food IS a theme park
It is officially 2025, which means Disney World’s newest hotel perk has finally debuted!
Blizzard Beach
It has been a long time coming, but those with upcoming 2025 Disney World vacations can take advantage of a brand new free water park perk! Here is everything you need to know!
There are some great perks that Disney World offers to guests staying at their hotels.
Grand Floridian Resort
If you are staying on Disney property you get a 30-minute early entry to all of the parks. If you want to purchase Lightning Lanes and make ride reservations in advance, hotel guests get to do that 7 days out from check-in versus just 3 days out for non-resort guests. In 2025 there’s a big perk coming for resort guests and it includes 2 free tickets!
Big changes are coming to Disney World in 2025.
Disney’s Grand Floridian
We’re about to see a lot of construction as EPCOT finishes up its reimagining of Test Track and Magic Kingdom starts work on its Cars expansion and Villains land. Hollywood Studios will be building a Monsters, Inc. land, while Animal Kingdom will be transforming Dinoland, U.S.A. into Pueblo Esperanza, a Tropical Americas-themed land. However, something ELSE is coming to Disney World, too, on January 1st — and it’s going to be a game-changer for folks staying at Disney World hotels.
December is already flying by and we’re so not ready for the holidays yet (although we’ve been celebrating the holiday season in Disney World for over a month now!).
Toy Soldier Mickey Dome Cake at Amorette’s Patisserie in Disney Springs
We’re looking forward to the opening of a brand-new restaurant coming up soon (and we now have a menu to look at while we wait for its doors to open). We’re also still eating our way around the EPCOT Festival of the Holidays (and here are the things we’re ordering over and over). Meanwhile, Disney World restaurant menus keep changing, and we’re keeping up with them all!
It’s been a HUGE week in Disney World — at least for food.
We’ve been eating and drinking our way around EPCOT this week
That’s because the EPCOT Festival of the Holidays has officially kicked off and have spent the past few days eating and drinking our way around this year’s food booths. Let’s just say we also ate a lot of cookies and enjoyed the first Candlelight Processional of the year where we got to see the voice of Olaf himself, Josh Gad, (who also voiced Le Fou in the live-action Beauty and the Beast) narrate the Christmas story. However, Disney World restaurants still had a few changes this week, so we’re going to tell you all about them between bites of cookie.
Disney has been busy making exciting new announcements of additions coming to Disney World!
Magic Kingdom
New lands, new attractions, new entertainment, and much more are coming to the resort, and we can’t wait! Some of these new offerings will be available in 2025, while others will be coming further down the road as Disney works to create magic. The four theme parks are definitely getting the love, but there have been several announcements for Disney World Resort hotels as well. Let’s take a look at what’s coming to the hotels in 2025 and beyond!
We know, we know, Disney World can be expensive…just a baseline trip can cost thousands of dollars once you consider the cost of your hotel, tickets, and airfare.
Blizzard Beach
You also have to EAT while you’re there, so food is going to set your budget back, too. Plus you might also want to pay extra for things like Lightning Lane Multi Pass and Lightning Lane Single Pass. You might even be considering things like the Happily Ever After Fireworks Dessert Party. There are so many other perks you can pay for, too, but we’ve got one to tell you about that we think is completely worth it.
The Christmas trees are up, the halls are decked, Gertie is wearing her Santa hat, and Disney World is in full swing for the holiday season.
Gingerbread Cheesecake from Backlot Express at Hollywood Studios
It really is the most wonderful time of the year in Disney World, and that’s mostly because we get to try ALL the holiday snacks (seriously, they’re our favorite seasonal snacks). But while we’re munching on things flavored with peppermint and gingerbread, we’re also keeping an eye on Disney World restaurant menus — and yep, we’ve got some menu updates to share with you this week!
Cold weather has finally hit Orlando! Okay, well, cold by Florida’s standards, anyway.
Snow in Florida!
The temperature is dropping and that means no more sweating as you schlep your way from ride to ride around Disney World. But, cold weather isn’t always good news for Disney World parks. In fact, this cold snap has actually forced the closure of one park, in particular, and we’ve got all the details.
It’s been a great week in Disney World, especially when it comes to food.
Meal at Nine Dragons
Mostly, we’re just excited that we finally got the menus for the EPCOT Festival of the Holidays, which starts on November 29th — and yes, we’ll be running around EPCOT all day eating EVERYTHING. We also tried some new menu items at Sci-Fi Dine In in Hollywood Studios. We also spent some time researching Disney World restaurant menus, and we’ve got some changes to tell you about.
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