Disney Diary

The newest Annual Passholder magnet featuring Orange Bird will be available starting July 5 through Aug. 5, 2022, at Disney’s Wonderful World of Memories at Disney Springs. The magnet will be available from 10 am. to 10 p.m. while supplies last. To obtain the magnet, Disney is again using...

July’s Mickey Mouse: The Main Attraction Collection recreates exotic impressions of Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room. The collection includes Mickey Mouse ear headband, Mickey Plusch, a Loungefly backpack and a special pin. This is the fifth release in the collection which follows Mickey as he travels and tours...

The re-theming of Splash Mountain inspired by “The Princess and the Frog” will be called Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, Disney announced during the Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans today. The change will take place at both Magic Kingdom at Disney World and Disneyland Park in California...

Some old friends and some new acts are part of this year’s Eat to the Beat Concert Series lineup. The concert series has returned as part of this year’s EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival taking place from July 14 through Nov. 19. The concerts will take place...

Walt Disney World will be welcoming back nearly a dozen things, including character interactions, restaurants, festivals, fireworks, tumble monkeys and a concert series. The resort has been whittling down the list of attractions and character interactions left to reopen since everything was shut down during COVID-19 and this month is another huge step. In July, the summer is in high gear as parks are staying open later, more fireworks are being added in the middle of the month and the EPCOT International Food and Wine Festival kicks off.

Sharks, zombies, singing high school students at summer camp, a special behind-the-scenes look at Industrial Light & Magic, and a Mickey Mouse animated story are coming to the Disney+ in July 2022. The streaming service will also be adding movies and shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic,...

Installation of custom metalwork that will form a curved pathway from Dreamers Point to the center of World Celebration in EPCOT has started, Zach Riddley, Portfolio Executive, New Experience Development at Walt Disney Imagineering stated on his Instagram. World Celebration is the future home to gardens and spaces that will...

The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors unanimously voted to extend Chief Executive Officer Bob Chapek’s contract for three years. “Disney was dealt a tough hand by the pandemic, yet with Bob at the helm, our businesses—from parks to streaming—not only weathered the storm, but emerged in a position of strength,” said Chairman of the Board Susan Arnold said.

Altogether now: Awwwww! A new collection from Dooney & Bourke brings us a classic Winnie the Pooh and Friends pattern that meanders through the Hundred Acre Wood. The collection includes a tote bag exclusively for Annual Passholders, a small backpack, a satchel and a “Zip Sac” (a small crossbody bag).

The menus for the 2022 EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival feature almost 70 new items among the 25 Global Marketplaces that will be at the festival when it kicks off starting July 14. In addition there is one new marketplace coming this year, The Fry Basket, featuring a true...

As the Brightline high-speed expansion route from South Florida to Tampa has changed, Walt Disney World has said the plans for a station at Disney Springs is no more, according to a report in the Orlando Business Journal. When Disney first announced its involvement in 2019 the train route was...

Two new Funko Pop! collectibles featuring Sox and Buzz Lightyear are now available online and four more collectibles are coming soon, including a Buzz Lightyear holding Sox. Sox is the robotic cat and Buzz Lightyear’s personal companion in the Disney-Pixar film “Lightyear.” Sox was a gift from to provide personal and emotional support for Buzz. He is also equipped with a number of accessories needed to help assist Buzz, such as tranquilizers, blowtorch, headlights, and the ability to override computer systems by plugging his tail into a computer socket.

The 50th anniversary Main Street Electrical Parade Collection is now on shopDisney. The original “Main Street Electrical Parade” made its world debut at Disneyland on June 17, 1972. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the finale sequence draws its inspiration from the original design of the classic “Main Street Electrical Parade” floats and Mary Blair’s iconic art style on “it’s a small world.”

The Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage at Disneyland will reopen on July 25, 2022, after a major renovation. It is the first time the attraction will have reopened since the park closed in 2020 for the pandemic. The lagoon where the attraction is located in not normally drained so the closing...

A number of character interactions are returning this July to Disney World, including the return of the meet and greet with Minnie Mouse in the Magic Kingdom, the return of Fantasyland characters and the reopening of the Star Wars Launch Bay. Starting on July 6, the iconic Minnie Mouse will...

Mirabel from “Encanto” will make her debut in the “Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade” at Magic Kingdom in Disney World starting Sunday, June 26. The cavalcade consists of two floats and features over two-dozen characters. The cavalcade was also where Miguel from “Coco” made his debut.

Magic Kingdom’s nightly fireworks spectacular, “Disney Enchantment” will be performed twice nightly during mid and late July during the busy summer season. The show which is performed nightly now at 9:20 p.m. will be performed at 9:20 p.m. and 11 p.m. from July 14 through July 24, 2022.

Disney’s Magnolia Golf Course is undergoing its most extensive redesign, Disney has announced. As one of the original golf courses to open at the Walt Disney World Resort in 1971, the redesign will bring a new, modern feel to the classic course. The redesign of the famed golf course...

Narcoossee’s at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa will be closed starting on July 14, 2022, for refurbishment and is expected to “return next year with an enhanced table service experience,” according to Disney. The restaurant’s closure was supposed to begin in mid-June. Reservations at Narcoossee’s...

Disney Vacation Club’s Top of the World Lounge at Contemporary Resort’s Bay Lake Tower will reopen in July with a special hard-ticket event. The “Bound to be Bad” Fireworks Party is part of the Membership Magic and will be held on July 8-10, prior to the official reopening on July 11.