food IS a theme park
Hollywood Studios is getting back to its roots! The park is undergoing quite a transformation by adding monsters, bringing back animation, and more.
Hi Ariel!
As the park works away at its brand-new look and atmosphere, a very famous character has found a new home! If you want to be where the people are, and more specifically, Ariel — you need to read this.
Oh Disney… you’ve done it again. You’ve dangled a creative, colorful festival in front of us — and then snatched it away before we’ve even finished our Figment-inspired latte. Yep, EPCOT has dropped the official 2026 Festival of the Arts dates, and let’s just say you guys have big feelings about them.
Spaceship Earth at Night during the EPCOT Festival of the Arts
If you’ve ever found yourself comparing your vacation calendar to EPCOT’s festival lineup and feeling a tiny bit of panic (“Wait… it’s only running for HOW long?!”), you’re not alone. The Festival of the Arts is one of EPCOT’s most beloved events — all that food, the Broadway concerts, the jaw-dropping art — and next year, it’s back for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it run.
Does anyone else get weirdly excited when a ride reopens in Disney World? We wanna know what changed! What’s new? Do the animatronics work better? Is there a new ride photo? We need ANSWERS. Well, the time has come — Spaceship Earth has FINALLY reopened at EPCOT! Let’s go back and thank the Phoenicians.
Spaceship Earth
The attraction closed in August for an extended refurbishment. The ride was set to reopen on October 25th (more on that in a second), and now that day is here. Let’s check it out!
The annual TEA (Themed Entertainment Association) Global Experience Index just released its official report for 2024. The report summarizes data from the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA), Entertainment + Culture Advisors (ECA), The Park Database (TPDB), and InPark Magazine. Now, we finally have a list of the most visited theme parks worldwide in 2024! While the report includes the most visited theme parks globally, Florida’s own Magic Kingdom Park topped the list. Are you surprised? As theme park reporters ourselves (who travel to major amusement parks all over the world), we’re not surprised.
Magic Kingdom
In fact, Disney won big in this category, claiming four of the top five most visited theme parks worldwide in 2024. Following Magic Kingdom, the list includes Disneyland Park, Universal Studios Japan, Tokyo Disneyland, and Shanghai Disneyland.
Sometimes, we find ourselves craving dinner AND a show. Where do we go to be entertained and well-fed? Straight to Disney Springs! But before you settle in for some live entertainment, you may want to read this first. A major change has come to a popular Disney Springs restaurant, as the longtime house band at The Edison has stepped away.
The Edison at Disney Springs
Sound City Radio, which provided music at the establishment for the last four years, took to Instagram at the end of September to announce its departure. Here’s what we know about the change.
Now, most Americans will tell you that school cafeteria food is…bad. But in EPCOT’s Norway Pavilion, “School Bread” has a whole other meaning. In fact, EPCOT’s School Bread is LEGENDARY. People (it’s us…we’re people) LOVE this snack — and for good reason! When you take a sweet roll, fill it with custard, and dip it in coconut, you’re in for a real treat. Congrats! You just got schooled on School Bread.
School Bread
But what if we told you that the School Bread snack sparked further inspiration? We just discovered a way to DRINK School Bread in EPCOT, and yes, we’re excited about the prospect of liquid School Bread. Class is in session, people, and it’s time to learn what’s up with the Cold Crumb Cold Brew at Kringla Bakeri og Kafe.
You know the old saying, “When one door closes, another one opens.“? Well, there are a whole lot of doors closing over in Disney’s Animal Kingdom as the park prepares to debut a new Tropical Americas-themed land, called Pueblo Esperanza. DinoLand U.S.A. is closing in phases as construction kicks off, but that leaves us with an important question: what’s gonna happen to all of our favorite DinoLand snacks?
Buffalo Chicken Chips
If you know us around here, you may know that the Buffalo Chicken Chips served at the Trilo-Bites snack stand are a DFB FAVORITE. As this little snack stand goes extinct, will the chips, too, disappear for good? Disney just quietly confirmed a BUNCH of snack changes on the My Disney Experience website, and we’ve got GOOD NEWS for our fellow chip lovers.
EPCOT’s most popular ride is changing tomorrow! Did the Nova Corps decide to give their ship a new paint job? Did Star-Lord add a little “Veggie Veggie Fruit Fruit” nostalgia to the playlist? Maybe the date will give you a clue. What if we told you that the change set to hit Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind was happening on the 21st of September?
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind is getting a special one-day change, and fans are going to love it. We’re going to tell you why you NEED to know before you get on this ride tomorrow!
ROCK ‘N ROLL! Move over, Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster. Sorry, Cosmic Rewind. We’re jamming out to NIN (Nine Inch Nails) on another roller coaster in Disney World. Any guesses? Hint: we’re entering the Grid.
TRON
It’s time to lock in, people. We’re going to TRON Lightcycle / Run in Magic Kingdom for a NEW ride experience in honor of the Tron: Ares movie coming soon to theaters. That’s right — TRON is going RED, and our reality is about to look a little different.
Disney Springs is one of our favorite hot spots filled with spectacular restaurants and eats at Disney World. One restaurant is having its tenth anniversary, and just wait ’til you hear about the celebration.
View from one of the porch tables of Summer House on the Lake
Morimoto Asia, owned by Chef Masaharu Morimoto, who you might know from Iron Chef, is celebrating its tenth anniversary and bringing guests along on a culinary adventure of a lifetime. Seriously — be prepared to be AMAZED by this new event.
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