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More updates are coming to Magic Kingdom! The popular theme park has been quite busy lately with tons of updates and new additions.
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The park is currently working on new additions like Piston Peak and Villains Land, while popular attractions like Big Thunder Mountain and Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin are getting some TLC. Now, more updates are on the horizon because a new permit has been filed for a classic Disney attraction.
Hollywood Studios is going through some major changes! The theme park is adding two new lands and retheming one of its most popular attractions.
Hi Ariel!
Throughout these changes, we’ve seen a lot of construction walls, and some familiar faces even had to move locations. Luckily for us, Ariel is swimming back to her original meet and greet spot!
Quick! We’ve got a little Zootopia joke for you, Disney fans. What do you call it when you’re trying to fast-walk to Flight of Passage at rope drop in Disney World? Well, to quote Nick Wilde, “It’s called a hustle, sweetheart.” 🥁 ANYWAY! We’re here with some exciting news: the NEW Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde meet-and-greet has opened EARLY in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, and we were among the first in line to check it out.
This new meet-and-greet coincides with the grand opening of the new Zootopia: Better Zoogether! show, located in the Tree of Life theater at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. So, is it time to flash, flash, hundred-yard dash over to Animal Kingdom? We think YES!
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.
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