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Our tastebuds were doing cartwheels last night when Disney World FINALLY released the full lineup of Taste of EPCOT Internation Food and Wine booths and menus!

And now, Disney has added a new Taste of Epcot digital guide feature to the My Disney Experience app!

With Taste of Epcot starting in just a few days (it opens the same day of EPCOT’s grand reopening on July 15th and will run all the way through the FALL!), we were up all night studying the menus of the 20 returning marketplace festival booths! And now, Disney World has made our research and planning even easier by launching this new Food and Wine digital feature!

Under normal circumstances, EPCOT offers guests a printed booklet of their Food and Wine festival food, entertainment, and shopping location information. While we don’t know if this new digital Food and Wine guide will be replacing physical copies of the guides or not, we’ll be sure to let you know if paper copies are still available once the big day arrives!

For now, you can use the My Disney Experience app to explore all of this year’s offerings! We also love how they’ve used characters from Ratatouille as a nod to Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure — which last we heard, is still on for its 2020 summer debut!

We can’t wait to explore the Taste of EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival next week. Not only will it be the longest Epcot festival to date, but Disney has also shared it will be a sort of hybrid Food and Wine Festival with elements of Flower and Garden Festival mixed in! Check out some of the Flower and Garden merchandise we’ll be expecting to see when Epcot reopens next week here!

See the FULL Taste of EPCOT International Food and Wine Menus here!!

Are you excited about this new feature on the My Disney Experience app? Let us know if you’ll be checking it out in the comments below!

From our friends at www.disneyfoodblog.com
Filed Under: Counter-Service, Disney News, Epcot, Featured, Walt Disney World, 2020, digital, digital guide, Disney World, feature, Food and Wine, guide book, hybrid festival, july 15th, My Disney Experience app, reopening, Taste of EPCOT

Disney World has implemented lots of new precautions to keep guests and Cast Members safe now that the parks are reopening. One of the biggest changes has to do with physical distancing. All parties are asked to maintain six feet of space between themselves and other guests at all times.

If you’re a pin collector, you might think this new safety regulation would make pin trading a thing of the past at Disney World. But we’re here to tell ya — that’s not the case! In fact, we’ve seen pin trading happening at a few places INSIDE the theme parks recently between guests and Cast Members!

Before the closures, pin trading typically involved Cast Members wearing lanyards or pouches covered in pins that were available for trade. Some retail locations, front desks of resorts, and Guest Relations locations also had pinboards or books for guests to look through. Guests would pick out which pin they wanted, and then trade one of their pins in exchange.

We stopped by Guest Relations at Magic Kingdom to ask if there was any new info regarding pin trading. Previously, we’d heard from Cast Members when Pin Traders reopened in Disney Springs that there would most likely be some form of pin trading taking place, but that it would be modified from previous experiences.

The Guest Relations Cast Members informed us they didn’t have any pins for trading just yet, but they did have plenty of free celebration buttons to choose from.

But, as we were exploring some of the gift shops at Magic Kingdom, we spotted a real live pinboard at Fantasy Faire’s cash register! Guests can still pick out which pin they’d like to trade, and the Cast Member will remove it from the board and give it to you! You’ll drop the pin you’re trading into a container and they’ll clean it before placing it on the board.

Today at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, our friend Instagram user @MichaelDoesDisney spotted a new sign clearly detailing step by step the pin-trading experience we had yesterday at Fantasy Faire.

And yesterday, one of our team members who was in Disney’s Animal Kingdom spotted a whole pin trading experience next to Primeval Whirl in Dino Land, U.S.A.!

This was the largest board we’ve since the closures and the Cast Members asked us to help spread the word!

We also swung by Animal Kingdom’s Pin Station to see if they had begun pin trading yet. For now, the Cast Member told us they’re still working on a plan so we’ll continue to monitor them and let you know when it returns!

In fact, we’ll keep updating this post and let you know about any additional pin trading locations we can find, but for now, you can get the scoop on Disney World’s 2020 pin trading event which will be happening online!

Find out which newly-reopened Disney World resort hotel has pin trading here!

Are you a pin collector? Let us know if you’re excited to see pin trading returning to the parks in the comments below!

From our friends at www.disneyfoodblog.com
Filed Under: Animal Kingdom, disney merchandise, Disney News, Featured, magic kingdom, Walt Disney World, dino land u.s.a., Disney World, fantasy faire, Guest Relations, Pin Collector, pin station, pin trading, primeval whirl, reopening, social distancing, sterilize

Loungefly is a HUGE fan of creating colorful gear. The bright rainbow Mickey collection added some cheer to our day and the classic Pocohantas Colors of the Wind collection was incredibly beautiful.

Well, they’ve done it again! This new Loungefly line combines rainbow pastel colors with a touch of Mickey Mouse to really add to the cuteness!

Oh boy! This summer collection takes the iconic Mouse we all know and love and mixes it up with light blues, pinks, and yellow. For now, you can find the collection on their website. The small crossbody bag for $65 might just be our favorite. The bag comes with a removable strap, but the cute and discreet Mickey Mouse handle allows you to carry it by your side!

Ok, stop us now before we empty our bank accounts! We love the pastel color patterns on this classic Loungefly backpack. Note the rainbow handle too! The backpack is $75.

You’re gonna need a wallet to match that bag! Pastel Rainbow Mickey is cute to boot! This wallet costs $40.

Look at Mickey striking a pose! The rainbow element is a bit more subtle as each Mickey is colored with a different shade of pastel colors. The small crossbody bag is $65.

Want a smaller accessory to add to your Loungefly collection? The Mickey Poses wallet for $40 is small enough to pack around and cute enough to add a little brightness to your day.

We can’t wait to load up our rainbow backpack and head out for a sunny summer adventure! Mickey, we gotta say, you pull off pastel real nicely. We can’t wait to see what Loungefly brings us next!

Pastel ain’t your thing? Check out this NEW Star Wars Loungefly line that is out of this galaxy!

What do you think of the new Loungeflys? Let us know if you’ll be grabbing one for yourself!

From our friends at www.disneyfoodblog.com
Filed Under: disney merchandise, Disney News, Featured, News, disney backpack, disney bags, Disney merch, Disney merchandise, disney wallet, disney x loungefly, Loungefly, merch, merchandise, mickey merchandise, mickey rainbow pastel, rainbow backpack, rainbow pastel backpack

Walt Disney World has PLENTY of transportation options, from buses to the monorail to the Skyliner and everything in between!

But when Walt Disney World officially reopens Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom on July 11th and Epcot and Disney’s Hollywood Studios on July 15th, not EVERY type of vehicle will be available.

For instance, the monorail will NOT be traveling to Epcot upon reopening. And the Friendship Boats between Epcot and Hollywood Studios won’t be operating, either.

However, we know know when the Friendship Boats will sail again! According to Disney World’s website, they’re set to launch from the Boardwalk Villas to Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Epcot on July 29th!

We love traveling down the waterways between Disney’s Boardwalk and the theme parks, so we can’t WAIT to ride these boats once they reopen. And when we do ride, you know we’ll fill you in on all of the Friendship Boats’ health and safety measures, so stay tuned!

See how Disney World transportation looks during Annual Passholder previews here!

What’s your favorite mode of transportation at Walt Disney World? Let us know!

From our friends at www.disneyfoodblog.com
Filed Under: Boardwalk Inn and Villas, Disney News, disney parks, disney resorts, disney’s hollywood studios, Epcot, Featured, Walt Disney World, Disney World, Disney World reopening, Disney World transportation, Disney’s Boardwalk, Disney’s Boardwalk Inn and Villas, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Friendship Boats

When Epcot officially reopens on July 15th, there’s going to be a brand new hybrid food festival, the Taste of Epcot International Food and Wine Festival.

We’ve FINALLY gotten menus for the 20 signature marketplaces that will be spaced out around the theme park, but we know that no festival is complete without merchandise!

When Walt Disney World closed in mid-March due to the global health crisis, Epcot was in the middle of the 2020 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival.

But if you missed your chance at all of that super cute Orange Bird merch, don’t sweat it because it’s coming back, baby!!

The sweet and spunky Florida mascot will be back with headwear, clothing, and drinkware at Epcot. Back during Flower & Garden, we spotted Orange Bird Minnie Ears, pitchers, juice glasses, and leggings. While Disney hasn’t elaborated on what exactly will be reappearing, we’re sure some of these items will still be in stock!

If that little guy isn’t your scene, Minnie’s Flower Cart collection is also making a comeback. We loved the sweet pink and blue Minnie’s Flower Cart spirit jersey, phone case, and dishware.

We’re also absolutely buzzing about the return of the Spike’s Sweet as can Bee Collection. This buzzy little bee has long been around at Flower & Garden for the fest, and he got his own line this year with his nemesis Donald Duck, which featured his likeness on Tervis Tumblers, ornaments, bags, accessories, and more.

If drinkware isn’t your thing and you’re looking to snuggle with a lil’ something, the Flower & Garden Wishables are coming back! The blind bags feature Figment Topiary, Butterfly, Minnie, or Fruishi Wishables.

But if you’re not the gambling type, there’s a Mickey Mouse in a little gardening outfit that is an open chase edition.

This is just the RETURNING merchandise coming to Epcot, but Disney has teased that new items will be coming. We’ll be at Epcot when it reopens, and you know we’ll tell you everything we spot!

There’s a new way to get in-demand Disney merch, find out how here!

Are you excited for all of the Epcot festival merch? Let us know in the comments!

From our friends at www.disneyfoodblog.com
Filed Under: disney merchandise, Disney News, disney parks, Epcot, Food and Wine Festival, Walt Disney World, 2020 Epcot Flower and Garden Festival merchandise, 2020 flower and garden festival, epcot festival, epcot merch, food festival, minnie mouse, Orange Bird, spike the bee, Taste of Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, Wishables