food IS a theme park
Disney fans are clamoring for Toy Story characters to be added to the Roundup Rodeo BBQ restaurant at Hollywood Studios. However, the concept isn’t nearly as simple as it seems.
Roundup Rodeo
Originally opened in 2023, Roundup Rodeo is a BBQ restaurant located in the park’s Toy Story Land area. Guests are treated like “Andy’s honorary toys” in an environment designed to look like it’s made out of cardboard boxes, toys, and other household items.
When it comes to Walt Disney World’s busiest – and most popular – attractions, may riders have specific desires: Specific time of day to ride, specific ride vehicles, and even specific seats.
TRON
Whether you are using Lightning Lanes to skip the lines or you’re waiting a while in a standard queue, you’ll want to have the best riding experience possible. There are certain attractions that we think have better seats than the rest of the ride vehicle. But how do you know which ones they are and how do you get these seats? Well, we have a former Cast Member ready to help.
Another week has passed in Disney World, which means we’ve shared a ton of snack reviews, as well as a few new restaurant reviews with you. We’re always eating our way around Disney because, well, that’s our thing.
Cookie Dough Brownie Ice Cream Sandwich
Disney World restaurants are some of our favorite places to visit, but those restaurants are often changing, including getting completely new menus, adding new limited-time snacks, and more. Well, we’ve got some Disney World restaurant menu changes to tell you about from this week, and we have to warn you…your favorite chicken place in Disney Springs just got more expensive.
While construction is everywhere in Disney World right now, there’s one park that’s really getting hit extra hard — Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
New Animal Kingdom Map
This week, the remainder of DinoLand U.S.A. closed forever to make way for the new Tropical Americas land, which takes another ride away from guests visiting the park for now, as well as other attractions like certain meet and greets, dining at Restaurantosaurus, and the closure has made walking around certain parts of the park much harder. We thought things couldn’t get harder for this park, and then Disney made ANOTHER announcement about a temporary closure.
Here at Disney Food Blog, we love runDisney events. When else can you run a marathon in the happiest place on earth? With five amazing races every year, runDisney keeps us hooked.
Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend 2022
The runDisney races have changed a lot this year, and for a good reason. They’ve surged in popularity to where last year’s races sold out within seconds of registration opening. Here’s every game-changing announcement for runDisney in 2026!
My biggest fear in Disney World? Well, that has to be wasting money…and unfortunately, it’s so easy to do!
Lightning Lanes!
That’s why we do what we do — I want you to get the absolute best bang for your buck on vacation without having to stress the entire time. Ain’t nobody got time for that! Each month, the DFB team rounds up the Lightning Lane prices, so you can take a look and see if it makes sense for you on your upcoming visit. Don’t worry, we’ll go over how it all works and then break down that pricing. Let’s go!
There’s no doubt the majority of Disney World Cast Members LOVE Disney. However, sometimes even they have their limits. After all, you work in Disney World six days a week for over six months, you start seeing Mickey Mouse in your dreams!
Blooming Rose
Yes, there are some things we REFUSE to do now that the Disney Food Blog team of former Disney World Cast Members is off the clock. Today we’re talking FOOD. After working in EPCOT, Magic Kingdom, and Disney’s Hollywood Studios, we have some opinions about Disney World dining. Here’s a list of all the places we DON’T plan to visit any time soon.
One thing I absolutely love about my job is being able to say: DISNEY WORLD RELEASED A NEW POPCORN BUCKET!!! And yes, I want to scream it.
New popcorn bucket has arrived
New popcorn buckets and sippers are a big deal around here, and to me, it’s not a trip to the parks without a bucket of popcorn swinging off my backpack. A new one just dropped at Hollywood Studios, and it has me even MORE excited for the Monstropolis expansion being built. Is this a sign of all the good souvenirs we’re going to get once it opens?
I go to Disney World for the rides. Yes, yes, I love trying new snacks that become new favorites and watching Disney’s nighttime spectaculars, which usually end with me in tears (I swear Happily Ever After was made to have you cry, okay?), but there’s something about the rides that always keeps me coming back time and time again.
Slinky Dog Dash
I’ve been on just about every ride at Disney World (okay, admittedly, I haven’t been on Astro Orbiters yet, but I have been at Disneyland, and that should count for something), but there are some I avoid at all costs — including the beloved Slinky Dog Dash.
Monsters, Inc. has been one of my favorite movies since I can remember, so when Disney World announced a whole land dedicated to the movie, I was in tears. Of course, I also shed a few tears for the loss of MuppetVision, but Sulley and Mike are on the horizon.
©Disney
Monstropolis is coming along in Hollywood Studios, and @bioreconstruct on X posted new aerial photos of the construction site. We don’t have an opening date for the land yet, but given how it’s coming along, I wouldn’t be surprised if we get an updated timeline soon!
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