Disney is brewing tasty, spooky treats for the Halfway to Halloween takeover. Check out where you can find them along with printable recipes. Check out Disney’s fall pumpkin and apple recipes. First, check out Disney villain-inspired deviled dragon eggs and a delicious, healthful smoothie. Then, be on the lookout for limited treats available at the Downtown […]
With all of today’s Halloween announcements, Disney is now previewing some ghoulishly cool new merchandise items coming soon to Disney Parks. NuiMOs will step up their style with some trendy new outfits themed to the upcoming new live action film from Walt Disney Studios, “Cruella.” These will be released in June. You may have 999 Haunted Mansion-themed items, but there’s always room for one more! Check out some swag from an all-new Haunted Mansion collection coming to shopDisney.com, Walt Disney […]
Last week, we updated you on some new merchandise that had arrived featuring Mr. DNA and some dinos, but even more has been unearthed in Jurassic Park at Universal’s Islands of Adventure. Jurassic World Tropical Tie-Dye Tank – $38 This shirt is an addition to the tropical line that arrived last week. “Blue” Raptor Tank – $23 This tank features everyone’s favorite Velociraptor, Blue! T-Rex Snapback Baseball Cap – $22 Camp Cretaceous Youth Camp Shirt – $28 This shirt is […]
Halloween is one of our favorite holidays here at Disney, and I’m already getting so excited to celebrate because we are now #HalfwaytoHalloween! It’s the perfect time for a “shriek peek” at some exciting new products that are coming soon, and some that you can even snag right now!
We certainly are — and it seems like Disney is, too! Today kicks off their #HalfwaytoHalloween celebration, filled with special treats and spooky surprises. And it may still be early, but Disney’s already rollin’ out the fun with an announcement about a NEW Halloween special coming to Disney+!
For fans of the Haunted Mansion AND the Muppets, you’re getting the crossover you never knew you needed: Muppets Haunted Mansion!
And if you just can’t get enough Muppets, you can enjoy a special look behind-the-scenes at the Haunted Mansion in Disney World and Disneyland, Phantom Manor at Disneyland Paris, or Mystic Manor at Hong Kong Disneyland — all led by the Muppets’ very own Uncle Deadly!
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Disney Parks are the place to be when celebrating!
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Whether it’s a major holiday like Christmas, or it’s a holiday that only super fans know about like Adventureland Day, there are SO many ways to celebrate in the parks! If you are a fan of Halloween, Disney has some NEW celebrations to celebrate Halfway to Halloween!
Starting today, May 7th, Disney is releasing some limited-time food and drinks to honor the spooky holiday!
If you’re headed to Disney World around this time, you’ll want to visit Gideon’s Bakehouse in Disney Springs for the brand new Gideon’s Hand Pies! The pies include a handmade Gideon’s Bakehouse Chocolate Chip Cookie baked inside a flaky and buttery pie crust. These are limited to two per person, and will be available May 10th-12th while supplies last!
For more chocolatey treats, head to The Ganachery in Disney Springs for the Cauldron Cocoa Bomb! The treat is made of a dark chocolate cauldron that’s filled with hot cocoa mix and green marshmallows and topped with an edible image of the Sanderson sisters and a chocolate broom stirrer. You can grab this from May 10th-12th as well! But you will need to tune into the Disney Parks TikTok tomorrow, May 8, to get the secret code to order!
If you’re visiting Disneyland at this time, don’t worry! Black Tap Craft Burgers & Shakes at Downtown Disney is offering a twist on a classic fall treat — the Classic Pumpkin Pie Shake! This is Black Tap’s take on fall flavors with a pumpkin pie shake topped with whipped cream, graham cracker crumbles, and a cherry. The shake is available for a limited-time from May 7th-9th.
Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, which typically takes place at Magic Kingdom in Disney World from around August to early November, has officially been canceled for 2021.
We’re dying with excitement to see what this year’s Halloween After Hours Event has in store, and we want to make sure YOU have the very best time during your trip! (You deserve it!) A fall visit to Disney World can be full of spooky fun, but making sure it all goes smoothly can be…kind of spooky, too. This is where we come in! ( ← A friendly ghost is here to help! Spoiler alert: it’s us!)
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2021’s theme park season is officially in full swing now that all the major locations in Southern California are available to guests. The last of these destinations to open is Buena Park’s beloved Knott’s Berry Farm, which opened on Thursday for the first of its season passholder preview days before the park’s official reopening on […]
We are celebrating halfway to Halloween and the ghoulish news just keeps coming in. Find out the newest Haunted Mansion show that will be streaming on Disney+. There’s no turning back now! Big Half-Way To Halloween News This morning we learned that Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween will be cancelled this year. No need to […]
A Disney Mother’s Day is often celebrated with a day in the parks. Families eat with mom at Disney Springs or share specialty desserts, enjoying this beautiful day together.
At home, we can buy mom a special Disney item and enjoy a Disney-themed day. Disney+ offers movies where you can find a small handful of fictional moms like Kanga, Eudora, Perdita, and Helen Parr.
I struggle, however, to find quality moms in Disney movies because they are frequently characters who are dead, absent, or depicted as unkind, malicious or abusive. Disney rarely creates mom characters who are authentic, human and present.
In the real world, they are easy to find because we’re searching for true, actual mothers not found on Disney screens, but in the Disney parks; they are you. Mother knows best…
Renee Beauregard Lute’s article, “Devices in the Disney Parks: the Kids are Alright” goes beyond the glares directed toward mothers who offer their children devices in the parks. It is the core of how mothers are judged at a universal level for their parenting. Mother knows best. You know best.
The most valuable way to celebrate a Disney Mother’s Day is treating all mothers on a daily basis with respect and support in the parks. Judgment should have no place in our family parks. Moms are not robots, we are not perfect, and we are not Mary Poppins. Mary was not a mom! She blew in and out like the wind; she didn’t stay. “Practically Perfect” is an unattainable Hollywood fallacy, a fantasy. Mother knows best, not Mary.
Moms are in Disney fishbowls when they step foot on property, their parenting skills on public display. Let’s treat moms with empathy and show a nod of encouragement in more difficult times in the parks, not looks of shaming, and sometimes even publicly humiliation, on social media.
Fellow moms with small children, those who spend time in Disney parks, those mothers of special needs children who advocate for their children’s rights and needs, moms who juggle work and play, and every mom who has parented through Zoom school and their child’s pandemic anxiety, take a bow and enjoy your day. Do not explain why you gave your child a device in the parks, do not defend your parenting skills to those who judge, because you, mother, you, know best.
You are amazing, you are real, you are human; be proud of the work you do as you parent in moments of triumph and challenge. Go to those parks and be yourselves, because you are awesome! Happy Mother’s Day!