Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2024 Edition

2025 Disney Dining Plan Price Increases​


2025 Disney Dining Plans prices are now known thanks to Walt Disney World’s release of vacation packages for next year. Like clockwork, there are price increases–especially unsurprising given food inflation. This covers how costs have changed for kids and adults on the various tiers of DDP, plus our commentary about potential explanations for new pricing.
 


Gusey said:
DLP Report On Twitter
Starting March 28, Disneyland Paris will start offering reserved preferred viewing spots for Disney Dreams and Disney Stars on Parade, priced at €19 (no discounts available).
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This is going to sell really well. If you've ever been to DLP you know how cramped and difficult it is to see the castle shows. My only concern would be how well they enforce keeping people out who are not supposed to be in the reserved area. That's my only complaint about DLP cast members, they are sometimes too non-confrontational.
 
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Gusey said:
DLP Report On Twitter
Starting March 28, Disneyland Paris will start offering reserved preferred viewing spots for Disney Dreams and Disney Stars on Parade, priced at €19 (no discounts available).
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Honestly, I'd rather have this than the dessert party for WDW MK. The food is meh at best but I feel I have to buy it if I want DD to see the fireworks because her arthritis + shuffling crowds = a bad time. The 'reserved' wheelchair area is always a mess and no where near big enough.
 


Foodie Guide to St. Patrick's Day
Luck is in the air because St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, and you know what that means – treats! The holiday may be on March 17, but starting as early as the beginning of the month the culinary teams at Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort are taking you on a flavorful trip over the rainbow with plenty of delights you are definitely going to want to try.

This year, we’ve got a delicious lineup of new delights, including the beautifully delicious End of the Rainbow Crème Brûlée at Amorette’s Patisserie, as well as returning favorites like the almost too cute to eat (emphasis on the almost) St. Patrick’s Day Donut from GCH Craftsman Grill. These bites are sure to shamrock your world!

Let’s jump right in and get to all of the tasty bites coming to Disney Parks this St. Patrick’s Day in the official Foodie Guide for 2024.

Image of Mickey Shamrock Milkshake, Irish Cream Cheesecake and The Nugget desserts

Walt Disney World Resort​

Disney Resort Hotels​

Disney’s Beach Club Resort

Beaches & Cream Soda Shop (Available March 1 through 17)

  • Mickey Shamrock Milkshake: Mint milkshake with chocolate drizzle, shamrock sprinkles, and a specialty vanilla cupcake (Non-alcoholic beverage)
Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

Gasparilla Island Grill (Available March 1 through 31; mobile order available)

  • Irish Cream Cheesecake: Bailey’s Irish Cream cheesecake with Chantilly cream and gold ‘coins’ (New)
Disney’s Wilderness Lodge

Roaring Fork (Available March 1 through 17; mobile order available)

  • The Nugget: Vanilla bean mousse, stout cake, and a salted caramel ganache center
Image of Pot O’ Gold Mousse and Lucky Clover Cupcake (Plant-based)

Available at Various Locations at Disney Resort Hotels

  • Pot O’ Gold Mousse: Irish stout cake, Irish cream mousse, and a candy rainbow (Available March 1 through 17 at the following):
    • Beach Club Marketplace at Disney’s Beach Club Resort
    • BoardWalk Deli at Disney’s BoardWalk
    • Good’s Food to Go at Disney’s Old Key West Resort
    • The Artist’s Palette at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa
    • The Market at Ale & Compass at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort
  • Lucky (Plant-based) Clover Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake with a golden vanilla buttercream swirl and shamrock sprinkles (Plant-based) (Available March 1 through 31 at the following):
    • World Premiere Food Court at Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort
    • Intermission Food Court at Disney’s All-Star Music Resort
    • End Zone Food Court at Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort
    • Landscape of Flavors at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
    • Centertown Market at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
    • Spyglass Grill at Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
    • Everything POP Shopping & Dining at Disney’s Pop Century Resort
    • Riverside Mill Food Court at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside
    • Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter
Image of End of the Rainbow Crème Brûlée

Disney Springs​

Amorette’s Patisserie (Available March 1 through 17; mobile order available)

  • End of the Rainbow Crème Brûlée: Chocolate and coffee crème brûlée with Bailey’s Irish Cream whipped cream (New)
Image of Irish Mac N’ Cheese and Lucky Grasshopper

City Works Eatery & Pour House (Available March 13 through 17)

  • Shepherd’s Pie Flatbread: Stewed seasoned beef, roasted garlic purée, peas, mozzarella, mashed potatoes, and green onion
  • Pastrami Reuben: House-made pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing, and bacon-braised sauerkraut on marble rye
  • Irish Mac N’ Cheese: Caramelized cabbage, beer-braised onions, bacon lardons, shredded corned beef, beer cheese sauce, smoked cheddar, garlic herb crumble, and cavatappi
  • Jameson Honey Mule: Jameson, lemon juice, honey syrup, orange bitters, and ginger beer
  • Lucky Grasshopper: Bailey’s Irish Cream Liqueur, crème de menthe, heavy cream, and lucky marshmallow
  • Dark Side of The Moon: Blue Moon Belgian White and Guinness
  • Snakebite: Angry Orchard Crisp Apple and Guinness
  • Voodoo: Rubaeus and Guinness
Image of St Patrick’s Day Shake from D-Luxe Burger

D-Luxe Burger (Available March 1 through 18; mobile order available)

  • St Patrick’s Day Shake: Vanilla gelato blended with dark caramel sauce, Irish cream syrup, and toasted marshmallow syrup topped with whipped cream, caramel, and green sprinkles (Non-alcoholic beverage)
Image of St. Patty’s Mickey Chocolate Piñata and Irish Cream Ganache Square from The Ganachery

The Ganachery

  • St. Patty’s Mickey Chocolate Piñata: Dark chocolate piñata filled with chocolate treats (Available March 1 through 17)
  • Irish Cream Ganache Square: Bailey’s Irish Cream ganache enrobed in milk chocolate (Available March 1 through 31)
Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and Chocolate Shop (Currently available)

  • Mint Bliss Hot Fudge Sundae: Mint chocolate chip and chocolate ice cream layered with handmade dark chocolate hot fudge and topped with whipped cream and a dark chocolate mint square
Image of St. Patrick’s Day Cone and Chocolate and Coffee Float from Swirls on the Water

Swirls on the Water (Available March 1 through April 30)

  • St. Patrick’s Day Cone: Pistachio and chocolate soft-serve swirled in a black vanilla cone with shamrock sprinkles and a chocolate Mickey garnish (New)
  • Chocolate and Coffee Float: Pistachio soft-serve, chocolate soft-serve, Joffrey’s Coffee Cold Brew, and shamrock sprinkles (New) (Non-alcoholic beverage)
  • Cold Brew-Pistachio-Mocha Float: Pistachio and chocolate soft-serve swirled together with Joffrey’s Coffee Cold Brew and Bailey’s Irish Cream Liqueur (New)
Vivoli il Gelato (Available March 1 through April 30)

  • Seasonal Shake: Mint chocolate chip and pistachio gelato with whipped cream and chocolate shavings
  • Guinness Tiramisu: Mascarpone cream with layers of Guinness-soaked lady fingers (New)
Image of Green Stuff dessert from Red Rose Taverne

Disneyland Resort​

Disneyland Park​

Red Rose Taverne (Available March 1 through 19; mobile order available)

  • Green Stuff: Mint-white-chocolate mousse, chocolate cake, mint chocolate chips, and chocolate cookie crumbs on a shortbread cookie
St. Patrick’s Day Cupcake and St. Patrick’s Day Donut from GCH Craftsman Grill

Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa

GCH Craftsman Grill (Available starting March 13)

  • St. Patrick’s Day Cupcake
  • St. Patrick’s Day Donut
Image of Cereal Milk Doughnut and Pots of Gold & Rainbows ice cream

Pixar Place Hotel

Great Maple (Available March 1 through 31)

  • Cereal Milk Doughnut: Classic vanilla, yeast-raised doughnut with cereal milk glaze, flavored marshmallows, and gold glitter garnish (New)
Downtown Disney District

Salt & Straw (Available March 1 through April 4)

  • Pots of Gold & Rainbows: Hand-sorted rainbow marshmallows tossed into cereal milk ice cream
Shamrock Cereal Treat from Disneyland Resort

Available at Various Candy Locations Around Disneyland Resort, including Marceline’s Confectionery, Trolley Treats, Bing Bong’s Sweet Stuff, Candy Palace and Candy Kitchen, and Pooh Corner (Available March 15 through 17)

  • Mint Chocolate and Cream Cookie Marshmallow Wand: Three marshmallows dipped in caramel and mint-milk chocolate then rolled in crushed chocolate cookies and drizzled with white and green chocolate
  • Shamrock Cereal Treat: Shamrock-shaped cereal treat dipped in green, white chocolate and decorated in light green, white chocolate and a yellow, white chocolate Mickey
So many tasty items coming to both Walt Disney World Resort and Disneyland Resort this year – how lucky are we!

There’s no limit to the foodie adventures you can have at Disney Parks. Want to stay up to date on all the tasty tidbits? Check out our Disney Eats topics page and be sure to follow us @DisneyEats on Instagram and Facebook.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
 
disney-inspired said:
It's really an empty gesture on Disney's part. They're trying to make it seem like it's a huge thing; probably trying to get a jump start before Epic Universe releases an official opening date.
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I am so excited for the perk, we will easily use it 2-3 times next year and it just saved us from adding the water parks on to our AP when we get new ones in Jan.
 
https://wdwnt.com/2024/03/disneyland-hoping-to-buy-anaheim-street-for-disneylandforward-expansion/

Disneyland Hoping to Buy Anaheim Street for DisneylandForward Expansion
Shannen Ace


Disneyland Resort is looking to buy Magic Way, a street near the resort, from the city of Anaheim so they can use the space for DisneylandForward projects.

According to Orange County Register, Anaheim residents raised concerns at a January City Council meeting about Disney purchasing and then demolishing the street. In response, Disney had engineering consultants Kittleson & Associates conduct a study of the street from January 31 to February 4.

Consultant Joe Haupt presented the data during a Planning Commission workshop on Monday.

“Of the 11,153 vehicles that traverse Magic Way on a daily basis,” Haupt said, “11,053 of them are either departing or arriving at a Disney property. Less than 100 are non-Disney users.”

Those less than 100 vehicles are mostly using the 1,150-foot Magic Way as a cut-through during peak hours of the day.


magic way google maps
Source: Google Maps

Magic Way is located to the west of Disneyland, connecting Disneyland Drive and Walnut Street. It’s mostly used by guests heading to and from the Pixar Pals Parking Structure and Disneyland Hotel.

Kittleson & Associates found that on one Friday morning, less than 200 vehicles turned onto Magic Way from Walnut Street, and only about 30 continued from there onto Disneyland Drive.

One of those drivers may have been resident Randy Lewis, who lives across the street from Disneyland Resort. Lewis said that for two years, he has used Magic Way as a shortcut to the 5 Freeway during his daily commute, calling it a “fantastic time saver.” Not using Magic Way adds 15 minutes to his drive and he asked the City Council to not sell the road.

Haupt also shared plans to improve pedestrian crossing on Walnut Street for guests walking to Disneyland Resort. Currently, there is no protected crosswalk on the four-lane street. The plans include a crosswalk that would have cars stop for pedestrians as well as a separate bicycle lane.


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Source: Google Maps

Disney is also hoping to buy Hotel Way — to the southeast of Disney California Adventure — and part of Clementine Street — to the east. Haupt said these streets are essentially driveways to Disneyland Resort parking structures.

Disney has committed to paying $40 million for all three streets.

Anaheim Planning Director Ted White said surrounding streets have enough capacity to absorb Magic Way’s traffic and Anaheim Public Works Director Rudy Emami said at last month’s City Council workshop that work will begin this summer to improve traffic flow at the nearby intersection of Walnut Street and Ball Road.

Haupt said that, if the city approves the DisneylandForward proposal, there is no set date for when construction would begin. Disney has promised to invest a minimum of $1.9 billion in their resort, with further investments going back to the city, including $30 million for affordable housing and $8 million for parks (and potentially more if they don’t spend $2.5 billion).

The Planning Commission will vote on the DisneylandForward proposal at their next meeting, on March 11.
 
Saw this news the other day ...

TRON: Ares Initial Photo

For me, I'm more curious to find out who will handle the soundtrack. Obviously a Daft Punk reunion would be the dream, but probably would never happen. Possibly Hans Zimmer, Ludwig Göransson, or Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross could do a great synth / orchestral mix but I don't know if TRON is a big enough draw anymore.

Looking forward to this film. I like Jared Leto (although people love to bash him) ... just don't take on the soundtrack duties
 
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