Holiday Merchandise Kiosk Returns to the World Showcase Bridge in EPCOT
The holiday merchandise kiosk has returned to the World Showcase bridge in Epcot! That kiosk location had been closed for almost four years. It’s now been refurbished and is open with holiday merchandise!
The kiosk is selling holiday merchandise including bubble wands, plush, holiday ears, and the Holiday Homestead collection. The paneling on the back wall is pink and decorated with holiday sweets and gingerbread men. Some of the merchandise displays have blue accents that match the main color of World Celebration.
Will you be stopping by the kiosk for your holiday gifts?
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Don’t Miss these Holiday PhotoPass Magic Shots in EPCOT
Guests visiting Epcot this holiday season can enjoy some special holiday PhotoPass Magic Shots! There are multiple fun shots throughout the park featuring snow, favorite Disney characters, and even mistletoe.
The Three Caballeros: Celebrate the holidays with Donald Duck, José Carioca, and Panchito Pistoles! This Magic Shot is available from Disney PhotoPass photographers stationed in the Mexico pavilion, and near the bridge leading from the Odyssey to the Mexico pavilion.
Mistletoe: Look up! This Mistletoe Magic Shot is available from most Disney PhotoPass photographers stationed around the park, except for those with characters.
Stitch Gift Box: Was Experiment 626 on your list? This Magic Shot is available from the Disney PhotoPass photographer stationed near the bridge leading from the Odyssey to the Mexico pavilion, on the bridge leading from the United Kingdom pavilion into the France pavilion, and those stationed first as you enter the main entrance of the park.
Chip ‘n Dale: Double the holiday trouble! This Magic Shot is available from most Disney PhotoPass photographers stationed around World Showcase.
Sven and Olaf: Warm hugs this winter! This Magic Shot is available from Disney PhotoPass photographers stationed in the Norway pavilion, and in Wandering Oaken’s Pop-Up Portraits in the Norway pavilion.
Winter Confetti: This Magic Shot is a festive flurry of fun! Available from most Disney PhotoPass photographers stationed around the park, except for those with characters.
Santa Tinker Bell: Tinker Bell is ready to celebrate the holidays! This Magic Shot is available from most Disney PhotoPass photographers stationed in World Celebration, the United Kingdom pavilion, and near the entrance to World Showcase near the Monorail beam.
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Horchata Cold Brew is back for the EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays
The Epcot International Festival of the Holidays is back and so is the Horchata Cold Brew at Joffrey’s! It’s a festive beverage that is perfect for the holiday season!
The Horchata Cold Brew is a holly jolly blend of Shakin’ Jamaican Cold Brew and Horchata, topped with whipped cream and cinnamon. You can also Make it spirited with Creamy Spiced Rum!
What drinks do you like to enjoy during the Epcot Festival of the Holidays?
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Disney’s Grand Californian Resort & Spa Decorated for the Holidays
The holidays are in full swing at the Disneyland Resort and that includes the hotels! Disney’s Grand Californian Resort & Spa is all decked out with trees, garland, lights, and so much more.
The lobby is decorated with multiple Christmas trees, each one adorned with lights, ornaments, and pinecones. In the middle of the lobby stands a six-story tall Christmas tree! That tree is also decorated with lights and ornaments that reflect the Arts and Crafts decor of the Grand Californian. The tree is completed with a reindeer tree topper.
On one side of the tree is a chair surrounded by gifts. That’s where Santa is available for meet and greets at select times. The lobby is also decorated with garland around the upper stories and a big wreath over the fireplace.
And we can’t forget about the large gingerbread house! Every year, Disney’s culinary team creates a beautiful gingerbread house replicating the Grand Californian. This year Chip & Dale appear to be decorating a tree outside of the gingerbread house. Sweets can be seen all over the display and there’s even a pile the mischievous chipmunks have left for Santa.
Have you ever visited Disney’s Grand Californian Resort & Spa during the holidays?
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New Holiday Menu at Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar in Disney Springs
Jock Lindsey’s Hanger Bar in Disney Springs has a new holiday menu just for the holiday season! For a limited time, guests can celebrate the season with a tasty new menu and jolly holiday decor at the bar.
Here We Come A-Croquetting: Turkey Croquettes, Sweet Potato Purée, Bacon-Cranberry Jam, Turkey Gravy and Herbed Gremolata
Jock’s Famous Pigs in the Blanket: Debriziner Sausage, Puff Pastry and Cranberry Mustard Sauce
Merry Margarita: Lunazul Reposado Tequila, Domain de Canton Ginger Liqueur, Lime and Pear Juices, Cinnamon Syrup and Hibiscus Syrup—garnished with a Holiday Sugar Piece and Lime Wedge
Ginger Mule: Frangelico Liqueur and Stoli Vanil Vodka topped with Fever-Tree Ginger Beer and garnished with a Cinnamon Stick and Cranberries
Eternal Snow Fall: St. Augustine Cane Vodka, St Augustine Gin, Tipplers Orange Liqueur, Siesta Key Silver Rum, Chipotle Pineapple Syrup and Sour Mix topped with a float of Bols Blue Curacao Liqueur—garnished with a Snowflake Sugar Piece and Star Fruit
Holiday Cherry Cocktail: Stoli Vanil Vodka, Heering Cherry Liqueur, Simple Syrup and Red Cranberry Juice with edible Glitter—garnished with a Cherry
Post-Flight “Milk” and Cookies with Coquito: Bourbon-Eggnog Snowflake Cookie, Gingerbread Reindeer Cookie filled with Dulce de Leche, Chocolate-Peppermint Christmas Tree Cookie, Coquito with Bacardí Rum
Hot Chocolate Grail Flight: Spiced Caramel with Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, Cookies ‘n Cream with White Chocolate and Stoli Vanil Vodka, Peppermint with Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur and Bols Crème de Menthe White Liqueur
Which holiday menu item are you most looking forward to trying?
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Disney Celebrates the Release of Wish with Special Park Experiences
Disney’s newest animated film, Wish, is in theaters now! Guests visiting the Disney parks can celebrate the film with special park experiences.
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Wish” is an all-new musical-comedy now playing in theaters that welcomes audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force—a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe—the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico—to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.
Academy Award®-winning actress Ariana DeBose appeared under the stars in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris to perform “This Wish” from Disney Animation’s “Wish.” The performance features breathtaking castle projections, fountains and “Wish”-themed drones lighting up the night sky. Tune in to “The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration” airing on ABC this Sunday, Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. ET and streaming next day on Hulu and Disney+ to see the full performance and for an enchanting special glimpse of “Wish.”
Asha Meets Guests Around the World
At EPCOT at Walt Disney World Resort, guests have been dreaming big with Asha in a special location near the entrance to World Showcase. Beginning today, Asha makes her way to Disneyland Resort, where she will appear outside the Royal Hall in Fantasyland, bringing with her a touch of the magical kingdom of Rosas as Star’s playful glow lights up the area.
“Wish” Lights up the Night from Coast to Coast
For a limited time, a new water short called “This Wish” will be presented ahead of “World of Color – Season of Light” at Disney California Adventure park at the Disneyland Resort. When the lights dim around Paradise Bay, Asha and Star take guests on a journey set to the song “This Wish” from the film. Animated projections, majestic fountains synchronized to music, dazzling lasers and sparkling lighting effects magically combine to tell the story of how stars can guide, inspire and remind us to believe in possibility.
Starting today, Spaceship Earth will illuminate the EPCOT sky at Walt Disney World Resort with special colors and lights featuring the brand-new song “I’m a Star” from Disney Animation’s “Wish.”
Shine like a Star with Disney PhotoPass
Beginning today, guests at Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World Resort and Disney Cruise Line can wish upon a star with a new Disney PhotoPass Magic Shot featuring Star from “Wish.”
For guests onboard a Disney Cruise Line ship, be sure to take advantage of this Magic Shot that includes both Star and Valentino from “Wish.” And now through Nov. 30, 2023, Disneyland Resort Magic Key holders can enjoy it, too. Look for the Magic Key sign across from Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland Park.
Learn to Draw like a Disney Artist
For a limited time, guests can celebrate “Wish” by learning how to draw select characters from the film at Animation Academy in Disney California Adventure Park at the Disneyland Resort and the Animation Experience at Conservation Station at Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park at Walt Disney World Resort. The activity is offered under the guidance of a talented artist, and for participants at Disney California Adventure Park, an audio-visual introduction from the new film’s heads of animation, Becky Bresee and Wayne Unten at the Walt Disney Animation Studios, will precede the activity.
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You can Meet Santa during the 2023 EPCOT International Festival of the Holidays
Guests visiting Epcot during the Epcot International Festival of the Holidays can meet Santa! If you want to meet the big man himself, you’ll find him in the Odyssey Building.
Inside of the Odyssey Building guests will find Santa and his sleigh! You can join him in the sleigh for a photo opportunity. Disney PhotoPass photographers are on-site to capture the magical moment.
Guests can meet Santa daily through December 24, 2023. The meeting times are 11:00 AM, 12:30 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:30 PM, 5:00 PM and 6:30 PM.
Are you looking forward to meeting Santa in Epcot?
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Entertainment Schedule Revealed for Christmas Week in the Magic Kingdom
If you will be visiting Magic Kingdom during the week of Christmas you’ll want to check out the entertainment schedule. Holiday entertainment that usually only plays during Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party will be available for regular park guests December 23-31.
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade will perform twice daily; once at 12 pm and again at 3 pm from December 23rd through the 31st.
Minnie’s Wonderful Christmastime Fireworks will take place each night December 23-29 at 8 pm. On December 30 and 31 the Fantasy in the Sky Fireworks will take place at 6:30 pm and 11:50 pm.
Mickey’s Most Merriest Celebration stage show will also be performed each day but showtimes haven’t been released yet. It’ll most likely happen in the evenings.
Will you be celebrating Christmas or New Years at Magic Kingdom this year?
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Latest work on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure includes the addition of new greenery
Exciting changes are underway at the Magic Kingdom as construction on “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” continues full steam ahead. This revitalized attraction is set to whisk visitors away to the magical world of Princess Tiana and her bayou friends. The former Splash Mountain attraction is being completely refurbished to make way for the new ride, and recent progress includes the addition of new greenery!
While much of the work is happening behind the scenes to ensure a seamless transition, the ground-level changes are nothing short of remarkable. Freshly added dirt now serves as a canvas for new trees, shrubs, and low-lying plants.
From a distance, you can spot freshly-painted green sections of the mountain peering from behind the scaffolding, hinting at the transformation within. The imagineers have gone to great lengths to craft a visually stunning bayou experience. Real and faux plants have been thoughtfully integrated to create a lush and immersive environment.
Painted moss adds an authentic touch, making it seem as if the bayou has stood the test of time.
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure is slated to open sometime late next year. The ride will be the first to star Princess Tiana, and will take guests on an all-new adventure through the bayou. The story begins with Princess Tiana’s journey deep into the bayou in search of a legendary ingredient, the magical “Bayou Blossom.” As guests navigate the bayou’s winding waterways, they become part of Tiana’s quest to find the Bayou Blossom, which is said to hold the power to make dreams come true. Along the journey, they encounter vibrant scenes, magical encounters, and enchanting music that bring the story to life.
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Only ONE Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party date has tickets available!
If Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party is on your holiday must-do list this year, and you have not yet purchased your tickets, you may want to hop online now and pick some up: the event is almost sold out, with only ONE DATE date having available tickets!
The event, known for its festive cheer, unique entertainment, and special holiday treats, has seen an incredible demand. Here’s a quick look at the 2023 event dates and their availability:
The tickets for this year’s party have been selling like hotcakes. The sheer number of sold-out nights speaks volumes about the event’s popularity. If you’re eyeing a ticket for the party this year, you may want to act fast!
Remember, Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party isn’t just another event; it’s an experience. From the dazzling lights to the festive parades, and not forgetting the special appearances by Mickey and friends in their holiday best, it’s a magical way to celebrate the season.
Don’t miss out on the joy, the entertainment, and the magic – book your tickets to Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party today!
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New Gorgeous Festival Of The Holidays Loungefly Crossbody Bag Now At Epcot!
Disney fashionistas! You need this new Festival Of The Holidays Loungefly Crossbody Bag we found at Epcot for $85! It has to be one of the best pieces in this collection that is filled with holiday cheer and Disney magic.
This white bag features a black velour flap featuring the Festival of the Holidays logo embroidered in gold surrounded by festive icons. The world showcase icons in gold and blue can also be seen around the edge of the back on the front and all the way to the back. Super cute! Definitely adding this one to our Christmas wish list.
You can take a closer look at this bag and other items in the collection in our Instagram post:
New Epcot Festival Of The Holidays Travel Tumbler Now At Epcot!
Take your favorite beverage with you everywhere you go with this Festival Of The Holidays Travel Tumbler we found at Epcot for $49.99! This tumbler is made by Corkcicle so if you love their tumblers, you definitely need this one in your collection.
The tumbler is black with a geometric gold lid, Festival of the Holidays logo and an all over pattern of World Showcase, Epcot, Disney and holiday icons in gold and white. This is perfect for those looking for a travel tumbler with a subtle touch of Disney magic.
You can take a closer look at this tumbler and other pieces in the Festival of the Holidays collection in our Instagram post:
