Duffy’s musical turtle friend ‘Olu Mel is now featured on a Spirit Jersey and beach towel available at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort. ‘Olu Mel Spirit Jersey – $85 The Spirit Jersey is a burnt orange color. ‘Olu Mel is on the left breast, playing his ukulele and wearing a hat. Music notes and a white … Read more
‘Olu Mel is now meeting guests at Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa in Hawai’i. Previously known as simply ‘Olu, ‘Olu Mel is the newest friend of Duffy who made his debut at Aulani in 2018. The costumed character first appeared at Shanghai Disney Resort last fall. The additional “Mel” is short for “melody” because … Read more
In a move similar to CookieAnn’s renaming at Hong Kong Disneyland and beyond, Disney has just announced that Duffy’s turtle friend ‘Olu at Aulani has also received a name change––to ‘Olu Mel. Here’s the new backstory for the name change: “As the story goes, on a bright sunny Hawai‘i day, Duffy and ShellieMay were looking for ‘Olu … Read more
While CookieAnn is the Friend of Duffy everyone’s talking about overseas now that she’s heading to Tokyo DisneySea, we have some rare Duffy friend news of our own here in the US. A small collection of ‘Olu merchandise has made it onto shopDisney! I can’t remember the last time any Duffy and Friends merch made … Read more