Walt Disney World began its first new decade not just preparing EPCOT Center, but by preparing for EPCOT. The World needed to change to accommodate the concept of a multi-park resort. The Magic Kingdom had to adapt to keep itself relevant, and make space for guests who were coming to experience the new park. And the way guests experienced the parks since 1955 was set to change as well. Magic Kingdom The most obvious change to the Magic Kingdom was the […]
The Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts begins January 8. Artist tents are already set up. Now we can see what art will be in those tents. Several artists have previewed what they will be showing and selling during the festival. Jerrod Maruyama Maruyama is bringing four pieces to the festival, including one featuring The Child (AKA “Baby Yoda,” Grogu). He tweeted a preview. The Child piece was originally for Star Wars Celebration, which was cancelled in the […]
The spring rolls cart outside Adventureland in Magic Kingdom has updated its menu to point out a popular option previously only available to guests “in the know.” The cart reopened in October and though it was closed today, it is open most days. It has pepperoni pizza spring rolls and cheeseburger spring rolls available. Each order comes with two rolls for $7.50. The menu now has an option stating that you can get one of each roll, i.e. a pepperoni […]
It’s another cold winter day here at Universal Orlando. The sun is shining, but temperatures are in the 40s, which can cause weather delays for some of the outdoor attractions, like Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit and the Incredible Hulk. Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit was testing throughout the morning and afternoon after being closed yesterday. The attractions all had high wait times, but the parks did not hit capacity today. New interactive Wizarding World wands are now available. Add Gregorovitch’s wand […]
For fans of The Nightmare Before Christmas, these leggings are spooky cool! The black-and-white style reminds us of a Christmas sweater and features a print with Jack Skellington and other icons from the movie.
And if you’re already stocking up on holiday decorations for next year, this Countdown Calendar can stay out for both the Halloween and Christmas seasons!
With the holiday season wrapping up, it’s continuing to get chillier outside, which means that it’s the perfect time to bundle up in some cute Disney winter gear! This Lilo & Stitch Glitter Beanie is perfect for the cold months that are coming soon.
Or if you prefer your tiny aliens to be green instead of blue, then try out this Star Wars The Mandalorian Photo Pom Beanie. The design showcases Mandalorian Din Djarin and his sidekick Grogu (AKA Baby Yoda) on their adventures through the galaxy.
Based on our favorite chubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff, this Winnie the Pooh Mug is perfect for cheering you up on a rough morning! With the phrase “Enjoy the little things” printed on the side and an adorable Pooh print, your case of “The Mondays” will be cured in no time.
Last but not least, this Star Wars Rebel Alliance Espresso Setwould be the perfect gift for your best Jedi friend! Included in the set are 4 character mugs based on Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Lando, complete with Millennium Falcon plates and Galactic Empire spoons.
We’re constantly looking out for great deals on Disney products, so stay tuned to DFB for the latest! Also, we’ve got lots of Disney news to share as we head into 2021, so thanks for following along!
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Soulreleased on Disney+ just a few days ago and we’ve been using all our free time to find our spark!
Soul Photo-Op
The animation in this new Disney/Pixar film is absolutely stellar and learning about the development of the film is a total treat. We’ve already seen a good bit of concept art from the film, but today we spotted MORE behind-the-scenes pics! Take a look!
The first new image shows an early depiction of The Great Before. In early concepts, the architecture of ancient Greece served as the main inspiration for The Great Before. It looks pretty different in the film, huh?
This photo shows a Pixar artist working on the design for Joe Gardner in soul form. You can see from the drawing that they were considering several different iterations before settling on the glow-y Soul Joe we fell in love with.
And perhaps most interesting is this character designer working on the design for The Great Before counselors (A.K.A. Jerry). You can see that to achieve the one-line look of these guides, artists used wire to form the early sculptures of the characters. This also helped with the interesting 2D and 3D effect for these guys. Director Pete Docter said, “When you hold the wires a certain way, it can look flat, and another way, 3-D.”
These images are certainly a very interesting glimpse into the world of Disney/Pixar animators! If you need us, we’ll be watching Soul again and looking forward to upcoming Pixar films like Luca!
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We’ve been waiting for the holiday crowds to truly materialize and it seems with the improve weather it’s happening. Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and EPCOT had their busiest day of the past 30 days today. Ok well, today at Animal Kingdom ranked number 2 of the past 30, and EPCOT’s wait times are severely inflated. Our actual wait time data shows the waits are about half of what Disney posts.
Since it is the last Monday of 2020 we’ll look at attractions that make any Monday better, as well as the attraction at which we received actual wait times today. Speaking of, we received 151 actual wait times today from our Lines app users, thank you so much Liners!
Magic Kingdom Wait Times
Magic Kingdom Wait Times 12-28-2020
Soaring high above Tomorrowland on Astro Orbiter will improve any Monday. It had an average wait time today of 46 minutes. Its 7-day average is 43 minutes, so today ranks #2 for this week. Its 30-day average is 38 minutes, so today ranks #3 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 30 minutes, so today ranks #9 for the past year.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad had an average wait time today of 64 minutes. Its 7-day average is 60 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 54 minutes, so today ranks #3 for the past month. We received 8 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 40% of the posted wait time, meaning the actual wait time was around 26 minutes – talk about a wild ride!
Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin had an average wait time today of 46 minutes. Its 7-day average is 43 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 40 minutes, so today ranks #2 for the past month. We received 4 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 61% of the posted wait time.
Who wouldn’t love to see an elephant fly on a Monday? Dumbo the Flying Elephant had an average wait time today of 26 minutes. Its 7-day average is 21 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 17 minutes, so today ranks #2 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 20 minutes, so today ranks #63 for the past year.
Peter Pan’s Flight had an average wait time today of 53 minutes. Its 7-day average is 45 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 40 minutes, so today ranks #1 for the past month. We received 4 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 88% of the posted wait time.
Space Mountain had an average wait time today of 72 minutes. Its 7-day average is 61 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 50 minutes, so today ranks #2 for the past month. We received 4 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 65% of the posted wait time.
Splash Mountain had an average wait time today of 78 minutes. Its 7-day average is 61 minutes, so today ranks #3 for this week. Its 30-day average is 47 minutes, so today ranks #3 for the past month. We received 7 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 68% of the posted wait time.
The Haunted Mansion had an average wait time today of 33 minutes. Its 7-day average is 28 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 28 minutes, so today ranks #5 for the past month. We received 5 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 76% of the posted wait time.
Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid had an average wait time today of 32 minutes. Its 7-day average is 30 minutes, so today ranks #2 for this week. Its 30-day average is 26 minutes, so today ranks #3 for the past month. We received 4 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 55% of the posted wait time.
EPCOT Wait Times
EPCOT Wait Times 12-28-2020
How about spending your Monday with Jose, Panchito, and Donald? Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros had an average wait time today of 18 minutes. Its 7-day average is 9 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 9 minutes, so today ranks #1 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 10 minutes, so today ranks #16 for the past year.
Soarin’ had an average wait time today of 81 minutes. Its 7-day average is 39 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 42 minutes, so today ranks #1 for the past month. We received 6 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 57% of the posted wait time.
Spaceship Earth had an average wait time today of 40 minutes. Its 7-day average is 20 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 21 minutes, so today ranks #1 for the past month. We received 6 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 42% of the posted wait time.
Test Track had an average wait time today of 95 minutes. Its 7-day average is 63 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 64 minutes, so today ranks #1 for the past month. We received 4 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 38% of the posted wait time.
The Seas with Nemo & Friends had an average wait time today of 21 minutes. Its 7-day average is 9 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 11 minutes, so today ranks #1 for the past month. We received 4 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 23% of the posted wait time.
A trip to Arendelle will help with the Monday blues. Frozen Ever After had an average wait time today of 53 minutes. Its 7-day average is 28 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 62 minutes, so today ranks #19 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 58 minutes, so today ranks #148 for the past year.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios Wait Times
Hollywood Studios Wait Times 12-28-2020
Rocking out to Phish, or ABBA, or I guess Aerosmith will do on a Monday. Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith had an average wait time today of 49 minutes. Its 7-day average is 47 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 46 minutes, so today ranks #10 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 57 minutes, so today ranks #131 for the past year.
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror had an average wait time today of 67 minutes. Its 7-day average is 65 minutes, so today ranks #2 for this week. Its 30-day average is 60 minutes, so today ranks #4 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 58 minutes, so today ranks #60 for the past year. We received 5 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 88% of the posted wait time.
Toy Story Mania! had an average wait time today of 34 minutes. Its 7-day average is 36 minutes, so today ranks #3 for this week. Its 30-day average is 30 minutes, so today ranks #5 for the past month. We received 5 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 84% of the posted wait time.
Slinky Dog Dash had an average wait time today of 71 minutes. Its 7-day average is 65 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 65 minutes, so today ranks #10 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 70 minutes, so today ranks #108 for the past year. We received 4 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 72% of the posted wait time.
Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway had an average wait time today of 40 minutes. Its 7-day average is 41 minutes, so today ranks #3 for this week. Its 30-day average is 47 minutes, so today ranks #25 for the past month. We received 6 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 67% of the posted wait time.
Taking the Falcon for a spin is a great way to improve your Monday mood. Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run had an average wait time today of 65 minutes. Its 7-day average is 71 minutes, so today ranks #4 for this week. Its 30-day average is 62 minutes, so today ranks #11 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 60 minutes, so today ranks #79 for the past year.
Rise of the Resistance is having a pretty decent day of operations. A few hiccups this morning, but it did get an early start and it is fairly on pace with the last 7 days.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Wait Times
Animal Kingdom Wait Times 12-28-2020
DINOSAUR had an average wait time today of 71 minutes. Its 7-day average is 39 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 40 minutes, so today ranks #1 for the past month. We received 4 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 96% of the posted wait time.
Expedition Everest – Legend of the Forbidden Mountain had an average wait time today of 45 minutes. Its 7-day average is 28 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 31 minutes, so today ranks #2 for the past month. We received 9 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 63% of the posted wait time.
Seeing the incredible animals on safari definitely soothes the soul on a Monday. Kilimanjaro Safaris had an average wait time today of 34 minutes. Its 7-day average is 27 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 25 minutes, so today ranks #4 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 41 minutes, so today ranks #85 for the past year. We received 10 actual wait times today, and the actual wait averaged 44% of the posted wait time.
Na’vi River Journey had an average wait time today of 84 minutes. Its 7-day average is 60 minutes, so today ranks #1 for this week. Its 30-day average is 56 minutes, so today ranks #1 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 54 minutes, so today ranks #47 for the past year.
Avatar Flight of Passage had an average wait time today of 80 minutes. Its 7-day average is 61 minutes, so today ranks #2 for this week. Its 30-day average is 62 minutes, so today ranks #5 for the past month. Its 365-day average is 81 minutes, so today ranks #96 for the past year.
The California stay-at-home orders have been automatically extended. The previous order began December 6 and expired December 27. The order is based on intensive care unit (ICU) beds available in five regions defined by California. As of this writing, California has not issued a formal statement regarding the extension. The original order language indicated that the stay-at-home order would last at least three weeks. The order will only be lifted when ICU bed availability reaches at least 15%. Once triggered, […]
Looking for more dining options? You’re in luck because EPCOT has temporarily reopened one of its more popular locations! EPCOT Food News EPCOT is the foodie capital of Disney World, am I right? With so many amazing choices in the World Showcase along with the sustainable options in The Land, it can be hard to […]
If you have ever wondered about the magic and mastery behind Disney’s Magic Kingdom, then boy, do I have a book – and author! – for you! Tell Your Story The Walt Disney World Way teaches readers – and the characters therein – how Disney’s Imagineers communicate with their audience to tell their stories. The book […]
