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A Beginner’s Guide to Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland is designed to look like the future! It is located in the Magic Kingdom and it is also home to my favorite ride. I will tell you what ride that is soon.

What a great view from the Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover!

Rides: Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover is a calming ride that gives you a tour of all of Tomorrowland and a great view. One time when we were on the ride it stopped working and we were stuck for 10 minutes! It was crazy! Cast members had to come and bring us to the exit. Tomorrowland Speedway is where you are allowed to drive a car even if you’re not 16! The only problem with this ride is that it smells A LOT like gas. Remember how I said that my favorite ride is in Tomorrowland? Well, I was talking about Space Mountain. (For a Space Mountain review click here!) Space Mountain is a roller coaster in the dark. Carousel of Progress is a relaxing ride for anyone and shows you how far we have come from the turn of the twentieth century. Astro Orbiter is literally on top of Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover. It is basically like Dumbo, but faster and higher. Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor is a sit down indoor show. Your friends from Monsters, Inc. are trying to give their city electricity from your laughter. Buzz Lightyear Space Ranger Spin is a game similar to Toy Story Mania. (For a Toy Story Mania review click here!) You are basically shooting lasers and trying to take down Emperor Zurg.

Food: Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe has burgers, chicken, soups and salads. Tomorrowland Terrace Restaurant is open seasonally. Here is a tip: the terrace has a great view of Cinderella’s Castle and it is the location for the Happily Ever After Dessert party. Auntie Gravity’s Galactic Goodies has some delicious sundaes, smoothies, and ice cream. The Lunching Pad has pulled pork sandwiches and snacks. Joffrey’s Revive has some HUGE donuts and recently they have been selling miniature donuts.

The Astro Orbiter is really high in the sky!

Shopping: Merchant of Venus has your favorite character’s merchandise. Mickey’s Star Traders has a lot of Mickey Mouse merchandise.

New MagicBand Upgrades

MagicBand upgrades are now available if you stay on Disney property or if you are an Annual Passholder.

What are the MagicBand upgrades? Well if instead of choosing a free MagicBand you choose for an upgrade, you get a discount of $14.99 for the fancy MagicBands with designs on them.

There are more than 30 designs so you will be able to find the right one for you. Now the price is only $10.

Want to learn more about MagicBands? Then click here!

UPDATE: I just tried to order a MagicBand upgrade but got a notice that the upgraded MagicBands were all sold out! I checked with Disney to see how long it would take for there to be more in stock and was told “I don’t have an exact date, but I would not expect it to be too long.”

Christmas Will Be At Animal Kingdom

Disney World has announced holiday overlays and entertainment will be coming to Animal Kingdom during Christmas. I think it is exciting that Animal Kingdom will have decorations in every land.

Discovery Island will be filled with holiday decorations and luminaries on the roof, wire frame bird-shaped lanterns, and themed garland. Also, there will be festivities for the daytime and nighttime.

During the night the bird lanterns and rooftop luminaries make a glow through Discovery Island. The iconic Tree of Life will have winter tales. During the day Discovery Island will have sculpted puppets.

In Dinoland your favorite Disney characters will be playing Donald’s Dino-Bash. You will also be able to ‘Round the Truck-O-Saurus.”

In Animal Kingdom’s Asia, the theater district has been decorated for Diwali. Diwali is the holiday festival of lights in India.

The village Harambe in Animal Kingdom’s Africa will have western traditions with the colors and textiles of African celebrations. At Tusker House, Mickey and his friends will have a holiday overlay.

Finally, let’s head over to Pandora. There will be decorations at Pongu Pongu with pieces made from the Earth. It will begin November 8, 2019.

This news is exciting and puts you in the mood for Christmas!

Teppan Edo Review

At Teppan Edo, the chefs cook right in front of you!

On my last trip to Disney World we went to Teppan Edo in the Japan Pavilion. (To learn more about the Japan Pavilion click here!)

You sit with another family as the chef cooks in front of you. It’s really cool to see the chef cook the food!

I had Ebi. Ebi is 10 grilled shrimp served with a garden salad, udon noodles, vegetables, and steamed white rice. For the full menu, click here.

Everything was delicious and I love watching the chefs cook. I give Teppan Edo five Mickey Bars!!

If you are going to visit the Japan Pavilion, don’t forget to visit Teppan Edo!

Limited Edition Mickey Bars!!!!

You heard me correctly! You can now buy Mickey Bars at your local supermarket!! I found a whole aisle of these Mickey Bars. This is the first time that you can buy Mickey Bars outside of Disney property.

Now let’s review the treat! I did notice that these Mickey Bars are smaller than the ones at Disney World, but that’s OK. Just as a reminder, Mickey Bars have frozen vanilla ice cream with a hard chocolate shell on the outside shaped like Mickey’s face and ears. These are delicious and taste like they do at the parks.

The Mickey Bars are in the supermarkets for a limited time, so grab them quickly!

Want to know what other Mickey food you can get for a limited time? Check out some of my earlier blogs!

Paint Your Own Mask Activity Is Now In Epcot’s Italy Pavilion

You have probably seen the beautiful Venetian Masks in the Italy pavilion or you might have possibly bought one. Now you can paint your own unique mask!

You can choose either a resin mask or a papiermache mask. Your parents can join in on the fun too!

The Italy Pavilion has lots of great snacks!

The masks take 15-20 minutes to dry when you have finished painting. Snack break!!! How about some delicious gelato? If you don’t want to wait for your mask to dry you can always have them delivered to the front of the park or delivered to your Disney resort. This activity sounds awesome!

A New Roundup Rodeo BBQ Restaurant is Coming to Toy Story Land

A new restaurant is coming to Toy Story Land!!! It is called Roundup Rodeo BBQ Restaurant and it will be a table service restaurant.

Photo belongs to the Walt Disney World Company.

Roundup Rodeo BBQ Restaurant will be a backyard barbecue that you have been invited to by Andy and the Toy Story toys. Andy has apparently cut and taped three cardboard boxes together to make a rodeo arena.

This restaurant will be located to the right of the Toy Story Land entrance. This is very exciting!

Mickey Celebration Donuts, Tangled Eclairs, and More Coming to Magic Kingdom

Mickey Mouse’s 90th Birthday brought some delicious treats to Magic Kingdom. Some of the treats will start to be available this month while others will be available later this month. Here is a list of the treats.

First let’s talk about donuts! The Wish Granted Donut is a donut with white icing, gold sugar, a chocolate lamp piece, and blue cotton candy. It is available from May 1 to June 30 at Sunshine Tree Terrace. The Mickey Celebration Donut is a yeast donut with either chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla frosting topped with sprinkles. This sweet treat will be available only on May 9 at The Lunching Pad.

Minnie’s Cookie Dough Sundae is ice cream with whipped cream, hot fudge, delicious cookie dough, and a chocolate Minnie Mouse bow. This is available only on May 9 at Storybook Treats.

Mickey’s Push Pop is a birthday cake with confetti sprinkles as well as buttercream. This is available from May 1 to June 30 at Friar’s Nook, Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café , Columbia Harbour House, and Golden Oak Outpost.

You won’t have to travel to the Tangled Tower to get a Tangled Eclair!

The Tangled Eclair is filled with dulce de leche and white chocolate cream, sugar flowers, and chocolate. It is available only on May 9 at Pinocchio Village Haus. Yum!

The Mickey Milkshake is a strawberry milkshake with yellow cotton candy. This milkshake is available from May 1 to June 30 at Auntie Gravity’s Galactic Goodies.

Celebration Brownies are brownies with buttercream icing and chocolate. It is available from May 1 to June 30 at Casey’s Corner.

All of it sounds delicious!

UniversalwithIzzy: The Minion Suites at Portofino Bay

In April, I stayed at Loews Portofino Bay in Universal Studios and I stayed in the Minion Suite!

First lets talk about the door to get in to the room! It looks just like it does in the movies. It reads Authorized Minions Only. It also has a red wheel.

While the wallpaper is blue, minions do decorate the room and the back wall’s wallpaper is minions.

It even has a TV!

I really enjoyed my stay at the Minion Suite and I hope I get to stay there again someday!

Lightsaber Churros, Sorcerer Mickey Cakes, and More Coming to Hollywood Studios

Hollywood Studios is celebrating its 30^th anniversary. Below is the list of the treats available starting May 1.

First let’s start with cakes. The Minnie Mouse’s Celebration Cake will be found at Backlot Express. It will be a yellow cake with strawberry cream, along with strawberry marshmallows and topped with strawberry pearls. That’s a lot of strawberry! Mickey Mouse’s Celebration Cake will also be found at Backlot Express. It will have chocolate sponge cake with chocolate cream topped with vanilla marshmallows and passion fruit pearls.

At Market at Pixar Place and BaseLine Tap House they will be selling… wait… Incredibles Macarons!?! Oh yeah! It will have the Incredibles theme colors of red and black and almond macarons with a mango passion filling.

Photo by Tom Bricker, www.DisneyTouristBlog.com

Now this is what I’m most excited for: Lightsaber Churros!! These Lightsaber Churros are red or blue. You will find these delicious churros at Market at Pixar Place, Pretzel Palooza, Anaheim Produce and the churro carts all over Hollywood Studios. The Kylo Ren Cupcake will be a peanut butter and chocolate cupcake. This dark side cupcake will be at Dockside Diner and Rosie’s All-American Cafe`.

The Sorcerer’s Hat will be a lemon sponge cake topped with vanilla buttercream along with lemon curd and white chocolate glaze. This treat will be found at the ABC Commissary and the Fantasmic! Food Carts.

The Playful Luxo Ball is a mango mousse with caramel chocolate, banana sponge cake and a rice croquant. The Playful Luxo Ball will be found at BaseLine Tap House and The Trolley Car Cafe`.

There are a lot of Verrines coming to Hollywood Studios. First there is the Raspberry Mousse Verrine. It is obviously raspberry mousse, but with more raspberries and white chocolate. This raspberry delight will be found at the ABC Commissary. The Lemon Blueberry Cheesecare Verrine will be found at Catalina Eddie’s. It will be a lemon cheesecake with blueberries and white chocolate pearls with more white chocolate. The Tres Leches Verrine is a tres leches cake topped with whipped cream with fresh strawberries, strawberry candy rocks and white chocolate. This will be at Fairfax Fare. Finally there will be the Key Lime Pie Verrine. This will have layers of key lime custard as well as graham crackers and whipped cream… and don’t forget white chocolate! This will be found at Rosie’s All-American Cafe` and Backlot Express.