Have you spotted this helmet and rocket pack from The Rocketeer at Hollywood Studios? It can be found at a frozen drink stand called, quite appropriately, Peevy's Polar Pipeline. I love finding the movie props hidden throughout Hollywood Studios.
A new Lord of the RingsLEGO set is making it's debut next week. To celebrate, Sean Astin returned to Middle-earth to tell us all about this new set: The Shire.
Like all the Lord of the Rings set, The Shire is incredibly detailed (and incredibly expensive at $269.99), and includes 9 minifigures.
Here's the official description from LEGO:
Journey to Middle-earth with the LEGO Icons The Lord of the Rings: The Shire (10354) movie memorabilia set. Bursting with features that fans will adore, this intricate diorama captures the magic of Bilbo Baggins’ eleventy-first birthday party and includes 9 movie characters: Bilbo Baggins, Frodo, Mrs. Proudfoot, Farmer Proudfoot, Merry, Pippin, Rosie, Samwise, and Gandalf the Grey.
Recreate Bilbo’s hillside hobbit hole, complete with a round door and a richly furnished interior, including an entrance hall, study and parlor. Bring scenes to life with interactive functions. Transform a burning letter into The One Ring or make Bilbo vanish at the turn of a dial. Packed with movie details, from Gandalf’s horse and cart to the firework dragon and Party Tree, this set makes an enchanting display for the home or office.
The Shire will be released on April 5th, with early access for LEGO Insiders beginning on April 2nd.
The saga of the Avengersis far from over. The next big storyline in the Multiverse Saga of the MCU brings together characters from several different Marvel tales: the Avengers of course, the X-Men, theFantastic 4, Thunderbolts, and more. The first 27 members of the cast have been announced, including a returning face in a new role: Robert Downey, Jr as Doctor Doom.
Avengers: Doomsday arrives in theaters on May 1, 2026.
A new trailer has arrived for season 2 of the Star WarsseriesAndorand it looks intense. Cassian Andor has now joined the Rebellion and they are up against incredible odds.
While Season 1 followed Cassian’s reluctant journey from cynical nobody to revolutionary volunteer, the long-awaited conclusion in Andor Season 2 will see the characters and their relationships intensify as the horizon of war draws near and Cassian becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance. Everyone will be tested and, as the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices and conflicting agendas will become profound.
Rife with political intrigue, danger, tension, and high stakes, the thrill is a prequel to "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", which portrayed a heroic band of rebels who steal the plans to the Empire’s weapon of mass destruction — the Death Star — setting the stage for the events of the original 1977 film, "Star Wars: A New Hope". Andor sets the clock back five years from the events of Rogue One to tell the story of the film’s hero, Cassian Andor, and his transformation into a rebel hero on his way to an epic destiny.
Andor Season 2 stars Diego Luna (Cassian Andor), Stellan Skarsgård (Luthen Rael), Genevieve O’Reilly (Senator Mon Mothma), Denise Gough (Dedra Meero), Kyle Soller (Syril Karn), Adria Arjona (Bix Caleen), Faye Marsay (Vel Sartha) , Varada Sethu (Cinta Kaz), Elizabeth Dulau (Kleya Marki), Alan Tudyk (K-2SO), with Ben Mendelsohn (Director Orson Krennic), and Forest Whitaker (Saw Gerrera).
Season 2 of Andor arrives on DisneyPlus on April 22nd. New episodes will debut each Tuesday.
The next season of Doctor Whois nearly here! The Doctor has found a new companion, Belinda Chandra, but getting her back home may be more difficult than he thought.
Here's the official synopsis from BBC:
Audiences join The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) on an epic quest to get Belinda back to Earth.
But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-travelling TARDIS team must face great dangers, ferocious enemies and wilder terrors than ever before.
Doctor Who Season 2 arrives of DisneyPlus on April 12th. New episodes will debut weekly.
The final trailer for A Minecraft Movie is here and it looks so funny. Steve and Garrett are in for one over-the-top, insanely ridiculous adventure.
Here's the official synopsis from Warner Bros:
Welcome to the world of Minecraft, where creativity doesn’t just help you craft, it’s essential to one’s survival! Four misfits—Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Jason Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Danielle Brooks)—find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things like Piglins and Zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve (Jack Black). Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative…the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.
A Minecraft Movie arrives in theaters on April 4th.
For the past 14 years, the Grand Floridian has been home to an incredible display of hand crafted Easter eggs each spring. The styles range from the the ridiculous to the truly beautiful, but all are meticulously crafted by Cast Members out of chocolate and sugar. Some eggs return from year to year, while new eggs are added as well. This Kakamora display from 2024 was one of my favorites. It's so playful and silly. This year's display will be available for viewing from March 18 to April 20.
Today's the day: Wickedhas arrived on Peacock! Now you can return to Oz to your heart's content and sing along to all those memorable songs. It's gonna be popular!
Pixar's next movie, Elio, is about a young boy who has one great desire... to be abducted by aliens. And it looks like Elio is going to get everything he's wished for, and then some!
Here's the official synopsis from Pixar:
This summer, moviegoers will meet Elio, an 11-year-old whose biggest wish is to get abducted by aliens, as well as his Aunt Olga, and Glordon, Elio’s unexpected first friend who happens to be an alien. In this big-screen adventure, Elio will travel millions of miles across the universe encountering and a host of out-of-this world creatures who just might help him figure out exactly where he belongs.
For centuries, people have called out to the universe looking for answers—in Disney and Pixar’s all-new feature film “Elio,” the universe calls back! The cosmic misadventure introduces Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession. So, when he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide, Elio’s all in for the epic undertaking. Mistakenly identified as Earth’s leader, Elio must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions, and somehow discover who and where he is truly meant to be. The film features the voices of Yonas Kibreab as Elio, Zoe Saldaña as Aunt Olga, Remy Edgerly as Glordon, Brad Garrett as Lord Grigon, Jameela Jamil as Ambassador Questa and Shirley Henderson as OOOOO.
The first trailer for Freakier Friday has arrived and it looks absolutely hilarious. This sequel to the 2003 remake brings back Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan as a mother and daughter who swapped bodies. This time around, it's a bit more complicated.
“Freakier Friday,” a sequel to the beloved 2003 film with a multigenerational twist starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, will be released in theaters nationwide in 2025. In the film, Curtis and Lohan reprise their roles as Tess and Anna Coleman. The story picks up years after Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) endured an identity crisis. Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might indeed strike twice.
Returning cast members from the original film include Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Soong, Stephen Tobolowsky, and Rosalind Chao. They are joined by Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto, and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan.
Freakier Friday arrives in theaters on August 8th.
It's St. Patrick’s Day once again! Time to celebrate all things Irish. So, whip up a batch of Irish Brown Bread from Raglan Road and sit yerself down to enjoy the magic and mayhem of Disney's Darby O'Gill and the Little People. It was one of my favorite movies to watch as a child, although that Banshee was quite frightening.
Darby O'Gill and the Little People is available on DisneyPlus.
I really enjoy the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Hollywood Studios. It's so fun to fly the Millennium Falcon on a dangerous mission to liberate coaxium from the First Order. The smuggling operations are run by a rather familiar face from the Star Wars animated series, Hondo Ohnaka.
Hondo first appeared, causing more than a bit of trouble for Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano, in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. After a few episodes, the Weequay pirate really starts to grow on you, so when he popped up again in Star Wars Rebels, it was unexpectedly delightful. After many disreputable adventures, he opened Ohnaka Transport Solutions in Black Spire Outpost on Batuu, "borrowing" the Millennium Falcon for a smuggling run or two.
The first full trailer for Disney'sLilo & Stitch has arrived and it looks so much like the beloved animated movie, with a twist. This trailer gives our first glimpse of Jumba, Pleakley, and Cobra Bubbles. And they even included the poor guy who's always losing his ice cream!
Here's the official synopsis from Disney:
“Lilo & Stitch” is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. The film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham, Chris Sanders, with Courtney B. Vance, and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha.
Today's the day: Moana 2 has arrived on DisneyPlus! Moana and Maui are back for their next wild adventure with a bunch of new songs and characters. This song, "Get Lost," sung by the villain Matangi, is pretty fun and catchy.
The We Call It Imagineeringseries on YouTube is so fascinating. The latest behind-the-scenes video is about how imagineers create the ride vehicles that make each ride experience spectacular. From the vehicles of Main Street and Autopia to Stark's Flight Lab and the Monsters, Inc door coaster, it's amazing how much thought and design goes into every ride. This episode also includes an interview with Disney Legend and original Imagineer, Bob Gurr.
As part of the Muppets 70th Anniversary celebrations, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his beleaguered assistant Beeker from the Muppet Labs are here to conduct a field test. They're having fun learning about gravity, with a little help from Mythbuster Adam Savage.
Pandora: The World of Avatar in Animal Kingdom is still one of my favorite lands in any Disney World park. There is so much to see, it's like being in another world. The queue for Flight of Passage is so detailed, especially the lab scene, which includes a life-size avatar still in the tank.
The second season of the Star WarsseriesAndor is just over six weeks away. It takes place in the four years between the end of season one and Rogue One. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at what to expect this season with the cast.
The first three episodes of Andor Season 2 arrive on DisneyPlus on April 22nd.
Three new episodes will debut each Tuesday for a total of 12.
The 2025 EPCOTInternational Flower and Garden Festival kicks off today. In addition to beautiful floral displays and topiaries, there are a ton of tasty dishes and drinks to enjoy. And don't forget the Garden Graze. Purchase 5 of the 10 dishes found in the back of the Festival Passport, collecting a stamp for each. Then head to the Pineapple Promenade for a sweet surprise. Here are the menus for this year's Outdoor Kitchens.
Connections Eatery
Lemon-Lavender Baumkuchen with lavender anglaise 🌻
Carrot Cake Liege Waffle with candied pecans and cream cheese icing 🌻
Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich: Southern fried chicken sandwich with hot honey and pickleson a brioche bun
Blood Orange-Hibiscus Margarita: Teremana Blanco Tequila with hibiscus syrup, blood orange syrup, and Simply Orange Juice
BRUNCHCOT - Near The Odyssey
Avocado Toast with marinated tomatoes and plant-based cheese crumbles on toasted ciabatta 🥬🥕
Shrimp and Grits: Blackened shrimp and cheddar cheese grits with brown gravy and sweet corn salsa
Biscuit and Gravy featuring IMPOSSIBLE Sausage with pepper jelly 🥬🥕
Fried Cinnamon Roll Bites with cream cheese frosting and candied bacon
Fruit Cereal Shake: Vanilla soft-serve and fruit-flavored breakfast cereal 🧋
3 Daughters Brewing Coffee Blonde Ale 🌻
Peach Bellini: Sparkling Wine and Peach Purée
The Citrus Blossom - Odyssey
Orange-Sesame Tempura Shrimp with orange-chile sauce
Citrus-baked Brie with orange-lemon marmalade, limoncello-macerated blueberries, and spiced marcona almonds
Lumpia with plant-based pork, green papaya salad, and yuzu sweet-and-sour 🥬🥕
Lemon Tart with lemon curd, blood orange fluid gel, aquafaba meringues, and raspberry powder 🥬🥕
Orange-Lemon Smoothie Served in a Souvenir Orange Bird Sipper 🧋
3 Daughters Brewing Orange Blossom Hard Cider 🌻
BrewDog Yuzu Rice Lager 🌻
Copperpoint Brewing Co. Lemon Meringue Blonde Fruit Beer 🌻
Key Lime Wine Slushy
Beverage Flight 🌻
Trowel & Trellis - Near Disney Traders
Soy-glazed Pork Sticky Ribs with green onions and peanuts
Farmhouse Meatball featuring IMPOSSIBLE Beef with Lentil Bread, Spinach, Marinated Vegetables, and creamy herb aïoli 🥬🥕
Chocolate Mousse Terrarium with matcha crumble and chocolate soil
Tropical Punch: Twinings Mango & Pineapple Herbal Tea with Minute Maid Passion Fruit Orange and Guava Juice, Simply Fruit Punch, and simple syrup🧋
Ology Brewing Co Spa Goggles Cucumber Lime Gose 🌻
Tropical Punch: Twinings Mango & Pineapple Herbal Tea with Minute Maid Passion Fruit, Orange and Guava Juice, Simply Fruit Punch, and simple syrup, with Cruzan Mango Rum
Jardin de Fiestas - Mexico
Taco de Camarón: Crispy tempura-battered shrimp in a flour tortilla with dried hibiscus flowers and chipotle aïoli
“Giant” Tostada de Carne: Oaxacan tostada, barbacoa beef, guacamole, jícama, pumpkin seeds, and salsa macha
Chocoflan: Layered traditional Mexican flan and chocolate cake with toasted walnuts
Oaxacan Sweetheart: Dos Hombres Reposado Mezcal, lemon juice, orange blossom honey, and a pollen salt rim
Elderflower-Cucumber Margarita: Dulce Vida Blanco Tequila, elderflower liqueur, and cucumber-lime juice
Craft Mexican Draft Beer
Lan Yuan - China
House-made Cheesy Crab Wontons: Fried wontons filled with cream cheese, celery, and imitation crab stick drizzled with plum-chili sauce
Satay Beef Bao Bun filled with pan-fried beef, red onion, and jalapeño in Chinese satay peanut sauce
Pan-fried Vegetable Dumplings filled with bok choy, carrot, shiitake mushroom, ginger, garlic, and sesame
Mango Bubble Tea 🧋
Brew Hub Honey Jasmine Lager
Dragon Dynasty: Baijiu spirit, light rum, dragon fruit syrup, piña colada mix, and soda water
Frozen Lucky Peach: Peach whiskey, peach schnapps, oolong tea, simple syrup, and lemon juice
Tropical Moon: Vodka, triple sec, passion fruit syrup, sparkling water, and white boba pearls
Caprese Cocktail: Basil-infused vodka, balsamic-tomato juice, and fresh mozzarella
Magnolia Terrace - The American Adventure
Traditional Muffuletta with ham, salami, mortadella, provolone, and Swiss cheese with olive salad
Spicy Chicken Gumbo with andouille sausage and long grain and wild rice
Grilled Gulf Oysters with cajun andouille sausage butter and lemon 🌻
Bananas Foster Bread Pudding with a rum-caramel sauce
Wicked Weed Brewing Twist Belgian-Style White Ale 🌻
von Trapp Brewing Vienna Lager 🌻
Parish Brewing Co. Ghost in the Machine Double IPA
Spiced Rum Cocktail: Spiced rum, coconut rum, Simply Fruit Punch, and Minute Maid Orange Juice
Beer Flight
Funnel Cake
Peaches ‘n’ Cream: Funnel cake with powdered sugar, vanilla ice cream, peaches, whipped cream, cobbler crumble, and cinnamon-bourbon caramel sauce
Hanami - Japan
Frushi: Strawberry, pineapple, and honeydew wrapped in coconut rice and tri-color soy wrap served with coconut cream sauce and toasted coconut
Steam Bun filled with savory flavored vegetables and plant-based soy meat
Ramen Cup: Ramen noodle salad shaken in a cup with fresh vegetables and grilled chicken served with yuzu-soy vinaigrette and chili oil
Takoyaki: Octopus tako balls served with spicy mayo, okonomiyaki sauce, and crunch rice pearls
Kyoto Boba: Crafted kyoho (Japanese black grape) juice with strawberry popping boba 🧋
Locally crafted Japanese-inspired Pilsner with aromas of Cherry Blossom and Ginger
Shogun Sangria: Sake cocktail with a combination of citrus and white cranberry juice
Strawberry Nigori Sake: Nigori cloudy sake with spring notes from the strawberry
Tangierine Café: Flavors of the Medina - Morocco
Grilled Kebabs with carrot-chickpea salad and garlic aïoli
Chermoula Chicken
Moroccan-spiced Lamb
Stone-baked Moroccan Bread with assorted dips 🥬
Orange Blossom-Saffron Cake
Pomegranate Mimosa: Sparkling Wine and pomegranate juice
Keel Farms Pear Honeysuckle Hard Cider
Blake’s Hard Cider Co. Tropical Mango Imperial Hard Cider 🌻
3 Daughters Brewing Pomegranate Hard Cider
Hard Cider Flight
La Isla Fresca - Between France and Morocco
Jamaican Jerk Chicken with Pigeon Pea Rice, Roasted Sweet Plantains, and Cinnamon Butter 🌻
Seafood Ceviche: Shrimp, Scallops, and Fish with Citrus, Radish, and Chulpe 🌻
Coconut-Chocolate Flancocho: Chocolate Cake, Coconut Custard, and Passion Fruit Caramel 🌻🥬🥕
Citrus Slushy: Simply Lemonade, Simply Grapefruit, and Simple Syrup 🧋
Woodchuck Chuck’s Imperials Wild Tropics Hard Cider 🌻
Florida Orange Groves Winery Hurricane Class 5 Tropical Sangria
Citrus Slushy: Simply Lemonade, Simply Grapefruit, Simple Syrup, and Don Q Limón Rum
Fleur de Lys - France
Croissant au Fromage de Chèvre, Herbes et Ail Rôtie: Croissant with goat cheese, herbs, and roasted garlic
Gnocchis Provencal Aux Herbes, Canard Confit, Sauce Romarin: Pulled duck confit, rosemary sauce, and herbs provencal-style gnocchis
Gâteau au Chocolat chaud a la Noisette: Warm chocolate-hazelnut cake
Beignet Caramélisé, Fourré Crème Vanille, Glacé au Caramel Fleur de Sel: Caramelized beignet filled with vanilla cream and glazed with caramel fleur de sel
Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc: Fruity white beer with citrus notes
Sparkling Cantaloupe-Melon Cocktail: French cantaloupe and honeydew liqueur and sparkling wine
R. Dutoit Les Vieilles Collines Chardonnay
La Vie en Rose Frozen Slush: Vodka, Grey Goose L’Orange, St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur, and white and red cranberry juices
UK Beer Cart
Blackcurrant Gin Cocktail: Fords Gin with lemon juice, blackcurrant syrup, and cucumber syrup
Northern Bloom - Canada
Seared Scallops with French green beans, marble potatoes, and bacon vinaigrette
Beef Tenderloin Tips with mushroom bordelaise sauce, whipped potatoes, and garden vegetables
Honey-Peach Cobbler Freeze with Blueberry Vodka and streusel
🌻Yacht Grub - Walkway between World Showcase and Imagination! Pavilion
Trio of Dips and Chips: Caramelized onion dip, whipped feta dip, and pimento cheese with house-made potato chips and caviar 🌻
Meat Assorti: Beef bresaola, prosciutto ham, and salami with baby arugula, pickled mustard seeds, tomato jam, truffle oil, and grilled ciabatta🌻
Assorted Artisanal Cheeses and Accompaniments
Elderflower Sparkling Cocktail: Sparkling wine, Seagram’s Club Soda, and St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur 🌻
Lemon Sparkling Cocktail: Sparkling wine, Seagram’s Club Soda, and limoncello liqueur 🌻
Orange Sparkling Cocktail: Sparkling wine, Seagram’s Club Soda, and Aperol Aperitivo Liqueur 🌻
Sparkling Cocktail Flight 🌻
🌻 Beach Grub - Walkway between World Showcase and Imagination! Pavilion
Seafood Bake with shrimp, mussels, clams, andouille sausage, red potatoes, corn on the cob, persillade butter, white wine broth, and grilled sourdough 🌻
Grilled Street Corn on the Cob with savory garlic spread and “cheese” 🥬🥕
S’mores Bar: Fudge brownie, dark chocolate, toasted meringue, and smoked graham cracker 🌻
Coconut Water 🧋
Coconut Water with Siesta Key Toasted Coconut Rum 🌻
The Land Cart: hosted by AdventHealth - Near The Land Pavillion
Mediterranean Vegetable Wrap: Pickled vegetables, hummus, cucumber, spring mix, tomato, and chipotle “cream” 🥬
Strawberry Fruit Bar
Tropical Smoothie: DOLE Whip, Banana, and Mango 🧋
Florida Fresh - CommuniCore Plaza
Conch Fritters with key lime aïoli 🌻
Cubanito with mojo-marinated pork belly, ham, swiss cheese, pickles, and stone ground mustard sauce
Florida Strawberry Shortcake with vanilla pound cake, macerated strawberries, strawberry sauce, and whipped cream 🌻