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Epcot
Epcot’s Egg-Stravaganza Easter Egg Hunt Returns
The "Egg-stravaganza Easter Egg Hunt" at Epcot is coming back for 2022, and it's starting just a few days from now! Announced to begin on March 31st, participants can expect a similar format to times in the past. With a guide map in hand, guests can attempt to find an...
Excellent Disney World Attendance Leads to Extended Hours
Walt Disney World is extending their operating hours during the month of April, likely due to stellar attendance. Magic Kingdom is extending a number of April evenings until 11 PM. Hollywood Studios is opening earlier. Epcot is doing the same. For a look at the latest...
Chapek Confirms WDW Pro’s Report on the Mary Poppins Attraction
Almost exactly one month ago, our pseudonymed writer here at That Park Place (WDW Pro) was discussing the Mary Poppins attraction and expansion at Epcot. The addition was believed to have been totally scrapped as a result of budget-changes from the pandemic. But WDW...
Disney Releases More Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Media
Disney World is inching closer and closer to the launch of Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, the most expensive attraction ever built in a theme park. After one of their executives accidentally leaked the opening date as Memorial Day Weekend, what else are they...
Epcot to Begin Opening Earlier
Epcot has often been the theme park at Disney World with the latest opening. Not only has the park sometimes opened as late at 10 AM, but throughout its history, half the park has often remained closed until lunchtime. Epcot's just been that way -- it's a midday to...
Disney Exec Leaks Guardians Coaster Launch
Do you remember the book "Grover's Bad, Awful Day"? If you do, you might have some insight into new Disney executive Geoff Morrell's yesterday. Yesterday, Mr. Morrell accidentally posted the opening date for Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind before The Walt...
EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival Full Menu
WDW has another Festival starting on March 2nd. I feel like the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts has just started but instead, it is almost time for The EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival to begin. I personally would like to try the Spicy Hot Dog with pineapple...
Figment Popcorn Buckets are Back, Now Sans Crazy Lines
Figment Popcorn Buckets are back! After having run out due to incredible (peculiar?) demand, the containers in the image of Epcot's mascot are back at the Festival of the Arts. This time, however, it looks like Disney World management have caught onto the problem of a...
Epcot Receives a New Wedding Venue
Disney Weddings has just announced that a new venue option is coming to Epcot. Starting soon, those wishing to marry underneath Disney World's version of the Eiffel Tower will have the opportunity in the Place de Remy -- the technical term for the plaza area in front...
The Mary Poppins Ride That Could Have Been
Every so often, I like to drop by the WDW Magic Forums where this avatar first became known. The other day I saw an interesting topic about the now-shelved Mary Poppins attraction Disney announced at a prior D23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM269fcbr8M It's...
Disney Asks Guests Big Question About Harmonious
It is rare, maybe unprecedented, for Disney Parks to ask guests to make direct comparisons for shows to other shows in surveys. Yet that is exactly what WDW Magic is reporting is occurring for the nighttime show, Harmonious, which debuted last year at Epcot. The...
Figment Popcorn Bucket Value Drops Precipitously
This news just breaking late this evening: Figment Popcorn Buckets have dropped to only costing between $100 and $200 on the largest garage sale website known to humankind... eBay. What was recently a niche product of four-figure value has dropped precipitously since...