25 Photos and Videos From Three Parks in Disney World TODAY

Hello to all our DFB friends! We spent today at Disney World taking a ton of photos and videos just to share with you!

Cinderella Castle

We headed to Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, and Magic Kingdom, so fasten your seatbelt because here we go!

Magic Kingdom

Our day started by driving through the magical…partially updated gate. Honey, we’re home!!! Here’s what’s happening with that gate, by the way!

Disney World Entrance

After we drove to Magic Kingdom and entered the park, we were greeted with the most magical welcome! So many of our favorite characters were waving hello!

Hello, sweet little Piglet!

Piglet

After waving to all our Disney friends, we decided to take a stroll through Cinderella Castle. Come along with us!

We made our way over to Fantasyland to watch guests ride Seven Dwarfs Mine Train! WHEEE!!!!

But we wanted to go under the sea with Ariel, so we hopped on Under the Sea- Journey of the Little Mermaid. We got no troubles, life is the BUBBLES!

After watching Ariel get her happily ever after, we wandered over to Gaston’s Tavern to honor the manliest of men! No one poses for a statue like Gaston.

Gaston’s Tavern

Tine to go back to Main Street! And when we got there, we got to see all our friends from Hundred Acre Wood AGAIN!

But there was more! We spotted another cavalcade with some of Disney World’s most famous residents and they were bringing us a TON of holiday cheer. We LOVE the Mickey and Minnie holiday float!

Over in Adventureland, we marveled at the line for Pirates of the Caribbean! Yo ho, Yo ho, a pirate’s life for us!

Animal Kingdom

Our reporter at Animal Kingdom took a moment to snap a quick photo of the holiday tree there. It’s so GORGEOUS! We love all the ornaments and details.

Animal Kingdom Christmas Tree

But we had to get through the gates and into the park because we had a special mission — to pet all the animals at the Affection Section! So we headed over to Rafiki’s Planet Watch.

Rafiki’s Planet Watch

This area is so peaceful, right? But we had a date with some adorable animals. So we made our way to the newly-reopened Affection Section, where we PET ALL THE ANIMALS.

Affection Section

Well, we might not have pet them ALL, and we had to stand in a line to get in to the petting area, but we got to make some new furry friends, and that’s what matters, right?

We’re pretty sure this adorable goat is our new BFF.

Goat!

This is such a fun thing to do with kids, and we’re really glad it’s open again!

Learn more about the Affection Section reopening

At that point, we had worked up quite the appetite, so we headed over to Harambe Market, which also just reopened today, and grabbed some food: a Ribs and Chicken Bowl and a SIMBA CUPCAKE!

It’s so nice to have another quick-service option at Animal Kingdom!

See more photos and read our review of Harambe Market

Here’s the thing, though — we can never get enough dessert! So when we noticed via mobile order that the Menagerie Cupcake was back EARLY, we HAD to get it. So it was off to Flame Tree BBQ to order this pretty baby.

Now if only Disney would bring back the Menagerie puppets this year — we love them!

Read our review of the Menagerie Cupcake

Yeah, we were a little full after all that food, but that didn’t stop us from taking time out of our day to wave to Santa! Gotta stay on that nice list, right?

We were pretty stoked to see the Big Guy himself! But then we saw this statue, and we’re not entirely sure what’s happening here and why it’s now wearing It’s Tough To Be A Bug glasses, but it’s hilarious!

Animal Kingdom Statue with Sunglasses

That might have given us a good laugh, but it still didn’t stop us from admiring the beauty that is the Tree of Life. We could never get tired of this view!

Tree of Life

But then we got distracted again because Chip ‘n’ Dale showed up on a boat with Goofy and the two chipmunks were dressed as holiday dinosaurs and ISN’T THAT CHARMING?

Holiday Character Cavalcade

We had so much fun at Animal Kingdom and the day just kept being magical. However, we’re glad we remembered to look down because when we did, we spotted a Hidden Mickey! We’d say this is definitely a sign that we’re where we need to be.

Hidden Mickey

EPCOT

We had another reporter over at EPCOT and we are happy to report that Elsa is working today on Frozen Ever After (for some reason, her animatronic often malfunctions). I’M FREEEEEEEE!!!

After checking on Elsa, we decided to check on one of our other favorite EPCOT characters, so we headed over to Journey Into Imagination with Figment. And FIGMENT WAS WEARING AN UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER, AND IT WAS GLORIOUS.

But this isn’t just any old Christmas sweater — the logo on it is the original symbol for the Imagination Pavilion back in the day! We love it when Disney surprises us with a throwback like that.

See more photos of Figment’s holiday look here

All good things must come to an end, though, but we thoroughly enjoyed our day at all three parks. Stay tuned, because we’ll be going back and we’ll be sure to take you along with us with even more photos and videos!

UPDATE! EPCOT’s Nighttime Spectacular Harmonious Continues to Make Progress

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