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Festival of the Arts Dining Packages Now Available to Book

If you’re visiting EPCOT during the Festival of the Arts (my personal favorite fest!), you don’t want to miss the exciting Disney on Broadway Concert Series. This is where visiting Disney Broadway stars perform show-stopping numbers from The Lion King, Newsies, Mary Poppins, Aladdin, Frozen, and more! View the 2025 lineup for the visiting Disney Festival of the Arts Dining Packages Now Available to Book









Good Golly, Glimmering Greenhouses! Living With The Land’s Holiday Overlay

Oh by gosh, by golly, it’s time for mistletoe and holly… in a sparkling greenhouse at EPCOT! One of the best features of the holiday season at Walt Disney World are temporary attraction overlays. While most of the really good ones locked behind a Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party ticket (looking at you, Space Mountain Good Golly, Glimmering Greenhouses! Living With The Land’s Holiday Overlay





A Grand & Miraculous Gingerbread Display at EPCOT

After much anticipation, the gingerbread Spaceship Earth has arrived to CommuniCore Hall for this year’s International Festival of the Holidays at EPCOT! And just like the real geodesic dome we all adore, the gingerbread version lights up to a music show. If you’re visiting EPCOT this holiday season, you can’t miss it! Here’s some gingerbread A Grand & Miraculous Gingerbread Display at EPCOT





Full Name Announced for Magic Kingdom’s New Nighttime Parade

In addition to the title announcement for the upcoming villains show coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Disney also recently revealed the official name for the nighttime parade debuting at Magic Kingdom next year. The new parade will be called Disney Starlight: Dream the Night Away. Originally announced at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event August, the parade was confirmed Full Name Announced for Magic Kingdom’s New Nighttime Parade





New ‘Moana 2’ Snacks Coming to Walt Disney World

Beginning Wednesday, November 27th, some new sweet treats themed to Moana 2 will make way to Walt Disney World, specifically EPCOT and Disney Springs. Check them out! Moana 2 Cake Bar | Passion fruit chiffon, pineapple jam, and caramel crispy pearls coated in white chocolate available at Amorette’s Patisserie at Disney Springs Kakamora Chocolate Piñata New ‘Moana 2’ Snacks Coming to Walt Disney World





How to Maximize Your Time at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party

No matter how many hours we have at a Disney park, it never feels like enough — especially at a hard-ticketed event like Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. If you’re planning on attending any of the remaining 2024 party dates, or planning ahead for 2025, here are a few tips to maximize your time at How to Maximize Your Time at Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party





Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade is the CUTEST

Once upon a Christmastime this Christmas… Ah, truer words have never been spoken. Don’t get me wrong; I love me some Boo-To-You Halloween Parade. It’s got everything: a catchy theme song, Hitchhiking Ghosts, one massive Chernabog, the Headless Horseman (well, not during my event night…), and ethereal Haunted Mansion Ballroom Dancers. But that Once Upon Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade is the CUTEST





Magic Kingdom’s Tomorrowland Speedway Needs to Go

The Tomorrowland Speedway has been part of Walt Disney World since opening day; October 1st, 1971. While I have fond childhood memories and family photos from “driving my first car”, it could certainly be a better experience suited for Florida’s Magic Kingdom. But if Disney removes the Speedway at this point, what should take its Magic Kingdom’s Tomorrowland Speedway Needs to Go





Blizzard Beach Reopens, Typhoon Lagoon Now Closed

You know what they say: when one [water park] closes, another one opens. As of today, Disney’s Blizzard Beach water park has reopened after a seasonal closure and refurbishment, and Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park is now closed for “annual refurbishment”. Ever since Walt Disney World‘s 2020 closures and re-openings, only one of two water parks Blizzard Beach Reopens, Typhoon Lagoon Now Closed