food IS a theme park
Welcome back, DFB friends! We’re here with another What’s New at Disney Springs!
Disney Springs
And, we’ve got plenty of merchandise, food, and entertainment updates to share with you, so let’s dive right on in!
As you know, we’ve been eating our way around all the newly reopened restaurants at Disney Springs, and the time finally arrived to revisit one of our favorite spots, Chef Art Smith’s, Homecomin’: Florida Kitchen and Southern Shine.
Homecomin’!
Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’ reopened this week, and you never need to ask us twice about swinging by for some southern comfort food. The moonshine cocktails seem to always hit the spot, and we are suckers (cluckers? Too much?) for the Fried Chicken. After sitting down and talking with Art Smith himself, we were eager to see if the food would be just as good as we remembered. Spoiler alert: it was.
Update: Due to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation banning the consumption of alcohol at bars, as of June 26th, Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar is closed until further notice.
While many of our favorite Disney Springs restaurants and shops have reopened, Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar has remained closed.
Disney Springs
And while it looks like the jewelry retailer Rustic Cuff has closed up its pop-up store, we noticed that t he Indiana Jones-themed watering hole was open for business again today!
Just the other day we were chatting about the newest cupcake flavors at Erin McKenna’s Bakery NYC in Disney Springs.
Erin McKenna’s Bakery NYC
And today we were looking forward to checking out anything else that might be new at this beloved bakery that features vegan and allergy-friendly baked goodies. So, it was with some surprise when we arrived at the location to find it CLOSED! [Read more…]
Now that several Disney Springs restaurants and retailers have reopened, Disney World’s shopping and entertainment district has started to come back to life! And just recently, Gideon’s Bakehouse announced it would be opening up a new location at Disney World!
Gideon’s Bakehouse Cookies
Thank goodness because we were really starting to miss their enormous, over-the-top chocolate chip cookies ever since The Polite Pig switched them out with their own recipe!
All Disney World construction projects stopped shorty after the parks closed on March 16th — which seems like such a long time ago!
Cinderella Castle Construction
But now that many of Disney’s resort hotels reopened on June 22nd, and the Disney World parks have opening dates — Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom on July 11th followed by Epcot and Hollywood Studios on July 15th — we’ve seen work on several job sites resume!
We’ve just discovered our own little slice of Paradise Falls today at Disney World!
Pandora
We recently stopped by the newly-reopened Pandora store at Disney Springs to scope out the new Cutie Charms (also called Babies by some Cast Members) and today we spotted a new charm!
We can’t seem to get enough of Experiment 626 right now! We knew we just had to have this adorable new Stitch Hat when the second we first laid eyes on it.
Stitch Hat
Not to mention, this new Loungefly stuff that is every Stitch lover’s dream come TRUE!
And the menu cuts keep on coming! Early today, we told you about a bunch of Disney World theme park restaurants that have just reduced their breakfast, lunch, and dinner offerings.
Pork Hash at Raglan Road
And even though Raglan Road has been reopened for a little while and started serving its famous brunch again, it looks like they’ve officially settled on a much smaller menu!
Is this possible?? Wine Bar George at Disney Springs just released a new whiskey cocktail that’s perfect for whiskey lovers AND casual whiskey drinkers!
Wine Bar George
Wine Bar George’s outdoor venue, The Basket, has been making the news with their famous Corkcicles that come filled with your favorite frozen drink to-go. But for those of us who want to take it slow, the restaurant inside Wine Bar George is mixing up something a little more sophisticated!
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