Some crazy stuff’s been happening! Disney acquired Lucasfilm, holy shiiiii, which I cannot even believe but actually I can and I probably have some things to say about this, but I was kinda dealing with a hurricane, kinda, and meanwhile over in Walt Disney World everyone’s Food and Wine-ing and Be Our Guest-ing and New Fantasyland-ing and EPCOT 30-ing and maybe let’s just check in on that really quick…
- Imagineering Disney celebrated EPCOT’s 30th with vintage photos, including some with ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING WORLD SHOWCASE CHARACTERS. So glad they phased those out! NIGHTMARES. Also, OMG, the awesome ’90s-ness of Disney Adventures magazine.
- MousePlanet covered a D23 event for the 30th as well! Lots of great stories and speakers.
- A post on Mouse on the Mind explained the perks of a being an annual passholder, something I’d been meaning to research. There are benefits I wasn’t even aware of!
- Sarah of Eating at WDW put on some waders and headed into the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival Ocean Spray CRANBERRY BOG and drank some cranberry beverages and noshed on Craisin-studded apps. So jealous!
- The Disney Food Blog spent some time in the bog as well, plus recapped an inaugural to Storybook Circus in New Fantasyland to sample the carnival fare and got the skinny on the menu and décor at Gaston’s Tavern (NOW WITH PORK SHANK) and Be Our Guest! Also, FROZEN KIRIN DRAFT BEER IN JAPAN WHAAAAAT.
- Disney announced its 2013 “Limited Time Magic” campaign, and the Disney Tourist Blog‘s Tom Bricker weighs in on the positives and negatives for longtime Disney fans.
- I love this Haunted Mansion pumpkin carving kit concept over at DesignerLand!
- I’ve been on a cruise before, and I’d have to say I agree with the late David Foster Wallace: It’s “a supposedly fun thing I’d never do again.” But Growing Up Disney has a post comparing Disney cruises to the other guys, and of course you know that if it’s Disney, I’m on board. (GET IT?! Cruise puns!)
I have a million things I want to say and write and do … so I’m going to end this post here and move on to NOVEMBER WHAT ALREADY this is crazy y’all!
