 8/15/20 (Islands of the Caribbean Booth Returns, New Norway Merchandise, Lucite Pylon Appreciation, and More)

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Salutations from EPCOT on a sunny Saturday! It’s a hot one today, even for Florida, but that won’t stop us from tracking down some new merchandise, a reopened festival booth, and a lot of gazing at the new Lucite pylons added within the entrance complex. Let’s see what the park has to offer today. We’ll … Read more

PHOTOS: NEW Limited Edition “EPCOT Forever” Figment MagicBand Arrives at Walt Disney World

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Despite the fact that this controversial nighttime spectacular debuted almost a year ago and is currently not playing, a new limited edition MagicBand for “EPCOT Forever” has arrived at Walt Disney World. This MagicBand is black featuring an outline of everyone’s favorite imaginary dragon, Figment. The opposite side of the band has the EPCOT logo … Read more

PHOTOS: MagicBand Slap Bracelets Featuring Figment, Orange Bird, Stitch, and More Return to Walt Disney World

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The long saga of the MagicBand Slap Bracelets may have finally reached a happy ending. The MagicBands have finally returned to Walt Disney World after being recalled just weeks after they were released in November due to issues with the RFID technology in the interchangeable icon pucks. With their return, it seems like the problems … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: EPCOT 8/8/20 (Figment Shoulder Plush Release, New MagicBands, Mixed Crowd Levels, and More)

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Ciao from EPCOT! We’re getting into the international spirit as we tour World Showcase and the rest of EPCOT today, where we were treated to quite a few fun finds, mostly of the merchandise variety. New MagicBands, a variety of other new items, and perhaps most importantly, the official release of the Figment shoulder plush. … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: EPCOT 8/1/20 (New MagicBands and Wishables, Tropical Storm Isaias Preparations, Long Lines, and More)

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Welcome to the weekend at EPCOT! While today was a relatively nice, though warm, summer Saturday, there’s also a Tropical Storm at Florida’s doorstep – due to arrive tomorrow. That didn’t stop us from finding some great new Limited Edition MagicBands, Wishables, and other great merchandise, but it does mean we’ll keep an eye on … Read more

PHOTOS: Two Delayed MagicBands Featuring Figment and Minnie Mouse Have Been Released from the 2020 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival

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The 2020 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival may have come and gone this year, but the merchandise continues to bloom! We already saw the return of the festival-specific merchandise at the park reopening back in July. Now, two new MagicBand designs have just been released, having been delayed since the festival was impacted by … Read more

PHOTOS: New Figment Shoulder Plush Brings a Spark of Imagination to EPCOT

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Last weekend, a Figment shoulder plush was accidentally released early in EPCOT. He was only out on the shelves for a brief time before Cast Members removed all traces of his existence, but did let Guests know that the official release of the plush would be August 8th. Yet, it seems that Figment must have … Read more

PHOTOS: New Journey Into Imagination With Figment Mickey Ear Hat Ornament Flies Into Walt Disney World

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We have been seeing some cute new releases of Mickey Ear Hat ornaments inspired by EPCOT attractions in Walt Disney World this summer, including Soarin’ Around the World and Mission: SPACE. Our latest find features a funny little purple dragon – can you imagine which attraction it could be? That’s right – this brand-new Mickey … Read more

PHOTOS: New Figment Shoulder Plush Released Early at EPCOT, Arrives Officially 8/8

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Needing a spark of inspiration? This Figment shoulder plush should help out with that! This tiny plush features our favorite purple dragon, proudly wearing his iconic yellow shirt with his name “Figment” written in bold red text on the front. Due to a mistake over at ImageWorks, this shoulder plush was released early on July … Read more