PHOTO REPORT: EPCOT (7/19/21) NEW Touchless Drink Fountains, NEW Character Meet & Greet, Creations & Club Cool Construction Updates, and More

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Good Morning from a beautiful day to be at Spaceship Earth! We started our day with a ride on the newly opened EPCOT Monorail Line to get all the ongoing construction projects from high in the sky. On our way, we got a good view at the current lines for Magic Kingdom at just past … Read more

PHOTOS: Work Rushes Toward Summer Opening of Creations Shop and Club Cool at EPCOT

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Creations Shop and Club Cool are still set to open this summer at EPCOT, as part of the new World Celebration neighborhood. We’re officially a month into the summer season, and construction is racing to be done on time. In the breezeway next to Club Cool, lights have been installed in rows on the lowered … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: EPCOT 7/15/21 (Food & Wine Festival Begins, New Open Top Trash Cans Arrive, La Bottega Italiana Repainted, and More)

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Hello from the opening day of the International Food & Wine Festival! We were excited to check out all the new food booths and merchandise arriving today. We also found some updates around the park today, so let’s get started! In addition to the display at the park’s entrance, new displays were added overnight at … Read more

PHOTOS: Construction Progresses in World Celebration Neighborhood at EPCOT

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As we move closer to the upcoming 50th Anniversary Celebration, construction continues in EPCOT at the World Celebration Neighborhood that is set to house new dining and shopping locations when complete. The overhang on the former Innoventions East remains damaged with no changes from our last construction update. Previously, we could see from the inside … Read more

WDWNT Daily Recap (7/6/21): Mickey Soap Finally Arrives at U.S. Parks, Stacey Aswad Shares Farewell Message, Disney Premier Access Replacing Free FastPass at Disneyland Paris, and More

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We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Tuesday, July 6, 2021. Walt Disney World … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: EPCOT & Disney’s Hollywood Studios 7/6/21 (New Guide Maps, Eats At The EPCOT Experience Reopens, New Menu Items Available In Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, and More)

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Hello from a gray and rainy Walt Disney World! With Hurricane Elsa coming into the area this evening, the weather today wasn’t too intense, but it was still overcast and wet enough to keep crowds lower than normal. We started our day at EPCOT, and we found some things to show you, so let’s get … Read more

PHOTOS: Crane Moved Into Moana Journey of Water Construction Site at EPCOT

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A crane has been moved into the construction site of Journey of Water at EPCOT. This crane has been in Future World, but only now was moved to this area of construction. Journey of Water is a Moana-inspired walkthrough attraction coming soon to EPCOT. Recently, the first structure on the site was enclosed in concrete, … Read more

PHOTOS: First Structure Fully Enclosed at Site of Journey of Water in EPCOT

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The structure at the site of Journey of Water, an upcoming walkthrough attraction at EPCOT inspired by Moana, is now surrounded by concrete. There’s a doorway leading into the structure, which hides a staircase granting access to underground facilities. Journey of Water will take guests through the beautiful nature of Te Fiti’s island, with several … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: EPCOT & Disney’s Animal Kingdom 6/24/21 (New Face Mask Guidelines Sign, 2022 Chevy Bolt EV Arrives, Festival of the Lion King Removes All Audience Distancing, and More)

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Hello from a lovely day here at Walt Disney World! We started our day at EPCOT to check in on the construction projects there, and then headed to Disney’s Animal Kingdom to see what new things we could find. We found some things to show you, so let’s get started! Before entering EPCOT, we noticed … Read more

PHOTOS: Window Installation and Painting Continues at World Celebration Construction in EPCOT

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EPCOT’s new flagship merchandise location, Creations Shop, is set to open this summer, as well as Club Cool. Construction and painting at the World Celebration site have sped up in recent weeks as the opening approaches. Tarp remains over most of the Creations Shop windows. We’ve had a few glimpses inside thanks to Walt Disney … Read more

WDWNT Daily Recap (6/10/21): The Possible Return of Fireworks and FastPass, Another Power Outage at Animal Kingdom, and More

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We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Thursday, June 10, 2021. Walt Disney World … Read more

PHOTOS: Walls Erected at Moana “Journey of Water” Attraction in EPCOT

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If you are excited to travel beyond the reef with Moana one day, we have some updates about the Journey of Water developments. After a long period of downtime due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Journey of Water site is now consistently displaying substantive changes to construction. We recently reported that scaffolding had been erected … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: EPCOT 6/8/21 (“Rope Drop” Returns To EPCOT, Space Base Playground Reopens, Scuba Mickey Swims In The Seas Pavilion, and More)

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Hello World Travelers, and welcome to another hot and sunny day here at EPCOT! We came to check out all the new things here, and we found lots to show you. Let’s get started! On our way into the park this morning, we saw two Cast Members setting up the poles and chains for the … Read more

WDWNT Daily Recap (6/7/21): Big Thunder Mountain Closed for Refurbishment, EPCOT Food & Wine Returns This July, Attraction Series on Disney+, and More

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We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Monday, June 7, 2021. Walt Disney World … Read more

PHOTOS: Scaffolding Erected Around Moana-Inspired Journey of Water Structure in EPCOT

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Last week, construction was finally visible at the site of Journey of Water, the new Moana-inspired attraction coming to EPCOT. Scaffolding has now been erected around the small structure. Two crew members were on the scaffolding today. It surrounds a steel and green framework. Other than that, there is not much to see of construction. … Read more

PHOTO REPORT: EPCOT 6/3/21 (Points of Light Installed On Bottom of Spaceship Earth, Harmonious Ring Barge Testing, New Lamps Installed In Morocco Pavilion, and More)

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Hello from a hot but lovely day here at EPCOT! We got lucky again today and the rain that we were supposed to get all afternoon held off long enough for us to get a good look around the park and find all the new things to show you. Let’s get started! When we entered … Read more