food IS a theme park
We’re gonna go out on a limb here and assume that it’s hard work being a Space Ranger — especially in a roller coaster year like 2020!
Buzz Lightyear at Hollywood Studios
So it’s honestly pretty understandable that Buzz Lightyear might need a break. Which he CLEARLY does, based on a a reader-submitted video from Disney World!
Things definitely look a little bit different around the Rivers of America today!
Rivers of America Before the Water was Drained
If you’re headed to the Haunted Mansion today in honor of the spooky holiday, you might notice something a little strange along the way. We recently noticed that the water level of the Rivers of America was lower than normal — but now, it’s completely drained!
Disney World seems to be preparing for a busy holiday season, especially in November — we’ve already seen park pass reservations getting gobbled up for Thanksgiving.
Magic Kingdom
Disney World recently released more park pass reservations for November, but now, the resort has just extended park hours for one particular weekend: November 13th through 15th.
We’re strolling through Magic Kingdom, and checking out some guest costumes while we’re at it!
Magic Kingdom
Join us as we check out EVERYTHING new in food, construction, and merchandise in Magic Kingdom!
Earlier this year, Disney announced massive layoffs coming to the Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products division. Recently, we were all devastated by the news that many performers from some of our very favorite Disney World shows had been affected by these layoffs.
Festival of the Lion King theater
In fact, Actors’ Equity Association indicated that 720 of their members working at Disney had lost their jobs there. Now, Disney has issued a statement regarding these entertainment layoffs.
2020 sure has been a year, huh?
Happy New Year 2020 Shirt
Honestly, we’re totally ready for it to be the NEW YEAR, which will bring plenty of exciting things to Walt Disney World.
Halloween is only a few days away, which means we’ve been ALL ABOUT the Haunted Mansion. That means you’ll find us drinking out of our Madame Leota Sipper, while carrying around our Haunted Mansion Dooney & Bourke bags, while munching on Constance’s For Better or For Worse Cake. Because why not, right?!
Haunted Mansion
We’ve also been visiting the Happy Haunts at Disney World’s Haunted Mansion on a regular basis! We’re totally okay with being the ONE MORE.
When we think of Disney World, we ALWAYS get nostalgic, thanks to memories of visiting the parks as kids.
Emporium
Maybe that’s why we love all the vintage and retro-inspired clothing we’ve spotted in the park this year, like the NEW Mickey Original Walt Disney World collection that just recently popped up!
We have had our fair share of caramel popcorn and other snacks from Werther’s Original at Karamell-Küche in EPCOT.
Werther’s Selection
But, we’re not exactly used to seeing a lot of Werther’s products in the Disney parks outside of EPCOT. Today, however we spotted some delicious looking Werther’s treats in a surprising spot.
Several construction and refurbishment projects are going on right now around Disney World.
Magic Kingdom
We’ve been keeping an eye on the refurbishment work going on at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort, the TRON coaster construction, the refurbishment of the Magic Kingdom entrance sign, and more. About a month ago, we shared that the Liberty Square Riverboat and Tom Sawyer Island in Magic Kingdom would be closed for a lengthy refurbishment, and now that refurbishment period has been extended.
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