food IS a theme park
Sometimes we get Disney World changes that inconvenience us, and other times we come out with a win.
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If you’ve visited Disney World lately, you might have noticed changes in everything from decor to crowd levels, and even new attractions. But, one recent change in particular has helped us sleep better at night while on vacation at Disney World.
This past weekend was one of Disney’s biggest events of the year!
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event just wrapped up, and we got a LOT of news over the weekend. Disney shared details about upcoming movies, major theme park projects, and plans for the future of Disney Cruise Line. We also got to see 14 new Disney Legends inducted! But beyond all that, we checked out some special exhibits with teasers about what’s to come for Disney in the future.
Joe Rohde is officially a Disney Legend.
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As part of the D23 Ultimate Fan Event in August of 2024, Disney inducted its latest class of Legends. Among Hollywood heavyweights like Harrison Ford, Jamie Lee Curtis, James L. Brooks, and composer John Williams, Disney Imagineering icon Joe Rohde officially took his rightful place amongst the Disney pantheon.
D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event may be over, but there’s still something big happening today, August 12th, for the celebration!
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Disney dropped TONS of news about movies, new Disney+ series, new park expansions, new lands, new cruise ships, and so much more! At the event, there were also lots of showcases of NEW Disney souvenirs that would be coming to the parks and the Disney Store, and now they have just dropped a bunch of new items online!
The Hungry Bear Restaurant in Critter Country at Disneyland Park is getting a retheme soon and Disney just released a look at the NEW menu!
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The restaurant is being renamed to Hungry Bear Barbecue Jamboree where you will be able to find the bears’ favorite barbecue food at the rethemed restaurant. This retheme will even include a “soundtrack of their greatest hits.” We just got a look at the NEW food coming to Hungry Bear Barbecue Jamboree and we are drooling a bit over here.
Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween party is in FULL FORCE once again over at the Magic Kingdom!
Mickey at his very own 2024 Not-So-Scary Halloween Party
But what’s changed, what’s NEW, and what should YOU expect to find if you’re going down to Magic Kingdom in the next couple of months (as a party guest or not)? We’re about to hit you with the LATEST ghoulish 411 – today on DFB Guide!
It has been a HUGE weekend full of announcements and sneak peeks at what is coming for The Walt Disney Company at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event!
Disney Legends Ceremony
We are so grateful to have been a part of it all. We finished off the weekend by attending the Disney Legends ceremony on Sunday evening, and it was a beautiful celebration of some fantastic people.
Something wicked this comes comes.
NEW VILLAINS LAND
At the D23 Ultimate Fan Event, Disney released a slew of information about upcoming theme park projects including a new Cars area coming to Magic Kingdom, new Marvel and Avatar experiences at the Disneyland Resort, and Monster’s Inc. at Hollywood Studios. However, for longtime Disney Parks fans, there was arguably nothing more exciting than Villains Land.
It has been a HUGE weekend of announcements and we got a sneak peek at so many new attractions that will be coming to Disney World in the next few years during D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event.
Cinderella Castle
We learned more about Pueblo Esperanza which will be replacing DinoLand U.S.A. in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, as well as found out about a Monsters, Inc. land coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Magic Kingdom also got some big news with BOTH a Villains land and a Cars land announced for the park. There have been some discussions on where these new lands will be going in Magic Kingdom, and we just got some confirmation on where they will be located.
The Disney park news just keeps coming!
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Disney dropped SO MANY announcements at the Horizons — D23 Disney Experience Showcase on August 10th; it was almost hard to keep up! But we got all the news live from the Honda Center including the new Villains Land and Cars Land coming to Magic Kingdom, the new name for the Tropical Americas re-theming of DinoLand, U.S.A., the new nighttime parade coming to Magic Kingdom, the Avatar Land headed to Disney California Adventure, and so much more. But it was the announcements for Disneyland Paris that got our nostalgic hearts racing!
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