Main Street Confectionery Cast Members at Magic Kingdom are the latest to switch to new costumes made of recyclable materials.
Main Street Confectionery Cast Member Costumes
The new costumes are mostly blue and yellow. One combination is a pinstriped blue top, a yellow vest, a yellow bowtie, and gray pants. The other combo is a blue dress with a yellow apron. All Confectionery Cast Members wear a yellow baker’s hat.
When in the kitchen, Confectionery Cast Members wear full white aprons. The old costumes were mostly yellow with white accents, as seen below.
All Main Street, U.S.A. Cast Members are getting new costumes made with “lightweight, breathable fabric” and recyclable materials. Cast Members at the Emporium, Crystal Arts, and the Magic Kingdom entrance have already made the switch.
Main Street, U.S.A. Cast aren’t the first to get new comfort-focused, environmentally-friendly costumes. PhotoPass photographers got new costumes in February 2023. When Journey of Water, Inspired by “Moana” opened at EPCOT last year, Disney introduced a new World Nature costume.
Finding the best shoes for Walt Disney World and Disneyland is difficult. In our pursuit of perfection, we’ve learned that there’s no one-size-fits-all ‘favorite’ footwear. Nevertheless, we’ve gained tons of experience and worn out dozens of soles at the parks and share our findings with you here. (Updated May 26, 2024.) Again, there is no […]
Disney Legend Richard M. Sherman passed away on May 25, 2024 due to age-related illness. He was 95 years old. One of the most prolific composer-lyricists in history and a key member of Walt Disney’s inner circle of creative talents, Richard garnered nine Academy Award nominations, won three GRAMMY Awards, and received 24 gold and […]
Many celebrities, Imagineers, animators, and, of course, Walt himself have touched our hearts over the 100 years of the Walt Disney Company. However, there is one duo who may have impacted many Disney fans more than we even realize. Music is the heart of a movie. It can make you laugh, cry, or even feel scared. Sadly, one Disney legend, whose music has reached us since the beginning, has passed away.
Richard M. Sherman was the brother of Robert B. Sherman, but the two were probably best known simply as The Sherman Brothers. The Sherman Brothers were the songwriters of MANY wonderful Disney films, but are especially known for their work on Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, and even the ever-popular song “it’s a small world.”
Sadly, Richard Sherman passed away on Saturday, May 25th at the age of 95. He died of an age-related illness. Richard Sherman and his brother (who passed away in 2012) received several Oscars, Grammy awards, and gold and platinum albums over the course of their careers. They were commonly known for working and creating songs directly with Walt Disney, often playing and singing together in his office. Until Richard’s passing, he was the only person left who was still allowed to play Walt’s piano.
Walt Disney’s piano
If Walt ever had a bad day or a bad week, Richard would visit him in his office and Walt would simply say, “Play it,” and Sherman knew what to do. Sherman would play Walt’s favorite song “Feed the Birds” while Walt sat and stared out the window and listened.
CEO Bob Iger stated, “Richard Sherman was the embodiment of what it means to be a Disney Legend, creating along with his brother Robert the beloved classics that have become a cherished part of the soundtrack of our lives. From films like Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book to attractions like ‘it’s a small world,’ the music of the Sherman Brothers has captured the hearts of generations of audiences. We are forever grateful for the mark Richard left on the world, and we extend our deepest condolences to his family.”
Pete Docter, the Chief Creative Officer at Pixar Animation Studios, shared, “You don’t get songs like ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’ without a genuine love of life, which Richard passed on to everyone lucky enough to be around him. Even in his 90s, he had more energy and enthusiasm than anyone, and I always left renewed by Richard’s infectious joy for life.”
Richard is survived by his wife of 66 years, Elizabeth; son Gregory and grandsons William and Matthew; daughter Victoria Wolf, son-in-law Doug Wolf, and grandchildren Mandy and Anthony. He is also survived by his daughter from a previous marriage, Lynda Rothstein, as well as her two children and three grandchildren. The life of Richard Sherman will be remembered for many generations to come, and we thank him for his timeless gift to all of us. His family is in our thoughts.
We’ve been checking out Disney’s H2O Glow After Hours event at the Typhoon Lagoon water park, and there’s a lot to do! You can hop on rides with shorter-than-usual wait times, meet characters, and visit the DJ dance party. But you’re bound to get hungry doing all of that partying, so let’s check out some of the food at this event!
The H2O Glow After Hours Event takes place on select nights from May 25th through August 31st. It runs from 8PM to 11PM, but if you have a ticket, you can enter the park a little before the event, at 6PM. Tickets cost $75 or $85 (depending on the date), and Annual Passholders and Disney Vacation Club Members get a $15 discount.
H2O Glow Nights at Typhoon Lagoon
At H2O Glow Night, you can get some snacks for FREE, including ice cream treats, popcorn, and some drinks. To find the snack carts with the free snacks, check the event guide map that you can grab at the front of the park when you arrive.
You’ll find popcorn and novelty items at the following locations.
Fred’s Scuba Shop
Happy Landings
Lowtide Lou’s
Tropical Amity Outpost
Complimentary soft drinks are available at the following locations.
Leaning Palms
Lowtide Lou’s
Snack Shack
Surf Doggies
Tropical Amity Outpost
Leaning Palms
However, the free treats aren’t the only eats available. Some of the restaurants inside Typhoon Lagoon are open during H2O Glow Night, and they added some specialty menu items just for the event!
We stopped by the Snack Shack for the Bathtub Float! It has DOLE whip pineapple and strawberry, green matcha tea soft-serve, and Sprite topped with whipped cream, popping boba pearls, cherries, and blue simple syrup in a souvenir bathtub. All food should come served in a bathtub, right?! You can pick up this snack for $16.49.
This is our official petition to get more food in bathtub form!
Bathtub Float — $16.49 DOLE Whip Pineapple and Strawberry, Green Matcha Tea Soft-serve, and Sprite topped with Whipped Cream, Popping Boba Pearls, Cherries, and Blue Simple Syrup in a souvenir Bathtub pic.twitter.com/t002kbTrXI
To our surprise, we thought the strawberry and the matcha soft-serves were creamier than the pineapple DOLE whip in this float! The Sprite ends up getting mixed with the blue raspberry syrup, so it’s like a blue raspberry soda! However, it’s at the very bottom of the bathtub and very hard to get to unless you’re willing to dig through it or wait until half of your ice cream melts off first. Overall, it’s a pretty messy treat. Unless you eat it super fast, everything melts over the edges of the tub. But don’t let that deter you!
Bathtub Float
It’s a LOT of flavor in your mouth between the popping Boba and all the different ice cream flavor combinations. It is very sweet, so be sure that you’re ready for something really sweet here.
Next up, is the Large Strawberry-Green Matcha Swirl Cone, also at Snack Shack! This is a new treat that is a waffle cone with DOLE whip strawberry and green matcha tea soft-serve topped with assorted candy. It is $6.29!
This is a MELTY one y’all (rip little gummy fish)
Large Strawberry-Green Matcha Swirl Cone — $6.29 Oversized Waffle Cone with DOLE Whip Strawberry and Green Matcha Tea Soft-serve topped with Assorted Candy pic.twitter.com/hLaTLlvxiU
This is the same strawberry and matcha DOLE whip as was in the Bathtub Float, along with two strawberry Pocky sticks, and fish gummy candies (like Swedish Fish). This is definitely more of a kid’s treat. Again it’s super messy and melts really quickly. We also noticed that the fish seem to swim right off, so we suggest eating them right away! Even though it’s messy, this is a tasty treat. We really liked the strawberry and matcha combination. It’s a light matcha flavor, that’s not very strong. Overall, we enjoyed this treat and it was a fun, special dessert for the event!
Strawberry Matcha Swirl Cone
Next up, Spiced Chicken Strip Waffle Wrap at Typhoon Tilly’s for $11.79! This is another new treat, and we were so excited to try it. I mean it’s chicken and waffles with BACON. Yum! You get sriracha and maple-spiced chicken strips with bacon wrapped in a specialty waffle with a side of coleslaw.
Here’s our next treat from H2O Glow!
Spiced Chicken Strip Waffle Wrap — $11.79 Sriracha and Maple-spiced Chicken Strips with Bacon and Coleslaw wrapped in a Specialty Waffle pic.twitter.com/79Hq0IP2YQ
The waffle has a hint of maple flavoring, and it’s like a longer fried bubble waffle, which we thought was unique. It’s a cool spin on sweet and spicy chicken and waffles, and the candied bacon is crispy and delicious. The bacon is a bit harder because it has been candied. The chicken is covered in like a sweet sriracha sauce, which at first tastes sweet until the heat hits you after a few seconds. It’s got a little bit of a bite to it. The coleslaw is fine but nothing special.
Spiced Chicken Strip Waffle Wrap
Finally, we stopped over at Leaning Palms for the all-new items! We grabbed the DOLE Whip pineapple hard cider float for $12.49 and the Jalapeño Popper Burger for $14.79.
Next up from H2O Glow After Hours:
DOLE Whip Pineapple Hard Cider Float — $12.49 with Caribé Pineapple Hard Cider
Jalapeño Popper Burger — $14.79 Angus Bacon Cheeseburger topped with Pepper Jam, Cream Cheese Spread, an Onion Ring, and Jalapeño Poppers pic.twitter.com/EOSiF2YVJn
First up, the burger! This one is a sweet burger, surprisingly! The bacon had a sweet coating, but it was crispy and chewy. The burger was good, but certainly not the best Disney World burger. The meat patty was thin, but the sauce and cheese helped it out. The jalapeño poppers are the star of this show! They’re hot and honestly, if they had served them by themselves we would’ve preferred just those.
Jalapeño Popper Burger and fries
Finally, the DOLE Whip pineapple hard cider float! This is a pretty heavy pairing. It’s basically a boozy DOLE Whip Float but we almost prefer the bubbly hard cider to the rum version. It’s closer to a true float with soda. It’s very pineapple, so if you don’t like pineapple, we don’t recommend this. We also noticed that the cider isn’t very strong.
DOLE Whip Pineapple Hard Cider Float
During H2O Glow Night, you can get on some popular rides with lower wait times because the capacity of the park is reduced during the party. Here’s a list of all the rides that are open during the party:
Bay Slides
Castaway Creek
Crush ‘n’ Gusher
Gangplank Falls
Humunga Kowabunga
Mayday Falls
Miss Adventure Falls
Storm Slides
Typhoon Lagoon Surf Pool
Typhoon Lagoon
Don’t forget to stop by the DJ dance party, too! Stay tuned to DFB for more updates on the latest Disney news.
Oh boy, planning a Disney trip can be quite the adventure, and we totally get it! But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE Disney vacation.
Whether you’re a rookie or a seasoned pro, our insider tips and tricks will have you exploring the parks like never before. So come along with us, and get planning your most magical vacation ever!
Are you going to Disney’s H2O Glow After Hours event? Let us know in the comments!
Disclosure: In nearly all circumstances, Disney Food Blog writers and photographers pay full price for their own travel, hotel, food, beverage, and event tickets. We do this because it’s important to us as journalists to ensure not only that we give you unbiased opinions, but also that you can trust us to do so since we’re paying our own way. On rare occasions, when we are invited by a company to attend a preview as media, and when we choose to accept that invitation, we will always make you, our readers, aware of that situation. Today, we were invited by Disney World to attend their media preview of Disney H2O Glow After Hours at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon. Note that when we attend events as media we are 1) Not required to review that event/food on any of our channels, and 2) Not required to review that event/food favorably. You can always count on DFB to give you a 100% unbiased and honest review of any event that we attend, food that we eat, or beverage that we drink. You can see more in our Disclosure Policy. Thank you for reading. — AJ
We love experiencing after-hours events in the Disney World parks, but H2O Glow After Hours nights can’t be forgotten about! This year, this special event is taking place on select nights in Typhoon Lagoon from May 25th-August 31st, 2024. How much is there to experience at one water park though? We’re here to show it ALL to you!
While ticket holders for this event can enter at 6PM (entering any earlier means you will also need a daytime ticket to the water park), the actual event runs from 8PM-11PM. Not only will you get to experience the park at night and ride its many attractions with little to no waits, but you’ll get to take advantage of tons of exclusive add-ons as well!
Hi from Typhoon Lagoon! We’re here tonight for H2O Glow After Hours! Stay tuned to see everything we get up to (including some NEW food items)! pic.twitter.com/FEoIqEcUqE
Looking to jam out to some music? A DJ will be spinning tunes all night with some of your favorite Disney characters! Be on the lookout for Goofy, Chip and Dale, and even Phineas and Ferb (for the first time ever).
You’ll find Goofy, Chip, and Dale near the DJ, while Phineas and Ferb will meet you at Getaway Glen!
Food & Drinks
Ice cream novelties, popcorn, and select fountain beverages are also available FOR FREE throughout the whole night! Yes, that means it’s totally unlimited, so have all the treats you’d like.
Lowtide Lou’s
You’ll find popcorn and novelty items at the following locations.
Fred’s Scuba Shop
Happy Landings
Lowtide Lou’s
Tropical Amity Outpost
Complimentary soft drinks are available at the following locations.
Leaning Palms
Lowtide Lou’s
Snack Shack
Surf Doggies
Tropical Amity Outpost
Leaning Palms
However, additional snacks and offerings will be available for purchase throughout the night as well. At several locations around the water park, you’ll find tasty, exclusive snacks!
Snack Locations
From ice cream in bathtubs…
This is our official petition to get more food in bathtub form!
Bathtub Float — $16.49 DOLE Whip Pineapple and Strawberry, Green Matcha Tea Soft-serve, and Sprite topped with Whipped Cream, Popping Boba Pearls, Cherries, and Blue Simple Syrup in a souvenir Bathtub pic.twitter.com/t002kbTrXI
Large Strawberry-Green Matcha Swirl Cone — $6.29 Oversized Waffle Cone with DOLE Whip Strawberry and Green Matcha Tea Soft-serve topped with Assorted Candy pic.twitter.com/hLaTLlvxiU
…to chicken and waffles, you’ll find lots to snack on throughout the event!
Here’s our next treat from H2O Glow!
Spiced Chicken Strip Waffle Wrap — $11.79 Sriracha and Maple-spiced Chicken Strips with Bacon and Coleslaw wrapped in a Specialty Waffle pic.twitter.com/79Hq0IP2YQ
Many of the popular attractions at Typhoon Lagoon will be open during this special event, including the following:
Bay Slides
Castaway Creek
Crush ‘n’ Gusher
Gangplank Falls
Humunga Kowabunga
Mayday Falls
Miss Adventure Falls
Storm Slides
Typhoon Lagoon Surf Pool
Castaway Creek at Typhoon Lagoon
If you’ve always wanted to experience this water park with much lower wait times than normal, and without the beating sun glaring down on you the whole time, buying a ticket for this special event may be perfect! Tickets are $75 -$85 for regular park guests and $60-$70 for Disney Vacation Club Members and Annual Passholders. Be sure to grab them soon so your preferred date doesn’t sell out!
Oh boy, planning a Disney trip can be quite the adventure, and we totally get it! But fear not, dear friends, we compiled EVERYTHING you need (and the things to avoid!) to plan the ULTIMATE Disney vacation.
Whether you’re a rookie or a seasoned pro, our insider tips and tricks will have you exploring the parks like never before. So come along with us, and get planning your most magical vacation ever!
Would you attend this after-hours event? Tell us in the comments! Disclosure: In nearly all circumstances, Disney Food Blog writers and photographers pay full price for their own travel, hotel, food, beverage, and event tickets. We do this because it’s important to us as journalists to ensure not only that we give you unbiased opinions, but also that you can trust us to do so since we’re paying our own way. On rare occasions, when we are invited by a company to attend a preview as media, and when we choose to accept that invitation, we will always make you, our readers, aware of that situation. Today, we were invited by Disney World to attend their media preview of H2O Glow Nights at Typhoon Lagoon. Note that when we attend events as media we are 1) Not required to review that event/food on any of our channels, and 2) Not required to review that event/food favorably. You can always count on DFB to give you a 100% unbiased and honest review of any event that we attend, food that we eat, or beverage that we drink. You can see more in our Disclosure Policy. Thank you for reading. — AJ
It may not come as a surprise when we say that we LOVE shopping over here at DFB, but we love to do it most when there’s A GREAT SALE!
Let’s go shopping!
We looked all over Amazon to bring you the Disney items with the best sales because a little retail therapy doesn’t hurt, especially when you shopped a good deal.
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What time (almost) is it? Summertime! And there’s no better place to have fun in the Summer than the pool and how cute is this Mickey Mouse Float to bring with you? Float in style with this adorable tube that includes Mickey’s iconic pants design and his adorable little ears.
My personal favorite on this list, this 7 piece full bed set is so fun and a great way to bring that Disney magic home. The set come set comes with a comforter, 2 shams, a fitted sheet, and 2 standard pillowcases.
We love fun hair accessories to step up our looks for the parks and this Minnie Mouse Hair Set is too cute to pass up! It comes with a sequined headband, a scrunchie, and a hair clip all featuring Minnie Mouse’s classic bow and ears.
This Luggage ID Tag Set comes with 4 tags featuring some popular Star Wars characters. These are so fun and perfect for traveling so you know exactly which luggage is who’s while also repping your love for Star Wars.
We LOVE these dazzling Micky Mouse Hoop Earrings.Crafted from sterling silver and adorned with sparkling clear cubic zirconias, these hoops are so chic! Whether you’re treating yourself or surprising a loved one, the earrings come packed inside of a Disney gift box, making them the perfect choice for any occasion.
We have not gotten over the Squishmallows fever (they are just soooo soft!) and this Bluey HugMees is the perfect addition to any Squishmallow collection. But this is not the only Squishmallow on sale right now!
These are some of the amazing deals you can find right now on Amazon. Stay tuned with us as we give you all the best deals as well as the latest on Disney news!
Spiced Chicken Strip Waffle Wrap — $11.79
from Typhoon Lagoon! We’re here tonight for H2O Glow After Hours! Stay tuned to see everything we get up to (including some NEW food items)! 
