food IS a theme park
Meeting characters around the Disney parks and resorts is one of the BEST parts of the trip!
Cruella de Vil looking fabulous
And, you can even find some pretty rare characters hiding around, too — if you know where to look. A recent holiday brought some rare characters out from the woodwork at Disneyland, and we were lucky enough to meet one of the rarest of them all!
We’ve been eagerly awaiting more news about Universal Orlando’s new park coming in 2025 — Epic Universe — and now that we’ve been able to enter Epic Universe (and take allll the pictures), we have so much to share.
WELCOME to EPIC UNIVERSE!
We’ve checked out the park’s preview center, kept track of the updates about the themed lands (including Dark Universe!), and been looking at the construction. We even finally got a chance to go INTO the park, where we got to explore everything for ourselves, and THIS was the standout experience.
Disney just dropped a TON of news on us, and we’re still reeling!
Hi Stitch!
We got official opening dates for The Little Mermaid: A Musical Adventure AND Disney Villains Unfairly Ever After in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and they’ve also just made an announcement that Disney World hotel guests will love. During Early Entry this summer, you’ll be able to meet some of your favorite Disney characters EARLIER than ever before!
Meeting Disney characters has always been one of the most important, and magical parts of a visit to Disney property. In addition to meeting characters in the Disney World theme parks, you can also meet them at the hotels!
Hello, Ariel and Eric!
However, those visits are sporadic, and they are a surprise. There’s no schedule for when the Character Caravan, as it’s called, will pop up at your resort. But we have big news! Recently, Disney has begun offering scheduled character meet & greets at at least two of Walt Disney World’s hotel properties: The Port Orleans French Quarter Resort and the Wilderness Lodge Resort.
Do you like character meet-and-greets at Disney World?
Chip and Dale in Dinoland!
It’s always tons of fun when you get to meet your favorite characters and have a fun conversation with them! Disney brings them from the big screen to real life, and it’s always so exciting. Most recently, we’ve even gotten to meet some of our biggest heroes from Marvel comics and movies. Most of these Marvel characters are over in Disney California Adventure on the West Coast, but now a popular Guardian is dancing his way around EPCOT!
Were you in EPCOT on September 21st?
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind was celebrating the special day with some Earth, Wind, & Fire by blaring ‘September’ through the ride all day long! It was a fun way to celebrate one of Star-Lord’s (a.k.a. Peter Quill) favorite songs from his childhood cassette tapes. Speaking of Star-Lord, if you love Guardians of the Galaxy, you might be excited about this new Disney announcement!
If you have a Disney Visa card, you’re probably already aware of some of the perks card membership offers.
©Visa
First, you can get discounts on shopping in both Disney World and Disneyland. You can get discounts on some food, too (that’s one of our favorite perks, obviously). You can even sometimes score a discount on Disney vacations if you use your card to book your trip! However, one perk you might not know about is the exclusive character meet and greet opportunities in Disney World and Disneyland, and now a NEW one is available for Disney Visa cardholders.
There are so many things to do in Disney World besides just riding rides!
Spaceship Earth
From incredible shows and fireworks to interactive exhibits, Disney really has it all! And one of the most popular things to do in the parks is to meet your favorite Disney characters. Recently, Disney asked us a rather interesting question about character meet and greets.
Disney World might be just as busy as it was before the pandemic-related closures, but we’re still seeing the remnants of those health and safety measures to this day.
Cinderella Castle
Services like the Magical Express are gone for good, and who knows if we’ll ever see package delivery return to the hotels or not. While most of the parks have returned to normal, there are a few experiences that have yet to return. Up until recently, we weren’t sure we would ever get to experience this rare character meet and greet again, but we may have just been proven wrong!
There are literally hundreds of souvenirs you can choose from when you are visiting Disney World! However, we have noticed (and taken part in!) a souvenir trend that is taking Disney World by storm.
A great souvenir!
There are so many souvenirs that don’t seem personal or have a lot of memories attached to them. But this souvenir trend is changing all of that!
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