food IS a theme park
SeaWorld Orlando is known for its breathtaking animals, exhilarating rides, and super fun live entertainment. But unfortunately, not every theme park day is without some issues.
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If you smelled sewage at SeaWorld Orlando earlier this September, Orange County just announced why. A broken pipe at a wastewater facility next to SeaWorld’s Aquatica water park spilled 342,000 gallons of sewage into the open.
We’ve been following the recent news regarding Disney filing a First Amendment lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after unusual pressure from the federal government forced the company’s stations to submit licenses for early renewal proceedings.
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Recently, the FCC asked a federal judge to toss out Disney’s lawsuit, and while U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan in Washington has a hearing on the lawsuit scheduled for October 6th, we have another update on the situation — Disney has now said that the threats the President has made against reporters and broadcast networks are grounds for a United States judge to block the FCC from reviewing Disney’s eight ABC station licenses early.
The EPCOT Food & Wine Festival is well underway and will be running through November 21st. Now, we’ve already eaten our way through most of the EPCOT Food & Wine Festival booths, but some food booths and experiences didn’t open until a little later, including a cool interactive exhibit that’s all about cheese!
CommuniCore Hall
We just visited the Cheers to Cheese exhibit at EPCOT, and all we can say is that, yep, we STILL really love cheese.
If you’re looking for a new Starbucks Tumbler, then you’re in luck. And even if you’re not, we guarantee that you’re going to want to impulse buy this adorable new cup!
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Why drink your favorite beverage in a plain cup when you can have one with WINNIE THE POOH ON IT?! I don’t care that my cabinet is overflowing; this tumbler is already on its way to my house. A green version of this cup quickly sold out at Disney World last year, but Disney just released a brand-new blue color that’s sure to sell out faster than you can say “hunny!”
Currently under construction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, partially in the area that was once DinoLand U.S.A. and partially expanding into a former backstage area, Tropical Americas is rising in Animal Kingdom.
Puebla Esperanza model
After several years of hints, concept art, and general descriptions, Disney finally dropped the major details of the land at August’s D23 Ultimate fan event, and this is EVERYTHING that’s been confirmed so far!
I can’t believe we’re already talking about Christmas, but I guess it’s time, since Disney has already started announcing all sorts of things about this holiday season at Disney World…and some things are being taken away.
2024 Grand Floridian Gingerbread House
We don’t want you to be met with any surprises during your holiday vacation to Disney World, so we’re letting you know EVERYTHING that’s been canceled this Christmas on property. But don’t worry, there is still SO much to enjoy!
Disney’s entertainment industry has been flourishing with several major box office hits just this year, such as Hoppers and Toy Story 5, and they continue to be popular when they hit Disney+.
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Last month, Disney mentioned a restructuring of its Consumer Products Division, and we’ve got some movement! Several major changes occurred within Disney Entertainment’s leadership team recently, with one person taking on an entirely new role!
Disney has filed a new construction permit for one of the Magic Kingdom’s oldest attractions: The Enchanted Tiki Room.
Let’s go in the tiki tiki tiki tiki tiki room!
Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room, an East Coast take on the classic Disneyland animatronic show located in the Magic Kingdom’s Adventureland, is set to see some construction, according to the latest permit Disney has filed with the Orange County, Florida, Comptroller’s Office.
There are a couple of ways to hack long lines for Disney World rides, including purchasing Lightning Lane Multi Pass or Lightning Lane Single Pass, which allows you to bypass long standby lines for shorter Lightning Lanes. However, if you’re visiting Disney World by yourself, there’s also the Single Rider line option, which puts you in a separate line and then fills the ride with single riders so that every ride vehicle is run at capacity.
Everest Single Rider Line
Generally speaking, the single rider line can often save you a LOT of waiting, but we’ve got some bad news about the option at one attraction in Disney’s Animal Kingdom: the single rider line at Expedition Everest will be going away soon.
Keep seeing empty racks when you look for those viral Trader Joe’s tote bags? We found the solution!
Gotta love Trader Joe’s!
Have you seen those mini canvas tote bags from Trader Joe’s popping up all over your social media? The handy little bags have gone SUPER viral, which might explain why they’ve been sold out everyyyyy time we try to go buy one. Well, we finally got tired of getting shut out of the tote bag game, so we decided to find some dupes instead!
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