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Disneyland celebrated Mickey’s 92nd birthday in a special way!
Buena Vista Street
Yesterday, Disney announced that TWO Disneyland statues have been refurbished and are looking better than ever — and now we’ve seen one of them in person!
Limited edition merchandise is typically in very high demand in Disney parks.
Jungle Cruise Minnie ears
The demand is SO high, in fact, that at first after reopening, Disney World halted in-person limited-edition releases to help promote social distancing. Limited edition releases have since returned somewhat, but due to Disney’s generous 10 of each item per person policy, many guests aren’t able to get ahold of these releases. Seems like FINALLY, that may have changed a bit!
There are currently several Walt Disney World attractions under refurbishment!
Rivers of America
The Walt Disney World Railroad has been down for a good while now due to construction with the TRON coaster, we recently saw the Rivers of America get drained for a refurbishment on the Liberty Square Riverboat and Tom Sawyer Island, and don’t even get us started on the PeopleMover! The slow-moving ride through Tomorrowland never reopened with Magic Kingdom, and we keep seeing the refurbishment end date getting pushed back. Now, we may soon be adding another ride to the list — Kali River Rapids in Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
Hello from Disney’s Hollywood Studios!
Holiday Gertie at Hollywood Studios
So what’s new since the last time we were here? Let’s check out the updates!
The Minnie Mouse: The Main Attraction collections have been incredibly popular this year!
Minnie Mouse: The Main Attraction Haunted Mansion Ears
Featuring fan-favorite Disney attractions like Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan’s Flight, and “it’s a small world,” some of these collections have sold out incredibly quickly! This month’s collection features the beloved and hilarious Disney classic, the Jungle Cruise. While the option became available a few days ago to sign up for MerchPass on shopDisney, we’ve now spotted the collection in Walt Disney World!
It’s been a busy week for the Walt Disney World Resorts, as many of them are getting decked out for the holidays!
Wilderness Lodge Christmas Tree
We’ve seen decorations pop up at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort, Disney’s Wilderness Lodge, Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, and Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, to name just a few! Even though there aren’t any humongous gingerbread displays this year, Disney has still been very detailed and very over-the-top with their Christmas decor. (I mean, would ya look at the size of that Christmas tree?!) Now, yet another resort has received a festive makeover — Disney’s BoardWalk Inn!
We’re stepping foot in a Disneyland theme park for the first time since MARCH today. Wowza.
Buena Vista Street Decorations
If you want to follow along with our Buena Vista Street adventures, you check in as we report LIVE! In the meantime though, we’ve got an update on Mobile Order in Buena Vista Street!
If you’re a fan of Star Wars TV shows, then you know that Ahsoka Tano has some of the coolest lightsabers out there!
Ahsoka Tano ©Disney
First of all, she wields TWO lightsabers instead of just one (known as Jar’Kai in the Star Wars universe), and it’s not a skill that we often see utilized. On top of that, her lightsaber color changes multiple times as a character, going from blue to green to white. Disney’s definitely capitalized on this, selling both color-changing Ahsoka lightsabers, and the white versions! You can even get her lightsabers outside of the Disney parks, and today there are a limited number of sabers autographed by Ahsoka Tano herself!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and you know what that means! It’s HOLIDAY SPECIALS SEASON! We’ve been curious as to how holiday specials would look during this very strange year — if we had them at all!
©Disney
Well, luckily, we learned the Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Celebration and The Disney Holiday Singalong are coming this season, and now we know when ANOTHER Disney Parks holiday special will happen. Spoiler: It’s soon!
In the words of the great Mickey Mouse, “Oh, boy!”
©Bret Iwan
Earlier this year we got a first look at the newest pair of Designer Mickey Ears by Bret Iwan (the VOICE of Mickey!). Production delays pushed these back from their summer release, but they’re finally here TODAY and they didn’t come alone!
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