Walt Disney World has taken to social media to announce the return of the popular Minnie Van service!

Disney Parks shared this exciting news via TikTok. Minnie Van service will resume Summer 2022 (no exact date yet given).

Minnie Van Service at Disney World is provided through the Lyft App. This service allows up to 6 guests to ride anywhere on Walt Disney World property, for an extra cost. Previously, two different style car seats were offered for small guests. Minnie Van Service can be convenient to get to a reservation quickly, an option after a long magical day to skip the bus line or just because they have polka dots!

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Returning for 2022 is the Disney H2O Glow After Hours at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park!

Disney World Resort guests, Disney World Swan & Dolphin and Shades of Green guests can purchase tickets starting March 29, 2022. Tickets will go on sale for everyone else starting April 1, 2022. This after hours even kicks off Memorial Day Weekend.

After-Hours Party Includes:

• Unique and vibrant décor
• high-energy DJ dance parties
• exclusive glow-themed menu offerings
• shorter wait times on favorite attractions
• a glowing wristband
• tasty snacks like popcorn and select ice-cream treats throughout the evening

Party Hours:

The Disney H2O Glow After Hours event is from 8-11pm, however guests with a party ticket can enter Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon as early as 6pm. The first party will May 28th, running each Saturday evening through August 27th.

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Backlot Express at Disney’s Hollywood Studios will be serving up new menu items soon! This eatery is found in the Echo Lake area of Hollywood Studios and is a perfect stop for lunch or dinner. Even more exciting, starting March 29th, Backlot Express will have all-new menu items!

New Backlot Express Menu Items (Starts 3/29):

• Cuban Sandwich
• Smoked BBQ Pulled Pork Burger
• Teriyaki Tofu Bowl
• Chicken Southwest Salad
• Wookiee Cookie (this favorite is coming back!)

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The AristoCrepes kiosk at Disney Springs has closed and is now known as “Swirls On The Water”. Find Swirls on the Water in the Marketplace area of Disney Springs.

What is very exciting about this new location is, they serve up Dole Whip Floats, Dole Whip Float Flight, Dole Whip alcoholic drinks and even the Dole Whip Habanero Lime Nachos!

Swirls on the Water is typically open daily from 11am-11pm.

Full Menu (Current 3/15/22):

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Read through this food guide for St. Patrick’s Day 2022 at Walt Disney World, featuring more than 20 special food and drink items. Browse treats at various Disney World Resorts and Disney Springs, some available all week long.

Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort

Intermission Food Court (available March 13 through 19)

• St. Patrick’s Day Mickey: Chocolate Irish crème mousse and chocolate cake with a sugar cookie (Mobile Order available) (New)

Disney’s All-Star Music Resort

World Premiere Food Court (available March 13 through 19)

• St. Patrick’s Day Mickey: Chocolate Irish crème mousse and chocolate cake with a sugar cookie (Mobile Order available) (New)

Disney’s Art of Animation Resort

The Drop Off (available March 13 through 31)

• Good Luck Charm: Vodka and Irish cream liqueur blended with vanilla ice cream topped with fresh whipped cream and cookie ears

Landscape of Flavors (available March 13 through 19)

• Luck of the Green: Chocolate cupcake filled with marshmallow mint crème topped with vanilla buttercream, shamrock sprinkles, and gold shimmer (Mobile Order available)

Disney’s BoardWalk

AbracadaBAR (available through March 31)

• Irish Magic Trick: Irish whiskey, Italian liqueur, and bitters (New)

Atlantic City Dance Hall (available through March 31)

• Shamrock Punch: Apple whisky, vodka, apple sour, lime sour, Granny Smith apple, and Sprite garnished with a glow cube (New)

Bellevue Lounge (available through March 31)

• Irish Mule Cocktail: Irish whiskey, ginger beer, and lime juice garnished with a lime (New)

BoardWalk Bakery (available March 12 through 17) (Mobile Order available)

• Mint Cookies ‘n Cream Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake filled with mint cookies ‘n cream mousse topped with whipped cream, holiday sprinkles, and a sugar cookie shamrock
• Shamrock Sugar Cookie: Sugar cookie with green holiday decor
• Cannoli: Traditional Cannoli with green holiday decor
• Coconut Macaroon: Traditional giant coconut macaroon with green chocolate decor
• Mickey Brownie: Ganache brownie with green holiday sprinkles

Boardwalk Joe’s (available through March 31)

• Pot O Lucky Gold: Coconut rum, vodka, lime, pineapple juice, and honey-mango flavors garnished with lime and pineapple (New)

Leaping Horse

• Fuzzy Leprechaun: Vodka, blue curaçao, peach schnapps, orange juice, and pineapple juice garnished with an orange slice and maraschino cherry (New)

Trattoria al Forno (available through March 31)

• Italian Leprechaun: Limoncello, prosecco brut, and elderflower liqueur garnished with mint (New)
• Mimosa Verdi: Prosecco brut, blue curaçao, fruit liqueur, and pineapple juice (New)

Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort

Centertown Market (available March 13 through 19)

• Mint Chocolate Cheesecake: Mint chocolate brownie topped with vanilla cheesecake, whipped mint ganache, and a shamrock chocolate décor (Mobile Order available) (New)

Disney’s Contemporary Resort

Contempo Café (available March 17)

• St. Patrick’s Day Cupcake: Green cupcake filled with gold crispy pearls topped with buttercream, green sugar, shamrock sprinkles, and white chocolate Minnie hat (Mobile Order available)

Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa

Gasparilla Island Grill (available through March 18)

• St. Patty’s Day Hat: Caramel Irish cream mousse on a shortbread cookie (Mobile Order available) (New)

Disney’s Old Key West Resort and Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa

Goods to Go and The Artist’s Palette (available March 17)

• St. Patrick’s Day Cupcake: Irish dry stout cake with Irish cream liqueur mousse and whiskey caramel finished with vanilla buttercream, gold crisp pearls, and a white chocolate shamrock (Mobile Order available) (New)

Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort

Kona Cafe and Capt. Cook’s (available March 17)

• St. Patrick’s Day Cupcake: Vanilla cupcake topped with chocolate and vanilla buttercream, chocolate Mickey ears, and a shamrock (Mobile Order available) (New)

Disney’s Pop Century Resort

Everything POP Shopping & Dining (available March 13 through 19)

• Luck of the Green: Chocolate cupcake filled with marshmallow mint crème topped with vanilla buttercream, shamrock sprinkles, and gold shimmer (Mobile Order available)

Disney’s Port Orleans French Quarter

Sassagoula Floatworks and Food Factory (available March 13 through March 19)

• Mint Chocolate Cheesecake: Mint chocolate brownie topped with vanilla cheesecake, whipped mint ganache, and chocolate décor (Mobile Order available) (New)

Disney’s Port Orleans Riverside

Riverside Mill (available March 13 through March 19)

• Mint Chocolate Cheesecake: Mint chocolate brownie topped with vanilla cheesecake, whipped mint ganache, and chocolate décor (New)

Disney’s Riviera Resort

Le Petit Café (available March 17)

• Caramel Hazelnut Profiteroles: Caramel hazelnut custard filled chocolate profiteroles with chocolate ganache (Mobile Order available) (New)

Disney’s Wilderness Lodge

Roaring Fork (available March 17)

• Shamrock Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake filled with mint cookies ’n cream (Mobile Order available)

Disney’s Yacht Club Resort

The Market at Ale & Compass (available through March 17)

• Irish Cream Chocolate Cupcake: Chocolate cupcake with a Irish cream mousse covered in chocolate ganache and finished with chocolate and vanilla crisp pearls and a chocolate clover (Mobile Order available)

Disney Springs

Amorette’s Patisserie (available March 12 through 20)

• Luck of the Irish Petit Cake: Layers of praline, whiskey-scented vanilla chiffon cake, and Irish cream liqueur pastry cream (New)

City Works Eatery (available through March 17)

• Irish Nachos: House-made corned beef, hardwood-smoked bacon, caramelized onions, IPA cheese sauce, green onions, and chips
• Pastrami Reuben: House-made pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing, bacon-braised sauerkraut, and marble rye
• Shepherd’s Pie: Stout-braised ground beef, peas, carrots, onions, shredded cabbage, and potato purée
• Dark Side of The Moon: Belgian-style witbier and an Irish dry stout
• Snakebite: Hard apple cider and an Irish dry stout
• Voodoo: Raspberry ale and an Irish dry stout

D-Luxe Burger (available through March 31)

• Dubliner Burger: Double stack of signature blend beef patties topped with cheddar, corned beef, lettuce, fried onions, and Irish stout barbecue sauce

The Ganachery (available March 12 through 20)

• Irish Cream Milk Chocolate Squares

The Daily Poutine (available through March 31)

• Irish Poutine: Fries, Irish porter cheddar cheese, stout gravy, onion marmalade, and sliced pork bangers

Raglan Road Irish Pub (available through March 17)

Take part in the festivities of Raglan Road’s St. Patrick’s Day Festival this year with classics like fresh-caught fish and chips, Shepherd’s to Die for Pie, and the plant-based take on shepherd’s pie, This Shepherd Went Vegan, along with delicious drinks including the new So Berry Les.

• So Berry Les: Local Florida strawberry and Key lime-infused hard seltzer (New)

Vivoli il Gelato

• Float: Vanilla gelato with an Irish dry stout (available through April 30)
• Mint Chocolate Chip Milkshake: Mint chocolate chip gelato, cookies and cream gelato, chocolate sauce, and chocolate chips (available through April 5)

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Disney’s BoardWalk is perfect for an evening stroll at Disney World by the waterside! Now, Disney World has confirmed it will be enhancing the BoardWalk over the next few years with new offerings to Disney BoardWalk and BoardWalk Inn!

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One new offering will be, The Cake Bake Shop by Gwendolyn Rogers. This eatery will offer a bakery and a table-service restaurant, with both savory and sweet items. Satisfy your sweet tooth with desserts and storybook sweet treats! Also offered will be afternoon tea service. The Cake Bake Shop is expected to open in 2023.

Additionally, the BoardWalk Bakery will become your new favorite stop for a sandwich shop. This change will join current options such as the beloved BoardWalk Ice Cream.

Disney’s BoardWalk Inn will get a touch of reimagination as well:

• lobby getting light and airy touches added
• lounge and guests rooms will also be refreshed
• adjacent to the lobby find an all-new coffee bar with artisanal drinks and to-go bites to eat
• refreshed indoor and outdoor seating spaces

Look forward to more enhancement details in the future.

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Magic Kingdom has more entertainment options added, and I couldn’t be happier! Read the 3 Newly Added Entertainment Options Now At Magic Kingdom! Look forward to even more daily entertainment options.

Mickey’s Magical Friendship Faire

Mickey’s Magical Friendship Faire stage show is now entertaining guest’s multiple times daily. The enhanced show features scenes inspired by “Frozen,” “Tangled,” and “The Princess and the Frog” – plus a new opening and a new finale with Mickey Mouse for the 50th Anniversary celebration.

Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade!

Now available is the all-new, “Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade!” at Magic Kingdom. This new cavalcade features 30 of your favorite Disney & Pixar pals!  See Nick and Judy from “Zootopia,” Baloo and King Louie from “The Jungle Book,” José Carioca and Panchito from “The Three Caballeros,” plus Merida, Moana, The Incredibles, the Magic Kingdom debut of Miguel from “Coco” and more!

Festival of Fantasy Parade

Festival of Fantasy parade is once again marching through Magic Kingdom. See characters from “The Princess and the Frog,” “Tangled,” “Peter Pan”, and perhaps everyone’s favorite, the fire-breathing Maleficent Dragon float and more!

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Walt Disney Imagineering is gearing up for another TRON Lightcycle/Run attraction major milestone!

The TRON Lightcycle/ Run will be a coasters-style attraction, guests will ride in 2-wheeled Lightcycles for a thrilling race. This attraction will be housed in an all-new area near Space Mountain. Guests will ride in a two-wheeled Lightcycle vehicle for this coaster style attraction. Shanghai Disneyland already has a similar attraction, opened in 2016.

Guests of Magic Kingdom will be the first to the ride vehicles being tested on the track. The next phase is a process called, “push/pull”, sections of the seven-vehicle train will be slowly moved throughout the entire ride track. This process will begin once the track is fully completed. The vehicle trains will test at incremental speeds, eventually working up to testing at full speed launches!

Get a peak over at this exciting milestone which will be visible for guests upcoming in Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom!

Sneak Peek:

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Disney Wish has scene sneak peeks and new details on the new show coming, “Disney The Little Mermaid”, based on the beloved Walt Disney Animation Studios Film.

Disney Cruise Line and top Broadway talent are hard at work creating the Disney Wish exclusive stage adaption of “The Little Mermaid”! Get ready for beloved characters and iconic scenes mixed with special effects, theatrical design, choreography and a reimagined script for contemporary storytelling.

The Walt Disney Theatre will become under the sea with a 360-degree undersea environment. The photo above depicts the scene, “Kiss the Girl”, where Sebastian leads the chorus. A contemporary spin to the story is Areil’s inner voice plays an important role.

The scene above depicts “Under the Sea” and it will be the show’s biggest production number!

Above, is a sneak peek of the scene, “Poor Unfortunate Souls.” Urula’s confidence will shine through during this soulful version on the classic song.

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Muppets fan, rejoice! An all-new series is coming to Disney+ named, “The Muppets Mayhem”.

Fans are invited to follow along as The Electric Mayhem Band records its first album. The lead human role, Nora who is tasked as the band manager, will be played by Lilly Sing (“A Little Late with Lilly Singh,” “Dollface”).

Muppet fans will remember The Electric Mayhem Band from the original 1970s The Muppet Show.

Meet the band: Dr. Teeth on vocals and keyboards, Animal on drums, Floyd Pepper on vocals and bass, Janice on vocals and lead guitar, Zoot on saxophone and Lips on Trumpet.

Streaming date for this series not yet known.

Coming October 8, 2022 is Muppets Haunted Mansion, a Disney+ original special! The film takes place on Halloween night when Gonzo is challenged to spending an evening in the Haunted Mansion. Look forward to 3 original songs, celebrity guest appearances and more in the Muppets’ first Halloween special ever! The three original songs are titled: “Rest In Peace,” “Life Hereafter” and “Tie The Knot Tango”.

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Enjoy the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival at Disneyland Resort now through April 26, 2022!

One of the best parts being the food! There is a dozen different outdoor Festival Marketplaces and today we have 10 must-try’s!

1. At Nuts About Cheese try the all-new Peanut Butter & Jelly Mac with brown sugar streusel and strawberry crackle!

2. Head to Uncork California for a colorful mimosa. These 3 are all-new to the festival, consider the Green Apple & Lychee Mimosa: Flavors of green apple and lychee, Passion Fruit & Banana Mimosa: Flavors of passion fruit and banana and the Cherry, Yuzu & Ginger Mimosa: Flavors of cherry, yuzu and ginger.

3. At California Craft Brews grab the IPA Sausage Dog on a soft pretzel roll with onion-pepper Jardinière, cheddar cheese sauce, and malt vinegar-jalapeño crunch!

4. The Mango Churro from Willie’s Churros sounds amazing, consisting of Mango sauce, chile-lime sugar, and tamarind chamoy.

5. Visit Churros near Redwood Creek Challenge Trail for the Maple Bacon Churro: Cinnamon sugar, maple icing, and crumbled bacon

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6. At Sonoma Terrace try the savory Old World Aged White Cheddar Lager Soup with toasted fig and prosciutto sandwich.

7. Make time to visit Cocina Cucamonga for the Strawberry Horchata: House-made rice and cinnamon beverage with strawberry sauce (non-alcoholic)!

8. At Lucky Fortune Cookery enjoy the Mushroom Bao: Hoisin-glazed mushrooms, Asian slaw, and jalapeño in a steamed bao.

9. Mosey over to Pacific Wharf Café for Avocado Toast! Smashed avocado on toasted sourdough bread, fire-roasted cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, cilantro, and balsamic reduction.

10. The Paradise Gardens Special Event Cart has scrumptious Pretzel Bites with beer cheese sauce!

At Hollywood Backlot, be on the lookout for Chef Goofy and Chip ‘n’ Dale, dressed as the Jammin’ Chefs! Culinary demonstrations will take place on weekends through the festival at the Hollywood Backlot Stage! Disney and visiting chefs will prepare their favorite dishes, sharing tips while working.

Plus, Soarin’ Over California Returns to Disney California Adventure Park. Starting March 4, with the debut of the festival Soarin’ Over California returns for a limited-time only, during the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival!

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Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant has confirmed they will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with their annual weeklong festival!

The annual St. Patrick’s Festival starts March 11th, running through St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th at Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant at Disney Springs.

Live Entertainment

Part of the Festival excitement is the lineup of live entertainment. Here is a sampling of the lineup:

• Jig Jam, known for their captivating brand of CeltGrass
• the Lisa Canny Band, blending pop and hip-hop with traditional Irish rhythm
• Emerald Shore, vibrant trad music
• Raglan Road Irish Dancers will also be performing throughout the festival and are ready to teach you a few dance steps!
• a Face Painter
• Giveaways
• and more!

Plus, enjoy Irish fare and brews, such as the new locally crafted seltzer named, “So Berry Les”.  Dine on the famous fish and chips and more. Reservations are encouraged March 11-16. On March 17, seating is first come first serve, with a $20 cover charge for 18+ guests.

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