food IS a theme park
Earlier this week, Disney confirmed that Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure will be opening in EPCOT in 2021!
France Pavilion
We received some more exciting updates today during “EPCOT — The Magic of Possibility” under the D23 Fantastic Worlds Celebration!
Disney has produced some incredible water elements over the year for guests to enjoy.
World of Color at Disney California Adventure
From World of Color in Disney California Adventure, to (possibly short-lived) Rivers of Light in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, we’ve seen fantastical works of water in the parks. Even EPCOT incorporates gorgeous water fountains into its nighttime spectaculars, including the massive ones we’ll see when Harmonious debuts. Well, all of that has nothing on the fountain of RATS. 🙂
There is so much going on at EPCOT right now!
Spaceship Earth
If you’ve been to EPCOT recently, you’ve seen a lot of construction, especially around the France Pavilion with Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure and La Crêperie de Paris coming soon, and with the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind attraction! And we also have a new nighttime attraction coming soon!
Disneyland Resort closed earlier this year, and although Downtown Disney and part of Disney California Adventure (with limited shopping and dining), have reopened, the state of California still faces many challenges due to the global health crisis.
Disneyland Gate
The state recently issued new health and safety guidelines that theme parks must adhere to before reopening, but those guidelines could keep Disneyland closed until 2021.
Disneyland recently canceled all reservations through the end of the year, and Orange County, where Disneyland resides, recently moved back to the state’s purple tier due to a fast increase in COVID-19 cases in the area.
Now, The Orange County Register reports that California Governor Gavin Newson has announced a new curfew for much of the state.
We’re having a grand ol’ time exploring Buena Vista Street for the first time in EIGHT MONTHS.
DCA Christmas Tree
This segment of Disney California Adventure opened today as an extension of Downtown Disney and we’ve been reporting live. We’re excited for some of our favorite stores and restaurants to be open again, but there is one BIG detail that’s missing.
Live entertainment is a huge part of the Walt Disney World experience!
JAMMitors
We’ve definitely missed some of our favorite stage shows the past few months (Come back to us, Festival of the Lion King!), but we’re thankful for the entertainment that we do have in the parks right now! Mariachi Cobre and the JAMMitors have been performing during the Food & Wine Festival, we’re getting lots of great entertainment options for the Festival of the Holidays, and For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration reopened just last month. To prepare for the plethora of holiday entertainment coming to EPCOT, the JAMMitors have moved to a new location in the park, and we spotted them performing there today!
Last year, we bid farewell to one of the MOST beloved nighttime shows at Walt Disney World — EPCOT’s
IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth.
IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth
However, we learned that this long-running show would be replaced with a BRAND NEW nighttime spectacular: Harmonious.
Between La Chefs de France and Les Halles Boulangerie Patisserie, we already LOVE eating at EPCOT’s France Pavilion!
Chefs de France Entrance
And we’ve been following the construction in the France Pavilion VERY closely, especially looking for news about La Crêperie de Paris, the new table and quick service crepe restaurant coming to EPCOT!
The third quarter of 2020, July to September, may have seen the reopening of Walt Disney World’s theme parks after a multi-month closure due to the global health crisis, but tourism is still only returning to Florida slowly.
Cinderella Castle
The Orlando Sentinel reported that Visit Florida, the Sunshine State’s official tourism marketing corporation, recorded a 32% drop in visitors for Q3 from 2019 to 2020.
Nothing says “it’s the holidays in Walt Disney World” like a GIGANTIC Christmas tree!
Magic Kingdom Christmas tree
Disney LOVES to put big trees up all over the place! We’ve seen them at all four parks (Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom), as well as several resorts (Grand FloridianandWilderness Lodge both have huge ones). Now, a very ICONIC giant Christmas tree has returned to Walt Disney World — the Contemporary Resort tree!
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