Originally making its debut in October of 2021, the third season of Big City Greens has taken us from Big City to the rural town of Smalton, AKA “The Country” where the Greens had come from. We’ve seen episodes go deep, or keep the fun simple in premise and hilarious in delivery. All the episodes are […]
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At Mickey’s Toontown in Disneyland Park, you can have a “perfect picnic” with a souvenir basket and picnic blanket available at Good Boy! Grocers. But if you want a larger and nicer picnic blanket, you can head to EngineEAR Souvenirs. A water game toy inspired by Donald’s Boat is also available in the gift shop, perfect for kids to play with at your picnic.
This more padded picnic blanket comes rolled up with a red handle and straps.
It’s 66 in. x 66 in. or 168 cm. x 168 cm.
The blanket has a red and white gingham pattern, with a train track around the edge. Different scenes from Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway are represented with images of Mickey and Minnie.
At the center is a dark rectangle, with Mickey, Minnie, and Pluto in their red car on the center. Chuuby flies next to them, and images of Daisy, Goofy, Donald, and Pete are framed around them. The Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway is below the car, while “Let’s get that runaway train!” is on a banner above.
This game is for kids three and up. It’s a water tank, with a lid and base that resemble Donald’s Boat.
The water tank can be filled up at home.
The pinball-like game has you shooting rings and stars into basketball hoops using buttons to activate bubbles.
The game is inspired by the new interactive elements of Donald’s Boat at Donald’s Duck Pond.
Check out more Mickey’s Toontown merchandise.
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As you’re planning your upcoming Disney World vacation, you may want to consider what could go WRONG during the trip. Maybe it’ll start to thunderstorm while you’re in Magic Kingdom (click here to find out what you’ll need to survive that scenario). Maybe your kiddo will decide to have a tantrum in the middle of the park (we’ve been there — find some tips here!). Or maybe your favorite ride will be CLOSED.
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster
Disney will occasionally close rides and attractions in the parks for routine refurbishments, and those closures can last a few months at least. To be prepared for your upcoming vacation, check out everything that’s going to be closed in Disney World next week here!
Splash Mountain closed on January 23rd for a long refurbishment. The ride is being re-themed to become Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, with a Princess and the Frog theme.
Concept Art for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure ©Disney
The new ride will reopen sometime in late 2024. We’ll be watching for more updates on the reopening timeline. If you miss Splash Mountain or want to celebrate the new ride, you should check out our DFB t-shirts! We have a Splash Mountain Farwell Tour shirt…
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For a while, we have been watching the refurbishment of the Tomorrowland Light & Power Co building. This building has previously been used as the Space Mountain gift shop. Recently, we saw a change to the front of the store when a new mural was added.
Tomorrowland Launch Depot
Disney announced that the Tomorrowland Light & Power Co will be renamed Tomorrowland Launch Depot. The store will open on April 4th along with TRON Lightcycle / Run! Here you can see photos of the new sign completed.
The details
The Tomorrowland Launch Depot will be home to the new interactive experience called TRON Identity Program. Guests will be able to customize a “Program” action figure that looks and sounds like you and an identity chip that will interact with other merchandise as well! This is similar to the Avatar Maker found in Pandora at Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
©Disney
We’ve also spotted some TRON merchandise inside this store, although another shop will be opening in Tomorrowland with even more merchandise for the new ride. The new store will be located across from Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor.
The popular Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster ride closed on February 21st for a long refurbishment.
Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster is closed
So far Disney hasn’t announced specifically when it will reopen, but we know it’ll be sometime in the summer of 2023.
This Little Mermaid-themed stage show has been closed in Disney’s Hollywood Studios for a long time now.
Voyage of the Little Mermaid
Disney hasn’t announced when or if the Voyage of the Little Mermaid will reopen.
Cool Wash temporarily had a new sign that re-named the spot “Refreshment Station,” but that sign was later removed. However, it looks like the sign is back now! The snack kiosk is still closed and blocked off by several plants. Disney hasn’t announced when Cool Wash (sorry, Refreshment Station) will reopen, but we’ll watch for any changes.
Refreshment Station
Don’t forget that the Flower & Garden Festival is going on in EPCOT right now as well! Click here to check out our NEW tees that are perfect for a trip to the festival.
Get ready for Flower and Garden fest with these new shirts!
You can choose from a variety of colors for our Flower & Garden tees.
Narcoossee’s is an upscale seafood restaurant at the Grand Floridian, and it’s been closed for several months now.
©Disney | Check out this Ocean-Inspired Charcuterie Board!
This restaurant will reopen THIS WEEK, on April 1st, 2023, with an “enhanced dining experience.” You can check out the full menu (with prices) here, and reservations are open now.
A few pools and a pool bar are currently closed at Saratoga Springs. The High Rock Spring Pool, On the Rocks Pool Bar, and the leisure pool at Treehouse Villas are all going to be closed through late March 2023, so they could reopen sometime this coming week!
Saratoga Springs Pool Closure
Disney notes on the website that the Grandstand Pool, Paddock Pool, and Congress Park Pool all remain open for guests to use during the closures.
Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park has officially reopened, but now the other water park, Blizzard Beach, has closed for refurbishment.
Chairlift to Summit Plummet
Be sure to check the My Disney Experience app for updates!
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It’s been a couple years since Encanto took the world by storm, but it’s still SUPER popular.
”Encanto’ topiary at EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival
There are talks of bringing an Encanto attraction to Disney Parks. We’ve seen a LOT of Encanto-inspired food (and we’re not mad about it!). There are Encanto topiaries at this year’s EPCOT Flower & Garden Festival. We also recently got the news that Mirabel would be meeting guests in Disney World soon in her very own Encanto-themed location. Now, we’ve found what could be a MUST-HAVE for fans of the movie!
We were in Disney’s Hollywood Studios today and spotted a brand new Encanto Loungefly — and it’s dedicated to the most shunned member of the Madrigal family, Bruno. Poor Bruno! It’s a Bruno Loungefly Fanny Pack and it even says “We don’t talk about Bruno” on it (and we bet you’re singing that now, right? #sorrynotsorry).
We DO talk about this bag
Check out this detail, though. It’s got rats along its back, just like in the song. We love when Loungefly bags have that kind of cute attention to detail. “When he calls your name, it all fades to black…”
Rats along his back…
We found this adorable bag at Once Upon A Time in Hollywood Studios for $65. If you’re more of a fanny pack person than a backpack person, this could be the perfect thing to carry your park essentials in (especially if you love Encanto and Bruno!).
If you want to do some shopping — and maybe stock up on some things to wear for your next Disney World visit, have you checked out our DFB exclusive graphic tees and merch?
DFB Ready to Ride shirts
It’s super fun stuff to wear to the parks, or to rep your happy place at the grocery store! Click here to visit the DFB Merch Store!
With more than 900 pages, the 2023 DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining is full of tips and planning tools developed by Disney World experts over 30+ years of visits. We’ve done the research for you, so you’ll know just which spots will uniquely suit your family’s needs!
You’ll get a Reference Guide, a 101 Plan, and a Printables and Resources Guide! With mini-reviews of every single restaurant, bar, lounge, kiosk and more; an entire chapter on the best snacks in Disney World; full Disney Dining Plan analysis; and a full chapter on discounts and deals; you’ll have everything you need to plan your best vacation yet.
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Donnie Dunagan, the voice of the titular character in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 1942 hit classic Bambi, visited the Fab 50 Character Collection at Walt Disney World recently, including the statue of his own character. The Disney Parks Blog shared a look at Dunagan’s recent visit to Walt Disney World. The Fab 50 Character Collection statue of […]
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The Dunk or Flunk basketball game has been removed from Springfield, U.S.A.: Home of The Simpsons in Universal Studios Florida.
The game was previously just outside of The Simpsons Ride. Now there are just two blue construction boxes.
This change comes just two months after construction walls were erected around the front of the attraction, which remains open.
But no worries — a different Simpsons-themed basketball game has been installed nearby where the “Sledgehomer” game was formerly located.
Simpsons plush and pillows are available as prizes.
Do you play basketball games during your theme park visits? Let us know in the comments.
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A new limited edition Easter 2023 pin featuring Minnie Mouse in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle is now available at Disneyland Resort.
The backing card resembles a basket, and the pin is egg-shaped. Minnie is holding up an egg decorated with her color scheme and polka dots. Pink and white flowers grow in the grass around her and there are sparkles above the castle behind her.
It has a limited edition size of 3,000. We found it in Tomorrowlanding at Disneyland Park.
Check out a full list of 2023 Easter treats available throughout Disneyland Resort and read our review of this year’s Peanut Butter Fudge and Chocolate Cream Fudge-flavored Easter eggs.
Disneyland Resort guests can also celebrate Easter with the Eggstravaganza Easter Egg Hunt at Downtown Disney District and at Disneyland Park.
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With “Sins of Sinister” coming to its unnatural end, Marvel has shared a first look at the upcoming “Sins of Sinister: Dominion #1.” In Kieron Gillen, Lucas Werneck, and Paco Medina’s “Sins of Sinister: Dominion (2023) #1,” a thousand years have passed since Mister Sinister launched the plan that would transform the universe in his image. Now, seven trillion […]
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Store your food in style with new Orange Bird Tupperware containers available for the 2023 EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival. The buckets come in two sizes and can be purchased in Creations Shop.
Both buckets are transparent on the bottom and frosted around the sides with an orange lid. They also both feature the logo for EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival 2023 in orange letters with yellow flowers around it.
On the other side of the larger container is an image of Orange Bird on a vine swing.
A yellow-ish cloud is behind him.
The smaller container is mostly the same design.
Instead of Orange Bird on the swing, it has an image of Orange Bird sitting on a Mickey-shaped patch of grass with rain and a rainbow above him.
Will you be using this Orange Bird Tupperware at home? Let us know in the comments!
Check out more Orange Bird merchandise from EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival.
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It’s about time for another holiday in Disney World — that’s right Easter is coming up!
We LOVE Donald
We’re getting ready to buy cute Easter merchandise, hunt down Easter eggs in EPCOT, as well as eat our way around all the Easter snacks coming to Disney World. Speaking of which, we found what might be the BEST looking Easter snack we’ve ever seen.
So this is the Donald Duck Chocolate Easter Egg — and even if you didn’t know its name, you can tell EXACTLY who it’s designed to look like. It’s got Donald’s classic outfit plus his little hat! HIS LITTLE HAT, y’all.
DONALD
This egg is also HUMONGOUS. But we had to eat it because it’s also CHOCOLATE. The egg itself is white chocolate, but the details are done in blue and yellow fondant with a red chocolate bow. The Happy Easter sign is also white chocolate.
Those details, though
Here’s the thing: this egg is AMAZING to look at because it’s iconic Donald Duck. It’s also sturdier than a lot of chocolate items — it didn’t melt in the sun on us and the mold stays firm. The taste is pure white chocolate (and we know not everyone loves that, so be warned). The fondant, though, tastes like we imagine Play-Doh would taste — it’s safe to say we were not fans of that part.
BUT…it didn’t taste great
There isn’t a LOT of flavor with this thing, though, but it is a MUST if you want an Easter treat to post on Instagram. It’s just not GREAT for eating. And for $25.99, it may not be worth it. But still, it made us smile every time we looked at it, so maybe it was worth it after all. You can grab it at Beach Club Marketplace at Disney’s Beach Club Resort.
WE KNOW – there are SO many great snacks at Disney World! How do you choose (we don’t want to choose but will blow our budget on Day 1 otherwise)? We’ve got you covered! We have reviewed nearly EVERY snack available at Disney World, and we’ve written a series of DFB Guides about them!
DFB Guide and Snacks Bundle
Check out our DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining + Snacks Bundle for all the details you need to plan your snackin’ and spending. You can even download them to your smartphone – it’ll be like we’re right there with you in the parks!
With more than 900 pages, the 2023 DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining is full of tips and planning tools developed by Disney World experts over 30+ years of visits. We’ve done the research for you, so you’ll know just which spots will uniquely suit your family’s needs!
You’ll get a Reference Guide, a 101 Plan, and a Printables and Resources Guide! With mini-reviews of every single restaurant, bar, lounge, kiosk and more; an entire chapter on the best snacks in Disney World; full Disney Dining Plan analysis; and a full chapter on discounts and deals; you’ll have everything you need to plan your best vacation yet.
Click here to order your copy of the 2023 DFB Guide to Walt Disney World Dining E-book with code WDW2023 to save 25% off the cover price today!
Our guides are backed by a 100% money-back guarantee, so you have nothing to lose.
What do you think of this Donald egg? Let us know in the comments!
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