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"Finding Nemo: The Big Blue... And Beyond" is my favorite performance at Disney World. The Animal Kingdom show features giant puppets, like Crush, that are totally righteous.

Animal Kingdom Snowflake

There are so many snowflake designs that can be found throughout Disney World in the winter. This lovely snowflake made up of deer, bears, penguins, birds and other animals was on banners in Animal Kingdom a few years ago.

Christmas Treats At Disney World

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It's that time of year again, and you know what that means... lots of tasty sweets and treats for Christmas. Here are the seasonal delights that can be found in Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and the Resorts. Most are available now until January 4th.

Hollywood Studios

ABC Commissary

• Linzer Cookie Mousse Torte: Layers of hazelnut cake, raspberry-blackcurrant mousse, raspberry jam, and sweet snow-dusted linzer cookie 
• Mickey Toy Soldier Drummer Sipper

Backlot Express

• Coquito Wreath Cupcake: Coquito custard-filled vanilla cupcake topped with coquito buttercream, chocolate bow, gold crispy pearls, and rainbow sprinkles 
• Mickey Toy Soldier Drummer Sipper

Dockside Diner

• Red Velvet Holiday Milk Shake: Red velvet milk shake swirled with chocolate sauce and topped with whipped cream, rainbow sprinkles, and a holiday tree sugar cookie 

Fairfax Fare

• Mickey Toy Soldier Drummer Sipper

Rosie’s All-American Café

• Coquito Wreath Cupcake: Coquito custard-filled vanilla cupcake topped with coquito buttercream, chocolate bow, gold crispy pearls, and rainbow sprinkles 

The Trolley Car Café

• Mickey Gingerbread Cookie: A soft gingerbread cookie with white chocolate Mickey details 

Various popcorn carts

• Gold Musical Rotating Tin

Woody’s Lunch Box 

• Hot Cocoa Lunch Box Tart: Chocolate fudge filling, hot cocoa-marshmallow fondant, and mini marshmallows 

Magic Kingdom

Aloha Isle Refreshments

• Santa Surf Shack Float: Minute Maid Passion Fruit Orange Guava Juice, coconut soft-serve, and a spiced pineapple tree pop 

Auntie Gravity’s Galactic Goodies

• Cherry Cordial Cold Brew: Joffrey’s Cold Brew Coffee topped with cherry whipped cream, chocolate sauce, and chocolate curls 

Columbia Harbour House 

• Gingerbread Cake: Tree-shaped gingerbread chiffon cake with cream cheese frosting, whipped dulce de leche panna cotta, crispy pearls, and a chocolate piece 

Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Café

• Mickey Toy Soldier Drummer Sipper

Liberty Square Market 

• Mickey Whoopie Pie: Chocolate cake sandwiched with marshmallow-mint buttercream 🥬

Pinocchio Village Haus

• Mickey Toy Soldier Drummer Sipper

Plaza Ice Cream Parlor 

• Gingerbread Milk Shake: Vanilla ice cream, gingerbread syrup, and ginger snap crumbs topped with whipped cream and a chocolate gingerbread man 

The Plaza Restaurant

• Holiday Beef Pot Roast: Served in a puff pastry crust with mashed potatoes, beer-battered onion rings, and black garlic-truffle aïoli 🎄

• Holiday Turkey Meatloaf with mashed potatoes, green beans, cornbread crumbles, and cranberry barbecue sauce 🎄

• Pistachio and Cherry Cheesecake with Morello Cherry Compote 🎄

• Holiday Cosmopolitan: Grainger’s Deluxe Organic Vanilla Vodka, Cointreau Liqueur, and cranberry and lime juices garnished with a sugar rim 🎄

Animal Kingdom

Creature Comforts (Available December 1-31)

• Peppermint Ganache Brownie: Fudge brownie topped with peppermint-white chocolate ganache and peppermint pieces 🎄 

Flame Tree Barbecue (Available December 1-31) 

• Cranberry-Cherry Cheesecake Pop: White chocolate cheesecake with cranberry-cherry swirl dipped in dark chocolate with cookie crust 🎄

Restaurantosaurus  

• Frozen Hot Cocoa: Frozen Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s with toasted marshmallow, whipped cream, holiday sprinkles, chocolate dinosaur, and a chocolate rim 🎄 
• Gingerbread Cookie 🎄

• Sugar Cookie: Sugar cookie dipped in green sugar with dinosaur-themed chocolate disc 🎄 

Various Outdoor Vending Locations (Available December 1-31) 

• Chocolate Chip Cookie made with M&M’S Milk Chocolate Candies Holiday Blend 🎄

• Mickey Cinnamon Roll with Christmas-colored Icing 🎄 

All Star

End Zone, Intermission, and World Premiere Food Courts

• Sausage and Butternut Squash Ragu: Fennel sausage, butternut squash, and kale in a creamy tomato sauce 🎄
• Gingerbread Cake: Gingerbread cake, caramel ganache filling, caramel crispy pearls, eggnog pastry cream, and white chocolate 🎄 
• Candy Cane Shake: Choice of vanilla or chocolate peppermint shake with whipped cream, peppermint pieces, and a cherry 🎄🧋

Art of Animation

Landscape of Flavors

• Sausage and Butternut Squash Ragu: Fennel sausage, butternut squash, and kale in a creamy tomato sauce 🎄
• Gingerbread Cake: Gingerbread cake, caramel ganache filling, caramel crispy pearls, eggnog pastry cream, and white chocolate 🎄 
• Candy Cane Shake: Choice of vanilla or chocolate peppermint shake with whipped cream, peppermint pieces, and a cherry 🎄🧋

BoardWalk Inn 

BoardWalk Deli 

• Candy Cane Cheesecake Brownie: Peppermint cheesecake, decadent brownie, and dark chocolate ‘sleigh bell’ truffle 
• Snowflake Cinnamon Roll: Fondant icing with sugar snowflake décor 

Carousel Coffee

• Snowflake Cinnamon Roll: Fondant icing with sugar snowflake décor 

Caribbean Beach

Centertown Market

• Gingerbread Cake: Gingerbread cake, caramel ganache filling, caramel crispy pearls, eggnog pastry cream, and white chocolate 🎄 

Coronado Springs

Barcelona Lounge 

• Snowflake Cinnamon Roll: Fondant icing with sugar snowflake décor  

Grand Floridian 

Gasparilla Island Grill

• Gingerbread Brownie: Gingerbread-spiced brownie with salted caramel ganache 🎄 
• Let It Snow: Almond-praline mousse, confit apricot, and orange chiffon 

• Stollen Bites 🎄

Old Key West

Good's Food To Go

• Gingerbread Cake: Gingerbread cake, caramel ganache filling, caramel crispy pearls, eggnog pastry cream, and white chocolate 🎄 

Polynesian Village 

Capt. Cook’s and Kona Island 

• Festive Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake, peppermint mousse, streusel, and chocolate décor

Pineapple Lanai

• Olu Mel Holiday Float: DOLE Whip Lime with DOLE Pineapple Juice, white chocolate piece, and strawberry popping candy 🧋

Pop Century

Everything POP Shopping and Dining

• Sausage and Butternut Squash Ragu: Fennel sausage, butternut squash, and kale in a creamy tomato sauce 🎄
• Gingerbread Cake: Gingerbread cake, caramel ganache filling, caramel crispy pearls, eggnog pastry cream, and white chocolate 🎄 

Port Orleans - Riverside

Riverside Mill Food Court

• Sausage and Butternut Squash Ragu: Fennel sausage, butternut squash, and kale in a creamy tomato sauce 🎄
• Gingerbread Cake: Gingerbread cake, caramel ganache filling, caramel crispy pearls, eggnog pastry cream, and white chocolate 🎄 
• Candy Cane Shake: Choice of vanilla or chocolate peppermint shake with whipped cream, peppermint pieces, and a cherry 🎄🧋

Riviera 

Le Petit Café

• Gingerbread Eggnog Entremet: Gingerbread financier, eggnog panna cotta, and raspberry gel 
• Gingerbread Cookie: European-style gingerbread, dark chocolate, and sugar glaze 

Primo Piatto

• Gingerbread Cookie: European-style gingerbread, dark chocolate, and sugar glaze 

Wilderness Lodge

Roaring Fork 

• Peppermint Igloo: White chocolate igloo filled with white chocolate-peppermint mousse and dark chocolate cake 

Trail’s End

• Snowflake Cinnamon Roll: Fondant icing with sugar snowflake décor

🎄 - New 

🥬 - Plant-based 

Bruce The Shark

The Finding Nemo musical at Animal Kingdom has been my favorite Disney World show for years. And my favorite scene is Bruce the shark and his pals singing "Fish Are Friends, Not Food". It makes me laugh every time!

Giraffe of Kilimanjaro Safari

The Kilimanjaro Safaris at Disney's Animal Kingdom are one of the best ways to see big animals in the park. The giraffes are often around during a safari ride and it's fun to see them up close.

Pride Mural at Animal Kingdom

For the last few years, Disney World has marked Pride month with murals in each of the four parks and Disney Springs. The murals make great photo spots for guests. This Mickey Love mural can be found in Animal Kingdom opposite Tiffins restaurant.

New Candy Containers at Disney World

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Disney World's latest collectible candy container is rather unexpected. Inspired by the iconic designs of Main Street USA, the container is a mini replica trash can. The trash cans of Disney Parks have been popular with fans for years, so it was only a matter of time before they appeared as a candy or popcorn container. The Trash Cans feature swinging flaps on both sides and a flip-top lid.

The Trash Cans will be available later this month at the six bulk candy locations listed below. To purchase your own Main Street USA Trash Can, you'll need to select at least a 1/2 pound of candy, then grab your container and head to the register.

Here's where you can find this crazy collectible: 

• Magic Kingdom: Main Street Confectionery
• Animal Kingdom: Zuri’s Sweets Shop
• Disney Springs: Goofy’s Candy Company 
• Disney Springs: Disney’s Candy Cauldron
• BoardWalk Inn: Screen Door General Store
• The Campsites at Fort Wilderness: Meadow Trading Post

Avatar Tank in Pandora

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.

Holiday Treats At Hollywood Studios & Animal Kingdom

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There are so many holiday sweets and treats at Disney World this year that it would be complete sugar overload to taste them all. But it would be fun to try! Here are the tempting treats you can find at Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom. 

Hollywood Studios

ABC Commissary

• Linzer Cookie Mousse Torte: Layers of hazelnut cake, raspberry-blackcurrent mousse, raspberry jam, and sweet snow-dusted Linzer cookie 🎄❄️

Backlot Express

• Gingerbread Cheesecake: Gingerbread cheesecake on a vanilla cookie topped with milk chocolate ganache, dulce de leche whipped cream, gingerbread chocolate décor, gold crispy pearls, and holiday sprinkles 🎄❄️

Dockside Diner

• Red Velvet Holiday Milk Shake:  Red Velvet Milk Shake swirled with Chocolate Sauce topped with Whipped Cream, Rainbow Sprinkles, and a Holiday Tree Sugar Cookie 🎄❄️

Rosie’s All-American Café  

• Coquito Wreath Cupcake: Coquito custard-filled vanilla cupcake topped with coquito buttercream, chocolate bow, gold crispy pearls, and rainbow sprinkles 🎄

The Trolley Car Café

• Winter Spice Mini Whoopie Pie: Spice cake filled with orange buttercream and cranberry-raspberry jam topped with a candied orange peel, cranberry, holiday sprinkles, sweet snow, and a plant-based chocolate tree 🎄🥕

Woody’s Lunch Box

• Hot Cocoa Lunch Box Tart: Chocolate fudge filling, hot chocolate-marshmallow fondant, and mini marshmallows ❄️

Outdoor Vending Locations

• Holiday Mickey Brownie: Chocolate brownie with holiday sprinkles  

Animal Kingdom

Pizzafari and Restaurantosaurus

• Snack for Santa: Chocolate chip cake, edible cookie dough, milk mousse, chocolate chip cookie, buttercream, and Christmas sprinkles ❄️🎄

🎄 - New

❄️ - Available November 8 - January 4

🥕 - Plant-based 

Treats For Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Month At Disney World

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Disney World is celebrating Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Month with an array of delightful sweets and eats. These tasty treats will be available from September 15 to October 15.

EPCOT

Connections Eatery

• Blackberry Caipiroska: Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Minute Maid Lemonade, strawberries, blackberry syrup, and frosted mint syrup 🍋‍🟩

Sunshine Season

• Birria Tacos with beef, Monterey Jack, onions, cilantro, and lime served with consommé 

Magic Kingdom

Jungle Navigation Co. LTD Skipper Canteen

• Dr. Falls Signature Grilled Steak: Hanger Steak Lomo Saltado-style, roasted peppers, potatoes, and ají amarillo mayonnaise 

Hollywood Studios  

ABC Commissary

• Watermelon Margarita: Patrón Silver Tequila, watermelon, sweet-and-sour, and lime juice 
• Shrimp Tacos: Sautéed shrimp on flour tortillas topped with cabbage slaw, chipotle mayonnaise, and mango salsa served with Mexican rice and black beans topped with pork and queso fresco 

The Hollywood Brown Derby

• Chorizo Spice Mushroom Croquettes: Pickled onions, mixed herbs, chili threads, and garlic “cream” 🥕

Animal Kingdom 

Pizzafari

• Encanto Cupcake: Guava and dulce de leche cupcake 

Restaurantosaurus

• Encanto Cupcake: Guava and dulce de leche cupcake 
• Cuban Burger: Seared Angus burger with all the traditional flavors of a Cuban sandwich including mojo pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, and creamy mustard sauce topped with potato strings 🍋‍🟩

Resorts

All-Star Resorts

End Zone & Intermission Food Courts

• Pollo Guisado: Braised chicken, carrots and olives, jasmine rice, sweet plantains, and fried garlic cilantro
• Tres Leches Cake with passion fruit curd and guava jam

Art of Animation

Landscape of Flavors

• Pollo Guisado: Braised chicken, carrots and olives, jasmine rice, sweet plantains, and fried garlic cilantro
• Tres Leches Cake with passion fruit curd and guava jam

Caribbean Beach

Centertown Market

• Guava and Cheese Pastry: Flaky pastry with guava and cheese filling 

Port Orleans - Riverside

Riverside Mill Food Court

• Tres Leches Cake with passion fruit curd and guava jam

Port Orleans - French Quarter

Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory

• Tres Leches Cake with passion fruit curd and guava jam

Various Lounges and Pool Bars

• Pomegranate-Berry Sangria: Angel’s Envy Port Barrel Finish Bourbon, Bin 27 Port Fonseca, Pomegranate Juice, and Blackberry Purée 🍋‍🟩

Various Table-Service Restaurants

• Pomegranate-Berry Sangria: Old Forester Kentucky Straight Bourbon, Fonseca Bin 27 Reserve Port, Pomegranate Juice, and Blackberry Purée 🍋‍🟩

Disney Springs  

Amorette’s Patisserie

• Guava and Cheese Mille-Feuille: Layers of crispy puff pastry, guava mousse, cream cheese mousse, and passion fruit gel 🍋‍🟩

Cilantro Food Truck

• Mexican Street Corn: Elote on the cob, lime, mayo, cotija cheese, chile-lime seasoning, and cilantro 🍋‍🟩

Chef Art Smith’s Homecomin’

• Chicken Tinga Sandwich: Shredded chicken sandwich with cilantro lime aioli, and caramelized peppers and onions 🍋‍🟩
• White Peach Sangria: Peach moonshine, La Perlina Moscato and peach puree muddled with orange and mango, and topped with moonshine-soaked peach wedge  
• Spicy Watermelon Margarita: Dobel Barrel-Strength Anejo and Dobel Diamante tequilas, chili simple syrup, and fresh watermelon 
• Dragon Fruit Mojito: Siesta Key Rum, fresh dragon fruit, prickly pear simple syrup, Topo Chico Sparkling Mineral Water, and fresh mint 

D-Luxe Burger

• Tripleta Burger: Signature-blend patty, ham, pork belly, potato sticks, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise-ketchup

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• Picadillo Cubano Bowl: Basmati rice infused with cumin, with black beans, a mix of ground meat, onions, tomatoes, garlic, cinnamon, raisins, and potatoes topped off with sweet plantains 🍋‍🟩
• Tostones Nachos: Seasoned nachos with green plantains, pork chili, and Kachumber salad drizzled with raita and cotija cheese 🍋‍🟩
• Garman Masala Tembleque: Coconut pudding with garam masala, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger topped with ground cinnamon and Gulab Jamun 🍋‍🟩
• Cantarito Cocktail: Tequlia, lime juice, orange juice, grapefruit juice and pineberry syrup 🍋‍🟩

Erin Mckenna’s Bakery NYC

• Tres Leches: Vanilla sponge cake soaked in a blend of three vegan milks, topped with house made buttercream, cinnamon garnish and caramel drizzle  
• Mexican Wedding Cake: Spiced cookies dusted with powdered sugar 

Everglazed Donuts & Cold Brew

• Churro Donut: Donut sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar blend topped with white icing, toffee bar pieces, vanilla buttercream, and a churro drizzled with caramel and chocolate icings 
• Dulce de Leche Cold Brew: Fresh-brewed coffee, sweet cream, and dulce de leche 🍋‍🟩
• Dulce de Leche Donut: Cinnamon sugar donut with dulce de leche buttercream filling and chocolate icing  

Frontera Cocina

• Shrimp Dorados Style: Four fried tacos stuffed with Shrimp and Chihuahua Cheese, Topped with Salsa Diabla, crema, slaw, cilantro and onions. 
• Guava Margarita: Centinela Reposado Tequila, Ten to One Rum, Guava puree and Agave infused with Mexican chiles 

Gideons’s Bakehouse

• Guava Cream Cheese Stuffed Sugar Cookie: Sugar cookie filled with guava and cream cheese and topped with sugar crystals 

House of Blues

• Cuban Sandwich with fries and three different cocktails made with Ron Centenario rum 🍋‍🟩

Jaleo by Jose Andres

• Carajillo con Espuma de Que: Licor 43, coffee liqueur, espresso, and house-made goat cheese foam 
• Saffron Rebujito: Aczu Gin, manzanilla sherry, saffron, lemon, and club soda 
• Agua Fresca de Fresas: Fresh muddled strawberries, lime, and orange with seedlip garden 🧋

Morimoto Asia

• Birria Short Rib Ramen: Slow braised beef short ribs, beef broth, egg noodles, quesadilla, soy egg, pickled onions, cilantro, and lime 🍋‍🟩

Salt & Straw

• Chocolate Champurrado with Sesame Toffee: Spiced champurrado ice cream with sweet skull-popping shards of sesame seed toffee 

Splitsville Luxury Lanes

• Fiesta Sushi Roll: Cream cheese, volcano mix, and tuna rolled and topped with avocado, Masago, togarashi, scallions, micro cilantro, and our fiesta & eel sauces  
• Baja Shrimp Tacos: Blackened shrimp, shredded cabbage, Thai chili lime, pickled red onion, cotija cheese and fresh cilantro with cilantro-lime rice and mashed black beans  
• Steak Ranchero Tacos: marinated chargrilled steak, salsa ranchero and pico de gallo, shredded cabbage, cotija cheese, red onion and fresh cilantro with cilantro-lime rice and mashed black beans  
• Brazilian Batida Cocktail: Cachaça, coconut milk, lime juice, passionfruit syrup with nutmeg and pineapple leaf 🍋‍🟩

Sunshine Churros

• Guava and Cheese Churro: Churro rolled in white sugar, drizzled with a creme Latin cheese and guava, and topped with Queso Blanco crumbles 🍋‍🟩
• Mangonada Churro: Churro rolled in mango sugar, drizzled with a mango sauce, and topped with a spicy salt seasoning mix 🍋‍🟩

The Boathouse

• The Boathouse Paloma: Ilegal Mezcal, Grapefruit Juice, Lime Juice, Agave Syrup, Grapefruit Soda and a chile-lime seasoning rim  
• Yellow Tail Ceviche: Yellowtail marinated in a Mango Lime Salsita, Hearts of Palm and avocado with a drizzle of Chile oil and tostadas 🍋‍🟩

The Daily Poutine

• Pastelón Poutine: Sofrito ground beef, fried sweet plantains, shredded cheddar, garlic aïoli, french fries, and chives 

The Ganachery

• Dulce de Leche Ganache Pop: Dulce de leche ganache covered in milk chocolate and sea salt 

The Polite Pig

• Blueberry Margarita Churros: Cream cheese-filled churros dusted with cinnamon and sugar, drizzled with a blueberry margarita syrup 🍋‍🟩
• Pulled Pork Arepa: Tender pork cured with tropical spices, topped with chayote slaw and cucumber sofrito 🍋‍🟩
• Oaxacan Old Fashioned: Tequila Reposado and Mezcal with simple syrup and Angostura bitters 🍋‍🟩
• Jungle Bird Cocktail: Rum, Campari, and pineapple juice with lemon juice 🍋‍🟩

Vivoli il Gelato

• Tres Leches Tiramisu: Tiramisu cream with layers of tres leches cake 
• Kalimotxo: Mango sorbetto with coca cola and red wine 

🍋‍🟩 - New

🥕 - Plant-based