We bring you a lot of stories every single day, and sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we’ve rounded up all our stories in one place to get today’s news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Wednesday, January 12, 2022.
Walt Disney World
EPCOT
- The Garden Rocks concert series will return to this year’s EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival, with the full lineup released today.
- Also, the full list of Outdoor Kitchen food booths was released for the EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival, although no new booths were added this year.
- Although concerning the festival at hand, more decorations have arrived for the 2022 EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, and the chalk artists have begun their work as the opening date draws near.
- Menus with prices have started to appear at the food studios around World Showcase as well.
- The chalk art-inspired decals have returned to areas around World Showcase as well, along with a new design inspired by “Luca”.
- Photo spots themed to three different iconic artists worldwide have been installed around World Showcase.
- Additionally, the full artist appearance schedule for January 14-22 is available now for the EPCOT International Festival of the Arts.
- Walt Disney World has begun hiring Cast Members to work Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ahead of its projected summer opening date.
- Re-painting has commenced on the side of the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind building.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- An Olaf character sighting will return to Disney’s Hollywood Studios starting January 15.
- Our latest photo report at Disney’s Hollywood Studios shows off the Woody’s Lunchbox seating expansion, the lack of carrying cases at Savi’s Workshop and Droid Depot, and more.
Typhoon Lagoon
- Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park remained closed today for the second consecutive day due to continuing cold weather in the Orlando area.
Disneyland Resort
- Magic Key holders are able to pick up a free set of “The Book of Boba Fett”-themed postcards at the Disneyland Resort while supplies last.
- Our thoughts were mixed on a new Boba Fett-inspired Pistachio Cherry Chocolate Cake at Tomorrowland Terrace.
- We got a try of the new Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake Churro at Disney California Adventure today.
Disney Cruise Line
- The CDC will allow its Provisional Sail Order to expire and praises the cruise industry’s resilience against COVID-19 even during the continued Omicron wave.
New Merchandise
- New limited-release Snow White Wishables are available for this week’s Wishables Wednesday at Walt Disney World.
- Two new “Cinderella” and “Up”-themed pre-arrival exclusive MagicBands are now available for pre-order at Walt Disney World.
- A few additions to the nuiMOs Fashion Collection went on sale today at Walt Disney World.
- If you’re big fans of Disney’s Pop Century Resort, you can pick up a groovy new water bottle and tubular apparel themed to the value resort.
- Our merchandise roundup from Walt Disney World today featured a Tinker Bell snowglobe, a Beauty and the Beast ornament, a pink and blue sweater, and more.
- There’s a slew of Lunar New Year merchandise items which arrived at Disney California Adventure today.
Entertainment & Media
Movies
- The news that “Turning Red” will be the third Pixar film to skip theatres in favor of a Disney+ release has many at the esteemed animation studio extremely disappointed.
- Andrew Burnap has reportedly been cast as the major male lead role in the “Snow White” live action remake.
WDW News Today
Mears Connect Already Raising Prices, Woody’s Lunch Box Expanding – NewsToday 1/12
NEW 2022 50th Anniversary Food Items at Disney World
That’s it for today; we hope you enjoyed this Daily Recap. Thanks for stopping by, and we’ll see you tomorrow!