Halloween Treats At Disney World Resorts

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There are so many spookily delicious sweets and treats throughout Disney World at Halloweentime. Here are the tasty bites you can find at the Disney World Resorts now through November 4th.

All-Star Resorts

End Zone, Intermission, and World Premiere Food Courts

• Fall Cupcake: Vanilla cupcake with spiced apple buttercream 🎃

Art of Animation

Landscape of Flavors

• Fall Cupcake: Vanilla cupcake with spiced apple buttercream 🎃
• The Whoopie Monster: Apple and caramel whoopie pie with marshmallow buttercream 

Boardwalk

BoardWalk Deli

• Halloween Mummy Cupcake: Spiced vanilla cupcake, apple compote, and milk chocolate mousse 
• Mickey Cinnamon Roll 

Carousel Coffee

• Mickey Cinnamon Roll 

The Mara

• Halloween Mummy Cupcake: Spiced vanilla cupcake, apple compote, and milk chocolate mousse

Caribbean Beach

Centertown Market

• Fall Cupcake: Vanilla cupcake with spiced apple buttercream 🎃

Spyglass Grill

• Fall Cupcake: Vanilla cupcake with spiced apple buttercream 🎃

The Campsites at Fort Wilderness 

Trail’s End Restaurant

• Headless Horseman Pop: Chocolate chip cookie dough and brownie dipped in white chocolate with a chocolate piece 🎃

• Pumpkin Sugar Cookie: Halloween sugar cookie coated in dark and white chocolate 🎃

Grand Floridian

Gasparilla Island Grill

• Dulce de Leche Brownie: Chocolate brownie, dulce de leche ganache, and ginger pepita crumble 🎃

Polynesian Village

Kona Island  

• Vampire Stitch Cake: Chocolate cake with ‘raspberry ice cream cone’ buttercream 

Pineapple Lanai 

• Mickey Pumpkin Soft-serve: Pumpkin-spiced flavored soft-serve and coconut haupia with caramel drizzle, graham cracker crumbs, and a white chocolate Mickey-shaped pumpkin 

Pop Century

Everything POP Shopping & Dining

• Fall Cupcake: Vanilla cupcake with spiced apple buttercream 🎃
• The Whoopie Monster: Apple and caramel whoopie pie with marshmallow buttercream

Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter  

Scat Cat’s Club – Café 

• Ghoulish Beignets: Mickey-shaped beignets dusted with cookies and cream powdered sugar and a ghoulish marshmallow crème drizzle 

Riviera

Le Petit Café

• Halloween Macaron Trio: Pumpkin-spiced milk chocolate, green apple-chocolate, and blood orange-dark chocolate 

Yacht Club

Beach Club Marketplace

• Captain Hook Cookie: Vanilla sablé with strawberry jam, peanut butter ganache, buttercream, and chocolate décor

The Market at Ale & Compass

• Captain Hook Cookie: Vanilla sablé with strawberry jam, peanut butter ganache, buttercream, and chocolate décor

🎃 - New

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

Halloween Treats At The Disney World Resorts

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Halloween is arriving in the Parks and Resorts of Disney World this week. And that means a lot of fun and spooky Halloween treats will be appearing, too. These treats will be available from August 8 - October 31.

All-Star Movies

World Premiere Food Court

• Monster Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla “buttercream” 🥬

All-Star Music

Intermission Food Court

• Chicken Adobo Nachos: Blue corn tortilla chips with grilled chicken adobo, toasted pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, roasted corn pico, and a zesty pumpkin-cheese sauce finished with a cilantro-lime crema and yellow corn tortilla strips 🎃
• Monster Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla “buttercream” 🥬

All-Star Sports

End Zone Food Court

• Chicken Adobo Nachos: Blue Corn Tortilla Chips with grilled chicken adobo, toasted pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, roasted corn pico, and a zesty pumpkin-cheese sauce finished with a cilantro-lime crema and yellow corn tortilla strips 🎃
• Monster Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla “buttercream” 🥬 

Art of Animation

Landscape of Flavors

• Chicken Adobo Nachos Blue corn tortilla chips with grilled chicken adobo, toasted pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, roasted corn pico, and a zesty pumpkin-cheese sauce finished with a cilantro-lime crema and yellow corn tortilla strips 🎃 
• Monster Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla “buttercream” 🥬 
• The Whoopie Monster: Apple and caramel whoopie pie with marshmallow buttercream

Beach Club

Beach Club Marketplace

• Captain Hook Cookie: Vanilla sablé with strawberry jam, peanut butter ganache, buttercream, and chocolate décor

BoardWalk

BoardWalk Deli

• Mickey Cinnamon Roll
• Halloween Mummy Cupcake: Spiced vanilla cupcake with apple compote and milk chocolate mousse 🎃

BoardWalk Inn

Carousel Coffee

• Halloween Macaron Trio: Pumpkin-spiced Milk Chocolate, Green Apple-Caramélia Chocolate, Blood Orange-Dark Chocolate 🎃
• Mickey Cinnamon Roll

Caribbean Beach

Centertown Market and Spyglass Grill

• Monster Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla “buttercream” 🥬 
• The Whoopie Monster: Apple and caramel whoopie pie with marshmallow buttercream

Grand Floridian

Gasparilla Island Grill

• Halloween Mummy Cupcake: Spiced vanilla cupcake with apple compote and milk chocolate mousse 🎃
• Pumpkin-Cranberry Muffin (Sept. 1 - Oct. 31)

Polynesian Village

Kona Island 

• Vampire Stitch Cake: Chocolate cake with ‘raspberry ice cream cone’ buttercream

Pineapple Lanai

• Mickey Pumpkin Soft-Serve: Pumpkin-spiced flavored soft-serve and coconut haupia with caramel drizzle, graham cracker crumbs, and a white chocolate Mickey-shaped pumpkin

Pop Century

Everything POP Shopping & Dining (Coming soon)

• The Whoopie Monster: Apple and caramel whoopie pie with marshmallow buttercream

Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter

Scat Cat’s Club – Café

• Ghoulish Beignets: Mickey-shaped beignets dusted with cookies and cream powdered sugar and a ghoulish marshmallow crème drizzle

Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory

• Monster Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla “buttercream” 🥬 
• The Whoopie Monster: Apple and caramel whoopie pie with marshmallow buttercream

Port Orleans Resort – Riverside

Riverside Mill Food Court

• Monster Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake with a ghoulish swirl of vanilla “buttercream” 🥬 
• The Whoopie Monster: Apple and caramel whoopie pie with marshmallow buttercream

Riviera Resort

Le Petit Café

• Halloween Macaron Trio: Pumpkin-spiced milk chocolate, green apple-caramélia chocolate, blood orange-dark chocolate 🎃

Wilderness Lodge

Roaring Fork

• Haunted Forest Apple Mousse: Green cake with cookies and cream mousse and sour apple mousse

Yacht Club

The Market at Ale & Compass

• Captain Hook Cookie: Vanilla sable with strawberry jam, peanut butter ganache, buttercream, and chocolate décor

Fort Wilderness

Trail’s End Restaurant

• Spooky Mini Cookies and Dipping Cream: Halloween sugar cookies with dipping icing
• Pumpkin Sugar Cookie: Tie-dyed Halloween sugar cookie with buttercream

Various Lounges, Pool Bars, And Table-Service Restaurants

• Seawitch Brew: Lunazul Reposado Tequila, blackberry purée, and sour mix topped with fresh blackberries 🎃
• Doom-ela Margarita: Patrón Silver Tequila, Louis M. Martini Cabernet Sauvignon, Cointreau Liqueur, triple sec liqueur, sour mix, lime juice, black Cyprus salt, and lime

🎃 - New

🥬 - Plant-based

Even More Halloween Treats At Disney World

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Can you ever have too many Halloween sweets and treats? I think not. And apparently the creative crew at Disney WorldDisney World agrees with me because there are still more Halloween treats coming to the Parks and Resorts beginning September 29th.

EPCOT

Connections Café

• Mickey Halloween Liege Waffle: Dark chocolate liege waffle with purple and green icing 🎃 🦇

Sunshine Seasons

• Bat Mousse: Tri-colored layers of candy corn-flavored white chocolate mousse with dark chocolate glaçage and bat wings 🎃 (October 28-31)

Animal Kingdom

Kusafiri Coffee Shop & Bakery and Tamu Tamu Refreshments

• Halloween Colossal Mickey Cinnamon Roll: Colossal Mickey cinnamon roll with Halloween-themed icing ⚰️

Pizzafari and Restaurantosaurus

• Scar Cupcake: Delicious red velvet cupcake with toasted marshmallow filling, chocolate frosting, chocolate pebbles, white chocolate flames, and an edible Scar image 👻

Hollywood Studios

ABC Commissary

• Spider Web Tart: Spiced milk chocolate tart filled with orange curd, pomegranate-molasses whipped cream, candied orange peel, and a dark chocolate spider 🕷
• Frozen Apple Cider topped with green apple boba balls🧋🕷
• Frozen Apple Cider Whisky featuring Crown Royal Whisky topped with green apple boba balls 🕷

Backlot Express 

• Graveyard Cupcake: Fudge-filled chocolate cupcake topped with cookies ‘n cream buttercream, chocolate cookie tombstone, white chocolate bone, and Halloween sprinkles 🕷
• Frozen Apple Cider topped with green apple boba balls🧋🕷
• Frozen Apple Cider Whisky featuring Crown Royal Whisky topped with green apple boba balls 🕷

Dockside Diner and Fairfax Fare

• Pumpkin Patch Cookie: Pumpkin-spiced snickerdoodle topped with pumpkin-spiced buttercream and pumpkin candies 🕷

Hollywood Scoops 

• Candy Corn Milk Shake: Vanilla and candy corn milkshake topped with an orange doughnut and Halloween sprinkles 🕷

PizzeRizzo 

• Halloween Candy Cookie Pizza: Sugar cookie ‘pizza’ topped with strawberry jam, white chocolate, Halloween candy, and sprinkles 🕷
• Frozen Apple Cider topped with green apple boba balls 🧋🕷
• Frozen Apple Cider Whisky featuring Crown Royal Whisky topped with green apple boba balls 🕷

Rosie’s All-American Café

• Frozen Apple Cider topped with green apple boba balls 🧋🕷
• Frozen Apple Cider Whisky featuring Crown Royal Whisky topped with green apple boba balls 🕷

Woody’s Lunch Box

• Pumpkin Lunch Box Tart: Pumpkin pie-filled pastry tart with marshmallow fondant, candy corn, and Halloween sprinkles 🕷

Popcorn Carts Near Grand Avenue, the Tip Board, and the Main Entrance

• Halloween Mickey Brownie: Chocolate brownie with Halloween sprinkles 🕷

Resorts

Animal Kingdom Lodge 

The Mara

• Black Cat Tart: Carrot cake topped with orange caramel, toasted coconut, and a pumpkin cheesecake 🎃🕷

Beach Club Resort 

Beach Club Marketplace

• Captain Hook Cookie: Vanilla sable with strawberry jam, peanut butter ganache, buttercream, and chocolate décor 🎃🕷
• Ursula Tart: Vanilla tart filled with spice cake, chocolate ganache, blackberry pearls, blackberry mousse, and chocolate décor 🎃🕷

Beaches & Cream Soda Shop 

• Butter Pecan-Pumpkin Shake: Butter pecan ice cream with pumpkin flavoring, caramel and chocolate sauces, and a vanilla cupcake decorated like a Mickey pumpkin with sprinkle décor 🕷

BoardWalk Inn

BoardWalk Deli

• Halloween Half Moon Cookie 🕷
• Creepy Cupcake: Vanilla cupcake with blood orange curd filling, vanilla whipped cream, chocolate cookie crumbs, and sugar pumpkins 🕷
• Boo Brownie: Mickey-shaped brownie topped with ganache and buttercream ghosts 🕷

Carousel Coffee

• Creepy Cupcake: Vanilla cupcake with blood orange curd filling, vanilla whipped cream, chocolate cookie crumbs, and sugar pumpkins 🕷
• Boo Brownie: Mickey-shaped brownie topped with ganache and buttercream ghosts 🕷

Contemporary

Contempo Café 

• Caramel Apple-Sugar Cookie 🎃 (October 1 - November 30)
• Haunted Mansion Éclair: Éclair filled with caramel apple mousse topped with chocolate-caramel ganache with Haunted Mansion edible images 🎃🕷

Grand Floridian

Gasparilla Island Grill

• Mike Wazowski Pop: Confetti cake enrobed in green chocolate 🎃🕷
• S’mores Ghost Tart: Graham cracker tart shell filled with ganache, milk chocolate mousse, and topped with a marshmallow ghost 🎃🕷
• Not-So-Poison Apple: Chocolate cauldron filled with apple spice cake, apple filling, and caramel buttercream topped with apple mousse 🎃🕷
• Minnie Mouse Witch Hat Cupcake: Cookies ‘n cream-filled chocolate cupcake enrobed in ganache 🕷

Fort Wilderness

Trail’s End Restaurant

• Pumpkin Sugar Cookie: Tie-dyed Halloween sugar cookie with buttercream 🎃🕷
• Spooky Mini Cookies and Dipping Cream: Halloween sugar cookies with dipping icing 🎃🕷

Polynesian Village

Kona Island

• Vampire Stitch Cake: Chocolate cake with ‘raspberry ice cream cone’ buttercream 🎃🕷

Pineapple Lanai 

• Not-So-Scary Pumpkin Soft-serve: Pumpkin-spiced flavored soft-serve and coconut haupia with caramel drizzle, graham cracker crumbs, and a white chocolate Mickey-shaped pumpkin 🕷

Riviera

Le Petit Café 

• Chocolate-Cherry Coffin: Biscuit sans farine, milk chocolate mousse, and morello cherries 🎃🕷

Wilderness Lodge

Roaring Fork

• Haunted Forest Apple Mousse: Green cake with cookies ‘n cream mousse and sour apple mousse 🕷

Yacht Club

The Market at Ale & Compass

• Captain Hook Cookie: Vanilla sable with strawberry jam, peanut butter ganache, buttercream, and chocolate décor 🎃🕷
• Ursula Tart: Vanilla tart filled with spice cake, chocolate ganache, blackberry pearls, blackberry mousse, and chocolate décor 🎃🕷

🎃 - New

🧋 - Non-alcoholic

⚰️ - Available September 29 - October 31

🕷 ‐ Available October 1-31

👻 - Available October 16-31

🦇 - Available October 31 only

Return to Sleepy Hollow Event at Disney World

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If you've ever been to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party, you know how amazing it is to see the Headless Horseman ride through the park before the parade. It's one of my favorite parts of the party. If you just can't get enough of that old spook, you're in luck. This year, Disney has created a special event that revolves around the ghostly figure on his nightmarish steed, "Return to Sleepy Hollow" at Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground.

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Guests will view the classic 1949 animated film "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" inside the Tri-Circle-D Ranch stables. Afterward, get up close and have your photo taken with the Headless Horseman.

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"Return to Sleepy Hollow" will take place on the following dates at 8 PM and 10 PM:

• September 29 - October 2
• October 5-9
• October 12-16
• October 19-23
• October 26-31

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There are two different ticket options: general seating is $22 per person, and priority seating, which includes first dibs on the photo op as well as a Halloween treat bag, is $38 per person. Guests age 2 and under are free, but will need to sit in a parent's lap. To reserve this experience, call 407-WDW-TOUR. Space is limited and expected to sell out quickly.

Big Thunder Mountain ride review

"Hang onto your hats and glasses, folks, 'cause this here's the wildest ride in the wilderness!"

Big Thunder Mountain is a train-style roller coaster. It's fast, with some dark moments, some loud moments, and lots of twists and turns. The ride lasts 3 1/2 minutes and travels at speeds of 25-30 mph.

The queue for this ride is a short climb up the mountain and then a ramp down into the old mine where you board the train. The queue can be deceptively long, as little of it is visible from the outside. However, new interactive sections have been added to the queue, making it a lot of fun to wait. You can play with explosives, see mine canaries, and help the miners do their work. Even so, I would recommend a Fast pass if the posted wait time is more than 30 minutes.

Each train consists of a locomotive and 5 cars, and each has a unique name. The trains are U.B. Bold, U.R. Daring, U.R. Courageous, I.M. Brave, I.B. Hearty, and I.M. Fearless.

Each car has three seats, which are big enough for 2 average adults, although I have squished in 2 adults and 1 child when Bean wanted to ride together in the front. The restraint for each seat is a lap bar that goes across everyone in the seat. It locks into place and provides something to hold onto around tight turns as you will slide across the seat. It can be a little tricky if an adult and small child ride together, as the lap bar won't close down tightly across the child, but it's not really a problem if you know about it ahead of time.

The train travels in and out of the mine several times and goes up and down frequently. There are bats and rumbling rocks inside the mine as well as authentic antique mining equipment. The outside of the mountain is reminiscent of Utah and Arizona's Monument Valley.

As you travel around the mountain, you pass through Tumbleweed, an old mining town, where a party is going on in the Saloon, beneath the skeleton of a dinosaur, and partway over the Rivers of America. (If you go to Tom Sawyer's Island, head over to Fort Langhorn where you can "shoot" at the trains on Big Thunder Mountain as they pass by across the water.) For a wilder ride, request the last car on the train, and for a milder ride, request the front car. And don't forget to ride this at night, there are several unexpected sights that can really only be seen at night.

You must be 40" to ride Big Thunder Mountain, but if your kids like roller coasters, be sure to add this one to the list. It is also a great ride for  introducing younger kids to "real" roller coasters , especially if they have enjoyed Goofy's Barnstormer. Bean has been riding Big Thunder Mountain since she was 4 years old and it is still one of her favorites.

I love Big Thunder Mountain and make sure to ride it every time I go to the Magic Kingdom. This may not be the wildest roller coaster at Disney World, but it is definitely one not to miss.