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Park Hours Are Extended For March

Disney World is constantly changing its park hours and today I wanted to tell you about how long you can stay in the parks in March.

Let’s start off in Magic Kingdom! On March 5th, the park will open at 9 am-9 pm. On March 6th, 7th, and 8th the park will be open from 9 am-10 pm. On March 9th and 11th Magic Kingdom will be open from 9 am-8 pm.

Thanks to the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, Epcot has extended its opening hours in the evening. On March 5th and 12th, the park will be open from 11 am-9 pm. On March 6th and 13th, Epcot will be open from 11 am-11 pm.

A dragon in the China pavilion for the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival.

In Animal Kingdom it looks like you can stay in the park longer. On March 6th, Animal Kingdom will be open from 8 am-8 pm. On March 11th, the park hours will be 8 am-6 pm. On March 12th, the park will be open from 8 am-7 pm.

In Hollywood Studios, only two days have changed. On March 12th and March 13th, the park will be open from 9 am-8 pm.

Voyage of the Little Mermaid in Hollywood Studios.

If you are going to Disney World, make sure to pay attention to the park hours in each park.

A Beginner’s Guide to the 2021 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival

The 2021 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival will be from March 3,-July 5, 2021.

*Photo by Tom Bricker,* www.DisneyTouristBlog.com

I have actually been to Epcot during the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival and it is amazing!

You might be asking yourself Izzy, what is the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival? The Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival is an event where you will see some crazy good gardening work that makes plants look like Disney characters!

There will be 17 Outdoor Kitchens. Those are food booths that have Festival themed food and drinks.

Entertainment this year will include Jammin’ Gardeners at the Canada Mill Stage, Voices of Liberty at the America Gardens Theater, Mariachi Cobre who will also be at the America Gardens Theater, and a pianist in the World Showcase.

The Spike’s Pollen Nation Exploration is coming back this year! Spike, the Disney honeybee, has been pollinating all around the festivals and you can follow Spike’s trail. You can buy a map and stickers for $7.99 and fill the map while you search for which plants Spike has pollinated. Once your done, you can go to Disney Traders or World Traveler for a special prize!

Starting March 19, 2021 the Egg-Stravaganza Scavenger Hunt will start. You can buy a map and stickers for $7.99 and look for Disney character eggs all throughout the World Showcase. When you’re done don’t forget to go to Disney Traders for a special surprise!

The Goodness Garden Butterfly House Presented by GoGo Squeez will let you visit butterflies.

Also, the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival has special Festival merchandise so be sure to check that out.

I hope this guide helped you learn more about the Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival!

How Disney World Will Be Celebrating Disney World’s 50th Anniversary

Starting October 1, 2021 Disney World will celebrate Disney World’s 50th anniversary.

Photo belongs to the Walt Disney World Company.

It will be called The World’s Most Magical Celebration. It’s such a big deal that Disney has created a new word, EARidescence. That word is to describe what you will see when you visit.

Cinderella’s Castle will get a makeover. It will have golden bunting and a 50th anniversary crest. Cinderella’s Castle will have pixie dust also.

New touches are coming to life at Hollywood Tower Hotel in Hollywood Studios.

Over at Animal Kingdom, fireflies will be at the Tree of Life.

In Epcot, lights will shine across the reflective panels of Spaceship Earth connecting to each other and resembling stars in the night sky. This will stay in Epcot even after the celebration.

Mickey and Minnie Mouse will even have new outfits. The outfits will be made out of custom made fashions of EARidescent fabric with gold highlights. I love their new outfits!

This celebration will be for 18 months. Yes, you heard that correctly! I’ll keep you updated in case we get more information about Disney World’s 50th Anniversary celebration!

New Minnie Ears Now Available On ShopDisney!

I absolutely love Minnie Ears! Who doesn’t?

On February 22nd, new Minnie Ears were released on the ShopDisney website.

These Minnie Ears are called Tweed and Pearl Minnie Ears. They are black, pink, and have a pretty bow in the center!

I especially love how the pearls on it are shaped like Mickey Mouse. These Minnie Ears cost $29.99.

ShopDisney has a ton of Disney merchandise that you can get even if you live no where near Disney World. I hope Disney keeps releasing new Minnie Ears on ShopDisney!

Discount MagicBand Choices

I have mentioned before how Disney is no longer giving out free MagicBands and I wanted to talk a little bit more about that.

If you have a hotel reservation you can get a discount MagicBand. The Birthday Cake MagicBand has a special pre-order price that is $20.00.

The Olive Green MagicBand has a special pre-order price of $5.00. All the other MagicBands that are just one color are also this price.

The Darth Vader MagicBand has a special pre-order price of $10.00.

The Character Autograph MagicBand has a special pre-order price of $15.00.

Those are all the discount MagicBands you can choose from. These special pre-order prices are only available if you have a hotel reservation. If you have a hotel reservation, you have a lot of options to choose from!

Free Solo Review

Free Solo on Disney+ is an action packed documentary!

Free Solo is about a mountain climber named Alex. That isn’t the crazy part yet. He climbs mountains WITHOUT A ROPE! (Please do not try this. Alex is a professional.) In this documentary, you will see Alex climb the 3,200 foot El Capitan without a rope.

Kids can watch Free Solo because Disney+ bleeped out all the curse words. I will warn you that this documentary will make you scared that Alex is going to die, but he doesn’t die.

I really liked this documentary because it is interesting to watch Alex climb El Capitan with absolutely no fear. I would have been terrified because I’m scared of heights.

I give Free Solo 5 Mickey Bars!!

A New Interactive Series Called Imagine From Home Will Make You Feel Creative

Walt Disney Imagineers and ABC have come together to create a video series called Imagine From Home.

Disney Imagineers will show you how to draw or craft something Disney themed with items you can find around your house. The five episodes can be found on ImagineFromHome.com and ABC Owned Television Stations’ 32 connected TV apps.

This is what you will draw or build:

Draw your own castle
Build a R2 Droid
Draw Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Make a Castle Night Light
Make It’s A Small World Animated Scene

If you love doing crafts and drawing, you should definitely try this new series!

This Is How Disney World Is Celebrating Black History Month

February is Black History Month, so Disney World is celebrating! Keep on reading to see how Disney World Resorts and Disney Springs are celebrating Black History Month.

Disney Springs is celebrating soulfully with art displays, special food, and more.

Do you like art? Well, then you are going to be happy to know that there are now four new art displays in Disney Springs! All four were inspired by the movie Soul on Disney+. The art displays were made by Black artists Bee Harris, Bianca Pastel, Arrington Porter, and Cory Van Lew. The art displays are the artists’ interpretation of the movie Soul.

On Sundays, Mondays, and Thursday evenings each week musicians are performing jazz music. Disney Springs is calling Sunday Smooth Sunday, Monday is Motown Monday, and Thursday is Jazz Thursday.

Disney Springs has special food available! At Amorette’s Patisserie you can get special desserts inspired by the movie Soul. Walt Disney Animation Studios has food inspired by The Princess and the Frog movie.

Disney Resort hotels are doing a Movies Under the Stars event all February long! This is free for guests staying at Disney Resorts. You can sit outside and watch movies celebrating Black culture like The Princess and the Frog.

The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure opened in Epcot on February 1, 2021. It will stay open beyond the end of the month. The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure is an exhibit that shows historic artifacts of famous jazz musicians and teaches you more about jazz.

If you are in Disney World make sure to go to Disney Springs, Epcot, and a Disney Resort hotel to celebrate Black History Month!

Disney My Music Story: Yoshiki Review

Disney My Music Story: Yoshiki just came to Disney+ on February 5th!

Disney My Music Story: Yoshiki is a documentary about Yoshiki who is the leader of a Japanese band called X Japan. He is a classically trained pianist who also was a rock and roll drummer.

When you watch this documentary it is in Japanese so you need to put the English subtitles on. My family and I didn’t know it wouldn’t have an English translator on top of the Japanese, so for the first five minutes we had no idea what was going on.

I give Disney My Music Story: Yoshiki 4 Mickey Bars! I will warn you that this documentary is REALLY SAD! If you are someone who gets upset easily then I do not recommend watching this. If you aren’t then I think you will enjoy this documentary because it is really fascinating!

The Disney Scrunchies You Never Knew You Needed!

Do you like scrunchies? Well then, these Disney scrunchies were made for you!

BoxLunch released many different types of Disney scrunchies online.

If you like Disney princesses, the Pixar movie Soul, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and more, then these scrunchies have you covered!

First, we have the Disney Tangled Floral Scrunchy Set. The pink scrunchie has Pascal on it!

The Disney Princess Chiffon Scrunchy Set reminds me of The Little Mermaid with the coral reef decorations.

The Disney Princess Chibi Scrunchy Set is absolutely adorable! Two of the scrunchies have pictures of your favorite Disney princesses.

The Disney Princess Cinderella Measuring Tape Scrunchy Pack is perfect for fans of the movie Cinderella! One of the scrunchies is a measuring tape scrunchie, another one has flowers and a carriage on it, and the pink scrunchie looks like Cinderella’s first dress for the ball before her step sisters destroyed it.

If you aren’t a fan of Disney princesses, you might like the Disney Pixar Alien Remix Scrunchy Set better! These scrunchies have pictures of the aliens from the Toy Story movies.

The Disney Pixar Soul Icons Scrunchy Set is perfect for fans of the movie Soul on Disney+!

The Disney The Nightmare Before Christmas Scrunchy Set is different than the other scrunchy sets. These scrunchies are black and white.

My favorite scrunchy set is this Disney Winnie the Pooh Figural Scrunchy Pack. It features Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, and Piglet!

The Star Wars The Mandalorian The Child Scrunchy Set has Grogu on it. Enough said.

That was a lot of scrunchies! I hope you found a set of scrunchies that you like!