No matter how many times I watch the Guardians of the GalaxyHoliday Special, it always makes me laugh. And this crazy song does, too. If you love it like I do, then sing along! (You know you know the words.)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is available on DisneyPlus.
After many delays, Disney’s live-actionSnow White is finally headed to theaters. I will say, I still have a few reservations about this particular production, but I'm willing to give it a chance. Here's the first full trailer, which includes a new song "Waiting on a Wish".
Magic mirror on the wall, show us the story that started it all. From the producer and executive producer of “Wicked,” Marc Platt and Jared LeBoff, and director Marc Webb comes “Disney’s Snow White,” a live-action musical reimagining of the studio’s classic 1937 film. The magical music adventure journeys back to the timeless story with Rachel Zegler in the title role and Gal Gadot as her Stepmother, the Evil Queen.
The new trailer showcases the scale and beauty of the lavish production design, the beloved characters Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy, and a first look at the power ballad Waiting on a Wish, one of the all-new original songs from EGOT winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
It's that time of year again! Time to make your way around EPCOT'sWorld Showcase and learn about holiday traditions while trying tasty dishes and sweet treats from around the world. And don't forget the Holiday Cookie Stroll. Buy five cookies (marked below with a 🍪), get a stamp for each one, and redeem a special treat at Holiday Sweets & Treats. (This year, it's a cookie kit you can bake at home!)
World Discovery
Connections Café
Holiday Sugar Cookie 🍪
Connections Eatery
Holiday Sweater Liege Waffle: Chocolate-coated brioche waffle with a flurry of blizzard themed sprinkles and white chocolate garnish
Coquito Milk Shake: French vanilla gelato, cream of coconut, nutmeg, and cinnamon 🧋
Spirited Coquito Milk Shake: French vanilla gelato, cream of coconut, nutmeg, cinnamon, and Bacardí Superior Rum
Holiday Hearth Desserts
Red Velvet Mini Bundt Cake with cream cheese icing
Salted Caramel Spaceship Earth Cookie
Mouse Crunch made with Red & Green M&M’S Milk Chocolate Candies
Mint Chocolate Mousse Wreath
Apple Caramel Crumb Cake
Chocolate-covered Toffee Brittle
Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee 🧋
Frozen Caramel Hot Cocoa: Hot cocoa with whipped cream and TWIX cookie bar pieces 🧋
Wicked Weed Brewing Jack Frost IPA
BrewDog Winter Staycation Pecan & Toffee Stout
Wicked Weed Brewing Milk & Cookies Imperial Milk Stout
Cocoa Candy Cane: Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee with Peppermint Schnapps
Beer Flight
World Showcase
Las Posadas Holiday Kitchen - Mexico
Empanada de Pollo: Fried corn tortilla filled with chipotle chicken and potatoes topped with chile rojo salsa, crema Mexicana, and queso fresco ❄️
Tamal de Puerco con Mole: Shredded pork in corn masa topped with mole negro, queso fresco, crema Mexicana, slivered almonds, and sesame seeds ❄️
Dulce de Leche Churro sprinkled with cinnamon sugar
Holiday Margarita: Dos Hombres Mezcal, tequila, cranberry lime juice, allspice and orange blackcurrant liqueurs ❄️
Coconut Guavarita: Tromba Blanco Tequila, coconut water, guava cream, hint of lime rum, and orange liqueur with a toasted coconut rim ❄️
Holiday Cerveza: Mexican Artisanal Craft Lager with black currant liqueur
Shanghai Holiday Kitchen - China
XO Fried Rice: Chinese sausage, onion, green onion, mushroom, egg, and house-made Hong Kong XO Chili Sauce ❄️
Beef Noodle Soup Bowl with slow-braised beef shank, green onion, and house-made chili oil
Vegetable Spring Rolls with citrus sauce
Taro Bubble Milk Tea: Green tea and boba 🧋❄️
Brew Hub Year of the Dragon: Dragon Fruit Lager
Butterfly Lantern: Butterfly pea blossom gin, vodka, prickly pear, lychee syrup, soda water, and white boba
Lychee Martini: Vodka, lychee syrup, and vermouth ❄️
Peach of Longevity: Peach Schnapps, citrus vodka, piña colada mix, and orange juice ❄️
Refreshment Outpost
Peanut Stew with sweet potatoes, mustard greens, and roasted peanuts 🥕
DOLE Whip Raspberry 🥕
Ciderboys Caramel Apple Hard Cider
81Bay Brewing Co. Cinnamon Orange Cranberry Wheat Ale
Crooked Can Brewing Company Crème Brûlée Lager
Boyd & Blair Chai Tea Mule
Bavaria Holiday Kitchen - Germany
Cheese Fondue in a bread bowl with steamed baby vegetables and marble potatoes
Pork Schnitzel with mushroom sauce, spätzle, and braised red cabbage
Hazelnut Linzer Cookie 🍪
Possmann Pure Hard Cider
von Trapp Brewing Trösten Smoked Dark Lager
Köstritzer Schwarzbier
Regional Riesling
Glühwein: House-made hot spiced wine (Served warm)
Beer Flight
Tuscany Holiday Kitchen - Italy
Montanara: Fried house-made pizza dough with pomodoro sauce, parmesan, and fresh basil
Dolce Pizza: Fried house-made pizza dough with sugar and cinnamon
Panettone: Panettone bread pudding and vanilla cream ❄️
Bombardino Freddo: Creamy eggnog and Italian brandy
Prosecco
Moscato
Chianti
Italian Red Sangria
Italian-inspired Margarita: Tequila, triple sec, and limoncello
Peroni Pilsner
American Holiday Table - The American Adventure
Slow-roasted Turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, and cranberry sauce
Blackened Catfish with Hoppin’ John and Comeback Sauce
Snickers-Doodle Cookie made with Snickers bar pieces 🍪
Crooked Can Brewing Company Bah HOPbug IPA
3 Daughters Brewing Eggnog White Porter
Playalinda Brewing Co. Peppermint Chocolate Stout
Beer Flight
Funnel Cake - The American Adventure
Gingerbread Funnel Cake: Vanilla ice cream, gingerbread crumbs, whipped cream, and red and green sprinkles ❄️
Shi Wasu Holiday Kitchen - Japan
Sushi Tree Roll: Christmas tree-shaped sushi roll with krab meat and cream cheese topped with ikura salmon roe and spicy mayo
Toshikoshi Soba: Buckwheat soba noodle in hot dashi (fish-based) soup topped with shrimp tempura and chopped green onion
Mochi Donut Wrap: A soft, chewy fusion pastry served with strawberry, whipped cream, strawberry sauce, and sweet red beans wrapped with “gyuhi” rice cake sheet ❄️
Ichigo Boba: Cranberry and yuzu cream drink with calpico and popping strawberry boba pearls 🧋
Japanese Punch: Shōchū, plum wine, cranberry, and lemon juice
Chocolate Nigori: Creamy texture of Nigori Sake and rich sweetness and gentle bitterness from chocolate ❄️
Sapporo Premium Black Beer
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 dips 🥕
Ciderboys Cranberry Razz Hard Cider ❄️
Bold Rock Apple Crumble Hard Cider
Gulf Stream Brewing Holiday Snakebite
Holiday Fig Cocktail: Kleiner Feigling fig liqueur and white cranberry juice
Hard Cider Flight
L’Chaim! Holiday Kitchen - Between Morocco and France
Pastrami on Rye with house-made pickles and deli mustard
Smoked Salmon Potato Latke
Potato Latkes 🥕
Rugelach: Pastry filled with raspberry jam, walnuts, and cinnamon
Black and White Cookie 🥕🍪
Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout ❄️
Frozen New York Whiskey Sour: Manifest Whiskey and Manischewitz Blackberry Wine
Le Marché de Noël Holiday Kitchen - France
Crème De Saumon Fumé en Brioche aux Grains de Sesames, Concombre Et Radis: Smoked salmon spread on a sesame brioche roll with cucumber and radishes
Rôti de Jambon Sauce Moutarde à l’Ancienne, Pommes Darphin: Roasted ham with mushrooms, pearl onions, bacon, white wine mustard sauce, and darphin roasted herb potatoes ❄️
Bûche de Noël au Chocolat et Caramel: Chocolate fudge Christmas log with a caramel cream center ❄️
Frozen Hot Chocolate Martini: Vodka, chocolate milk, and whipped cream
Spiced Cranberry Punch: Pol Rémy Sparkling Wine, cranberry juice, orange juice, and spiced brown sugar ❄️
Chateau Haut Beaumard Cabernet Sauvignon ❄️
UK Beer Cart - United Kingdom
Frozen Chocolate Orange Cocktail: Hot chocolate, orange syrup, and blood orange liqueur
Canada Popcorn Cart - Canada
Canadian Hot Toddy: Maple syrup, honey, black tea, lemon juice, cinnamon, and Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky served warm
Yukon Holiday Kitchen - Canada
Seared Salmon with butternut squash purée, maple-bourbon glaze, and fennel-arugula salad
Beef Bourguignon with crushed potatoes
Peppermint Pinwheel Cookie 🍪
Frozen Joffrey’s Coffee 🧋
81Bay Brewing Co. Peanut Butter Banana Porter
Playalinda Brewing Co. Maple Cookie Blonde Ale
Collective Arts Coffee Maple Porter
Regional Icewine
Regional Red Wine
Frozen Joffrey’s Coffee with Tap 357 Canadian Maple Rye Whisky
Beer Flight
Refreshment Port - Near Canada
Turkey Poutine: Sweet potato fries with turkey gravy, cranberry relish, and crispy onions
Keel Farms Pumpkin Hard Cider
Pasek Cellars Cranberry Wine
Swirled Showcase - Near Port of Entry
Holiday Mickey-shaped Liquid Nitrogen Pop: Chocolate cake dipped in ganache made with Red & Green M&M’S Milk Chocolate Minis
Soft-serve in a Cone
Vanilla
Apple-cinnamon
Dark chocolate
Floats: Barq’s Red Crème Soda or Barq’s Root Beer with Vanilla Soft-serve 🧋
Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. Bourbonola and Cherry Cola
Lexington Brewing & Distilling Co. Bourbonola with dark chocolate soft-serve
Fireball Cinnamon Whisky and Barq’s Red Crème Soda with apple cinnamon soft-serve
Coffee Float: Dark chocolate soft-serve with iced coffee and choice of Mozart Liqueur
Holiday Sweets & Treats - Near Port of Entry
Peppermint Sundae: Chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, and peppermint candy
Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee 🧋
Chocolate Peppermint Shake with Twinings Peppermint Cheer Tea 🧋
Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee with Choice of Liqueur: Baileys Original Irish Cream, Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream, or Grand Mariner
Nochebuena Cocina - Between World Showcase and the Imagination! Pavilion
Plant-based Chorizo Tamal with cotija and spicy red chile sauce 🥕
Pastelón: Sofrito-marinated beef with sweet plantains and olives
Cinnamon-spiced Chocolate Crinkle Cookie 🍪
Ponche Navideño: Christmas punch with apple, pears, guava, oranges, dried hibiscus, brown sugar, tamarind, cinnamon sticks, and cloves served warm 🧋
Left Hand Brewing Co. Mexican Hot Chocolate Milk Stout ❄️
Chestnuts & Good Cheer Holiday Kitchen - Between World Showcase and the Imagination! Pavilion
Cinnamon-glazed Almonds
Cinnamon-glazed Cashews
Cinnamon-glazed Pecans
Fire-roasted Chestnuts
Eggnog 🧋
Eggnog with choice of cordial: Fireball Cinnamon Whisky, Mozart Chocolate Liqueur, or Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey
Southern Tier Brewing Co. Chestnut Praline Imperial Ale
World Nature
Sunshine Seasons - The Land
Peanut Butter Cookie made with Red & Green M&M’S Milk Chocolate Minis 🍪
World Celebration
Experimental Prototype Cookies of Tomorrow - CommuniCore Hall
Spaceship Earth Tile Gingerbread Triangle ❄️🍪
Hot Cocoa by Joffrey’s Coffee 🧋
Gingerbread Milk Shake 🧋
Gingerbread Milk Shake with whipped cream vodka
Seasonal Wine
Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co. Gingerbread White Stout
81Bay Brewing Co. Gingerbread Coffee Porter
Favorites of Festivals Past - CommuniCore Plaza
Reuben Croquettes with pastrami, sauerkraut and Swiss cheese with thousand island dipping sauce
Brown Sugar and Mustard-glazed Ham Sliders with cranberry and apple coleslaw on a Hawaiian roll
Bauducco Panettone Holiday Trifle with eggnog custard and cranberry cherry compote
Southern Tier Brewing Co. Tiramisu Imperial Stout
Keel Farms Pecan Pie Hard Cider
Point Snow Pilot Pistachio Nut Brown Ale
Beer Flight
Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company
Merry Mint Cookie Latte: A festive blend of espresso, toasted marshmallow syrup, peppermint syrup, dark chocolate sauce, and milk topped with peppermint whipped cream and chocolate cookie crumbs ❄️🧋
Spirited Merry Mint Cookie Latte: A festive blend of espresso, toasted marshmallow syrup, peppermint syrup, dark chocolate sauce, milk and Baileys Original Irish Cream, topped with peppermint whipped cream and chocolate cookie crumbs ❄️
I love seeing all of the Christmas decorations arrive throughout Disney World. Each park has its own specially decorated Christmas tree. The tree in EPCOT features snow globes with images from the countries in World Showcase, ornaments featuring their flags, and an angel embracing the world at the top.
For many years, the Sherman Brothers were the creative force behind the songs in Disneymovies and Parks. From "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" in Mary Poppinsand "The Age of Not Believing" in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, to two of my favorite earworms from the Parks, "The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room" and "There's a Great, Big, Beautiful Tomorrow", the brothers wrote many of Disney songs we all know and love. Shortly before he passed away in May of this year, Richard Sherman added one final verse to their most recognized song, "It's a Small World."
The Last Verse and The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story are available now on DisneyPlus.
