The 3 Biggest News Drops From Disney This Week

The 3 Biggest News Drops From Disney This Week

Extra, extra, read all about it! Seriously, we’re sure Disney World hasn’t had a wink of sleep because it has dropped so many new updates this week. If you’ve missed out, this is your chance to catch up!

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I’m back again with another round of WHAT’S NEW UPDATES AT DISNEY WORLD, a rundown on all the epic news and updates that happened at Disney World this past week. This week, we got the 4-1-1 on which food booths are getting NEW items at EPCOT Festival of The Arts, which Magic Kingdom souvenir kiosks mysteriously CLOSED, and an EXCLUSIVE Disney World ticket announcement. Lets check it out!

15 Food Booths Are Getting NEW Items at the EPCOT Festival of the Arts

This year’s Festival of The Arts begins on January 17th and runs through February 24th, 2025, and we are so excited about all it has to offer, especially the new eats available at some of the food booths. Here’s a look at all of the new items you can expect at this year’s festival!

2024 EPCOT Festival of the Arts

New Food Items:

  • Deviled Egg Trio: Pimento Cheese, Green Goddess, and BLT (New)
  • Chicken “Pot Pie” with smoked cheddar mornay sauce, roasted vegetables, pickled mushrooms, wasabi peas, and sherry-chicken jus served open-faced on flaky pie crust (New)

New Beverages:

  • Swamp Head Brewery Neon Palette Lager (New) 
  • J Vineyards & Winery Pinot Gris (New)

The Craftsman’s Courtyard

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New Food Items:

  • Beef Wellington-inspired Croissant Supreme with creamed spinach croissant pinwheel, mushroom-gorgonzola ragout, mustard-grilled flank steak, red wine sauce, and pickled mustard seeds (New) 

Deco Delights

New Beverages:

  • 3 Daughters Brewing Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Beer (New) 
  • Keel Farms Strawberry Shortcake Hard Cider (New)
  • Left Hand Brewing Company Milk Stout with Coconut (New)

El Artista Hambriento (The Hungry Artist)

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New Food Items:

  • Carne Asada: Ancho-marinated beef sirloin with pasilla chile sauce, grilled queso fresco, nopales salad, and chicharron dust (New)
  • Croqueta: Chipotle chicken and chorizo croquette in chipotle salsa with chipotle aioli, avocado mousse, and truffle oil (New)
  • Natilla de Maiz: Creamy corn custard with caramelized sugar (New)

New Beverages:

  • Floridita: Centinela Blanco Tequila, citrus juice, orange liqueur, and grapefruit soda with a hint of Aperol (New)©Disney

Figment’s Inspiration Station at The Odyssey

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New Food Items:

  • Raspberry Pastry Tart: Sugar cookie with raspberry and lemon cream cheese filling (New)
  • Rainbow Cake topped with SKITTLES POP’d Freeze Dried Candy
  • Figment Premium Popcorn Bucket with Rainbow Popcorn (New) (Available while supplies last)

New Beverages:

  • 81Bay Brewing Co. Make All Things Purple Ale (New) 

Fictional Victuals (NEW for 2025)

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New Food Items:

  • Squid Ink Pasta with lump crab, truffle cream, and shaved truffle (New) 
  • Charred Octopus with crushed fingerling potatoes, kalamata olives, capers, and romesco sauce (New) 
  • Black Cocoa Brownie with ube ice cream, coral tuile, and sponge cake (New)

New Beverages:

  • Butterscotch Milk Shake with Chocolate Garnish (New) 
  • 3 Daughters Brewing Barrel Aged Cognac Porter (New) 
  • Boyd & Blair Outis Fathom: Lime Juice, Simple Syrup, Juniper, and Boyd & Blair Vodka (New)

Goshiki — Japan

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New Food Items:

  • Taiyaki: Crisp, flaky fish-shaped pastry filled with sweet red bean served with whipped topping and blueberry popping boba (New)
  • Wagyu Bun: Steamed bun filled with American wagyu beef served with Japanese karashi mustard sauce and violet shiso sauce (New) 

New Beverages:

  • Okinawa Lemonade: Lemonade mix with Shikuwasa Citrus (Non-alcoholic beverage) (New) 
  • Yuzu IPA (New)
  • Junmai Daiginjyo Sake Flight: Plum, yuzu, hyuganatsu, and sakuranbo Cherry (New)

Gourmet Landscapes

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New Food Items:

  • Citrus-braised Beet Tartare with golden beet “egg yolk,” mustard vinaigrette, pickled mustard seeds, pickled mushrooms, spiced pistachios, and “feta” snow (Plant-based) (New)

L’Art de la Cuisine Francaise – France 

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New Food Items:

  • Pithiviers de Canard et Volaille, Sauce Canard: Puff pastry with duck, chicken, onions, mushrooms, cranberries, and duck sauce (New) 
  • Crème de Brie en Petit Pain: Warm creamy brie in a house-made bread bowl
  • Escargot en Chocolat: Chocolate mousse flourless cake, citrus coulis, almond-chocolate coating, and dark chocolate decoration (New)

L’Arte di Mangiare — Italy

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New Food Items:

  • Tricolore: Cheese-filled ravioloni, pomodoro, cream, and pesto sauces (New) 
  • Hazelnut S’more Cannoli: Cannoli shell dipped in chocolate and graham cracker, chocolate-hazelnut cannoli cream, and toasted marshmallows (New)

New Beverages:

  • Mela Spritz: Apple Schnapps, prosecco, and sparkling water (New)

Opening Bites (NEW for 2025)

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New Food Items:

  • Soft Shell Crab Slider: Green papaya slaw and mango ketchup on toasted brioche (New)
  • Cheddar and Chive Scone with smoked salmon salad topped with crème fraîche and caviar (New)
  • Enchanted Rose: Milk chocolate rose with raspberry and rose center (New)

New Beverages:

  • Parish Brewing Co. SIPS Candy Paint Berliner Weisse (New) 
  • von Trapp Brewing Bohemian Pilsner (New)
  • Crooked Can Brewing Company Fantasia Fusion IPA (New)

The Painted Panda — China

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New Food Items:

  • Har Gow: Shrimp dumplings with pumpkin purée and drizzle of chili oil (New)
  • Egg Tart: Hong Kong-style egg custard tart (New)

New Beverages:

  • Strawberry Bubble Milk Tea (Non-alcoholic beverage) (New)

Pastoral Palate

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New Food Items:

  • Pork and White Bean Cassoulet with Regensburger Sausage and crispy pork rinds (New)

Tangierine Cafe: Flavors of the Medina – Morocco 

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New Food Items:

  • Avocado-Coconut Custard Tart with pomegranate cream and henna-inspired gelée Veil (New) (Plant-based)

New Beverages:

  • Parish Brewing Co. Mango Mochi (New)  

Vibrante & Vívido

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New Beverages:

  • Layered Tropical Berry Smoothie: Wild berry, piña colada, and strawberry (Non-alcoholic beverage) (New)
  • Collective Arts Guava Dream Blonde Ale (New)
  • Layered Tropical Berry Smoothie with Sailor Jerry Rum (New)

MORE Festival of the Arts Food Offerings

There are also some brand new menu items coming to the other locations around EPCOT! Take a look at what to expect, but warning: it may make you hungry!

Connections Eatery

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New Food Items:

  • Figment’s Liege Waffle with ube filling (New)

New Beverages:

  • Imagination Lemonade: Minute Maid Premium Lemonade topped with butterfly pea tea and lavender (Non-alcoholic beverage) (Spirited version available with vodka) (New)

Funnel Cakes (American Adventure)

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New Food Items:

  • Cotton Candy Funnel Cake topped with powdered sugar, vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, pink and purple sugar dusting, and cotton candy crunch (New)

Joffrey’s Coffee & Tea Company

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New Beverages:

  • Color Craze Latte + Donut: Espresso, Swiss chocolate syrup, dark chocolate sauce, and milk complemented with a frosted donut and whipped cream and topped with M&M’S Milk Chocolate Minis (Non-alcoholic beverage) (Spirited Version available with Kahlúa Coffee Liqueur) (New)

Refreshment Outpost

New Beverages:

  • Brewlando Liquid Art Pilsner (New) 
  • Ology Brewing Co. Rainbow Colored Glasses Rainbow Sherbet Berliner (New)

Refreshment Port

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New Food Items:

  • Caprese Poutine with Tuscan-spiced French fries, confit tomatoes, slivered garlic, mozzarella pearls, basil pesto, shaved pecorino, and balsamic glaze (New)

New Beverages:

  • 81Bay Brewing Co. Italian Pilsner (New) 

Swirled Showcase

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New Food Items:

  • Bubble Gum Soft-serve in a cone (New)
  • Imagination Cone: Bubble gum soft-serve in a lavender cone, “sparks” of imagination, and white chocolate wings (New)
  • Candy Trio Flight: DOLE Whip Strawberry with STARBURST MINIS fruit chews, DOLE Whip Lemon with SKITTLES POP’d Freeze Dried Candy, and DOLE Whip Lime with chili-lime seasoning and LIFE SAVERS gummies (New)
  • Liquid Nitrogen Minnie cake pop with berry sponge cake, white chocolate ganache, and colorful chocolate splats (New)

EPCOT Festival of the Arts

We can’t wait to try all these new yummy eats!

2025 EPCOT Festival of the Arts – Booths, Menus, and FOOD PHOTOS

4 Magic Kingdom Souvenir Kiosks Mysteriously CLOSED in Tomorrowland

In the battle of roller coasters, it seems like there is a clear winner when we’re talking about the newest additions to Disney World. Yes, TRON Lightcycle / Run opened AFTER Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind (sheesh — these names are a MOUTHFUL!), but it seems like people favor the EPCOT coaster over the Tomorrowland ride in Magic Kingdom. In fact, one of the exclusive TRON souvenirs in Magic Kingdom is totally unavailable right now…and it’s NOT because it sold out.

Tomorrowland

Tucked away in the Tomorrowland Launch Depot, Disney hosts a special TRON Identity Program where you can customize your own TRON-inspired action figure at the Grid Digitization Portal. While this activity is still relatively new, it seems to be a rather unpopular souvenir. Recently, we noticed that all of the TRON Identity Program “Portals” were closed. What’s going on with this souvenir?!

Exclusive shopping experience

According to a Tomorrowland Cast Member, the TRON Identity Program is currently closed. It’s been closed for about a week, and Cast Members couldn’t tell us when the Portals would reopen or what was going on. The activity costs $89.99 per person.

TRON Identity Program

During our visit, we didn’t see any Cast Members working on the kiosks, though this offering is not officially run by Disney World Cast Members. A Cast Member explained that this is technically a “Third Party” offering, meaning a separate company is in charge of the kiosks.

These are closed for now!

Similarly, the custom photo souvenirs you can purchase around the Disney parks (where your face gets Photoshopped onto a Disney character), like this kiosk in EPCOT, are also a third-party-run operation. This means Disney is not technically affiliated with the program, even if these studios use Disney characters in their photos. Just because you spot something for sale in Disney World does NOT mean it’s an official Disney souvenir. But that’s just a little behind-the-scenes tidbit for you from a former Cast Member.😉

Photo Studio in EPCOT

So, what does this mean for the fate of the TRON Identity Program? We’ll have to wait and see! It could be up to the third-party company that runs the kiosks. We’ll keep our eyes out for updates. The TRON Identity Program is still listed on the My Disney Experience app, so it doesn’t seem like it’s permanently closed…yet.

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We’ll keep an eye out to see if anything changes!

3 Hints That a MAJOR Magic Kingdom Announcement Is Coming 

EXCLUSIVE Disney World Ticket Deal Announced for 2025

Many Florida residents will often get Annual Passes if they intend to visit Disney World often throughout the year. However, Disney also offers special tickets for Florida residents, including the Discover Disney ticket which is making a comeback in 2025! Here’s what you need to know if you’re a Florida resident and hoping to snag this discounted ticket for the parks.

Magic Kingdom

The Florida Resident Discover Disney Tickets will become available for purchase on January 7th. It’s a special 4-day ticket for $60 per day, plus tax. The total price comes out to $240 plus tax, which is a great deal that only those who reside in Florida can take advantage of. There is also a 3-day ticket available for $225 plus tax.

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You can use this ticket for dates between January 13th through May 23rd, 2025. This is NOT a date-based ticket, so you will have to make Park Pass Reservations in advance which are limited and subject to availability. You’ll be able to use this ticket either on consecutive or nonconsecutive days, which offers great flexibility to those who don’t have to travel too far to the parks! These base tickets are only valid for admission to one theme park per day.

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However, you can add additional options to the tickets to make them even more flexible and up the fun! You can add the Park Hopper Option for $40 more per ticket, the Water Park and Sports Option for $35 more per ticket, or the Park Hopper Plus Option for $55 more per ticket, plus tax. Adding on these options will give you more options for each day you’re at the parks.

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Remember, these tickets go on sale on January 7th, and they must be used between January 13th and May 23rd, 2025. The tickets and any add-on option will expire on May 23rd, 2025. If you’re a Florida resident who loves going to Disney World, don’t miss out on these special tickets priced just for you!

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