Disney experienced company-wide payment issues at Disney Parks and Disney Store, Harry Styles’ Pleasing brand is opening a ‘Fantasia’-themed pop-up at Disney Springs, and an approaching tropical system could develop into a hurricane and hit Florida later this week — all this and more in today’s daily recap for Monday, September 23, 2024.

Walt Disney World

EPCOT

Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along has been removed from the list of available attractions in EPCOT for resort guests using Early Entry.
An all-new behind-the-scenes tour was announced for the Living with the Land holiday season in EPCOT.

Disney Springs

Promotional image featuring "Disney Fantasia x Pleasing" text on a pastel gradient background of blues and pinks.

Harry Styles’ beauty and lifestyle brand, Pleasing, is set to open a pop-up at Disney Springs to promote a new “Fantasia”-themed collaboration with Disney.
Candy Cauldron announced that it would be selling frozen beverages with alcohol when it reopens tomorrow.
We stopped by Candy Cauldron during its soft reopening after its month-long closure.
We also tried some of the new items available at Candy Cauldron, including Frozen Glaciers with alcohol and more.

New Merchandise

A collection of clothing and merchandise featuring Winnie the Pooh characters, including sweaters and jackets with Eeyore, Tigger, Pooh, and a Teddy Bear Day 2024 pin with Pooh and a child—perfect for your daily recap.

Winnie the Pooh and the rest of the Hundred Acre Wood friends are back with a new collection for adults and children on DisneyStore.com.

Other Walt Disney World News

A pop-up notification on a Walt Disney World app screen states that some payment options are unavailable, and only PayPal is currently accepted. The message includes an apology for the inconvenience.

DisneyStore.com and the My Disney Experience and Disneyland apps experienced payment issues across the board. Guests were unable to book Lightning Lanes, use Mobile Checkout, or use Mobile Food Orders.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking a tropical system south of Florida that’s moving into the Gulf of Mexico with potential landfall in Florida.
LEGO sets aren’t around forever, and the latest updates to the list of “retiring soon” items have been made. We listed the LEGO Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, and AVATAR sets currently slated for retirement at the end of the year.

Disney Cruise Line

Side-by-side image of two drinks: one iced and layered with a brown top and purple bottom, the other a foamy purple beverage. Both drinks are in tall glasses on a bar counter.

Two new beverages have been announced for Disney Cruise Line in celebration of “Agatha All Along,” Marvel Studios’ newest television series on Disney+.

Entertainment and Media

Five people in tactical gear stand inside an elevator, looking intently forward.

Marvel Studios has released the first teaser trailer and poster for “Thunderbolts*,” which releases in theaters next year.

Disney+

Two individuals stand outdoors in a suburban neighborhood. One is a woman wearing a hat and holding sunglasses, reminiscent of Agatha All Along, and the other is a person in a blue jacket looking off to the side, creating an air of mystery like an Episode Premier. — (L-R): Teen (Joe Locke) and Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) in Marvel Television’s AGATHA ALL ALONG, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Chuck Zlotnick. © 2024 MARVEL.

We reviewed the two-episode premiere of the new Disney+ series “Agatha All Along.”

Universal Studios

Universal Orlando Resort has made changes to its queue accommodations system, and no longer requires guests to sign up for the third-party IBCCES Accessibility Card (IAC).
Character standees have been added outside of some of the golden archways at the Epic Universe Preview Center in Universal CityWalk Orlando.

Major Disney Tech Issues, More Figment Updates from EPCOT

That’s it for today; we hope you enjoyed this Daily Recap. Thanks for stopping by, and we’ll see you tomorrow!

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