New Pixar Elemental Plush Available At The Creations Shop!
We found the adorable Pixar Elemental Plush at the Creations Shop in Epcot for $22.99 each! The four characters represent a different element, earth, air, water and fire. We can’t wait to get to know more about each one when the movie comes out!
First we have Wade and Ember representing the water and fire elements, these two characters that despite all their differences discover they actually have a lot in common.
We also found Clod representing earth, he is the a young kid that lives in Firetown and has a crush on Ember.
Finally, we have Gale representing air featuring a lavender color and shaped like a cloud, so cute!
Don’t forget to watch Elemental on theaters on June 16th!
New Pixar Elemental Ear Headband Spotted At Epcot!
Get ready for the big premiere of Elemental on June 16th with this new Pixar Elemental Ear Headband that will fire up your style! We found it at the Creations Shop in Epcot for $34.99 and hope to see it available at shopDisney soon.
This fun headband features a deep purple color with Ember on one ear with flames details and Wade on the other with big waves detailing mixing the elements of fire and water. The back features an all over pattern of the two adventurous characters icons.
You can take a closer look at this ear headband in our Instagram post:
Delicious Disney Munchlings Candy Bars Available At Magic Kingdom!
We all love the new Disney Munchlings collection with plushes, ornaments and more, well now you can actually taste them with these Disney Munchlings Candy Bars we found at The Emporium in Magic Kingdom!
We found two different flavors for $5.49 each, one is called “Roll With It Honey Bear” featuring white chocolate cinnamon and honeycomb. The second one is called “Chillin Villain” featuring milk chocolate mint latte.
Both delicious flavors to try and satisfy your sweet tooth!
Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will feature Music from Grammy Award-winning artists PJ Morton and Terence Blanchard
Drawing inspiration from the captivating city of New Orleans, Disney’s Imagineering project team is tirelessly working on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, an upcoming attraction.
During a recent visit to New Orleans, Disney Imagineers, John Dennis, Charita Carter, Ted Robledo, and Carmen Smith had the privilege of participating in ongoing recording sessions for the attraction’s music.
Disney is thrilled to announce their collaboration with acclaimed artists PJ Morton and Terence Blanchard, both proud natives of New Orleans. Together, they will help Disney create a musical masterpiece that serves as a heartfelt homage to the region that originally sparked the journey with Princess Tiana.
PJ Morton is writing, arranging, and producing the original song for the attraction. He is performing on and producing the sessions in New Orleans of all-new arrangements of the song, as well as songs from “The Princess and the Frog” within the attraction.
Terence Blanchard is helming music arrangements for the attraction’s queue. Terence is working with us to select songs from “The Princess and the Frog,” as well as iconic themes from New Orleans. Just like Tiana’s recipes, the music will combine a medley of instrumental ingredients to cook up something worth savoring.
The music will borrow from several musical styles that either originated or took up permanent residence in New Orleans. Some of our brand-new Audio-Animatronics figures will bring the invigorating sounds of New Orleans to life. Take this new rendering of Prince Naveen’s brother, Ralphie, for example. It’s a scene you commonly see in New Orleans: the joie de vivre influencing his every movement as he jams to the beat of his songful soul. Or this band of friendly critters playing joyful Zydeco-style music.
Stay tuned for more updates as Disney Imagineers progress in crafting a brand new original song composed by PJ Morton, along with fresh renditions of beloved melodies from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ enchanting film, “The Princess and the Frog.”
You can read all about both PJ and Terence’s impressive body of work and more details on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure here.
The Sea Turtle Cookie is June’s Flavor of the Month for June at Gideon’s Bakehouse
This June Gideon’s Bakehouse is doing something special for the cookie of the month, they are releasing a special Sea Turtle Cookie with a portion of all sales going towards Florida’s Sea Turtle Conservancy!
June might be a favorite month this year, and there is so much to talk about, so let’s gooooo! NEW FLAVOR ALERT! Our tribute to the popular candy from 1918, the Sea Turtle Cookie nurtures you with premium Chocolate, Homemade Caramel, and whole Candied Pecans sprinkled with our signature Sea Salt. A portion of sales from this new flavor will support Florida’s Sea Turtle Conservancy, the world’s oldest sea turtle research and conservation group (@conserveturtles). Available every day of June! Limit 2 per person while supplies last each day. Reginald Ridley has left his beautiful ocean home to discuss Sea Turtle Conservation with all of us. You can help him and his friends by purchasing this month’s Cookie and a Limited Edition Art Print! There are two available: ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: This 11×14 Signed Reginald Print is available today only! It is an open edition, meaning the number printed will equal the number of orders we get before 11:59 pm tonight! Order now at gideonsbakehouse.com! IN STORE EXCLUSIVE: This 8×10 Signed Color Reginald Print is available starting today at both locations while supplies last! How long they will remain in stores is a mystery, so don’t delay! NEW CANDLE! The “By the Beautiful Sea” Candle brings you the complex scents of Coconut Milk, Sandalwood, Caribbean Teakwood, Orange, and Tonka. Fill your home with the comforting aroma of a holiday on the beach. Available in stores & online today! Finally, get your Reginald Sticker and T-shirt online & in stores starting today! HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! As you all know, we choose to keep our representation around all year, but for Pride Month, you can expect the most delicious Rainbow Crunch Cake by the slice EVERY DAY! To help put an extra spotlight on this month’s importance, we’re throwing in our Rainbow Winged Black Cat design on a new Limited T-shirt and Collectible Pin. Both are now available in stores & online while supplies last!
Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit Returning to Downtown Disney
Halloween time is returning to the Disneyland Resort this fall along with Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit in Downtown Disney! Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit is a fun scavenger search for character-inspired pumpkins throughout Downtown Disney.
From Sept. 8 through Nov. 1, Disney character-themed pumpkins will be hidden around the Downtown Disney District for Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit; with the purchase of a map from participating locations, you can commemorate your search with a collectible keepsake.
How to Join the Pursuit
Pick up your game board and stickers for $9.99 plus tax at select merchandise locations.
Have fun searching for hidden decorative pumpkins based on Disney characters and placing the corresponding stickers on your game board.
Whether you choose to search for pumpkins or not, return your game board to a redemption location—for a keepsake.
Where to Purchase
Acorns Gifts & Goods (Located at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa)
Disney Home
Disney’s Fantasia Shop (Located at the Disneyland Hotel)
Disney’s Pin Traders
small world Gifts & Sundries (Located at the Disneyland Hotel)
The Disney Dress Shop
WonderGround Gallery
World of Disney
Where to Pick Up Your Keepsake
Disney’s Pin Traders
World of Disney
Halloween at the Disneyland Resort
Downtown Disney District will also feature fall décor, entertainment and special offerings from select locations.
As leaves begin to change color and the Halloween spirit creeps in, Disneyland Resort will revel in the arrival of fall with returning celebrations beginning Sept. 1, 2023 – featuring an assortment of fall fun and fare for family and friends.
Materializing Sept. 1-Oct. 31, 2023, Halloween Time at the Disneyland Resort will feature dozens of new and returning seasonal treats across the resort and debut bewitching outfits for Mickey Mouse and his pals at Disneyland Park. Haunted Mansion Holiday will continue its annual tradition with another deliciously diabolical gingerbread house on display in the ballroom.
Spirited seasonal décor and characters dressed in Halloween looks will appear in both theme parks, presenting countless photo opportunities. The Main Street Pumpkin Festival brings a horde of hand-carved gourds to Main Street, U.S.A., at Disneyland Park, including the giant Mickey Mouse Pumpkin. At Disney California, Adventure Park, Halloween decorations and projections evoke an air of eeriness in Buena Vista Street. Plus, Cars Land becomes Radiator Screams, where the residents and establishments are decked out in their Haul-O-Ween best.
At Disneyland Park, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and some of their pals will cast a ghostly glow with new outfits made with luminescent fabrics and bat details. Jack Skellington and his friends from “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” will wreck the halls of Haunted Mansion Holiday once again. The attraction’s ballroom will showcase the latest rendition of the annual bespoke gingerbread house.
Each night through Oct. 31, the supernatural “Halloween Screams” nighttime spectacular will summon projections, special effects and music on Main Street, U.S.A., Sleeping Beauty Castle, Rivers of America and in front of “it’s a small world.” MagicBand+ adds another devious dimension to the show with ominous illuminations and shivering vibrations. On select nights, fireworks will conjure in the skies above. To make way for “Halloween Screams,” the nighttime spectacular “Wondrous Journeys” is scheduled to make its last performance of the year on Aug. 31.
If you enjoy scavenger hunts, Pluto’s Pumpkin Pursuit is a cute and fun way to explore Downtown Disney! Want to visit Disneyland this fall? Contact me for a free vacation quote! I am a travel agent with Destinations to Travel, my services are complimentary, and I’d love to help you plan a spooktacular vacation!
How cute is the Magic Shot above?! It features baby Animal from The Muppets! You’ll find the Magic Shot at the fountain outside of Muppet Vision 3D. Be sure to strike a wild pose!
This photo will also be available beginning today, June 1, at Disneyland Park! Be sure to ask your Disney PhotoPass photographer located in Town Square for it.
Other Magic Shots
Don’t miss out on other Magic Shots at the Walt Disney World theme parks!
Magic Kingdom: The Watercolor Magic Shot at Cinderella Castle turns your photo into a painting while stylistically removing other guests from the background so your friends and family are the focus of the photo.
Epcot: A new bubbles Magic Shot is available at Epcot for a limited time!
Disney’s Animal Kingdom: This summer, annual passholders can enjoy exclusive Wall-E and Eve Magic shots.
There are a lot of other Magic Shots at all of the parks. Be sure to ask your PhotoPass Photographers which ones they have!
Do you enjoy getting Magic Shots at the Disney parks?
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New Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ Pre-Show Coming Soon to ‘World of Color – ONE’ at California Adventure
‘World of Color – ONE’ at Disney California Adventure will be getting a new Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ pre-show soon! The new animated film will be in theaters in just a few weeks and guests can celebrate early at Disney California Adventure.
It takes only a single ripple to make a huge impact. After all, a ripple can generate a wave—and a wave can power an ocean of change.
Many Disney and Pixar characters have dared to make waves and change their world for the better. In World of Color – ONE, their stories take center stage—unfolding amid a breathtaking blend of dancing water and incredible special effects.
World of Color – ONE celebrates the rich storytelling legacy begun by Walt Disney a century ago, bringing to spectacular life moments from favorite films including The Lion King, Moana, Ratatouille, Soul, Star Wars, The Avengers and more.
Beginning June 2, 2023, for a limited time, a new water short titled “Elemental Connection” highlighting the story and characters from Disney and Pixar’s latest film, “Elemental,” will be presented ahead of “World of Color — ONE” in Disney California Adventure park.
Brilliant projections dance across vast water screens in this two-minute pre-show, bringing the land, air, water and fire residents of Element City to life. In this heartfelt story, fire element Ember and water element Wade discover that though the world tells them they can’t coexist, they are more alike than they realize. As whimsical fountains and powerful music fill Paradise Bay, you’ll see that stepping out of your element may help you uncover who you really are, just like Ember and Wade.
Want to experience World of Color – One? Contact me for a free vacation quote! I am a travel agent with Destinations to Travel, my services are complimentary, and I’d love to help you plan a magical vacation!
Final Performance of ‘Wondrous Journeys’ Announced for 2023
Disneyland’s newest nighttime fireworks show now has an end date. The new ‘Wondrous Journeys’ first debuted as part of the Disney100 celebration and will have its final performance this fall.
“Gaze in wonder as Sleeping Beauty Castle and Main Street, U.S.A. become a marvelous canvas for 100 years of Walt Disney Animation Studios storytelling. Thrill as talented artists transform empty pages brimming with possibility into beloved Disney characters and vivid animated worlds awash with magic.
All of this and more is brought to life by soaring music, stunning state-of-the-art projection technology—and on select nights, sensational pyrotechnics!”
This nighttime spectacular can be seen from multiple areas of the park; Main Street USA, it’s a small world, and Rivers of America. Each spot offers a different perspective and all the feels! If you want to see the two new characters flying above the park, make sure to sit near the castle. You’ll see the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio AND Baymax from Big Hero 6!
“For over 100 years, Walt Disney Animation Studios has unlocked a special kind of wonder in our lives. These films have inspired us to dream bigger, unleash our spirit of adventure, discover the power within—and realize that it’s kind of fun to do the impossible.
Wondrous Journeys is an enchanting celebration of the wishers, dreamers and artists at Walt Disney Animation Studios who have shared their imagination and talents with the world.”
If the fireworks aren’t able to go off due to weather, don’t skip this nighttime show! The projections and music are fantastic and so worth watching. We have LOVED this show and are sad to see it go. The final performance of the year will be on August 31. Beginning September 1, guests will get to enjoy Halloween Screams.
We are hoping to see Wondrous Journeys return next year!
If you want to experience Wondrous Journeys before the holiday seasons start, contact me for a free vacation quote! I am a travel agent with Destinations to Travel, my services are complimentary, and I’d love to help you plan a magical vacation!
Disney News Highlights: 2024 Disney World Vacation Packages Open, Figment Annual Passholder Magnet at EPCOT, WDW Passholder Lounge Opens, Disneyland Halloween and Oogie Boogie Bash Dates, and so much more. It was a busy news day for Disney, let us wrap it all up in one place for you.
2024 Disney World Vacation Packages Are NOW OPEN for Booking If you have been dreaming of planning a magical vacation to Walt Disney World Resort in 2024, I have good news for you: vacation packages for stays in 2024 are finally open! And returning next year for what seems like the first time in forever: The Disney Dining Plan! I did not even get to the best part-a $200 refundable deposit is all it takes to book your 2024 Walt Disney World vacation, and you can make payments up until 30 days before your check-in date!
Purple Pineapple Shell Macaron from Disney California Adventure Yesterday, Disney California Adventure celebrated the new ‘The Little Mermaid’ film with a Purple Pineapple Shell Macaron! The treat wasn’t just the cutest we’ve ever seen, but delicious too!
Figment Annual Passholder Magnet has come to EPCOT Debuting today in EPCOT is the all-new Figment Annual Passholder Magnet! We picked this super cute Figment Annual Passholder Magnet at the Creations Shop in EPCOT.
Halloween Time Returning to Disneyland Starting September 1st As leaves begin to change color and the Halloween spirit creeps in, Disneyland Resort will revel in the arrival of fall with returning celebrations beginning Sept. 1, 2023 – featuring an assortment of fall fun and fare for family and friends.
Disney News Highlights
Disney Updates List of Eligible Hotels for its Early Theme Park Entry Benefit If you have not yet heard the good news: Walt Disney World vacation packages for 2024 are officially available for booking. The Disney Dining Plan is also returning for 2024, providing guests with the same resort hotel, ticket, and dining plan options that were available to them prior to the COVID-related shutdowns.
Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party Returns Starting on September 5th Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party Returns Starting on September 5th. We know you have been waiting for this news ever since Walt Disney World announced Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Bash. Now our friends on the left coast can join in on the Halloween Fun. Tickets go on sale starting June 27 for Magic Key Holders, and June 29th for the general public.
Super Cute Figment Raspberry “Lemonade” Tart is a Delectable Treat in EPCOT. V.I.Passholder days have started around Walt Disney World for Annual Passholders. Including food discounts, dining discounts, an AP exclusive lounge/relax area in Sunshine Seasons, and of course new snacks and treats.
We got to Sunshine Seasons for the new Figment Inspired treats and enjoyed our time relaxing next to Living with the Land in the Land Pavilion. We had the new A Spark of Grape shake, and also the new Figment Raspberry “Lemonade” Tart.
Raspberry “Lemonade” Tart Shortbread tart filled with lemon mousse, raspberry jam, and raspberry mousse $6.99
Discover delightful Passholder-exclusive discounts in bloom at EPCOT.
A Spark of Grape Shake Grape, guava, passionfruit, orange and lime
Raspberry “Lemonade” Tart Shortbread tart filled with lemon mousse, raspberry jam and raspberry mousse
Important Information To enter EPCOT, you will need valid admission and a theme park reservation for EPCOT on the same date (or you may visit EPCOT after 2:00 PM without a theme park reservation, subject to blockout dates). Theme park reservations are limited and are subject to availability and applicable pass blockout dates.
Photos: Refreshment Station Reopens in EPCOT. Disney Eats announced the other day that Refreshment Station reopened without any fanfare. We got a chance to check out the new drink station and it looks great. This is a sure way to cool off on these hot summer Florida afternoons!
‼️New Foodie Location‼️ The new Refreshment Station hosted by Coca-Cola at EPCOT is serving up a variety of sweet sips to keep you cool and satisfied. Head over and try these frozen beverages today! #DisneyEats
🥤Frozen Coca-Cola 🍌Frozen Fanta Banana 🥤Frozen Coca-Cola topped with Caramel and Blueberries 🍌Frozen Fanta Banana topped with Caramel and Blueberries 🥤Frozen Coca-Cola topped with Assorted Candies 🍌Frozen Fanta Banana topped with Assorted Candies
