Month: May 2024

Disney Store Gets Special Early Release of “Disney Lorcana: Ursula’s Return”

Are you ready Illumineers? A new chapter in Disney Lorcana is about to be told as the fourth expansion—Ursula’s Return—makes its debut on May 17th. Typically, Disney Store gets the game when mass retailers do, but this time, they’re included with the initial wave of sellers. Select products will be available during this special early limited […]

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New ‘Mardi Gras Season’ Posters Added to Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Construction Walls at Magic Kingdom

New “Mardi Gras Season” posters have been added to the Tiana’s Bayou Adventure construction walls at Magic Kingdom, joining Southern Dome Salt Company stamps, Tiana’s Foods signs, Tiana’s Foods advertisements, and a Louis photo op.

Mardi Gras Season Posters

A wooden Frontierland building under a cloudy sky, with a construction barrier featuring various posters for Tiana's Bayou Adventure in front. Two people with umbrellas can be seen near the entrance on the right.

The new posters are at multiple spots along the construction walls, including around the attraction’s future entrance under the Frontierland train station.

A wooden fence with a "Restrooms" sign and multiple colorful posters advertising "Mardi Gras Season." A lantern is mounted on the fence.

The posters are mostly purple, with touches of yellow and green — the colors of Mardi Gras. They read:

Celebrate Mardi Gras Season

Everybody’s Welcome!

At the home of New Orleans royalty — Princess Tiana & Prince Naveen

Poster promoting Mardi Gras season featuring illustrations of people playing instruments and dancing, with the text "Celebrate Mardi Gras Season, Everybody's Welcome!" and event details at the bottom.

The image on the poster depicts a band comprised of a banjo player, a drummer, a tambourine player, a trombone player, a bass player, and another singer. Palm trees are silhouetted around the border with hands holding jazz instruments.

Posters on a wall promoting Mardi Gras season with an illustration of musicians and dancers against a purple background.

Mardi Gras is usually celebrated in February or March every year, marking the end of the Carnival festival season. Though Mardi Gras has already passed this year, the holiday will be celebrated year-round on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.

More Tiana’s Bayou Adventure News

Construction site with various posters on a wooden fence, featuring a rocky mountain structure in the background. The ground is wet, indicating recent rain.

While visiting Magic Kingdom on Friday, we also heard music playing from the attraction. “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” was audible behind construction walls. Guests have heard this song testing at the attraction before.

A construction wall with various posters stands in front of a large, green, hill-like structure with plants. A water tower with "Tiana's Foods" sign is visible in the background.

Hear the song in our video below.

A view of a whimsical, colorful building and a garden area with trees and several blue umbrellas. There is also a green construction lift and ladders in the scene. It appears to be a rainy day.

A quick look around the rest of the construction site didn’t reveal many more changes, and the stormy weather meant crews weren’t out working. New gold detailing has been added to the tops of some of the blue lampposts in the queue.

A construction worker stands near a metal railing on a winding brick path in a landscaped area beneath a wooden deck.

One crew member was watering plants under the train station. More plants have been added around the sidewalk that loops under the station.

Scaffolding and construction materials are set up in front of a rustic, multi-level wooden building. Two lit lanterns hang from the scaffolding. A black fence is visible in the foreground.

The wait time and Lightning Lane signage still haven’t been installed at the attraction’s entrance. The frames were installed earlier this week.

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will open at Magic Kingdom on June 28. Read more about Tiana’s Bayou Adventure.

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Magic Kingdom Ride Refurbishment Rumors

Ride refurbishments are rumored for a couple of Magic Kingdom’s most popular attractions, and could start later this year and last through 2025. Here are the latest rumblings on these potential closures–none of which have been confirmed by Walt Disney World–along with our speculation about what they might entail, timing for the downtime, and more. […]

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Best & Worst Dates for 2024 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party

Wondering about the least-crowded or most-crowded nights to attend the 2024 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party? This covers the best & worst dates to buy tickets for Magic Kingdom’s special event, so you can plan your vacation around avoiding these crowds. (Updated May 17, 2024.) Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party occurs in Magic […]

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VIDEO: Journey Into Imagination with Figment Flushing Toilet Effect Fixed

The flushing toilet effect on Journey Into Imagination with Figment in EPCOT has been fixed, reportedly after reportedly not working for many years.

Journey Into Imagination Toilet Effect

A colorful, whimsical scene from Journey Into Imagination with Figment featuring vibrant, geometric shapes and patterns, including a large, flower-decorated upside-down toilet on a checkered floor. The setting is brightly lit and playful.

The flower-painted toilet is right above guests’ heads in the bathroom of Figment’s upside-down house. The inside of the toilet is lit with a yellow-green light. Though the light has been on, the flushing effect has not been operational for some time. The upside-down house was part of the previous version of the ride, Journey Into YOUR Imagination.

See the flushing toilet effect in action in our video:

For more about Journey Into Imagination, read our complete history post or watch our video below.

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FIRST LOOK at New Halloween Horror Nights 33 Blacklight Reactive T-Shirt at Universal Studios Florida

A new Halloween Horror Nights 33 T-shirt featuring more punk-inspired imagery is now available at Universal Studios Florida.

UOR USF Five and Dime New Halloween Horror Nights 33 T Shirt 1

We found it available for sale alongside the other Halloween Horror Nights 33 merchandise released so far at Five and Dime.

Halloween Horror Nights 33 Blacklight Reactive T-Shirt – $35

A person holds a black "Halloween Horror Nights" T-shirt with colorful graphics in a store. Other themed merchandise, including a mannequin dressed similarly, is visible in the background.

The shirt itself is a stonewashed black, with stickers advertising that no two shirts are alike and the screen-printed art is blacklight reactive.

Gray Halloween-themed Universal Studios shirt featuring a colorful skeleton and skull design, with text noting "Blacklight Reactive Apparel" and care instructions on two buttons.

A blue skull is at the center of the shirt, mouth open with pink and yellow lasers and red drips coming from its eyes. Above the skull is “Universal Studios Halloween,” with the “O” represented by an orange skull.

Close-up of a black Halloween-themed T-shirt with colorful graphics and Japanese text on display. Cans and other T-shirts are visible in the background.

Japanese characters in green on the right side of the graphic reads “Halloween.”

A graphic design for "Horror Nights" featuring colorful illustrations of a skull, raven, eyeball, pumpkin, and vibrant text elements on a black background.

Below the skull is “Horror Nights.” Over the skull are additional graphics like stars, a rib cage and spine, an open mouth with fangs, and a spray-painted “24” for 2024. A black raven sits next to “Horror Nights” with an “X” spray painted over it in green.

Will you be grabbing this new Halloween Horror Nights 33 shirt during your next visit to Universal Studios Florida? Let us know in the comments or on social media.

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