Seasonal Events Archive
Walt Disney World has announced details and dates for the 2021 Taste of EPCOT International Festival of the Arts, which will be a global celebration of the visual, culinary, and performing arts. In this post, we’ll share everything we know thus far, plus why Festival of the Arts is our favorite event of the year
Walt Disney World has announced details about Halloween entertainment, decorations, snacks, costumes, and more at Magic Kingdom. The fall holiday will be celebrated from September 15 to October 31, 2020. In this post, we’ll share what was announced and offer some thoughts about visiting. We’ve been anxiously awaiting this news, and are pretty excited. While
“Is the 2020 Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party going to happen?” and “when will MVMCP tickets go on sale?” and (my personal favorite) “will Christmas be cancelled this year at Walt Disney World?” are common reader questions. We’ll attempt to answer those here, with an emphasis on Magic Kingdom’s hard ticket holiday party. While the
Disney’s Easter is Tokyo Disneyland’s two month celebration of Easter, typically running from early April through June. This guide features photos & info, along with tips for enjoying the special event if you’re visiting Japan during spring-time. Unlike Walt Disney World and Disneyland that do an Easter Egg Hunt and sell a few items of
This post offers a review and some photos of the 2019 Epcot International Festival of the Holidays from our visits Thanksgiving weekend. With this event now underway, it’s now officially Christmas-time at every Walt Disney World theme park! Picking up where the Food & Wine Festival left off only one week after that ended, Epcot’s
In this post, I’ll offer a preliminary review and first impressions of the 2019 Epcot Food & Wine Festival from our visits opening weekend. While still likely fun for first-timers, in a couple of ways, we found the event to be a disappointment as compared to years past, which we’ll cover here. (Note that we’ll
Halloween treats have returned to Walt Disney World! Magic Kingdom has numerous themed snacks and desserts, with 2019 Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party exclusives and all-day food options, too. We ate most of them, and in this guide, we’ll review the best and worst of these, sharing our favorites and what you should absolutely
Walt Disney World has introduced the new Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party Pass, allowing access to unlimited special event nights for $299 plus tax. Well, technically “only” 35 nights–but this allows Party Passholders to attend every party night in August, September, October, and November except for October 31, 2019. We bought the Mickey’s Not
Donald’s Hot Jungle Summer brings about the return of a stage show to Cinderella Castle with Oh! Summer Banzai!, which is like World of Color meets the kind of show you’d find at a Walt Disney World Christmas or Halloween party. Of course, like all seasonal events, this is included in the normal $69 price
Epcot’s 2019 Flower & Garden Festival is now underway at Walt Disney World! We were on hand for the opening day of the event, and spent a half-day wandering the park, admiring the topiaries and perfectly-manicured gardens. In this post, we’ll share some thoughts and, more importantly, photos of Epcot in full bloom. One thing
Disney Pirates Summer is a special event themed to the Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise. The marquee entertainment of the swashbuckling festivities is Pirates Summer Battle “Get Wet”, with special dining and merchandise also available. This post features some of my photos and thoughts on Pirates Summer at Tokyo DisneySea, along with tips for
