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  • Disney World Is Allowing All Guests to Wear Halloween Costumes for the First Time Ever

    Disney World Is Allowing All Guests to Wear Halloween Costumes for the First Time Ever

    For the first time, guests of all ages can wear their Halloween costumes to Magic Kingdom during regular operating hours.

    Disney World has previously banned adults and guests over 13 from wearing costumes during regular operating hours, except during Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party.

    Adults usually aren’t allowed to wear costumes to the Disney World theme parks during regular operating hours, but since Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party events were canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Disney decided on a change in policy.

    Magic Kingdom is still transforming into an autumnal wonderland, complete with adorable seasonal treats, Halloween-themed character cavalcades, and plenty of Mickey jack-o-lanterns and fall foliage from Sept. 15 to Oct. 31.

    There will still be rules to the costumes: No full-face masks or outfits that “reach or drag on the ground” such as “full-length Princess dresses,” according to the Disney website.

    No one older than 14 can wear a full-faced costume. Also all guests must still wear a face covering during their visit.

  • Guide to 2020 Fall Treats at Walt Disney World Resort is Spooktacular

    Guide to 2020 Fall Treats at Walt Disney World Resort is Spooktacular

    Halloween is right around the corner which means spooktacular treats are returning to Disney World.

    It’s spooky season again at Walt Disney World Resort, and that means it’s time for the highly-anticipated return of our yummy fall eats and treats! From pumpkin spice, apple, and cinnamon delights to sweet sips and fun novelties, each of Disney World’s four parks are offering a wonderful assortment of autumn-themed items.

    Take a look below at the official 2020 Fall Treats at Walt Disney World Resort:

    Magic Kingdom Park

    2020 Fall Treats at Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort
    • Mickey Cinnamon Roll (Available at Main Street Bakery) – Mickey-shaped cinnamon roll drizzled with orange and white icing 
    • Cinnamon Donuts (Available at Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn & Café) – Served in a Hitchhiking Ghost Novelty container 
    • Hades Nachos (Available at Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn & Café) – Black bean nacho chips with “fiery” buffalo chicken, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, salsa, and jalapeño 
    • Constance’s For Better or For Worse Wedding Cake (Available at Liberty Square Market) – Citrus cake with raspberry Bavarian cream, whipped cream flowers, and a chocolate axe 
    • Pumpkin Spiced Waffle Sundae (Available at Sleepy Hollow) –Pumpkin spice-flavored waffled topped with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, caramel drizzle, and sprinkles 
    • Poor Unfortunate Souls Float (Available at Storybook Treats)– Cream cheese soft-serve, black raspberry syrup, and Coke 
    • Pumpkin Spice Milkshake (Available at Auntie Gravity’s Galactic Goodies) – Topped with whipped cream, caramel drizzle, sprinkles, and a Mickey-shaped marshmallow straw
    • Pumpkin Spice Soft-Serve Sundae (Available at Auntie Gravity’s Galactic Goodies) – Served as a sundae topped with whipped cream, caramel, and sprinkles
    • Mickey Monster Mash Burger (Available at Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café) – Burger with Meunster cheese, potato barrels, bacon, and sriracha aïoli 
    • Headless Horseman Rides Again (Available at Sunshine Tree Terrace) – Strawberry DOLE® Whip with Fanta Strawberry and a Headless Horseman Novelty Straw 
    • Not So Poison Apple Cupcake (Available at Pinocchio Village House) – A spiced apple cupcake with pecan crunch buttercream themed after a poison apple 
    • Orange and Black Sugar Churros (Available at Various Churro Carts and Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn & Café) 
    • Oogie Boogie Dice Novelty Glow Cubes (Available at Various Quick-Service Restaurants) 
    • Jack Skellington Sipper (Available at Various Quick-Service Restaurants and Outdoor Vending Locations) 
    • Oogie Boogie Premium Popcorn Bucket (Available at Various Popcorn Carts) 
    • Mickey Pumpkin Premium Popcorn Bucket (Available at Various Popcorn Carts) 
    • Halloween Base Popcorn Bucket (Available at Various Popcorn Carts)
    • Hitchhiking Ghost Premium Popcorn Bucket (Available at Liberty Square Popcorn Cart) 
    • Hitchhiking Ghost Sipper (Available at Various Quick-Service Restaurants) 
    • Madame Leota Sipper (Available at Sleepy Hollow) 

    EPCOT

    • Halloween Cupcake (Available on Halloween Day Only at Sunshine Seasons) – Choice of vanilla or chocolate cupcake with buttercream and a Mickey Pumpkin garnish 
    • Nemo & Squirt’s Noggin Concoction (Available on Halloween Day Only at Coral Reef Restaurant) – Chocolate brownie stuffed with a chocolate chip cookie topped with white chocolate-covered pretzels and a Mickey Pumpkin Garnish 
    • Halloween Sugar Cookie (Available on Halloween Day Only at Traveler’s Café and Garden Grill) – Sugar cookie topped with Halloween Sprinkles 
    • Liquid Nitro Cake Pop (Available on Halloween Day Only at Desserts & Champagne Marketplace in World Showplace for EPCOT Taste of International Food & Wine Festival) – Liquid nitro chocolate cake pop with Halloween sprinkles 
    • Oogie Boogie Premium Popcorn Bucket (Available Canada Popcorn Cart and Fife & Drum) 
    • Green Cauldron Premium Popcorn Bucket (Available at Eats at EPCOT Experience and Mission Space Popcorn Cart) 
    • Halloween Base Popcorn Bucket (Available at all EPCOT Popcorn Locations) 
    • Tire Pumpkin Novelty Straw (Available at Sunshine Seasons and Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Craft Drafts & Barbecue) 

    Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park

    • Scar Cupcake (Available at Creature Comforts, Flame Tree Barbecue, and Restaurantosaurus) – Red velvet cupcake with toasted marshmallow filling, chocolate marshmallow frosting, chocolate pebbles, white chocolate flames, and an edible icing image  
    • Spooky Apple Punch Specialty Beverage (Non-Alcoholic) (Available at Flame Tree Barbecue and Isle of Java) – Sprite with Monin Apple Syrup poured over ice, garnished with a rocky candy apple straw, a gummy worm, a Novelty Poison Apple Glow Cube, and a sugar lime rim 
    • Rotten Apple Punch Specialty Beverage (Alcoholic) (Available Flame Tree Barbecue) – Angry Orchard and Fireball Cinnamon Whisky over ice, garnished with a rocky candy apple straw, a Novelty Poison Apple Glow Cube, and gummy worms 
    • Tire Pumpkin Novelty Straw (Available at Tamu Tamu, Trek Snacks, Restaurantosaurus, TriloBites, and Outdoor Vending Ice Cream Carts)  
    • Purple Cauldron Premium Popcorn Bucket (Available at Trek Snacks) 
    • Halloween Base Popcorn Bucket (Available at Trek Snacks) 

    Disney’s Hollywood Studios

    • Poison Candied Apple (Available at Trolley Car Café) – Apple and caramel mousse covered in red glaze with a crunchy candy base 
    • Pumpkin Cheesecake Cannoli (Available at PizzeRizzo) – Pumpkin cheesecake mixed with a hazelnut praline crunch in a cannoli shell 
    • Pumpkin Tiramisu (Available at Rosie’s All-American Café) –Layers of cream mascarpone and spiced pumpkin cake 
    • Box of Bones Chocolate Éclair (Available at Backlot Express)– Chocolate éclair with dark chocolate mousse and white chocolate bones 
    • Frozen Apple Cider (Non-Alcoholic) (Available at Rosie’s All-American Café, Backlot Express, and PizzeRizzo) – Served with a Novelty Poison Apple Glow Cube 
    • Frozen Apple Cider with Crown Royal Regal Apple (Alcoholic) (Available at Rosie’s All-American Café, Backlot Express, and PizzeRizzo) – Served with a Novelty Poison Apple Glow Cube 
    • Orange Cauldron Premium Popcorn Bucket (Available at Anahiem Produce, Hollywood Popcorn, and Animation Popcorn) 
    • Tire Pumpkin Novelty Straw (Available at Rosie’s All-American Café, Backlot Express, PizzeRizzo, and Anaheim Produce) 
  • Jack Skellington Sipper Returns to Disney World for Halloween

    Jack Skellington Sipper Returns to Disney World for Halloween

    It’s spooky season again at Walt Disney World Resort, and the Jack Skellington sipper has returned as well!

    Jack Skellington from “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” in spooktacular sipper form serves as the perfect beverage container while your in the Parks or even at home!

    The beverage sits in in Jack’s torso, but his legs, arms, and coat move so you can pose him for that perfect instgram post.

    The Jack Skellington Sipper is two foot long and will only set you back $22.99.

  • ‘Mulan’ Releasing for Free to All Disney Plus Subscribers in December

    ‘Mulan’ Releasing for Free to All Disney Plus Subscribers in December

    Starting in December, Mulan will become available to all Disney+ subscribers, just three months after its theatrical and Premier Access streaming release.

    The movie will be their first Premier Access release. It will cost Disney+ subscribers $29.99 to watch the movie unlimited times starting September 4. But if you wait another three months, subscribers will be able to stream Mulan for free as part of the regular service starting December 4.

    Disney hasn’t been shouting the news about when Mulan will be free to stream on Disney+ from the rooftops for sure by any means, but news ended up on an international advert for Mulan as you can see below:

    Like every big theatrical release in 2020, Mulan faced delays due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The film had its premiere on March 9, 2020, and was originally set to have its wide release on March 27. However, with social distancing guidelines in place and the closure of movie theaters around the world, the film was delayed. First to July 2020 and then again to August, before Disney removed it from their release schedule altogether. Disney then announced Mulan would be available for purchase on Disney+.

    The animated version of Mulan is based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan and follows a young woman in China who poses as a man in order to take her father’s place in the war against the Huns.

    Yifei Liu plays the character Mulan in the live-action movie, which will follow the same story as the original movie, but this time it’s rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and is fashioned as a more realistic telling than the animated musical.

  • BREAKING: Chadwick Boseman, Star of ‘Black Panther,’ Dies at 43

    BREAKING: Chadwick Boseman, Star of ‘Black Panther,’ Dies at 43

    Chadwick Boseman, known for his role as Marvel’s noble Black Panther, died at his Los Angeles home Friday at age 43.

    The actor has been battling colon cancer since 2016, and died at home with his family and wife by his side, according to a statement posted on his Twitter account.

    “A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you so many of the films you have come to love so much,” his publicist, Nicki Fioravante, said in a statement.

    “A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much,” the statement said. “From ‘Marshall’ to ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ August Wilson’s ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ and several more, all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy.”

    Boseman was best known for his role as T’Challa, or the Black Panther, king of the fictional African nation of Wakanda in the 2018 Marvel superhero movie “Black Panther.”

    The film was a cultural touchstone — the first major superhero movie with an African protagonist; the first to star a majority Black cast; and in Ryan Coogler, the first to employ a Black writer and director.

  • Disney’s Bob Iger Blasts CDC’s Updated COVID-19 Guidelines

    Disney’s Bob Iger Blasts CDC’s Updated COVID-19 Guidelines

    Many people have raised concerns after The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a reversal in its guidance about COVID-19 testing including Disney Chairman Bob Iger.

    Iger took to Twitter on Wednesday night to call the shift in guidelines “horrifying”.

    “This is more than disappointing,” Iger wrote. “It is horrifying,” as you can see below:

    After weeks of encouraging those who may have been exposed to the coronavirus but are not showing symptoms to get tested, the CDC announced on Wednesday that new guidelines suggest that asymptomatic people may not need to be tested at all.

  • NEW Build-a-Bear Scar Plush Now Available

    NEW Build-a-Bear Scar Plush Now Available

    It’s hard to top the popularity of the Baby Yoda Build-a-Bear, but now they have released a new Scar plush that will that will have you “quiver with fear.”

    This Scar stuffed animal features his signature bright eyes, jet black mane and the Disney The Lion King logo on his paw pad.

    Scar also comes with his “Be Prepared” song sound chip included so you can plot and sing along when you press his paw! Take a look below:

    NEW! Disney The Lion King Scar is wickedly cute as an online exclusive collector’s item. Scar also comes with his “Be…

    Posted by Build-A-Bear Workshop on Friday, August 14, 2020

    The online exclusive can be purchased for $43 and can be bought fully stuffed or unstuffed and you can take it into the store and stuff it.

    The conniving Scar makes a wickedly fun addition to any fan’s collection.

  • BREAKING: Man Charged with Hitting Security Guard at Disney World

    BREAKING: Man Charged with Hitting Security Guard at Disney World

    An Orlando man is accused of hitting a security guard at Epcot over a dispute about the park’s face mask policy, according to court documents.

    35 year-old Enrico Toro, arrived at the park around 4:40 p.m. with his wife and their children, according to an Orange County Sheriff’s Office report. The security guard told deputies the family had “improper masks.”

    According to the report, Toro and his family went back to their car when the family was told by a security guard they would need proper masks to enter the parks.  They returned minutes later to the Epcot security checkpoint but the security guard noticed that one child still did not have a proper mask.

    According to witnesses who spoke with deputies, Toro became “irate” and began using profanity.

    Toro said, “Call the police. They will have to shoot me to leave,” according to the report.

    Toro struck the guard across his head when the security guard reached for his phone to call a supervisor the report said.

    Toro’s wife got in between the two men and pushed her husband away from the guard, according to the report. Toro continued to use profanity, telling the security guard he “knew where he lived and was going to kill him,” the report said.

    Eventually Toro’s wife got her husband to walk toward the parking lot. The security guard then notified his supervisor and deputies were called to the scene.

    When deputies located Toro, he said he and the security guard got into an argument but “nothing else occurred,” according to the report. Toro was arrested and charged with battery.

  • Disney Launches New Costume Line for Fans Who Use Wheelchairs

    Disney Launches New Costume Line for Fans Who Use Wheelchairs

    Disney unveiled a line of adaptive costumes for those who use wheelchairs.

    The costumes are designed with stretch fabric that opens in back for easier dressing, longer lengths for wheelchair-friendly wear and flap opening on the front center with self-stick fabric closure to accommodate tube access.

    The wheelchair cover sets fit most wheelchairs and come with supportive plastic piping pieces for added stability and long self-stick fabric strips to help keep the pieces in place. Take a closer look below:

    Included in this collection are two wheelchair covers and three costumes.

    The adaptive costumes are now available on shopDisney.com to order. The wraps are available for pre-order. Both wraps and costumes will be coming to certain Disney Parks in the future.

  • Free Giveaway Now Available in Disney Magic Kingdoms App

    Free Giveaway Now Available in Disney Magic Kingdoms App

    For one week starting today, anyone who launches their Disney Magic Kingdoms app will receive FREE in-game food concessions that can be added to your Park!

    Disney Magic Kingdoms – a fun mobile game where players can build their own Disney Park by collecting and adding Disney, Pixar and Star Wars characters, attractions, decorations and concessions – wants to celebrate some of their favorite food concessions with all of you from home!

    It’s hard to deny that one of the highlights of visiting any Disney Park is the delicious food you can snack on. Take a look below at these yummy gifts you can claim just by opening your game.

    If you don’t already have Disney Magic Kingdoms on your phone or tablet, click here to install it today!